Words matter. These are the best Coast Guard Quotes from famous people such as Michael Chertoff, Robin Hayes, Vito Fossella, Brianna Keilar, Keiynan Lonsdale, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
We’ve done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA.
Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation.
First at the outset, let me commend the great men and women of the United States Coast Guard for what they do.
The Coast Guard evokes images of search and rescue operations, maybe during Hurricane Katrina, or guys jumping out of helicopters wearing snorkels and fins – and that’s accurate, but only part of the picture.
Once I wrapped ‘Insurgent’, I went to Boston and shot a film called ‘The Finest Hours.’ It’s based on a real story in 1952 about a Coast Guard mission to rescue these sinking ships that are caught in a blizzard.
Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The federal government will never outsource our security.
The favorite thing I like to do is nothing. I’m such an expert at doing nothing. I have a boat. I make training films for the Coast Guard. I listen to a great deal of opera.
I have faith the men and women of the Coast Guard will immediately rise to the challenge and see the people hit by Katrina through until the storm has truly calmed.
I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame.
My nickname, when I was 15 years old in the Coast Guard, they called me ‘Hollywood’ because I went to the movies all the time. It was such great escapism. That’s why I ran away from home.
Thank God we’re going to try to continue and effectively defend our frontiers with the Border Patrol, with the Customs Department, with the Coast Guard, with the Armed Forces.
The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks.
The Coast Guard has long been known as the armed service that gets more done for less.
These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and other safety laws.
We’re happy to work with military or other government agencies in ways that are consistent with our principles. So if we want to help improve the safety of Coast Guard personnel, that’s the kind of thing we’d be happy to work on.
Water keepers patrol local waterways and prosecute polluters. Essentially, they act as the community’s coast guard.
As a child, my sister and I had very fruitful imaginations, and I would think that I wanted to be one profession or I’d want to have this experience in life. I realized it’s not because I actually wanted to be a Coast Guard helicopter rescue pilot or something like that – I just enjoyed the idea of playing it.
