Earlier this month, Lt. Jodie Knox wrote an article for Military.com entitled “Coast Guardsmen Train for Law Enforcement Missions.” The article talks about one of the law enforcement courses, known as “Noncompliant Vessel Pursuit” (NCVP) that Coast Guard law enforcement …
As of this morning, the death toll from Hurricane Sandy’s devastation in 10 states is over 90 casualties, according to The Associated Press (AP). The same article described the tragic fates of two of the storm’s victims – two young …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), formed in 2003, has at least 180,000 employees! DHS personnel work in a variety of disciplines, from federal protective services and border protection to coast guard, intelligence and cyber security. “As a Homeland Security …
One hundred years ago today (April 14, 1912) at 11:40pm, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg approximately 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. According to Philip R. Devlin (LedyardPatch), the ice that made up the berg was between 3,000 and …
It takes determination and guts to embark on a round-the-world race, for almost an entire year and a total of 40,000 miles at sea. It takes even more will to finish the longest leg of the race (from Qindao, China …