Podcasts by They Had to Go Out
Get ready to whiten those knuckles and hold fast as we get underway to talk with Coast Guard veterans about the most daring, dangerous, and epic sea stories ever told. Whether facing ruthless men who prey on other mariners or storms that turn calm seas into graveyards, those who go down to the sea and cast off lines enter the most challenging and dangerous environment on earth. Only here will you hear their stories and the lessons gained through their experience. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theyhadtogoout/support
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Episode 90 - Sandra Stosz - Vice Admiral (Ret.) - Icebreaking - Cutter CO from 2021-11-23T02:46:08
Vice Admiral Sandra Stosz (Ret.) talks twelve years at sea aboard six different cutters ranging from red to white to black hulls, icebreaking as a newly minted ensign, command of a cutter defending...
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Episode 89 - John Marks - Captain (Ret.) - Chief Yeoman from 2021-11-15T23:08:38
For this episode we welcome our first ever Yeoman to the show and he does not disappoint. CAPT John Marks (Ret.) talks adventures in the South Pacific including visits to the leper colony on Moloka...
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Episode 88 - Lee Fanning - LCDR - Flight Surgeon - Sikorsky HH52A from 2021-10-20T13:48:26
Former LCDR Lee Fanning talks service as a Flight Surgeon at Air Station San Francisco, responding on his first day of duty to the crash landing of a 747 with 300 souls aboard, dodging pine trees a...
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Episode 87 - Jeff Rusiecki - BMC (Ret.) - Surfman - FV Sea King - National Motor Lifeboat School from 2021-09-28T21:23:38
Chief Boatswains Mate Jeff Rusiecki (Ret.) talks being at the helm for the attempted rescue of the fishing vessel Sea King as she foundered on the Columbia River Bar, how that case connected him to...
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Episode 86: Jim Morphew - MK - Patrol Boat Cutterman - War on Drugs - Mariel Boatlift - PTSD from 2020-11-20T23:08:13
Former MK Jim Morphew talks a near decade of service on the Gulf Coast, two tours at one of the service’s least requested duty stations in Grand Isle, Louisiana; interdicting tons of marijuana in t...
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Episode 85: William ‘Dean’ Lee - Vice Admiral (Ret.) - Commanding Officer - LANTAREA - Boat Forces from 2020-11-02T00:45:18
Vice Admiral William “Dean” Lee (Ret.) talks the most impactful case of his 36 year career - the courageous effort to save a life from inside a capsized fishing vessel hull, the most important less...
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Episode 84: Steve Love - Commander (Ret) - CO - Mustang - ET - Cutter Swimmer - Boat Forces from 2020-10-28T03:57:35
Commander Steve Love (Ret) talks 34 years of active service, his first patrol out of basic training aboard CGC Cherokee, white knuckling the helm and being lashed to the mast during the search for ...
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Episode 83: Erin Stapleton - BOSN - CGC Eagle Sailmaster - Diver - Officer in Charge from 2020-10-10T13:30:03
BOSN Erin Stapleton (Ret) talks service as the Sailmaster aboard the Tall Ship Eagle during a crossing of the Atlantic, recovering a man overboard under sail, training and mentoring Academy cadets ...
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Episode 82: Kurt Strauch - BOSN - Marine Firefighting - Antarctic Ops - Officer in Charge from 2020-10-03T01:40:55
Boatswain Kurt Strauch (Ret.) talks Coast Guard firefighting, including the rescue of a commercial fishing crew aboard an 80 foot scalloper on fire off Montauk, New York, the massive effort to save...
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Episode 81: Zach Snavely - ME2 - MSRT - BM - Coxswain - Deck Force - Defense Contractor from 2020-09-24T00:42:16
Former ME2 Zach Snavely talks surviving recruit training with Phil after both enlisted in West Virginia, striking Boatswain’s Mate, service as a coxswain on the northern border at Station Niagara, ...
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Episode 80: Claude Morrissey - Chief Aviation Survival Technician (Ret.) - Helicopter Rescue Swimmer from 2020-09-16T15:35:57
Part I. Retired Chief Aviation Survival Technician (ASTC) Claude Morrissey talks his first case as a rescue swimmer, saving fishermen washed from a jetty during Hurricane Claudette, refining his gr...
