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INDEX
Acquisition programs, 266. See also Deepwater
Adak, 80
Adams, John, 61
Adams, Sam, 60
Aerial gunners, 114–17
Aero (magazine), 179
African Americans in the Coast Guard, 46–47, 69, 71, 134–35
Aguirre, Lisa, 205
Aids to navigation (ATONs), 73, 283, 315–16
Airborne Use of Force, 107, 108, 114–17, 121–22
Aircraft, 176–82
Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (Elizabeth City), 183, 331
Air stations, 177–78
Atlantic City, 109
Barbers Point, 200–202, 205
Cape Cod, 15, 78–79
Clearwater, 1–2
Detroit, 192
Elizabeth City, 102, 184–90
Floyd Bennett Field, 179
New Orleans, 5, 6, 8–9, 11–16
San Francisco, 89, 170–71, 191–94
Alabama, 62
Alaska, 68–70, 206–23
Alaska Ranger, 218, 303–5
Alaska Warrior, 304
Alderman, Horace, 119–20
Aldrich, Skip, 90
Alexander Hamilton, 132
Alex Haley, 197–200, 215, 219–22, 297–99
Algiers Naval Support Facility, 14, 15
Alice, 161
Allen, Pam, 311
Allen, Thad, 308–23
background of, 137, 310–12
at Coast Guard Academy, 47, 310
Deepwater and, 250, 251, 253, 255, 260, 264–65, 270, 276–77
doctrine of, xxii, 117–18, 121, 320–23
Hurricane Katrina and, 3, 23, 311–12
leadership style of, 308–9
on the road with, 309–23
Amistad, 64
Amver (automated mutual-assistance vessel rescue) system, xv, 204–5
Angelica Schulte, 88, 90
Ankleshwar, 142
Antarctica, 42, 291
Anthrax, 83–84
Aponte, Ed, xi
Arctic, the, 288–96, 321
Arcturus, 178
Arellano-Felix, Francisco Javier, 103–4
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, 137
Arlington National Cemetery, 136
Armstrong, Bill, 153, 155–56
Army, U.S., 134–35, 257
Ashmore, Chuck, 84–85
Aspen, 237, 279–88
Atkin, Tom, 50, 118, 139–40
Atlantic City Air Station, 109
Atlantic Strike Team, 82–84
Atlantic Surveyor, 93–94
ATONs (aids to navigation), 73, 283, 315–16
Automated Information Systems (AIS), 86, 87–88, 93–94
Aviation survival technicians (ASTs), 184–95
training, 184–90
Aviation Training Center (Mobile, Alabama), 102, 117
Aviators, 173–95
AST training, 184–90
flying boats, Pelicans, and Dolphins, 177–84
lost in the glare, 190–95
Avondale Shipyard, 259, 292
Axley, Steve, 211–14
Ayrshire, 65
Babst, Greg, 170–72
Bainbridge Island, 59, 79
Ballard, Bob, 329
Banazzilo, Dusty, 142
Baptiste, Jordan, 273–74
Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo, 322
Barbers Point Air Station, 200–2, 205
Bardsley, John, 149–50
Barron, Pat, 282–83
Basic training, 31–43
Bassin, Rich, 94–95
Bataan, 22
Batchelder, Mike, 309–10, 321
Bath Iron Works, 311
Battery Park Coast Guard Station, 77–78, 80–81, 82
Bauer, Jason, xvi
Baxter, Steve, xv, xvi, 86
Bayonne, New Jersey, Ocean Terminal, post-9/11 port security, 95–98
Bean, Aaron, 220–22
Bear, 68–70, 73, 218
Bear relocations, 182
Belle Chase Naval Air Station, 16
Bell Helicopters, 254, 265
Bender, Zack, 290–91
Benetka, Frank, 144
Bennis, Richard E., 79, 82
Berghorn, Andy, 223
Bering Sea, 68, 295, 303
Bering Sea Ecological Study, 290
Berkeley Municipal Pier, 226–27
Bertha F. Walker, 160–61
Bertholf, 256, 270–77
Bertholf, Ellsworth, 69–70, 73–75, 307
Bevilacqua, Louis, 34–37, 39–40, 245
