Life in the Coast Guard

[jerryfmcompushaft]

Think Coast Guard duty is a snap? Read this

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After a two-month voyage, the crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Juniper is far away from home; they’re 2,300 miles northeast of homeport… at the top of the world.
Juniper – a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Newport, R.I. – is in the Arctic participating in Operation Nanook 2012. The operation aims to enhance the Coast Guard’s relationships, interoperability and experience with international forces working in the Arctic. more

[griffin]

Op Nanook is a Canadian Operation to which the USCG ship was attached. Canada has been performing these annual operations called Nanook for many years. More recently the RCN and Cdn. Army have had joint operations in moving troops to the north and having land troops get used to this hostile environment and give the RCN experience also. Also included are helo's flown by RCAF aircrews that fly off our ships. Cdn. military operations have been increased under the current government as part of an overall sovereignty, defence project.