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Episode 79: Chris Campbell - Quartermaster 2nd Class - CGC Sedge - CGC Thetis - ATON - Migrants from 2020-09-03T03:28:50
Former Quartermaster Chris Campbell talks being recalled to the CGC Sedge in the midst of a violent winter storm in an effort to save the crew of a foundering fishing vessel off the Alaskan coast, ...
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Episode 78: Steve Denning - BMC (Ret) - Station OIC - Motor Lifeboats - PACTACLET - Black Hulls from 2020-08-24T02:39:07
Chief Boatswains Mate Steve Denning (Ret.) talks the nighttime race to rescue nineteen people, fourteen of them children, from a capsized boat at the entrance to the port of Los Angeles/Long Beach,...
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Episode 77: Alex Mangum - AMT - Flight Mechanic - HH60 - E City - Kodiak - Life After Service from 2020-08-11T19:10:20
Former AMT and HH60 Flight Mechanic Alex Mangum talks a massive effort to save three commercial fishermen after their boat grounded in a remote Alaskan Bay during the worst storm many at the airsta...
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Episode 76: Rick Kuntz - Engineman - Galloo Island - Station Oswego - CG AUX from 2020-08-03T23:01:07
Former Engineman Rick Kunz talks life and service on Lake Ontario’s Galloo Island where the Coast Guard maintained both a station and a lighthouse, four decades of uniform, grooming, and protective...
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Episode 75: MEC ‘ Thunder’ Dan Merrick (Ret.) - MSST - PATFORSWA - RAID - MTB - TACLET from 2020-07-27T01:45:53
Retired Maritime Enforcement Specialist ‘Thunder’ Dan Merrick talks standing up Maritme Safety and Security Teams (MSST) in the aftermath of 9/11, securing the Persian Gulf aboard CGC Monomoy, depl...
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Episode 74: Mike Kreynus - Senior Chief Radioman (Ret) - Cutterman - Intelligence Agent - CPOA from 2020-07-18T12:39:58
Senior Chief Radioman Mike Kreynus (Ret.) talks a lasting lesson in leadership and open door policy from the CO of the CGC Comanche, his time as a plain clothes Coast Guard Intelligence agent, bein...
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Episode 73: James Loy - 21st COMDT - Cutterman - Vietnam War - 9/11 - Leadership - Author from 2020-07-09T09:22:35
21st Commandant of the Coast Guard and former Acting Secretary of the Department is Homeland Security James Loy talks a lesson in leadership early in his career during a dangerous maneuver in heavy...
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Episode 72: Gary Thomas - CDR (Ret.) - Cutterman - Patrol Boat CO - LORANimal - AFRAS - NCGMA from 2020-07-01T02:10:14
CDR Gary Thomas (Ret.) talks deploying into heavy seas as a cutter swimmer to rescue a man overboard, commanding a Key West patrol boat during the tragic sinking of a Haitian ferry, working to supp...
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Episode 71: Martha Kotite - Captain (Ret.) - 110 XO - Public Affairs - Author from 2020-06-23T03:04:37
Captain Martha Kotite (Ret.) talks the attempted takeover of a cutter by a group of migrants detained on board, serving as the XO of a Key West patrol boat, flying in style aboard the Commandant’s ...
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Episode 70: Gina Panuzzi - AET2 (Ret) - Aircrew - HH60 Crash Survivor from 2020-06-18T01:26:28
Retired Aviation Electronics Technician (AET) Gina Panuzzi talks a decade of service in Coast Guard aviation, the crash of CG-6028 in the Utah mountains that nearly claimed her life, and her road t...
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Todd Ebner - AET2 - Aircrew - C130 - HH60 from 2020-06-08T16:57:51
Former AET2 Todd Ebner talks his decade of service in Coast Guard aviation, locating 17 survivors of a fishing trip gone wrong off the Alaskan coast, transporting a dead whale in the cargo hold of ...
