Coast Guard Video of the Year Contest
Cross-posted from the Coast Guard CompassEveryday, Guardians are involved in amazing rescues, national security operations and drug interdictions. Whenever possible, Guardians capture those Coast Guard operations on video. The videos truly highlight the missions and stories of America’s Guardians. Sometimes you see them on the evening news, but often you don’t.
For the past several years, the Coast Guard has been recognizing the top videos of the year. We’ve narrowed it down to 11 finalists (a tribute to the Coast Guard’s 11 statutory missions), but we want your help in deciding which one is the “Coast Guard Video of the Year” for 2009.
The link above will take you to a first look video compilation of the 11 finalists for video of the year. Starting next Monday (December 21, 2009), the Compass blog will highlight one video per day together with audio from a member of the Coast Guard unit involved in the mission. You can then follow the link to the Coast Guard YouTube “Video of the Year 2009″ playlist to use the rating and comment feature to cast your vote.
Votes will be accepted until January 8, 2010. The units with the top three videos will receive a Flip video camera to enhance their ability to capture and share imagery of their operations.
For updates on the contest, you can watch comments in the YouTube playlist, stay tuned to the blog, check the Coast Guard Facebook fan page or follow the Twitter hashtag #uscgtopvideos.
UPDATE: Voting continues! Head over to the Coast Guard Compass to check out the second video for the contest. Go cast your vote!
Labels: #uscgtopvideos, drug bust, facebook, homeland security, national security, Search and Rescue, top 11 videos, Twitter, video of the year, youtube
posted by DHS @ 12:40 PM
4 Comments:
At December 23, 2009 6:28 PM ,
Anonymous said...
...sad to see the "44" taken out of service. I had the priviledge to be the coxwain of the 44301 for several years... way back when "the boats were made out of wood and the men were made out of steel" ! (Charlie Doron, Chatham Life Boat Station, 64-68)
At December 24, 2009 7:35 PM ,
eurail pass said...
The Pirates video is pretty good but my vote goes to the drug smuggling night time interception - it's so heartening to know our brave men and women work behind the scenes when most of us are asleep to protect us here from all threats including the insidious drug trade.
At December 26, 2009 4:44 AM ,
Road Legal Quad Bikes said...
What a fantastic idea - I think the more notice given to how these people stop drugs coming into the country the better.
I back Eurail Pass - even though all of them are great!
At December 30, 2009 4:36 PM ,
osha 10 hour online said...
The flip cameras are really cool. I want one.
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