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.