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Distant Shores Launch Special - Francois Michaud - Royal Canadian Marine SAR - Chief Instructor from 2020-06-03T15:05:07
Francois Michaud, the Chief Instructor for Royal Canadian Marine Search & Rescue (RCM SAR), talks his decade of service onboard the ships and lifeboats of the Canadian Coast Guard, a long and harro...
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Episode 68: Tina Claflin - MKCS (Ret.) - Surf Ops - CGC Eagle - Strike Team - SAPR - CPO Centennial from 2020-05-28T11:35:39
Senior Chief Machinery Technician Tina Claflin (Ret.) talks towing a sailboat through high surf, sailing aboard the tall ship Eagle, Strike Team CBR call outs for everything from a tire fire in Ohi...
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Special: Coast Guard Recruit Training Alumni from 2020-05-24T09:14:19
Service academies and colleges nationwide have active and powerful alumni associations, but those who enlist and substitute boot camp for higher education lack any similar organization they can lev...
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Episode 67: Jim Rambus - BMCS (Ret.) - Coxswain - OIC - Lighthouse Keeper - Lightship Sailor from 2020-05-21T03:00:15
As we continue to celebrate the centennial of Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers we talk with Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate Jim Rambus (Ret.) who tells of the dangers of logistic runs to the shoals a...
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Episode 66: Adam Cravey - HSC (Ret.) - Coast Guard Medal - Boat Swimmer - Corpsman from 2020-05-14T02:32:55
Chief Health Services Technician Adam Cravey (Ret.) talks a Coast Guard Medal case that demanded he deploy into a raging sea as a boat swimmer in an effort to save the crew of a burning tug and bar...
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Episode 65: Jon Ostrowski- BMCS (Ret.) - PSU - Chief Petty Officers Association President from 2020-05-02T18:11:32
Retired Senior Chief Boatswains Mate Jon Ostrowski talks deploying for Operation Iraqi Freedom with a Reserve Port Security Unit, the centennial of Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers, the unique role...
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Episode 64: Peter Eident - LT - USCGC Cuyahoga Survivor - Author of ‘Bearing Drift’ - Part II from 2020-04-30T02:33:02
Part II. Former Lieutenant Peter Eident talks surviving the capsizing and sinking of the USCGC Cuyahoga during a nighttime training cruise on the Chesapeake Bay and the legal and emotional aftermat...
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Episode 63: Peter Eident - LT - USCGC Cuyahoga Survivor - Author of ‘Bearing Drift’ - Part I from 2020-04-20T23:35:22
Part I of II. Former Lieutenant Peter Eident talks surviving the capsizing and sinking of the USCGC Cuyahoga during a nighttime training cruise on the Chesapeake Bay and the legal and emotional aft...
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Episode 62: Dara O’Malley - BM1 - Surfman 111 - 36 MLB - 44 MLB from 2020-04-11T10:46:32
BM1 Dara O’Malley, Surfman 111, tells of a dangerous nighttime escort across the Humbolt Bar, the capsizing and breakup of the involved cabin cruiser, and the efforts to rescue survivors from the s...
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Episode 61: Angel Hughes - LT - Pilot - Aircraft Commander - HC-144 Casa Ocean Sentry from 2020-04-05T23:41:28
LT Angel Hughes talks leading an aircrew on a challenging nighttime search for a distressed vessel and the aerial delivery of supplies to aid the rescue effort, flying in hurricane conditions, earn...
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Crossover Special with ‘The Evolution Podcast” - Jeff Bayless - USN - Chief Boatswains Mate from 2020-03-30T20:43:52
Crossover episode with Jeff Bayless, a Chief Boatswains Mate in the US Navy and host of ‘The Evolution Podcast’, who talks his journey to resiliency and how he’s working to share his story and the ...
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Crossover Special with Don’t Give Up the Ship Podcast from 2020-03-29T00:55:30
A crossover episode to help pass the time in quarantine with the host of Don’t Give Up the Ship Podcast. Unique episodes released on both shows have the hosts talking enlisted leadership, advanceme...
