Stratton is who coined the nautical title SPAR, as the Women’s Reserve was commonly known. The acronym comes from the first letters of the Coast Guard’s famous fighting motto, “Semper Paratus,” and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The motto of the U.S. Coast Guard is Semper Paratus: always ready. A Michigan crew lived up to the billing last week. A team from the USCG Air Station in Traverse ...