GTSC HS Today / InfraGard Louisiana BayouSec News: Leading with Character: Devotion to Duty- 05 April 2021
Ladies, Gentlemen, and Fellow InfraGard Louisiana Members,
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Bridget
Bridget Johnson
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Homeland Security Today
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USCG Enlisted Persons of the Year | GAO Reviews USCG Survival Craft Requirements | Prioritizing Seafarers in COVID-19 Vaccination Program
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HSTODAY COAST GUARD/MARITIME  April 2, 2021
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Leading with Character: Devotion to Duty
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By Sandra L. Stosz
In the entire history of the U.S. Coast Guard, there has been only one recipient of the Medal of Honor. Petty Officer Munro was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism during World War II. Unbeknownst to many, the Coast Guard participated across the Pacific and Atlantic theaters, from the shores of Guadalcanal to the beaches of Normandy, as part of the Navy during World War II. Petty Officer Munro oversaw a group of small, armed landing craft assigned to deliver and recover Marines to and from the beach in the battle of Guadalcanal.
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Buttigieg Announces $230 Million Funding for Port Infrastructure
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The Mozambique Channel is the Next Security Hotspot
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Registration Open for Three-Part Mini Officer Women Leadership Symposium (OWLS) Virtual Series 2021
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Pirates Hijack Iraqi Ship Stranded off Iranian Coast
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National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee Announces April 2021 Teleconference
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NOAA Upgrades Flagship U.S. Global Weather Model
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Nominations Sought for Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee
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New Study Shows Promise of Forecasting Meteotsunamis
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GAO: U.S. Faces Grave and Rapidly Evolving Cyber Threats
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Partnership Expands Opportunities for New and Small Businesses to Work With the Department of Defense
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Organizations Face Record Data Breaches as Cybersecurity Investment Grows
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A Massive Hack That Google Thwarted Was Actually a Counterterrorism Operation
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Study Finds Both Opportunities and Challenges for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Border Management
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NIST Seeks Small Business to Help Develop Cybersecurity Standards
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Coast Guard Honors SN Theodore Noah S. Kirkbride and HS2 Cole P. Olvera as 2020 Enlisted Persons of the Year
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Seaman Kirkbride and Petty Officer Olvera are exceptional Coast Guardsmen who embody the Coast Guard’s Core Values both on and off duty.
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GAO: More Information Needed to Assess Efficacy and Costs of Coast Guard’s Vessel Survival Craft Requirements
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The U.S. Coast Guard uses accident data to determine which lifesaving equipment should be required on boats and ships. But a new report from the Government Accountability Office says the Coast Guard failed to collect some key data for assessing equipment effectiveness.
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Calls to Prioritize Aircrew and Seafarers in COVID-19 Vaccination Program
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By Kylie Bielby
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu and the heads of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the World Health Organization (WHO) signed a joint statement on March 26.
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Mayorkas Lays Out Cybersecurity Plan for DHS: Industry Partners, CISA Strength, ‘Sprints’
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By Bridget Johnson
The road to cybersecurity resilience will include cultivating strong industry partnerships, strengthening CISA, and putting DHS into a series of 60-day “sprints” to focus on “the most important and most urgent priorities needed to achieve our goals,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
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Coast Guard Cutter Walnut Arrives to New Homeport in Pensacola
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The Walnut crew performed a major maintenance availability project to enable the 225-foot cutter to reach the end of its 30-year planned life service.
The dockside period included loading and inventorying thousands of pounds of critical shipboard materials and equipment, conducting mission critical training to prepare for possible shipboard casualties while underway, conducting extensive maintenance and repair on most of the shipboard machinery, electronics, auxiliary systems.
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Women in RDT&E and Innovation Help Drive Coast Guard Mission Success
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These dedicated women are able to translate their interest in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and math – into projects that save lives, protect the environment and critical resources, and keep the homeland secure.
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Best Regards / God Bless,
Lester Millet III, President InfraGard Louisiana
Lester J. Millet III, LEM
Safety Agency Risk Manager / FSO Workgroup Chairman
Port of South Louisiana
171 Belle Terre Blvd.
P.O. Box 909
LaPlace, Louisiana 70069-0909
Office: 985-536-8300
Fax: 985-479-1643
Toll Free: 1-866-536-8300
Cell: 985-210-7518
Email: lmillet@portsl.com
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