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Episode 60: Darin Bibeau - BM2 - Coxswain - TACLET - Author from 2020-03-25T12:44:23
Former Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Darin Bibeau talks leading a cutter boat in the response to an offshore plane crash, running boats at station vacation in Burlington, Vermont, jumping the gunwa...
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Episode 59: Cari Thomas - RADM (Ret.) - CEO of Coast Guard Mutual Assistance (CGMA) from 2020-03-18T01:20:50
Rear Admiral Cari Thomas (Ret.) talks taking her first command as the CO of a 110 ft patrol boat, responding to a mass migration in the Florida Straits, leading recruit training at Cape May, comman...
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Episode 58: Thad Allen - 23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard (Ret.) from 2020-03-06T16:01:19
23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard Thad Allen (Ret.) talks being trapped by fire in the radio room of his first cutter, responding to his first mass casualty event when a plane went down in the Flo...
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Episode 57: Mike Underwood - BM1 (Ret.) - Coast Guard Medal - Coxswain - XPO from 2020-02-26T01:58:59
Retired Boatswain’s Mate First Class Mike Underwood talks leading a boat crew into 30 foot seas, 80 knot winds, and dense fog to rescue those aboard a burning tug and barge in a case that earned hi...
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Episode 56: MCPOCG Charles ‘Skip’ Bowen (Ret.) - BM - Officer in Charge - Command Chief from 2020-02-19T23:39:13
10th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles ‘Skip’ Bowen talks the capsize of a marijuana laden sailboat while under tow, the failure of his small boat’s engine during a rescue attem...
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Episode 55: Albert ‘Bud’ Buechler - CAPT (Ret.) - Commanding Officer - 378 WHEC from 2020-02-12T01:29:52
Captain Albert ‘Bud’ Buechler talks the heroic response of his cutter crew to the capsizing of an overloaded Haitian sailing freighter, the unique relationships between Chief Petty Officers, the de...
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Episode 54: Kevin Grant - BM1 - WHEC - Coxswain - Active to Reserve from 2020-02-03T12:17:48
Boatswain’s Mate Kevin Grant tells of his first assignment aboard a 378 High Endurance Cutter, responding to a devastating earthquake on Haiti and the potential mass migration in its aftermath, bei...
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Episode 53: Russell Burress - BMC (Ret.) - 44 MLB - Coxswain - SAR - Risk vs Gain from 2020-01-27T01:08:03
Retired Chief Boatswain’s Mate Russell Burress tells making the decision to risk a boat in an attempt to save a life, serving on deck under the leadership of service legend BMCM Donald Horsley, set...
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Episode 52: John Gagnon - BMCM (Ret.) - Surfman - Officer in Charge from 2020-01-21T01:40:20
Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate John Gagnon (Ret.) talks the search for a fisherman who fell overboard in monstrous surf off the Oregon coast, how towing and searching are performed in the surf by mo...
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Holiday Special with MCPOCG Vince Patton (Ret.) from 2019-12-23T20:12:02
Holiday Special: 8th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Vince Patton (Ret.) shares a holiday message, talks the short lived music career of the E-10s on the USO’s Overseas Holiday Tour, ...
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Episode 51: Steven Craig - USCGR - Captain (Ret.) - Author of All Present and Accounted For from 2019-12-18T03:23:32
Captain Steven Craig (Ret.) talks the dangers of walking a cutter’s deck in storm tossed seas, rising in the ranks from Seaman to mustang Captain, and being activated thirteen times as a reservist ...
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Episode 50: Dan Shirey - BM - Surfman - 44 MLB - Chetco River - CGC Modoc - Diver from 2019-12-12T11:10:11
Former Boatswain’s Mate Dan Shirey talks pitchpoling a 44 ft Motor Lifeboat on the Chetco River bar, responding to a sinking fishing vessel despite knowing he lacked enough fuel to make it back to ...
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Episode 49: Mark Holmes - Radioman - 210 WMEC Crew - Author from 2019-12-05T13:08:16
Former Radioman Mark Holmes talks heading out and into a storm so severe it forced the Navy into port, responding to a foundering sailing vessel with a skeleton crew aboard CGC Courageous, procurin...
