By Martha LaGuardia-Kotite A few years ago marine ecologist Dr. Enric Sala was working in California as a professor at the
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Coast Guard captain’s career comes full circle
By Jim Thompson (NWFDailyNews) DESTIN — Capt. Martha J. LaGuardia’s career ended earlier this month where it began 33 years
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Believers – The story of rescue swimmer Jeffery D. Tunks and the efforts to save a Father and Son stranded in Sitka Sound
By Martha LaGuardia-Kotite Night fell just northwest of Sitka, Alaska, leaving Jim Blades and his six-year-old son, Clint, to fight for
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Twirly Birds – 75th anniversary of helicopter operations in U.S. Naval Aviation
By Captain George E. Krietemeyer, USCG (Ret.) On 15 February 1943, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Ernest J. King assigned responsibility
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“Who wouldn’t be inspired?” Women’s military forum to be held in Norfolk
The Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium inspires Coast Guard Capt. Martha LaGuardia-Kotite. “It’s the largest gathering of women in uniform (in
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The Ocean’s Forests – How We Can Win One for the Corals and Why We Need to Care
BY MARTHA J. LAGUARDIA-KOTITE After graduating from college, Todd Barber and his father nearly died crossing the Atlantic, from Miami
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A Different Point of View – What’s Up? Look Down.
By Martha J. LaGuardia-Kotite The single-engine Bell-47 helicopter rests on a concrete pad at a private airfield in Baker, Florida,
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The Will To Win – Tennis Stars of the Emerald Coast
The Will To Win by Martha J. LaGuardia-Kotite South Florida’s reputation as a proving ground for tennis’s biggest stars is well
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A Symbol of Hope
A Symbol of Hope – September 11 Memorial and Museum A Symbol of Hope, September 11 Memorial and Museum,
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Homelessness is Here
Homelessness is Here – Emerald Coast Magazine by Martha LaGuardia-Kotite and Zandra Wolfgram for EC Magazine HOMELESSNESS IS HERE. Though
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