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United States Coast Guard (USCG) view detail comment email this

This official site for the "smallest armed service of the United States" has current Coast Guard news and history, including facts tracing its establishment back to 1790. It outlines its multi-mission maritime service under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime and the Secretary of the Navy during wartime. Includes a FAQ, daily chronology of USCG history, and information on careers, units, and missions (such as maritime safety and national defense).
http://www.uscg.mil/default.asp
Topics: U.S. Military

Last updated Aug 11, 2008


Women and the U.S. Coast Guard view detail comment email this

Photos, essays, and other material on women in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. Features historical data on women lighthouse keepers, the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (also known as the SPARs), photos of women's Coast Guard uniforms (1942-1974), a chronology, and a bibliography. From the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office.
http://www.uscg.mil/history/WomenIndex.asp
Topics: Photograph Collections, U.S. Military, United States History, Women

Last updated Jun 7, 2009




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