Romo Maersk, 239–41
Ronin, 90
Roosevelt, Theodore, 72
Roots (TV miniseries), 298
Rosario, Neptwim, 87
Ross, Matt, 94–95
Rossi, Pete, 122
Rough seas, 284, 289
Roulund, Victor, 181
Rowe, Mike, 281–82
Royal Canadian Air Force, 180
Royal Saudi Naval Force, 140
Rufe, Roger, 120, 311, 329, 330
Ruggiero, Joe, 127–31
Rush, 40, 68, 203, 303
Russell, Douglas, 293
Russia, 294–95
Ryan, Michael, 40
Ryden, Alan, 211–12
Saine, Jeff, 84–85
Salas, Matt, 203–4, 206
Salinas, Andrea, 36, 40
Sall, Jon, 110–13, 263
Sambenedetto, Richard, 273
Samuel I. Newhouse, 81–82
Sand Island, 203–4
San Francisco Air Station, 89, 170–71, 191–94
San Francisco Bay
oil spill, 225–29, 231–37
post-9/11 port security, 84–90
surfmen, 165–72
San Francisco Bay Bridge, 226–29
Sanibel, 99
Sansinena, 230
Sargent, Robert F., 131
Sausalito, California, 235–37
Savage, Roz, xiii–xvi
Sayad Shuda, 147–48
Sayers, Joel, 18
Scan Eagle, 143
Schaffner, Kyle, 48–49
Scheel, Russ, 183
Schleifstein, Mark, 7
Schwarz, Chris, 19
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), 259, 318
Scully, Troy, 253
Sea Cloud, 134
Sea King, 33, 158
Sea Treaty Law, 294
Seeman, Patti, 54–55
Seger, Bob, 288
Selendang Ayu, 218–22
Seminole Wars of Florida, 62
Semper Paratus—Always Ready (SPARs) women’s Coast Guard reserve force, 135
Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, 250–51, 269–70
September 11th terrorist attacks (2001). See 9/11 terrorist attacks
Sequoia, 205
Seventeenth Street Bridge (New Orleans), 13–14
Seward, William, 68
Sexton, Charles, 33, 158
Sexual misconduct, at Coast Guard Academy, 46–47
Shafer, Jessica, 168, 170–72
Sharks, 192
Sheppard, Dave, 3
Sherffius, John, 21
Sherman, 289, 303
Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Team (SCAT), 235
Sierra (mascot), 166–67, 168
Sikorsky, Igor, 179
Sikorsky helicopters, 179
Silvia C. Hall, 75
Simon Bolivar, 103
Sinbad (mascot), 132–34
Sinbad of the Coast Guard (Foley), 132
Sinclair, Upton, 72
Sir Bedivere, 139–40
Sirius Voyager, 88
60 Minutes (TV show), 120, 250, 255
Skimin, David, xii
Skinner, Carlton, 134
Slade, Scott, 156–57
Slavery and slave trade, 61, 63–64, 66–68
Smith, Chris, 263
Smith, James, 91
Smith, Webster, 46–47
Snowe, Olympia, 3, 251, 269
Social network theory, 321–22
Soldier of Fortune (magazine), 120
Somalia, 122–25
So Others May Live (LaGuardia-Kotite), 176
Sound Shield, 118
Spanish-American War, 62
Spar, 215
SPARs (Semper Paratus—Always Ready) women’s Coast Guard reserve force, 135
Spencer, 25–26
Spencer, Ricky, 120, 153, 154–59
Sperduto, Tom, 82
Spielberg, Steven, 64
Stadt, Patrick, 270–71
Stanley, Daniel, 166–68
Stans, Maurice, 328
Starrett, Robin, 214, 215
Staten Island Ferry, 80, 81–82
Stauffer, Dale, 122
Steamboat Inspection Service, 72
Steamship Inspection Service, 63
Steamships, 63
Steffens, Lincoln, 72
Stennis, 150
Stephens, Jack, 1, 14
Stevens, Bob, 253
Stevens, Ted, 3, 251, 303
Stillman, Patrick, 261
Sting Rays, 108
Stockman, David, 258
Stone, Elmer, 177
Storis, 300
Strangfeld, Chip, 114–17, 182
Stratton Commission, 328
Sugden, Charlie, 177
Sullivan, Tim, 315, 317
Summers, Jim, 166–68
Sung Ching, 247
Super Bowl (2008), 282–83
Superdome (New Orleans), 7, 15, 26
Surfman’s “checks,” 154
Surfmen, 153–72
Bernie Webber, 162–65
Golden Gate Surf Station, 165–72
Joshua James, 160–61
Rasmus Midgett, 161–62
Sussex, Gordon, 158
Swab Summer, 45
Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLETs), 101–2
Pacific, 103, 105
South, 103, 105–6, 120, 122–25
Taft, William Howard, 73–74
Tamaroa, 297
Tampa, 131
Tarbell, Ida, 72
Tattoos, 130, 167–68
Taxes (taxation), 60
Taylor, Gene, 261, 262, 327
Taylor, Todd, 106–7
Terrorist attacks. See also 9/11 terrorist attacks
on USS Cole, 140, 313
Thomas, Greg, 88–89
Thomas, Kevin, 96–98
Thomas S. Gates, 96
Thompson, Chuck, 213
Thompson, David, 178
Thrun, Charles, 178
Ticonderoga, 108
Tierney, Stephen, 90
Titanic, 74
Todd Shipyards, 311
Torrey Canyon, 238–39
Training, 31–55
boot camp, 31–43
ensign factory, 43–53
OCS, 53–55
rescue swimmers, 184–90
Transportation, Department of (DOT), 257–58, 328
Transportation Security Administration (TSA), 118
Treasury Department, 131, 257–58
Triumph, 158
Tucker, Don, 244
Tulane Medical Center, 15
Turbomeca USA, 183
Turner, 179–80
24 (TV show), 91–92
Typhoon, 122
Tyree, David, 283
Uberti, William, 229, 232–33, 234
Uchytil, Carl, 294–95
Uniforms, 314, 315
United Flight 175, 78
University of Connecticut, 93
University of New Orleans, 15–16, 20, 22
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, 329–30
U.S. News and World Report, 44, 48
Vajda, Jeff, 10, 24
Vanacore, Paul, 285, 289
Van Sice, James C., 46
Varela, David, 235–37
Vega, Art, xi
Vessel Boarding and Security Teams (VBSTs), 88
Vessel Traffic System (VTS), 81, 85–88, 91–93
Vetter, Linda, 331
Vicksburg, 138–39
Vietnam War, 135–37, 310–11
Virginia, 67
Von Paulsen, Carl, 178
Waesche, 256
Waesche, Russell, 179, 307
Waldron, Wally, 150
Wall Street Journal, 113, 253
Walnut, 203
Walsh, Brian, 81–82
Wanderer, 66–67
Ward, Jesse Etheridge, 177
War of 1812, 61–62
W
ar on Drugs, 102, 105, 120
War on Terror, 3, 122–25, 313
Warren, John, 60
Warriors, 127–52
Iraq War, 127–31, 137–52
Vietnam War, 135–37
World War I, 131
World War II, 131–35
Washington, 64
Washington, George, 60
Washington Post, 250
Waterhouse, Ben, 60
Watkins, Jim, 329
Watson, Bob, 173–75, 190
Watson, Doug, 216, 220–22
Watts, Christopher, 129–30
Waveland, Mississippi, 28
Weather Bureau, 328
Webber, Bernie, 162–65
Wells, Burt, 88, 235–36
Wells, Charlie, 96–99
Wet foot/dry foot policy, 109–10
White, Charles, 3
White, Patrick, 282, 285–88
White-hulled cutters, 297–306
Whitman, Christine Todd, 83
Whitney, Eli, 61
Wilkes, Charles, 154
Williams, Jodi, 209
Williams, Shay, 8–9, 15–17, 18
Williams, Tony, 298
Willow, 314–16
Wilson, Roger, 188–89, 201–2
Wilson, Woodrow, 74–75
Winters, Kevin, xvi
Winz, Werner, 183
Wischmeier, Andrew, xii
Wishnoff, Dan, 96–98, 99
Wittrock, Steve, 280–88
Wolfe, Chuck, xvi
Wood, Mike, 204–5
WorkBoat (magazine), 81–82
World Trade Center terrorist attacks (2001). See 9/11 terrorist attacks
World War I, 131, 177
World War II, 131–35, 178–81
Worth, Jeffrey, 19
Wrangell, 140–52
Wright, Jen, 287
Wright, Wilbur and Orville, 177
Wright Flyer, 177
Yatto, Richard, 78–79
Yeaton Hall (Coast Guard Academy), 51–53
Yeckley, Andrew, 296
Yerba Buena Island, 87–88
Yost, Paul, 105, 120, 136–37, 308
Young, Gordon, 81
YouTube, 249–50
Zephyr Field, 21
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