United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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COASTGUARDSMEN WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO LAND AT GUADALCANAL AND NORTH AFRICA ar ' s begun, schools done — that was said during the Revolutionary War, but how times have changed! The efficient operation of the most complex machine devised by man — the modern ship — calls for well-trained machinists as well as a capable deck force. To train new men for the black gang and to improve old hands, courses of instruction are held on all types of machinery. The competitive spirit between ships has been fostered in peace times by the desire of each crew to win the Engineering Prize for their vessel, awarded to the ship whose Engineering Department was operated most efficiently for a year. This and awards in other fields have combined to place the Coast Guard in the en- viable position of being the only military or- ganization of the Federal Government which pays for itself as it goes along. This Academy of ours is but one of the many- schools kept going by the Service. Enlisted personnel and officers train continually so that they maj become more completely masters of their trade — ■ beating the sea. WATCHDOGS OF THE COAST k0

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I • • TKIIMM. I ).i in .1 ■■• I da) oul ' lii ing pi . ■ i .1- «i II .1- m .ii i In i Dad ' ' ii.ii ' I pi • pai i - ii-i ll Imi an) gi in ) I mphasis i- |. In . .1 pi mi. ii il mi ilu handling « • f -in. i II liii.it- in .m «i .it lt« i : .i- .i i ' -nil tin mi ii iii tin Service nave earned i In reputation l being honi it-to God sailors. mi i .in t i ■ ■ — i take ■ bo) who hat never been t sea, « ■ »■ k .i cap ovei his eye in the beat movie style and drop him n board a cutter and then saj thai j ii 1 1 . i . i .i sailor. 1 1 « — business .,1 beating tin sea I- not one to b learned in seven eas) lessons l mail; vim have t get down where you can -, . i.n yourself how to keep afloat and -nil be useful. Drill, .hill, .mil drill until tin rewi Inn. tin n together instinctive!) is the waj in wlii. Ii ilu- Coast Guard trains it- men. I ml. t ., I. ..ii. i ..I watchful .in.l all- seeing eyes and guided bj experienced boatswains even . man whose onlj prior . .uii.i. i m ill, .i boat n , • •! when I hi grav) w.i- passed .,t home soon picks up the fundamentals .f seamanship. Top IJARO CREW IAUNC • RY RUNWAY. Wiil. . ' .- ROUTINE DRILL ABOARI M tES SEAMEN I MCY ACTION Bottom: ' ■• ' • 12 •• ' . A SELF. BAUER TO DEMON. STRATE ike HANDLII URNEDSURF. Itl ' A

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' SCENE ASSISTANCE I li n havi been man) improvements in the program t i th security oi I nited States | •■ i i - put into operation in re enl months. I be under- manned iin departments of our principal ports bav been reinforced with ' oasl Guardsmen. III. I. H ni.it K.n ill .1 civilian voluntary pro- tiitlvi ill n.llll .lt il ' ll nil lllli- -nllliwll.il -Hull. II o that ni ' n l ' .ii ' l Wardens has been under- .ikin. Coordination between the Coast Guard, he .m .mil tin- W.H Departments, and othei lefense agencies has been established to insure In protection • t .ill waterfront facilities «iili- uii duplication if protective efforts. Extensive steps have been taken to prevent and combat fires in and around docks. Hundreds I fire- lin.ii- manned I • C I Guardsmen havi been .iml .in being assigned to ilii- ilui . ■JSUMLS TIMELY HELP TO VESSELS IN Dl MODERN CLEVELAND STATION