Table of Contents
OVER THE BOW - Winter 2015
Messages from the Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
District Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Happy Birthday Mr. Hamilton! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Coast Guard Summer in Conn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Flare from the Air Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Two Flotillas, One Coastie! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Planking Ceremony of Flotilla 11-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Honoring Town of Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Honored for Cardiac Arrest Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
National Deployment Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Veterans Stand Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Renewal and Commitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mets Spirit Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fleet Week 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Photo Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chief Editor's Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cover Photo:
Principal trumpeter with the Coast Guard Auxiliary Band, Louis DiLeo, sounds taps in honor of Alexander Hamilton's birthday at Trinity Church in New York City. USCG Photo by PA3 Frank Iannazzo-Simmons.
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