Billard, Frederick, 119
Bill of Rights, 60
Biloxi, Mississippi, 28
Biometrics at Sea Program, 111
Bird Rescue Research Center (Cordelia), 234
Bismarck, 134
Black, Dawn, 86
Black Duck, 119
Black-hulled buoy tenders, 279–88
Blackthorn, 325
Blanco, Kathleen, 6
Blaney, Christopher T., 39
Bliven, Mathew, 264, 303
Block, Robert, 113
Blore, Gary, 259, 261–62, 264–65
Blue Book Regulations of the Life-Saving Service (1899), 72
Blue Frontier Campaign, xiv
Bly, Josh, 88
Boatniks, The (movie), 176
Boiler explosions, 63
Bolton, Kenyon, 2–3
Bolton, Walter, 180
Bone, Craig, xxi, 226, 228–31, 234
Bonn, Steve, 215–16, 304
Boone, 102–4
Boot camp, 31–43
Borgerson, Scott, 48, 58–59, 321, 326
Boschee, David, 211–14
Boston Globe, 161, 320
Boston Light, 241
Boutwell, 235
Bowdoin, James, 60
Boyle, Matt, 272
Bradford, Dan, 312
Brahm, Richard, 218, 222
Branham, Steve, 273–74
Bravo, 62
Breitung, Craig, 211–14
Brewer, Brandon, 78, 80–81, 82, 84
Bridge jumpers, at Golden Gate Bridge, 165–66, 168
Bridge simulators, 51–53
Brimblecom, Dave, 183
Brinkley, Douglas, 1
Brocade, xiii–xvi
Brooks, Gene, 206, 294, 296
Brown, Errol, 46, 263–64
Brown, John, 67
Brown, Michael, 3, 312
Brown, Wayne, 192–94
Bruckenthal, Nathan, 32, 127–31, 151
Bryan, William Jennings, 72
Buchanan, Mark, 322
Buddy Breathe exercise, 185
Budget of Coast Guard, xx–xxi, 84, 251, 326
Buffett, Jimmy, 317
Bunch, Jason, 185–90
Buoy illumination, 285
Buoy servicing, 4, 280–88
Burbank, Dan, 331
Burhoe, Scott, 55
Burkart, Kate, 71
Burns, Gary, 233–34
Burza, 134
Bush, George W., 3–4, 6, 15, 137, 321, 329
Bushie, Rob, 230–31
Buskoe, 132
Buy American Act of 1933, 182
BW Noto, 148–50
Cain, Colleen, 178
Cain, Robert, 2–3
Call, Samuel, 69–70
Cambodia, 311
Campbell, 132–34
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 102
Camp Wolverine, Kuwait, 130
Canadian Coast Guard, 15
Canadian geese, 182
Cantwell, Maria, 250–51, 269–70, 330
Cape Cod Air Station, 15, 78–79
Cape Disappointment National Motor-Lifeboat School, 154–5
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Cape Disappointment Surf Station, 155
Capelotti, Pete, 83
Cape May Boat Station, 37
Castro, Fidel, 109
Catalunya Spirit, 243–44
CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) suits, 318
Chalmette, Louisiana, 7–8, 14
Chamblee, Darnell, 331
Channel 16, 8, 194
Charter, Dan, 331
Charters, Keith, 186–90
Chase, 43, 137, 303
Chase Hall (Coast Guard Academy), 48–50
Chelsea Bridge, 319
Chertoff, Michael, 4, 327
Chicamacomico Lifeboat Station, 162
Chinese Eagle, 88
Chinese Fisheries Law Enforcement Command (FLEC), 248
Chinook, 143
Chiswell, Ben, 177
Christiensen, Lars, 240
Chukchi Cap, 294
Citrus, 311
Civil War, 62, 67–68
Clamp, 4–5, 26
Clark, Nathan, 217
Clark, Trevor, 50
Clarke, Arthur C., 313
Clean Water Act of 1972, 239
Clearwater Air Station, 1–2
Clements, Larry, 57–59, 59
Clermont, 63
Climate change, 290, 294–95, 305–6, 321
Clinton, Bill, 109, 137, 258, 267
Close-In Weapons System (CIWS), 271
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, 328
Coast Guard Academy, 43–55
racial and gender issues at, 46–48
