- Announced Annual Awards:
- Large Unit History Award Winner: Sector Northern New England. Among its accomplishments, it implemented an aggressive sector history and heritage preservation program, inventoried artifacts at units and displayed them for public viewing, collected oral histories, and collaborated with the city of Rockland, Maine, on celebrating its designation as a Coast Guard City.
- Small Unit History Award Winner: International Ice Patrol. The International Ice Patrol saved artifacts from scheduled disposal, including several hundred glass lantern slides with imagery of USRC Bear, USRC Thetis, and USRC Itasca. They also provided critical assistance to the Coast Guard’s quest to find the wreckage of a J2F-4 aircraft lost in Greenland during a rescue attempt in 1942, continued digitizing annual reports dating back to 1913, and preserved thousands of negatives found in storage.
- Book Awards.
- Coast Guard Heritage: Mr. George Buker, The Metal Life Car: The Inventor, The Impostor, and The Business Of Lifesaving
- Douglas Bostick, The Morris Island Lighthouse: Charleston’s Maritime Beacon
- For the first time, FCGH received recognition in the video and film category. The winner was A&E Television Networks, produced by the Lone Wolf documentary group, for the documentary “Deep Sea Detectives.”
- Heritage Awards.
- BM2 James Abel. Nominated by USCGC Forward, citing his broad range of volunteer work, including: forming a WWII maritime living history group, creating exhibits for a salute to WWII veterans, and a “Coast Guard At War” museum program.
- LTjg Jennifer Osetek. Nominated for her initiative, creativity, and perseverance in bringing a new history and leadership program to fruition. At her suggestion, the new command building was named after Captain Quentin R. Walsh, an actual Coast Guard World War II hero. LTjg Osetek located and included relatives of Captain Walsh in an impressive ceremony.
- Captain William R. (Russ) Webster, USCG (ret..). For more than thirty years, Captain Webster has been a strong proponent of capturing and interpreting service history. He has authored many articles and papers in prestigious maritime publications. He is also a talented motivational speaker who incorporates the rich lessons of service traditions into presentations to the public, as well as to future leaders of the Coast Guard.
- Co-sponsored, with the Navy League of the U.S., the visit of the Coast Guard Band to Seattle on its tour to Japan.
- Provided funding for a summer intern in the CG Historian’s Office.
- Continued sponsorship of Coast Guard History Award to the Honor graduates of each Chief Warrant Officer Professional Development Class.
- Published three issues of The Cutter, FCGH’s magazine.
