RESERVIST
In this Issue
From our Readers 2
Up Front 4
The View from the Bridge 6
Deckplate Soundings 7
Around the Reserve 8
Cover Story 18
Up Close and Personal 22
One on One 30
HQ Program Update 32
Shipmates in Focus 36
Retiree SITREP 40
A Light on Yesteryear 44
The More You Know 48
Bulletin Board 54
Retirements 5 8
Parting Shots 60
18
30
22
8
On the cover:
Director of the Coast Guard
Reserve Rear Adm. James
Heinz takes a tour of
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
aboard a transportable port
security boat with members
of PSU 307.
Photo by Army Sgt. Andrew Borunda,
JTF-GITMO PAO
Volume LXII � Issue 1 • 2015
U
nderwa
y
Director of Reserve embarks on
his Reserve Familiarization tour
Celebrating Our 62nd Year!
Volume LXII
� Issue 1 • 2015
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MAGAzIne
Jeffrey D. Smith
Editor
Chris S. Rose
Creative Director
COMMAnD
Adm. Paul F. zukunft
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
Rear Adm. James M. Heinz
Director of Reserve
Capt. Kofi Aboagye
Chief, Office of Reserve Affairs
Lt. Cmdr. Tuan L. Luong
Chief, Reserve Information Division
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