The Long Blue Line (SUMMER 2021)
Quarterly magazine for retirees of the Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
Quarterly magazine for retirees of the Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
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BUILDING THE NATIONAL<br />
COAST GUARD MUSEUM<br />
You are Answering the Call – Thank You!<br />
Dear Retirees,<br />
In the Spring <strong>2021</strong> issue, CAPT Wes Pulver, USCG (Ret.) and I asked you to get involved in your National Museum.<br />
We are abundantly grateful to those of you who have responded.<br />
• Thank you for sharing personal stories - we are proud to highlight four more in this issue’s Portraits of Service,<br />
beginning on page 36. Enjoy!<br />
• Thank you to all who are making donations to the campaign and for those of you who have joined our crew<br />
in the last three months. We appreciate your support!<br />
Several Retirees have committed to major gifts since our latest issue! This is the kind of momentum we need.<br />
We are not surprised at all. We know we can rely on our shipmates to step up to accomplish our common goal. I have<br />
long said, that if we all haul around together, this Museum mission will be completed.<br />
This summer, we are rolling out a new and exciting opportunity! For the first time ever, you can earn a National Coast Guard<br />
Museum Challenge Coin. To earn this limited-edition coin, existing Plankowners can upgrade their monthly contribution,<br />
or refer a new Plankowner. Not a Plankowner yet? Join the program to earn your coin. Learn more on page 35.<br />
We continue to make incredible progress on our Museum. Our construction documents are<br />
completed, and we are finalizing permitting. <strong>The</strong> Coast Guard is leading the Exhibit<br />
Design which has recently passed the halfway point. For me, one of the most exciting<br />
aspects of the National Museum will be the STEM Discovery Center, where<br />
young people may discover and build on their passion for science, technology,<br />
engineering, and math. I firmly believe that a new generation of Coast Guard<br />
men and women will find their calling in that hub of experiential learning.<br />
You can read all about it beginning on page 20. Thank you for being so<br />
supportive – remember, we need all of us to open the National Coast Guard<br />
Museum. From Plankowners to Major Gift donors, we all have an opportunity<br />
to influence this effort. Just get involved.<br />
Semper Paratus!<br />
MCPOCG Vince Patton, USCG (Ret.)<br />
Chief of the Mess<br />
6 <strong>SUMMER</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
THE LONG BLUE LINE
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