Sam Spade's San Francisco

A message from Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States:

The First Lady is asking 100 percent of Americans to support the brave men and women in uniform and their families back home. Here are some things you can do in your community to get started:

• Stay informed about the activities and concerns of military families in your community and across the nation;
• Take time out to get to know and express appreciation to military families;
• Help ensure military families have the opportunity to share their stories and voice their concerns in your community;
• Help ensure the places where you work, worship, and participate in community life connect their activities to addressing military families’ unique challenges; and
• Identify opportunities in your communities to tap into the unique skills, experience and commitment to service our military families display each day.

Please watch this short video message by the Michelle Obama:



Along the coast and along the shoreline of San Francisco Bay our primary military presence is the U.S. Coast Guard. Here are a few posts from Sam Spade's San Francisco about our local Coast Guard women and men. Get to know them.

• USCG News: San Francisco Guardians depoly to Middle East (01/27/10)
• USCG Celebration! Coast Guard's newest cutter arrives this weekend to new homeport, here in San Francisco Bay -- Welcome USCGC Waesche! (02/27/10)
• 9 San Francisco Coast Guard MSST cops return from keeping the peace in Haiti ((02/09/10)
• U.S. Coast Guard emergency phone numbers and contact info and America's Waterway Watch (AWW) -- San Francisco Bay (07/04/10)

The official community relations website for the Coast Guard in the greater San Francisco Bay Area is D11 Public Affairs Media Port. The site is updated continuously with local Coast Guard related news and produces an impressive number of good photographs and even video of recent USCG events, rescues, and missions.

To learn more about San Francisco Bay units of the U.S. Coast Guard and access full contact information, including emergency and non-emergency telephone numbers, please go to: U.S. Coast Guard emergency phone numbers and contact info and America's Waterway Watch (AWW) -- San Francisco Bay

Coast Guard families and those interested in supporting our Coasties should become familiar with the Coast Guard Family Organization. It will be particularly helpful to check-out their Helpful Links page.