teaching 113 students in eight ET-A School classes. He also volunteers his time in other ET-A School’s units as an instructor, in addition to safety observer. PO Whately volunteered to be a class advisor to ET-A School Class 03-16 consisting of seven Coast Guard members and two international members from St. Kitts and St. Vincent. 3. Petty Officer Whately is ET-A School’s property manager of equipment with a value of $175,000 and a High Level Assembly (HLA) property value of $2.2 million.…
agents have a mission to protect The United States of America, but by being a department specifically created after an international attack, they have certain pressures that put them in high priority. According to the Department of Homeland Security website there are over 240,000 employees. With this many employees, the Department of Homeland Security is the third largest cabinet department. The department is made up of multiple agencies within, such as, United States Citizenship and…
AMO conducts its Homeland security mission with a mix of personnel with unique skills, authorities and technology. Its mission sets are comprised of interdiction, investigation, domain awareness, and contingency operations. AMO conducts law enforcement operations that consist of monitoring, detecting, and tracking potential threats to national security; secures the border; confronts extended border threats; and provides airspace security for high risk areas and national security events.…
Shipmates: For those of you I haven’t had the pleasure of speaking with personally I have recently been designated as LPO. I want to take this opportunity to reach out and address a few things. I realize this is kind of long winded, but I promise to be more concise in the future. First, if you have not already done so please make sure you complete your resume and/or Bio and upload them to the Sharepoint web site by the end of the week. Leadership was adamant about having this completed by…
One of the most visible law enforcement agencies that has drawn me to the homeland security realm is the Florida Highway Patrol. In the past I have attend several job fairs just to see what job opportunity are out there. Florida Patrol Officers were always on the scene looking clean cut, in shape and professional. Even their patrol cars that seemed to be always parked in the front of the different building were clean and had a nice shine. I guess I can relate to their mission by my…
inspire others and guide them towards accomplishing organizational and personal goals. This will also enable me to respond to the privilege of being a leader by building trust and honoring the Coast Guard’s core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty. 2. I believe that the most important asset of the Coast Guard is the younger members rising up through the ranks. Helping others attain their personal goals can simultaneously help meet organizational goals. Gaining a qualification helps…
classification, which became the universal standard, she listed around 350,000 stars. Annie Jump Cannon died on April 13, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 77. Annie Jump Cannon’s father was Wilson Cannon, a Delaware shipbuilder and state senator, her mother was Mary Jump, Annie was the oldest daughter. She was first taught about constellations, which became the main source of interest to stars for Annie, by her mother. She studied physics and astronomy at Wellesley College, she…
visitation from a former Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (MCPO-CG), stress management, and the intermediate ropes enriched our leaders. It is in the unexpected that great things happen. An unexpected visitation from the former MCPO-CG Vince Patton, on a day that changed lives in the Coast Guard and the world. MCPO-CG was on base for the 9-11 memorial telling a story of how a church cleanup changed the idea of what the Coast…
1. The United States Coast Guard is an organization with a rich history, heritage, and traditions. As we venture further into the future, we continue to make necessary changes and improvements to move forward. The strong leaders throughout Coast Guard history have paved the way to make us the premiere maritime service that we are today. It remains that in all of our best efforts to equip the junior enlisted ranks with leadership tools we fail to focus on our very own strong leaders and events…
yesterday, you are strong today, and you will be strong tomorrow.” Due to my adolescence state I didn 't think much of the quote and the inspiring meaning surrounding his wise words. It pleases me to say that peering back on my past I can discern the effect my father 's words had on shaping me into the person that I am today. A girl who overcame obstacles and persevered. My father has served in the United States Coast Guard for twenty years, which makes me a military child. I, like many…