To fight to save or fight and die, aye! Coast Guard we are for you! “Semper Paratus” is our guide, our fame, our glory, too.
Through surf and storm and howling gale, high shall our purpose be. We’re always ready for the call, we place our trust in Thee. These are the lyrics to the truncated version of Semper Paratus which is usually performed with the Armed Forces Medley. In 1969, the first line of the chorus was changed from “So here's the Coast Guard marching song, we sing on land and sea” to “We’re always ready for the call, we place our trust in Thee.” The current verse, as well as a second chorus, were written by Homer Smith, 3rd Naval District Coast Guard quartet and Lieutenant Walton Butterfield in 1943. Francis Saltus Van Boskerck wrote the music of what would become the Coast Guard song on a dilapidated piano in Alaska that belonged to the wife of a fur trader, likely the only piano on the Aleutian Islands. However, there is no doubt about who made the motto into music. Coast Guard history office, no one seems to know exactly how Semper Paratus was chosen as the Coast Guard’s motto. Air Force, Anchors Aweigh, the Marines’ Hymn and The Army Goes Rolling Along.Īccording to U.S. Space Force does not yet have a song, but the other songs, when played as a medley, are usually played in this order: Semper Paratus, Space Force Song (unnamed as of today), T he U.S.
The Armed Forces Medley, sometimes known as the Armed Forces Salute, is the collection of the official songs of the six military uniformed services of the United States performed in order of precedence.
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