Coast guard Flashcards
Coast Guard Ethos
In service to our Nation
With honor, respect, and devotion to duty
We protect
We defend
We save
We are Semper Paratus
We are the United States Coast Guard
What is accountability?
on the sea there is a tradition older even than the traditions of the country itself. It is the tradition that with responsibility goes authority and with them both goes accountability.
What is Honor?
Integrity is our standard. We demonstrate uncompromising ethical conduct and moral behavior in all of our personal actions. We are loyal and accountable to the public trust
What is Respect?
We value our diverse work force. We treat each other with fairness, dignity, and compassion. We encourage individual opportunity and growth. We encourage creativity through empowerment. We work as a team
What is Devotion to Duty?
We are professionals, military and civilian, who seek responsibility, accept accountability, and are committed to the successful achievement of our organizational goals. We exist to serve. We serve with pride.
Who is the Father of the Coast Guard?
the Father of the Coast Guard is
Alexander Hamilton. Congress passed Alexander Hamilton’s Revenue Cutter Bill which provided for the construction often armed cutters to protect and ensure revenue collection.
What are the original ten cutters of the Revenue Cutter Service?
the original ten cutters of the Revenue Cutter Service were the EAGLE
SCAMMEL
ACTIVE
MASSACHUSETTS
VIRGINIA
ARGUS
DILIGENCE
VIGILANT
SOUTH CAROLINA
GENERAL GREENE
Who was Hopley Yeaton?
President George
Washington commissioned Hopley Yeaton as the first officer of the Revenue Cutter Service
Who is the most celebrated life-saver in the world?
Joshua James is the most celebrated life-saver in the world! He began at the age of 15 and continued his service through his death at 74. As a member of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, he is credited with saving over 600 lives.
What are the roots of the Coast Guard?
the roots of the Coast Guard were the:
Life-Saving Service
Lighthouse Service
Revenue Cutter Service
Bureau of Navigation, and the
Steamboat Inspection Service
What is the Coast Guard’s pride and joy?
the Coast Guard’s pride and joy is the Barque EAGLE.
She is a 295 foot barque training vessel home ported in New London, Connecticut. She was built in 1936 in Germany and acquired as a war prize at the end of WWII
Who was the father of CG aviation?
the father of Coast Guard Aviation is Commander Elmer Stone, who was appointed as Coast Guard Aviator No. I on April 10th, 1917
Who was Douglas Munro?
September 27, 1942 at Point Cruz on Guadalcanal, Signalman l/c Munro led the rescue of a detachment of Marines trapped on the beach by the attacking Japanese. Using his vessel as a shield from the enemy, four other Higgins boats loaded the Marines. Munro, fatally wounded, was awarded the Medal of Honor
What is the CUYAHOGA?
the CGC CUYAHOGA was an officer candidate training vessel. On the night of 20 October 1978, she collided with the SANTA CRUZ II in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Potomac River. She sank quickly and eleven shipmates were lost
What are the Coast Guard missions?
the eleven statutory missions of the Coast Guard are, ports, waterways, and coastal security, drug interdiction, aids to navigation, search and rescue, living marine resources, marine safety, defense readiness, migrant interdiction, marine environmental protection, ice operations, and other law enforcement missions
What are the five authorities of the Sector Commander?
the five authorities of the Sector Commander include, Captain of the Port, Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, and Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator
Who is the COTP?
the Captain of the Port is the senior Coast Guard official responsible for the enforcement of commercial vessel safety, port safety & security, and marine environmental protection in a given port
Who is the FMSC?
the Federal Maritime Security Coordinator is responsible for establishing, convening, and directing the Area Maritime Security Committee and the development and maintenance of the Area Maritime Security Plan
Who is the FOSC?
the Federal Maritime Security Coordinator is responsible for establishing, convening, and directing the Area Maritime Security Committee and the development and maintenance of the Area Maritime Security Plan
Who is the FOSC?
the Federal On-Scene Coordinator is responsible for coordinating on scene Federal activities during a pollution incident
Who is the OCMI?
the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection administers the Coast Guard’s marine safety “field” activities within a marine inspection zone
Who is the SMC?
the Search and Rescue (SAR) Mission Coordinator coordinates and manages the overall response to a given SAR incident
What is Datum?
Datum is the most probable location of the search object, corrected for movement over time
What is the Coast Guard’s Use of Force Policy?
the Coast Guard’s Use of Force Policy is only that force reasonably necessary under the circumstances may be used
What do you see?
I see lights. Red over green sailing machine; green over white, trawling at night; red over white, fishing boat in sight; white over red, pilot ahead; and red over red, captain is dead
What do you hear?
I hear whistles!
International and in sight:
One short blast, I am altering course to starboard.
Two short blasts, I am altering course to port.
Three short blasts, I am operating astern propulsion.
Low visibility, both International and Inland:
One prolonged blast, power-driven vessel making way.
Two prolonged blasts, powerdriven vessel underway but not making way. One prolonged and three short blasts, the last vessel of a tow, if manned
What is a head-on situation?
when two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve the risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side of the other
What is a crossing situation?
when two power-driven vessels are crossing so as to involve the risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way, and shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other vessel
What are your responsibilities when overtaking?
at sea any vessel overtaking any other shall keep out of the way of the vessel being overtaken. Ashore any junior should salute, ask “by your leave’’, and pass to the left of the senior’s shirt sleeve
What are your actions to avoid collision?
any action taken to avoid collision shall, if the circumstances for the case admit, be positive, made in ample time and with due regard to the observance of good seamanship
What is Spindrift?
the definition of Spindrift is spray blown from a rough sea or surf
How long have you been in the Coast Guard?
all me bloomin’ life. My father was King Neptune and my mother was a mermaid. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep. My eyes r’ stars, my teeth r ‘ spars, my hair is hemp n’ seaweed. And when I spits, I spits tar. I’s tough I is, I am, I are
Drill Down
muzzle, front sight, barrel, upper-hand guard, balance, operating rod handle, receiver, stock, heel of the butt, toe of the butt, sling, trigger, and stacking swivel
Semper Paratus
From Aztec Shore to Arctic Zone,
To Europe and Far East,
The Flag is carried by our ships,
In time of war and peace;
And never have we struck it yet,
In spite of foemen’s might,
Who cheered our crews and cheered again,
For showing how to fight.
-CHORUS-
We’re always ready for the call,
We place our trust in thee.
Through surf and storm and howling gale,
High shall our purpose be.
“Semper Paratus” is our guide,
Our fame, our glory, too,
To fight to save or fight and die!
Aye! Coast Guard, we are for you.
SURVEYOR and NARCISSUS,
The EAGLE and DISPATCH,
The HUDSON and the TAMPA,
The names are hard to match;
From Barrow’s shores to Paraguay,
Great Lakes or ocean’s wave,
The Coast Guard fought through storms and winds,
To punish or to save. (CHORUS)
Aye, we’ve been “Always Ready”,
To do, to fight or die!
Write glory to the shields we wear,
In letters to the sky.
To sink the foe or save the maimed,
Our mission and our pride,
We’ll carry on ‘til Kingdom come
Ideals for which we’ve died. (CHORUS)