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Episode 48: Gerry Rohrer - BM1 (Ret.) - Coxswain - Ice Rescuer - PATFORSWA - Instructor from 2019-11-25T02:40:11
Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Gerry Rohrer (Ret.) talks the lifesaving efforts to retrieve and MEDEVAC an elderly couple from a sailboat breaking apart on the rocks of a Michigan jetty, responding to ...
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Episode 47: Doug Johnson - Boatswains Mate - Coxswain - LORAN Station - Pacific Islands from 2019-11-13T01:06:42
Former Boatswain’s Mate Doug Johnson provides a travelogue of exotic locations he served at throughout the Pacific, including his time at a remote LORAN Station on Marcus Island nearly 700 miles fr...
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Episode 46: CDR Tim ‘TJ’ Schmitz - Helicopter Pilot - HH65 - Alaska Ranger Rescue from 2019-11-08T23:10:33
Commander and helicopter pilot Tim Schmitz talks the daring effort to rescue nearly fifty victims after their vessel, the ‘Alaska Ranger’, sank in the Bering Sea 180 miles west of Dutch Harbor, Ala...
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Episode 45: Kevin Gilheany - BOSN (Ret.) - QMCS - SAR Controller - USCG Pipe Band from 2019-10-31T17:34:49
Retired Quartermaster and Boatswain Kevin Gilheany talks a search and rescue case involving a commercial fishing vessel that was poised to play out like a Greek tragedy until he took action to esta...
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Episode 44: Spooky Sea Yarns from 2019-10-26T13:41:09
To celebrate Halloween our hosts tell of their experiences with haunted Coast Guard cutters and stations. They also make an incredibly weak attempt to start a new legend about their favorite waterw...
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Episode 43 - Chris Costa - BM - TACLET - Instructor - ITD from 2019-10-15T23:23:39
Former Boatswain’s Mate Chris Costa talks counter narcotics along the southern border, becoming an instructor and deploying worldwide to train partner nations, and how his service set the stage for...
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Episode 42 - Ashlee Leppert - AET1 - Helicopter Flight Mechanic - Author of ‘The Hurricane Within’ from 2019-10-08T22:42:28
Retired Aviation Electronics Technician and Helicopter Flight Mechanic Ashlee Leppert talks earning the Air Medal for flying with her crew into the midst of Hurricane Harvey to rescue desperate sur...
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Special Anniversary Episode - Dave Hughes - SK1 - The Prisendam Rescue from 2019-10-03T22:54:49
Thirty-nine years ago in the Pacific Ocean 330 miles off the coast of Valdez, Alaska, a fire engulfed the engine room of the Prinsendam, a cruise ship carrying over 300 passengers. As the fire rage...
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Episode 41: Mike Vecchione - MEC (Ret) - Tactical Operator - Coxswain - MSST - CENTCOM - MSRT from 2019-10-03T22:39:46
Retired Chief Maritime Enforcement Specialist Mike Vecchione talks risking his first coxswain letter with a search for survivors from a capsized vessel based on his own local knowledge rather than ...
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Episode 40: Ron LaBrec - CAPT (Ret.) - 270 WMEC - LEDET - Group Commander - Coast Guard Foundation from 2019-09-25T10:06:22
Retired Captain Ron LaBrec talks being on the bridge of a 270 during a search for survivors from a wrecked vessel, leading law enforcement detachments on deployments worldwide to counter maritime s...
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Episode 39: Wesley Jansen - BM - Coxswain - Company Commander from 2019-09-18T09:32:43
Retired Boatswain’s Mate Wesley Jansen talks a faint call for help and reviving a heart attack victim in dense fog off the Washington coast, a white knuckle day in Alaskan waters and the speed conv...
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Episode 38: Amelia Presley - MK - Boat Engineer from 2019-09-11T23:42:55
Former Machinery Technician Amelia Presley talks search and rescue “Cajun style”, standing duty as an engineer on the Coast Guard’s newest boat types, being on watch during the search for the crew ...