sim-bridge at, 51–53
Coast Guard Aviation, 176–78. See also Aviators
Coast Guard Hill (Arlington National Cemetery), 136
Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS), 23, 85, 112, 240
Coast Guard R&D Center, 93–94
Cody, Sean, 96–98
Cohen, Gary, 235–37
Cohen, William, 259
Cohen Group, 259, 262
Cold Bay, Alaska, 208–11
Cole, 140, 313
Cole, August, 253
Colfax, Schuyler, 66
Collins, Thomas, 252, 262, 308, 311
Collins, Tim, 239
Collison, Mark, 108
Columbia River bar, 153–59
Commandant Intent Action Orders (CIAOs), 308–9
Command voice, 32
Comprehensive Climate and Culture Optimization Review Effort (C3ORE), 46–47
Conley, Eric, 52–53
Connecticut College, 46
Constitutional Convention (1787), 60
Container security, 86–89
Continental Navy, 60
Conway, Jim, 312–14
Coos Bay Surf Station, 157
Core Values (Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty) of Coast Guard, 33
Corps of Cadets, 45–46
Cosco Busan, 226
Costner, Kevin, 33, 176
Cotturone, Luke, 209
Cougar Ace, 218
Coulter, Wes, 90
Counter Narco-Terrorism (CNT), 101–2
Cox, 160
Crane, Samantha, 37
Crea, Vivien, 55, 84, 225, 323–25
Crozier, George, 28
Cruise ship industry, dumping fines for, 239–40
Cuban refugees, 109–14
Culp, John, 158
Cummings, Elijah, 252–53, 266–69, 276, 321, 326
Curry, Ethan, 174–75
Curtiss flying boats, 177
Custer, Nick, 50, 51
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 118
Customs Service, 64, 86
Cuyahoga, 232
Cy Yang, 247
Dahl, Paul, 309
Daly, John, 102
Daniels, John T., 177
Danner, Jeffrey, 186–87
Daray, Michael, 156
Dating rules, at Coast Guard Academy, 46
Dauphin Island, Alabama, 28
Davi, Peter, 169
Davis, Rob, 216–17
Day, Mike, 231–33, 234
D-day landings (1944), 131, 132
Death Row (Peacock Spit), 154
Decardenas, Brandon, 186–90
Deepwater, 249–77
congressional hearings, 250–53, 266–70
DeKort and, 249–50, 252–53
from Governors Island to ICGS, 256–62
key problems of, 262–63
out to sea on Bertholf, 270–77
product line, 253–56
by the short hairs, 262–66
Defense, Department of (DoD), 20, 182, 206, 260
DeKort, Michael, 249–50, 252–53
Delaware Bay, xvi–xviii
Del Norte, 87–88
Delta Pride, 88
Deon, Leo, 83
Department of Defense (DoD), 20, 182, 206, 260
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), xx, 3–4, 114, 327, 329–30
Department of the Oceans, 329–31
Department of Transportation (DOT), 257–58, 328
Dependable, 94–95
Deployable Operations Group (DOG), 117–25, 235, 308
Depth charges (ashcans), 133
Detroit Air Station, 192
De Wert, 105–6
Diamond, Jared, 322
Dias, Chris, 141
Dickinson, Bruce, 80–81
Diehl, Bill, xiii
Direct commission officer (DCO) courses, 54–55
Dirty Jobs (TV series), 281–82
Disaster Area Response Teams (DARTs), 21
Dispatch, 62
Dive training, 293
Dixon, Juan, 267
Dobbin, 43–44
Dobias, David, 186–90
Dock Holiday, 104
DOG (Deployable Operations Group), 117–25, 235, 308
Dolphin helicopters, xi–xii, 108–9, 176–77, 182–83, 193, 253–54
Dorado, xv–xvi
Dorsey, Leigh, 49
Dorval, Jason, 6, 8–12, 18, 20, 26
Dow, Jeff, 314–15
Drake, Francis, 285
Drift-net fishing, 246–48
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