The Long Blue Line (Spring 2024)

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REUNIONS, NOTICES & ITEMS OF INTEREST COAST GUARD AVIATION ASSOCIATION – ANCIENT ORDER OF THE PTERODACTYL LOCATION: Jacksonville, Florida DATE: October 15–18, 2024 Greetings all current and former Coast Guard Aviation Aircrew (Pilots, Flight Mechanics, Rescue Swimmers, Basic Aircrewman, Auxiliary Aircrew). We are excited to announce our 2024 Roost (conference) save the dates in Jacksonville, Florida. This year’s Roost will host a special celebration of ALPAT and its distinguished 60+ years of service. We will also be celebrating the 25th anniversary of HITRON. Based on the great success of the 2023 Roost Professional Day, we will also be hosting our 2nd Career Transition Session. Contact: Tony Hahn – tony.hahn@aoptero.org IMPORTANT REMINDER TO USCG RETIREES REGARDING YOUR HEALTH RECORDS A Coast Guard member's health record is the property of the U.S. Government. The CG is congressionally mandated to provide a copy of the health records of retired members to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The CG implemented a contract in 2022 to digitize paper health records to ensure prompt availability to the VA upon a member’s retirement. The current contract scheduled to conclude in April 2024 is being extended as needed. As highlighted in ALCOAST 076/24 - FEB 2024 DIGITIZATION AND LONG-TERM STORAGE OF PAPER HEALTH RECORDS UPDATE https:// content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/ bulletins/38a1fc1 ... records digitization has been prioritized and retirees are Priority 1. A CG Health, Safety, and Work-Life Service Center (HSWL SC) surge team is augmenting contracted efforts in support of expediting completion of this priority group. Retirees in possession of their original health records are asked to make copies and return their original health records as soon as possible to your last servicing clinic or by mail to: Commanding Officer HSWL SC Attn: HSWL SC CRPC 300 E. Main Street STE 1000 Norfolk, VA 23510-9109 The CG is still required to provide the VA a copy of original health records for retirees currently receiving VA benefits, and the VA will continue to request them until received. Once your record is received by HSWL SC, it will be digitized and uploaded to the electronic system for access by the VA. Health records should also contain form DD-2963, which certifies the record is accurate. If you retired from the CG and left without a copy of your health records and/or form DD-2963, you may obtain copies from your last servicing clinic or HSWL SC. Retirees with questions, including accessibility of their health records to the VA or to request a DD- 2963, are encouraged to send an e-mail to the HSWL Central Records Processing Center at: D05-SMB- HWSLCentralCell@uscg.mil 16 SPRING 2024 THE LONG BLUE LINE
NEVER TOO LATE: A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY AND THE PURPLE HEART PROJECT By CWO3 Charles W. Meyer, USCG (Ret.) laketow2@aol.com Charles Green, a crewmember aboard USCGC TAMPA, will be posthumously awarded the Purple Heart presented to his family on Memorial Day, May 27, 2024, at Arlington National Cemetery by the Coast Guard Memorial. Charles Green will be the 63rd USCGC Tampa crewmember so recognized. The Purple Heart Project’s work is ongoing to identify and recognize remaining crewmembers eligible for this honor, men who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Left: UB-91 firing a torpedo at USS Tampa in Bristol Channel, Wales. (Painting by John D. Wisinski, US Coast Guard Collection.) Right: New Coast Guard recruit Charles Green, who enlisted under the alias “Frank Garrett” in January 1917, was assigned to USS Tampa. He and his shipmates perished when the Tampa was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 26 September 1918. Charles W. Meyer has spent nearly three years researching and writing this article published in Sea History, Winter Issue #185. https://seahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/SH185-Purple-Heart-Feature-Article.pdf. He also assembled a short video "Remember the Tampa," which can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/rVCUvjqPG5Y THE LONG BLUE LINE SPRING 2024 17
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