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Episode 37: Michael Ellis - BMCM - RFMC - Officer in Charge from 2019-09-04T09:38:14
Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Michael Ellis talks the rescue of a fishing vessel captain held hostage off the coast of Guam, his first case as a certified coxswain, leadership lessons from a decade...
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Special Episode: Remembering Katrina with Sara Faulkner - AST1 (Ret.) - Helicopter Rescue Swimmer from 2019-08-29T01:31:18
On this 14th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall along the Gulf Coast, we talk with Aviation Survival Technician Sara Faulkner (Ret), the first woman to graduate from the Coast Guard’s own ...
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Episode 36: Vince Patton - Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (Ret) - RM - YN - CG Museum from 2019-08-24T12:24:22
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Vince Patton (Ret.) talks receiving that first SOS while underway on the Cutter Dallas, his rise through the ranks to become the first African American...
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Conversation with Susan Ludwig - President - Coast Guard Foundation from 2019-08-22T11:30:27
Susan Ludwig, President of the Coast Guard Foundation, talks the herculean efforts of the nonprofit to aid Coast Guard members and their families in times of need, disaster, and loss. Her stories l...
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Episode 35: Donna Cottrell - RADM - HH65 Pilot - Coxswain - HITRON CO from 2019-08-17T15:27:31
RADM Donna Cottrell talks the launch of three helicopters to save a foundering commercial fishing vessel off Atlantic City, leading the response to a medical evacuation as an enlisted BM and coxswa...
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Episode 34: Miguel Calderon - ME - Boarding Officer from 2019-08-17T14:11:14
Former Maritime Enforcement Specialist Miguel Calderon talks a tense standoff with a well armed boat at the southern border, how hijinks at a station likely inspired a scene in the movie Jackass, a...
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Episode 33: Live from Grand Haven Day 2 from 2019-08-11T00:16:58
Recorded live on the Waterfront Stage at the Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven, Michigan - Marine Science Technician Zac Edwards talks his wedding and the rescue of a victim trapped in an Alabama...
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Episode 32: Live From Grand Haven Day 1 from 2019-08-04T00:05:33
Recorded live on the Waterfront Stage at the Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven, Michigan - Phil & National Coast Guard Museum Communications Director Drew Forester talk with Boatswains Mate Chuck...
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Episode 31: Shawnle Jones - SK - 44 Motor Lifeboat Crew from 2019-08-04T00:04:48
Former Storekeeper Shawnle Jones talks candidly about the challenges and struggles of being one of the first women to enlist after the Coast Guard opened all assignments to women in 1978, her first...
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Episode 30: Steve Hathaway - CWO (Ret.) - Helicopter Rescue Swimmer from 2019-07-27T15:01:44
CWO Steve Hathaway (Ret.) talks the first years of the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Rescue Swimmer Program and what it took to prove swimmers could save lives, responding to a plane crash in the swift ...
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Episode 29: Christopher O’Brien - LT (Ret.) - WHEC Crew - Circumnavigator from 2019-07-20T10:26
Lieutenant Chris O’Brien (Ret.) talks circumnavigating the Earth on a High Endurance Cutter, interdicting suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, and coordinating the rescue of a downed fighter pilo...
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Episode 28: Joe Peterson - RD - Russian Translator from 2019-07-13T11:00:28
Former Coast Guardsman Joe Peterson talks the unexpected arrival of the Russian fishing fleet off the Oregon coast in the late ‘60s and how his ability to read and speak Russian put him in the midd...
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Episode 27: Brian Boland - CDR - C-130 Pilot from 2019-07-06T10:00:03
From our first live show at the Escape Hatch in E City - Commander Brian Boland talks his first command as an Ensign, flying the mighty C-130 Hercules, and how the plane and its aircrew respond to ...
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Episode 26: ASTCM Don Murray (Ret.) - Helicopter Rescue Swimmer from 2019-06-29T10:00:15
From our first live show at the Escape Hatch in E City - Master Chief Aviation Survival Technician Don Murray (Ret.) talks the rescue of a fishing vessel crew in a violent nor’easter off the Massac...
