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On Stage! My Storyteller Event with the Emerald Coast Theatre Company

A most memorable experience for me, one that I will cherish the rest of my life, took place recently on

EP 217: FINDING THE RESILIENCE TO OVERCOME AND PERSIST IN A CRISIS – CAPTAIN MARTHA LAGUARDIA-KOTITE Balancing life’s demands to

By Martha LaGuardia-Kotite Photos by Nikki Headrick Courtesy of ECTC “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zip-A-Dee-A, my oh my, what a wonderful day,” sings Alice,

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Many of you have asked me since I retired from the US Coast Guard a few months ago what am

By Martha LaGuardia-Kotite A few years ago marine ecologist Dr. Enric Sala was working in California as a professor at the

By Jim Thompson (NWFDailyNews) DESTIN — Capt. Martha J. LaGuardia’s career ended earlier this month where it began 33 years

By Martha LaGuardia-Kotite Night fell just northwest of Sitka, Alaska, leaving Jim Blades and his six-year-old son, Clint, to fight for

By Captain George E. Krietemeyer, USCG (Ret.) On 15 February 1943, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Ernest J. King assigned responsibility

The Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium inspires Coast Guard Capt. Martha LaGuardia-Kotite. “It’s the largest gathering of women in uniform (in