One year ago, this website launched as a place for MLE to share information and become the premiere “Center For Maritime Law Enforcement Excellence”….and we became just that! Many of you followed, shared, and commented along with this site. For that, we say thank you. One issue that we ran into down the line is [...]
I made this with good intentions, but they failed. However, if you still want it, here you go:
To all those that have been following this site for the last 10 months, we here at 14USC89 want to share our appreciation for you support and help with spreading the word. It’s been an amazing time and we hope that this site has helped you in some way, shape, form, and fashion. Our main [...]
In our world of maritime awesomeness, we have a few essentials that we usually utilize on our jobs. Sunglasses, Backpack, and gloves. Gloves are quite an important commodity when your active, climbing ladders, and roaming through ships. They help protect and we love them. There are many different gloves to choose from on the market. [...]
I was at the theaters watching The Tourist (crappy movie) and I saw something that brought joy to my heart in the preview for a fantastic looking movie called Battle: Los Angeles, which is yet another movie about an alien takeover of our world. The best part of the preview comes at the time of [...]
As an avid fan of old school propaganda posters and artwork, I have made some various desktop wallpapers in the past with that theme. Recently Null had the idea to re-invent the theme and I was more than willing. We decided to give these art pieces a little bit of an edge to them, bypassing [...]
First off, a huge kudos to everyone who follows this site for their support and loyalty. 14USC89 thanks you. Since starting this site almost a year ago, many of our readers have told us how much they appreciate our content and love the site. If you have been with us from the beginning, you know that we continue [...]
Off Duty DIY will be a new featured series that takes a look at tactics and options for the LEO. We want to help you be mentally and physically aware with the skills, tools, and options to overcome any threat you may face in order to ensure you and your family’s safety. Awareness fosters understanding. Check [...]
Here is another design from the team at 14USC89.com. Sadly, this is an iPhone exclusive. Droid is tricky. With iPhone, I only need one size. If you have the iPhone 4, then you can enjoy this artwork in a glorious HD retina display resolution. Nothing like the totally sweet MLE logo coupled with a subdued [...]
In the spirit of the holidays, I’m sharing the love. Our holiday MLE logo Xmas edition. It is formated for the iPhone 4, but should still work with the 3. If you don’t have an iPhone, then your SOL. There are too many droid phones to make a bunch of different wallpapers. Sorry. The wallpaper is formated [...]
An intense discussion is ongoing at The Hull Truth message boards, sparked by a boater angry over a U.S. Coast Guard boarding of his vessel. The initial poster claims his vessel was stopped four times in six weeks by USCG units near Fort Lauderdale, FL and that officers were increasingly rude and harassing with each [...]
Well folks, after years of waiting and even more of wondering, the CG has finally released it’s message on LEOSA. Take a minute and be sure and read the details carefully. One of the things that I do find interesting is the fact that you have to be in possession of a issued command designation letter, but paper copies [...]
I found this article in the archives from when the site first launched and I wanted to re-post it to share. I am a big advocate of dashboard cam footage and articles as a training tool. Even though it’s not usually our operating environment, they still show the do’s and dont’s of Officer Presence. They also show the [...]
Well, this site has hit a milestone. 500 articles posted on 14USC89.com. Thanks to the folks who supported the site and visit us to check out the happening of the maritime LE world. Thanks to everyone for putting up with me and my constant changing of the site’s theme and layout. I promise to keep [...]
I found this over on ar15.com and thought it was pretty cool. I never realized there was so friggin many styles of ammo. Click 2x on the picture to see it full size.
Just to clarify, this article is my opinion, not that of one based on policy by the CG. With the recent approval of S.1132, the LEOSA topic has once again heated up and even though this bill, in my opinion, further enforces the right of CG Boarding Officers to be covered under LEOSA, questions still remain. [...]
In honor of this site being 4 articles away from 500 posts, I am dropping the price of the shirts, patches, and decals until the evening of Halloween. A huge thanks to everyone who visits this site, and a bigger thanks to P. Null who has definitly covered my slack by keeping all the MLEO’s [...]
Today I offer all of you some 14USC89 goodness…if you have an iPhone 3G or 3GS…not sure about 4. I would make them for other phone types, but I have an iPhone, so that’s all I care about. You can make some for the fleet and send them to me if you like. I will [...]