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Episode 25: Adrian Campbell - FT/ET - Cutterman from 2019-06-22T09:51:43
Former Fire Control Technician Adrian Campbell talks running cannons at GQ-1 in hostile waters, earning the Cutterman insignia, and celebrating line crossings as she sailed the world’s oceans. --...
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Episode 24: Chad Carlson - ME/AST (Ret.) - Helicopter Rescue Swimmer from 2019-06-15T13:26:32
Maritime Enforcement Specialist and former Aviation Survival Technicial Chad Carlson (Ret.) talks an all volunteer mission into the worst of a tropical storm to save the crew of a tugboat grounded ...
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Conversation with Cody Wright - Author of the Rescue Swimmer Mindset from 2019-06-13T22:12:18
Former Helicopter Rescue Swimmer Cody Wright talks with us again, this time getting specific about the physical and mental aspects of preparing for and graduating from the toughest Coast Guard ‘A’ ...
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Episode 23: Jeremy Gourde - BMC - Coxswain from 2019-06-07T15:22:50
Chief Boatswains Mate Jeremy Gourde (Ret) talks exceeding operational limits to send a towline to a disabled fishing boat threatening an Atlantic City bridge and the punishing response to save a je...
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Episode 22: Michael Carr - LT - Strike Team - Diver from 2019-06-01T13:09:04
Former Lieutenant Michael Carr talks diving on the wreck of the Cutter Blackthorn in the immediate aftermath of her deadly collision on Tampa Bay and the search and recovery efforts for 23 Coast Gu...
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Episode 21: Chris Huntington - CGIS - FT/ET from 2019-05-25T09:42:33
Episode 21: Former Special Agent Chris Huntington of the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) talks sailing to war as a Fire Control Technician in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, a dogfight ...
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Episode 20: Pepe Carire - ASTC - Company Commander from 2019-05-18T11:15:22
Chief Aviation Survival Technician Pepe Carire ( Ret.) talks life and death decisions in the surf off Puerto Rico during one of his first missions as a helicopter rescue swimmer, and the lessons le...
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Special Episode: Karla Nemitz - USCG - EM - Just Keep Swimming from 2019-05-18T11:15:11
Special Episode: In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month we’re releasing this special episode to further the conversation. Former Electrician’s Mate Karla Nemitz talks her experiences with ...
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Episode 19: John Kopp - USCG - BM1 - Surfman from 2019-05-11T09:30:47
Former Surfman John Kopp talks what it takes to pass an underway checkride and certify to lead boat crews in the surf, and how he’s helping to keep the lessons learned from a 1997 tragedy alive in ...
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Conversation with Susan Curtain - Chair - Coast Guard Museum Association from 2019-05-06T17:55:08
Conversation with Susan J. Curtin, Chair of the Coast Guard Museum Association, who talks her father’s service in the Antarctic and how a former Port Security Specialist is now leading the charge t...
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Episode 18: Kyle Kinser - USCG - ME2 - from 2019-05-04T11:32:42
Former Maritime Enforcement Specialist Kyle Kinser talks his personal struggles to transition from an active maritime tactical unit to a slower paced assignment and later civilian life. Surviving s...
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Episode 17: Mario Vittone - USCG - CWO - AST from 2019-04-27T11:10:05
Chief Warrant Officer Mario Vittone (Ret.) talks a response to a distressed vessel off the Georgia coast that turned near catastrophic, with a rescue swimmer left alone in a liferaft hundreds of mi...
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Episode 16: Timothy Montowski - USCGR - BM - PSU from 2019-04-20T12:00:14
On the mission’s 25th anniversary, Boatswain’s Mate Timothy Montowski (Ret.) talks deploying to Haiti for Operation Uphold Democracy and the unique wartime roles played by reservists assigned to th...
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Episode 15: Glen Holt - USCG - OS1 from 2019-04-13T12:26:04
Former Operations Systems Specialist Glen Holt talks the response to a sinking tall ship and the levels of responsibility placed on even the most junior personnel in the service. --- Support thi...
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Episode 14: Dwight Crumpacker - USCG - BM from 2019-04-06T12:34:09
Boatswain’s Mate Dwight Crumpacker talks a nighttime tow with an expecting mother in big swells off the Oregon coast and running some of the last wood hull life and utility boats in active service....
