Chris,
My best friend's dad was executive officer of the local Coast Guard base at John U. Lloyd State Park in Hollywood Florida before he retired and later passed away. He was second generation C.G. too, since the granddad had chased rumrunners from the base at Bahia Mar in the 1920's. I heard a thousand C.G. stories and classic gut busting jokes from my "other dad" Jimmy over the years while sitting at his dinner table before he'd have to run off back to work and coordinate a dope bust or some other brave endeavor. In later years we also shared some of the finest whiskey good men have ever had the pleasure to b.s. over. He was quite a storyteller, and very very missed. We've had boats in the family, and I've been at home on the ocean since I was a kid. I have the deepest respect for the fine job done by our Coast Guard men and women. Regards, Keys