| Danny Lewis, US Coast Guard | ||
| NEWS FORUM |
 Click on picture to see larger version Danny
Lewis is ending a 33 year career with the US Military when he retires
from the Coast Guard October 1st this year. Although he
doesn’t call Warwick home, he did attend 2nd and 3rd
Grade at the Warwick Elementary School. He was one of the original/first
members of Cub Scout Pack 46 and if his memory is correct, Mrs. Mary
John Middlebrooks was his Den Mother, Second grade teacher was Mrs.
Melba Moore and Third Grade Teacher Mrs. Smith. A lot of his classmates
from Warwick Elementary were later on Junior High, and High School
classmates at Crisp County Jr. and Sr. High. After
graduating from the Coast Guard Machinery Technician School, Yorktown,
Virginia, as Honor Graduate, he was assigned to the Coast Guard Air
Station, San Diego, California, where he worked as a Station Keeper for
Group San Diego Reserve Center. Throughout his career has been assigned
to 11 units, in eight states including Alaska. He served as Engineering
Officer for the USCGC (US Coast Guard Cutter) KEY LARGO (WPB 1324) in
Savannah, Georgia, from June 1993 to July 1995. He was appointed Chief
Warrant Officer, June 1st, 1995. At
present, he is the Engineering Officer on USCGC MOBILE BAY, a 140 foot
Ice Breaker home ported in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The MOBILE BAY
pushes a 120 foot barge with buoy handling equipment that services all
the Aids to Navigation Buoys in Green Bay, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Mr.
Lewis visits our area now and then since he still has family here. Congratulations,
Mr. Lewis, and thank you for serving our country for 33 years. Editor’s
note: We hear of the Coast Guard at times on the weather channel
and on programs that show amazing rescues at sea, but we are rarely
aware of the very important and tireless activities of the Coast Guard
that support our lives and our country. Even
less do we hear of the men and women behind the scenes in the CG that
keeps this amazing and unique branch of the service operating.
These servicemen are not thanked nearly enough, and because they don’t
make it in front of cameras on the nightly news, they are truly our
unsung heroes. Even
if there were no wars, we rely on the Coast Guard to keep us safe, to
rescue us during storms, to warn us of danger and to monitor the shores
to keep our country secure and shipping channels safe. To do this,
they must know the air and the sea and their roles very well. Intelligent,
competent and trustworthy, these men and women present the best of
American ideals to the world. We have far too few good role models
for society, and I think it’s time we began looking at the
“Coasties” for the example they set. I know I would be proud
to have a son or daughter in the Coast Guard. |