The (ever expanding) Coast Guard Official Blogroll: The Auxiliary has climed aboard, too!

The U.S. Coast Guard has really stepped up their efforts on the web and has an impressive listing of blogs. The iCommandant site recently reported its 200th blog entry, just a few short months after its launch back in 2008.

The (ever expanding) Coast Guard Official Blogroll includes but is not limited to the following, many of which will be of interest to Coast Guard Auxiliarists:

Coast Guard All Hands -- The voice of Master Chief Charles W. Bowen, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, and the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve Force, Jeff Smith.

USCG TRACEN Cape May - The blog of the Coast Guard?s Bootcamp.

iFORCECOM - The website of the United States Coast Guard Force Readiness Command, which is part of the Modernization Effort. The Force Readiness Command (FORCECOM) will become the Coast Guard's first command solely responsible for preparing forces to perform missions and execute them properly. FORCECOM will be charged with the current and future readiness of the Coast Guard's workforce -- Active Duty, Reserve, Auxiliary, Civilian and Contractor -- to ensure they will be ready when called to execute their missions.

Your Great Lakes Coast Guard -- a forum for the Ninth District Commander and members of his staff to share information about the U.S. Coast Guard's efforts as "Guardians of the Great Lakes."

Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach -- an official forum to share information about the U.S. Coast Guard's efforts as Guardians from Morro Bay, California south to Dana Point, California. Sector Los Angeles ? Long Beach is responsible for Coast Guard operations, missions, functions, and responsibilities that include providing search and rescue, marine safety, security, and environmental protection throughout the harbors and waters of California.

USCG Pay and Personnel Center -- Military Pay, Personnel and Travel procedural updates for Coast Guard Servicing Personnel Offices and unit administrative staffs.

USCG Pacific Northwest - D13 - The official blog of the 13th Coast Guard District

USCGAlaska - D17 - The official blog of the 17th Coast Guard District

AMVER -- The official blog of the Coast Guard?s Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System

Coast Guard Auxiliary in the Pacific Northwest

Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 76


Some of my other reads (some official, some not, listed in alphabetical order. We do not endorse everything found on these sites):

An Unofficial CG Blog

BitterEnd

Bryant?s Maritime Blog

Casco Bay Boaters Blog

Christiaan Conover

Coast Guard News

Danger Room

DHS Leadership Journal

Dipnote

DOD Live

Eagle Speak

gCaptain

Hell of a Day at Sea

Information Dissemination

Kennebec Captain

Mad Mariner

Maritime Licensing Blog

Masters of Towing Vessesls Association Forum

The Monitor

National Journal Experts

Navagear

Ocean Lines

Waiting for Ships to Come In

Panbo

Puget Sound Maritime

Sea Fever

Security Debrief

Social Government

TSA

USNI Blog

Weekly Leader

I strongly suggest you review these blogs and subscribe to those (via a feed reader such as Google's Reader) that interest you. After all, information is the lifeblood of any organization, this one included.

ENJOY!

COMO Ed