Life in the USCG

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

REPRESENT

I Google everyday. I love Google. Not so much yesterday.

Some of you may have noticed yesterday (Veteran's Day) that Google seemed to forget the Coast Guard and left them out of their Veteran's Day search engine picture.

A special shout out to Jenn Rothdeutsch who went out of her way and emailed them.....

To whom it may concern:

I was wondering why you do not have a US Coast Guard hat on your opening display! They are a branch of the military that are often forgotten yet risk just the same for their country as the other branches! Please don't forget them! Please honor them too! Thank you!

US Coast Guard Wife
Jenn R

Google's misstep apparently caused quite an uproar out in cyberspace and from devoted Coast Guard vets, members and spouses with the same complaint.

WAY TO GO JENN!!
Of note - Google did apologize:

Today is Veterans Day in the U.S., a day to honor all veterans of military service. As we often do, we created a special design of the Google logo (which we call a "doodle") in honor of the event. The design for the doodle featured a few military-style hats. We weren't trying to represent all of the branches or all of the symbols of military service and, as a result of space and design limitations, we inadvertently left the U.S. Coast Guard out of our depiction.

Understandably, we have heard from many veterans and Coast Guard members, and have now posted an updated version of our Veterans Day doodle, including all five branches of the military.

Our sincere apologies for what may seem like a slight -- this was not in any way our intention. Our thanks to those of you who were alert enough to catch our omission and diligent enough to tell us about it. Thank you very much to all current and former Coast Guard members for your outstanding service. And finally, thank you very much to all U.S. veterans, for protecting our nation and the ideals it stands for.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

COULD BE FUN!

The Bonnie Hunt Show is putting together a very special Veterans Day show and would love to have military wives be part of the show. If anyone is interested in taking part in this, the show will tape Monday, November 10th from 4-5 PM at Culver Studios in Culver City.

Please contact Jennifer at
jennifer.pike@bonniehunttv.com or
call 310-845-2503

to be added to the guest list.

NEW STATION PHOTO

I am sure all of the wives, girlfriends, and family members out there will love being able to take a glance at this most recent photo taken of the guys at the station.

Thanks to Larry Owens for sending over a copy. I have it above as a permanent fixture, but here's the color version as well.

Here's a little shout out to find whomever might be able to get me the full size image to post for people to look at.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

WHERE TO.......

It is Election Time. November 4th is next Tuesday!

For those of you who are like me and since moving here have become registered voters in the state of California, here is a link to find your local polling place. It even links you to a map of how to get there.

For the Active Duty members voting by absentee ballot:

Important Dates for Uniformed Service/family members Inside the U.S.
General Election: 11/04/2008
Register by: 10/31/2008
Request ballot by: 10/31/2008
Return ballot by: 11/18/2008*

*Postmarked by the day before the election

~THERE IS STILL TIME!

If you have any other questions about military/family member absentee ballots please visit:

Federal Voting Assistance Program

This website is extremely easy to follow and will answer any and all of your questions. It is specifically designed to help military members and their families vote. Check it out.

Lets all get out and do our civic duty!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Bowl-a-rama

Thanks to all who came out to our "Bowling Extravaganza" on Friday. It was a great time and it was really fun to just hang out, eat and and chat with everyone. I especially enjoyed seeing how much everyone's kids have grown.