Spotters Magazine - Yearbook 2016

I’d like to close my interview asking the last two questions to
the Air Station’s PAO who helped us in make this day possible.
Petty Officer Robert Simpson
Public Affairs, San Diego
Q: What was the event that changed your career?
A: When I first joined the Coast Guard, I was waiting to go to school
for public affairs and I was a seaman on a ship in Alaska. What made me
want to get into the job that I do… I am privileged to see everything
that the Coast Guard does, and see everything from our boats and
helicopters, and I am able to help tell the story of how exciting and
how wonderful it is. The Coast Guard’s missions are so important to
saving people’s lives, not only just Americans, but maritime people
everywhere—anybody in the water: boaters, fishermen, other militaries.
We have a wonderful mission just rescuing people, and when I realized
that, I knew I wanted to do this job.
Q: What’s the motto of the U.S Coast Guard?
A: The U.S. Coast Guard motto is Semper Paramus, which means “always
ready”. The Coast Guard’s first founded in 1790, and since then the motto
“always ready” implies everything we do. We stand ready to respond to
all of the rescue requests 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
This is the smallest branch of the military US, roughly 14 thousands of
members.
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