History
The modern U.S. Coast Guard was formed by merging or absorbing five historic maritime services; name three of them.
The Revenue Cutter Service (1790)
The U.S. Lighthouse Service (1789/absorbed 1939)
The U.S. Life-Saving Service (1848/merged 1915)
The Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation (absorbed 1942/1946)
The U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service (merged earlier into BMIN)
USCGC Forward and all three of her historic predecessor cutters are named in honor of this 15th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Walter Forward?
For bridge-to-bridge communications and international maritime distress calls, Coast Guard cutters and vessels monitor this VHF-FM frequency channel around the clock.
What is VHF ch 16
Upon crossing the Equator for the first time, slimy Pollywogs are summoned before the court of this mythical sea god to be transformed into Trusty Shellbacks.
Who is King Neptune (or Neptunus Rex)?
Celebrated every year as Coast Guard Day, this exact calendar date marks the authorization of the original Revenue Marine.
When is August 4, 1790
This cutter was the first 270
What is CGC BEAR
Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Coast Guard's operational responsibilities are formally divided into this exact number of statutory missions.
What is 11
Sailors traveling home aboard ships stitched a small canvas bag with drawstrings to store their sewing kit, marlinespike, needles, and personal keepsakes, known by this name.
What is a Ditty Bag (or Ditty Box)?
Originally derived from "ditto bag" because it contained two of everything needed for repairs, or from the coarse Calico cloth called dittis.
As the first Secretary of the Treasury, this Founding Father drafted the tariff act that created the Revenue Marine in 1790.
Who is Alexander Hamilton
This is the state where CGC FORWARD's keel was laid
What is Rhode Island
Abbreviated as LMR, this non-homeland security mission charges Coast Guard cutters with enforcing federal catch quotas, protecting marine sanctuaries, and boarding foreign vessels in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
What is Living Marine Resources
In traditional naval timekeeping, this is the maximum number of bell strikes rung at the conclusion of a standard four-hour deck watch.
What is Eight Bells?
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This Signalman First Class is the Coast Guard's only Medal of Honor recipient, awarded posthumously for evacuating surrounded Marines at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, in 1942.
Who was Douglas Munro
This officer served as the Commanding Officer of USCGC Forward from 1993 to 1995 before later becoming the 24th Commandant of the Coast Guard.
Who is Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr.?
The 11 statutory missions of the Coast Guard are divided into Homeland Security and Non-Homeland Security missions. Name three missions.
Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security (PWCS) ;Drug Interdiction; Migrant Interdiction;Defense Readiness;Other Law Enforcement (OLE); SAR, Marine Safety, Aids to Navigation (ATON), Ice Operations, Living Marine Resources (LMR), and Marine Environmental Protection (MEP).
To earn the Permanent Cutterman Insignia, an active-duty Coast Guardsman must accumulate a minimum of this much cumulative sea time aboard commissioned Coast Guard cutters.
What is 5 years
Alexander Hamilton contracted ten original cutters to stand up the Revenue Marine. Name two of those original ten cutters.
Vigilant, Active, General Greene, Massachusetts, Scammel, Argus, Virginia, Diligent, South Carolina, Eagle
Share your favorite memory from onboard FORWARD
too many to mention
Forwards Main Mission
What is maritime Law enforcement
The motto embossed on the ship's crest of USCGC Forward (WMEC-911) is this three-word Latin-inspired phrase.
What is "Ever the Sentinel"?