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Episode 13: Sean McCarthy - USCG - Boatswain - Commanding Officer from 2019-03-30T11:37:39
Boatswain (Ret.) Sean McCarthy talks a rescue and medevac in breaking seas off Fire Island, NY and how leaders are forged through experience. --- Support this podcast: Listen
Episode 12: Tom Ellis - USCG - RD - Polar Ops from 2019-03-23T13:50:49
Former Radarman Tom Ellis talks the response to a tanker fire in Seattle and icebreaking operations at both ends of the Earth. --- Support this podcast: Listen
Episode 6: Mark Engle - USCG - BMCS - Officer in Charge from 2019-03-19T13:19:11
Senior Chief (Ret.) Mark Engle talks the tragic loss of a tanker off the Maryland coast, the final words of her captain, and the lessons on duty and attention to detail he’s carried ever since. --...
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Episode 11: Charles ‘Tex’ McDonald Holt - USCG - BM from 2019-03-16T14:57:35
Charles ‘Tex’ McDonald Holt talks a Texas flood that left him in a fight for survival after his boat capsized, and the friend who defied orders to save him. --- Support this podcast: Listen
Episode 10: Matt Crow - USCG - AST1 - x2 CGCM from 2019-03-09T14:03:12
AST1 (Ret.) Matt Crow talks a boat that broke up in the surf off Puerto Rico and the Herculean effort to get all nine survivors out of the water and to safety. --- Support this podcast: Listen
Episode 9: Cody Wright - USCG - AST3 - Author of ‘The Rescue Swimmer Mindset’ from 2019-03-02T16:17:36
Episode 9: Aviation Survival Technician Cody Wright talks a deadly boat collision on the Great Lakes and how seemingly minor lessons from the service’s most difficult school prepared him to adapt, ...
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Episode 8: Todd Fletcher - USCG - BMC - Executive Petty Officer from 2019-02-23T15:22:31
Chief Petty Officer (Ret.) Todd Fletcher talks a man overboard during a security boarding off the South Carolina coast, the MEDEVAC that followed, and how a small Alaskan island nearly became a gra...
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Episode 7: Carlos Perez - USCG - MEC (Ret.) - Tactical Operator - 9/11 Medal from 2019-02-18T10:56:03
Episode 7: Maritime Enforcement Specialist Chief (Ret.) Carlos Perez talks how the 9/11 attacks played out in view of his boat crew, the maritime evacuation of lower Manhattan, and dealing with the...
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Episode 5: Bob Downs - USCG - Boatswain - Surfman - Commanding Officer from 2019-02-10T21:06:01
Boatswain (Ret.) Bob Downs talks a real fast night time tow into Oregon’s Chetco River, a search of a boat for an armed suspect, and a migrant interdiction off the Texas coast. --- Support this...
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Episode 4: Kristin & Wes Lunkley - USCG - CG Medal from 2019-01-27T21:53:34
The Lunkleys talk a Coast Guard Medal case that ended in the successful rescue a victim trapped in a capsized boat and the lifelong relationships created by a close knit service whose everyday miss...
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Episode 3: Tom Rooks - USCG - BMCS - BM A School Chief - Officer in Charge - 3x CGCM from 2019-01-25T23:22:32
Senior Chief (Ret.) Tom Rooks talks a helicopter crash on the flight deck of an underway cutter and the intense levels of the responsibility the USCG places on even its most junior personnel. --- ...
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Episode 2: Tim Woody - USCG - Boatswain - Surfman - Commanding Officer - MSM - 2x CGCM from 2019-01-16T21:45:01
Boatswain (Ret.) Tim Woody talks a night time surf case at the mouth of California’s Noyo River and the dangers of the “press to respond” that all rescuers feel. --- Support this podcast: Listen
Episode 1: The Rules Say You Have to Go Out, But Nothing About Coming Back from 2019-01-13T22:12:58
Our hosts introduce the podcast and tell the first sea stories. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyhadtogoout/suppo...
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