Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Semper Paratus is the title of the song and is also the U.S. Coast Guard's official motto.The precise origin of the phrase is obscure, although the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office notes the first use was by the New Orleans Bee newspaper in 1836, in reference to the actions of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service during the Ingham incident.
Now that he had lyrics and music, Van Boskerck was ready to publish "Semper Paratus". Later in 1927, he traveled to the East Coast and was named commandant of the Norfolk Division. While attending a dance held by the League of Coast Guard Women in Norfolk, he had the nine-piece orchestra play "Semper Paratus" in public for the first time. [3]
"Semper Paratus" is also the motto of Galt Collegiate Institute (GCI) in Cambridge, Ontario, the first high school in Canada to become a Collegiate Institute (established 1852). Semper Paratus is the motto of the Essex and Kent Scottish of the Canadian Army formed in 1954 through the amalgamation of The Essex Scottish Regiment and The Kent ...
The original lyrics for Semper Paratus, the U.S. Coast Guard march, were written by Captain Francis Saltus Van Boskerck in 1922, aboard the USCGC Yamacraw in Savannah, Georgia. USRC Yamacraw , was a steel-hull flush-deck cutter that served in the United States Revenue Cutter Service from 1909 to 1937 and was the sister ship to the USRC Tahoma .
The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps performing the Armed Forces Medley at the Friends of the National World War II Memorial.. The Armed Forces Medley, also known as the Armed Forces Salute is today recognized as a collection of the official marchpasts/songs of the 6 services of the United States Armed Forces: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force. [1]
United States Coast Guard - Latin: Semper Paratus, lit. 'Always Ready' (The Latin motto is also the name of the USCG service song, 'Semper Paratus' composed in 1927) Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) - ‘Nox Noctis est Nostr’ (The Night is Ours) Office of Search and Rescue - ‘So Others May Live’
United States Coast Guard (USCG): Semper Paratus (Always ready) United States Coast Guard Life-Saving Service (USCG LSS): You have to go out, but you don't have to come back [3] United States Marine Corps (USMC): Semper Fidelis (Always faithful) United States Military Academy: Duty, Honor, Country; US Air Force Pararescue: That Others May Live
Objektschutzregiment der Luftwaffe "Friesland" (Protection Regiment of the Air Force "Friesland"): Semper communis (Latin for "always together") Wachbataillon (Guard Battalion): Semper talis (Latin for "always the same") Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr (Joint Medical Service): Humanitas suprema lex (Latin for "humanity is the supreme law")