ALCOAST 005/26 - JAN 2026 WINNERS OF THE 2025 EIGHT BELLS SEA SERVICE CELEBRATION WRITING AND VIDEO CONTESTS

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R 081323Z JAN 26   MID320018456150U
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCOAST
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UNCLAS
ALCOAST 005/26
SSIC 1650
SUBJ: WINNERS OF THE 2025 EIGHT BELLS SEA SERVICE CELEBRATION
WRITING AND VIDEO CONTESTS
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 101452Z SEP 25/ALCOAST 383/25
1. On 18 October 1974, the Office of Personnel Management
promulgated the Coast Guard Cutterman Insignia program to
"recognize the contributions and qualifications of our personnel."
To commemorate the 51st anniversary of the creation of the
Cutterman Insignia, the Coast Guard Office of Cutter Forces
(CG-751) sponsored Eight Bells - a Sea Service Celebration.
2. This year's Eight Bells theme, "Underway as Before, Steaming
into the Future," celebrates the bold advancements of
Force Design 2028, while paying tribute to the enduring seagoing
traditions that define our Service. As part of the celebration,
the Coast Guard Office of Cutter Forces (CG-751), hosted
an essay/poem/short story and audio/video contest, celebrating
this year's theme.
3. Congratulations to the following winners of the 2025 Eight
Bells Written Contest:
    a. First Place - "First in Class" by CWO Douglas Olsen,
CGC BEAR
    b. Second Place - "Chronometers" by BMC Christopher Browning,
(ret.), AVTRACEN MOBILE
    c. Third Place - "Eight Bells" by ET2 Adam Pena, CGC HARRIET LANE
4. Congratulations to the following winners of the 2025 Eight
Bells Audio/Video Contest:
    a. First Place - "Letter to Sumner Kimball" by CGC KIMBALL
    b. Second Place - "New Horizons" by ITC Aaron Sanders, MIFC LANT
    c. Third Place - "Beset in Ice" by LT Geoffrey DeLorie,
CG ACADEMY
5. Entries for the Eight Bells Contest are posted on the
COMDT (CG-751) SharePoint page at:
(Copy and Paste URL Below into Browser)

https://uscg.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/cg751/8%20Bells/Forms/AllItems.
aspx?viewpath=%2Fsites%2Fcg751%2F8%20Bells%2FForms%2FAllItems%2Easpx

6. POCs: Primary: LT Jackson Carpenter, Jackson.T.Carpenter@uscg.mil
Secondary: LT David Smith, David.G.Smith@uscg.mil.
7. RDML Amy Grable, Assistant Commandant for Capability (CG-7),
sends.
8. Internet release is authorized.