Coast Guard
USCG Recruitment Woes
Every branch of the U.S. military is struggling to meet recruiting goals, as noted in any of several articles posted here by the usual suspects. Stands to reason the malaise has reached the smallest service, too. Mick sends us an article on what lengths the Department of Homeland Security is willing to go to fill […]
Thank You for Your Heroic Service. You’re Fired.
Another Day at the Office In August 2021 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered all uniformed personnel receive the Covid vaccine. “This is quite literally a matter of life and death for our Soldiers, their families and the communities in which we live,” said Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, the Army Surgeon General. At the time […]
Houston Coasties saving migrants
Coast Guard from Houston TDY to the southern Rio Grande to reinforce Customs and Border Protection teams have been busy. During the recent upsurge in border crossings, they are seeing a corresponding surge of problems in water crossings. They watched the baby, facedown in the brown current, run past the boat’s propellers, swept away […]
Happy Birthday Coast Guard!
Day at the Office Sent from many. Happy Birthday, Puddle Pirates- 232 years young. August 4 is celebrated as the U.S. Coast Guard Birthday, commemorating the military organization for its valor and discipline. Since 1790, the U.S. Coast Guard has kept the nation’s waterways safe, playing a critical role in national security. The U.S. Coast […]
Retired coastie and wife, identity thieves, and KGB officers?
ninja sends in this wild story. It should make a great movie some day. What you see is retired Coast Guardsman Walter Primrose and his wife Gwynn Morrison. The two stand accused of stealing the identities of two dead infants and living under the names (with Primrose’s entire military career under the false name). Primrose […]
Trump military/MOH news
A group of four-stars sent an op-ed letter to the New York Times Friday excoriating Trump for ‘dereliction of duty’ on January 6. Brief checking shows that some of the same names have showed up in the past, such as on the letter in which 200+ senior officers endorsed Biden over Trump in the 2020 […]
Kamala at the Coast Guard Commencement
Vice President Kamala Harris I feel bad for the Coasties but it’s their turn. David sends. Presidents and vice presidents deliver the keynote addresses at the five different military service academies on a rotating basis. Last year, