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Re: BFAds 2015 Holiday Giveaway

JWillis — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:30:24 -0000

Die Hard

Re: I Smell Media Bullshit

JWillis — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:04:19 -0000

This kind of "reporting" is one of the reasons that people are turning off the mainstream media. It's wasn't hard to see that ABC had an agenda in its report.

Re: Cruise missiles from Container Ships

JWillis — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:06:22 -0000

I don't think we have to worry too much about US having it and it falling into the wrong hands. If you watched the video, you saw that this system has been developed, and is presumably on the market, by a Russian company.

From their site: "For over a 60-year period of its research and industrial activities, it has been committed to the development of shipboard equipment, computer-aided systems and combat managements systems for the Russian Navy submarines and surface ships, fire control systems for all types of ship-mounted weapons."

How hard would it be for a foreign country to sail a container ship up to our coast and fire off a few missiles at the US?

Re: 1931 Christmas Dinner Menu USCGC Haida (WPG-45)

JWillis — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:44:44 -0000

I love the specificity. Young Oregon Turkey. No Washington or California turkeys allowed.

No pipe smokers allowed either. After dinner Cigars or Cigarettes. My how the Coast Guard has changed.

Merry Christmas

Re: Help a Coastie, Support the Coast Guard – Code Name: I’m for 1790

JWillis — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:17:53 -0000

Hannakuh, Christmas, Festivus, Winter Solstice, Kwanza, Ashura, Al-Hijira, New Years Day. Sounds like a holiday season to me. Just because someone doesn't follow your religion doesn't mean it's not a holiday.

Re: APB for 378 Sailors Past and Present

JWillis — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:52:36 -0000

It's been almost 34 years since I was on the CGC Dallas so I doubt I can add much to the conversation but I'd sure like to hear some comments from some of the more recent 378 sailors.

Re: Congressman Joe Courtney looks to get Coast Guard Museum Project Up and Running

JWillis — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:39:47 -0000

Let's see:
Army Museum: Ft Belvoir, VA
Navy Museum: Washington DC
Marine Corps Museum: Quantico, VA
Air Force Museum: Wright Patterson AFB,Ohio
Coast Guard Museum: New London CT. That doesn't seem right to me.

The Coast Guard Museum should be near the nations capital, not stuck in some out of the way spot like New London. Tourists visit the DC area. How many tourists visit New London.

Years ago TISCOM Alexandria was a pretty big area, property wise. If it still is, why not cut off a few acres and put the museum there?

Re: CGBLOG Find: A Delicious Aroma

JWillis — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:34:16 -0000

The ad claims it's "the officially licensed cologne for the Men of the United States Coast Guard." I wonder how much truth there is in THAT statement. Did someone at Headquarters actually approve of this, and if it's licensed, does the Coast Guard MWR get a cut of the sales or a flat license fee?

Also, is MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) still called that or has it been renamed?

Re: M.E. Lateral Video & Blog

JWillis — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:41:35 -0000

Why is the Coast Guard using a video like this to get people to apply for ME? Will it be available to the Guardians to view at their units? Seems a little strange to me.

Re: Reason #256 the U.S. Coast Guard exists

JWillis — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:11:12 -0000

Another one: CREWMEMBER of a fishing vessel falls overboard. Doesn't know how to swim and isn't wearing a life jacket.

Re: FYI: IE6 to REALLY become an “at work” problem soon

JWillis — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:35:12 -0000

It's to bad that the Coast Guard hasn't seen fit to switch to FireFox. It's a much better, and more secure, browser than IE anything

Re: How are the Coast Guard ‘Navy SEAL’ candidates doing?

JWillis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:29:33 -0000

Thanks for the update LT McLay. A lot of people are interested. Maybe you could come back and give us monthly updates on their status.

Re: Coast Guard Officer guilty of using cocaine, now what?

JWillis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:35:52 -0000

I am amazed that the Military Justice System would NOT consider the use of cocaine as "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman". It appears to me that the standards of conduct in the Coast Guard have been lowered quite a bit from my days.