Welcome to Fred's Place. Fred's Place was established by CWO4(COMM) Fred Siegel, USCG (Ret) in April, 1995 and has been in continous operation ever since.

From our humble beginnings in early 1995, Fred's Place grew from it's original two members to nearly 20,000 by early 1999. In February, 1999, Fred's Place joined with Military.com and in 2008 we hit the 50,000 mark and continue to grow. Together, Military.com and Fred's Place has established an online Coastie Community second to none.

Fred's Place is dedicated to all "Coasties", Active, Retired, Reserve, Auxiliary, Veterans, SPARS, our Civilian co-workers and the Friends and Family of Coasties everywhere.

Fred's Place doesn't really have "members", we have a crew that today numbers 57119 . It's the crew that has pitched in and helped as we have grown. The "staff" consist of five:

• Fred Siegel, Site Manager
• Barb Chiles, News Editor
• Garret Conklin, Cruise Book Editor; and
• Rob Rodriguez, Links Editor (including our Coastie Links)
• Ralph Hawkins, Photo Editor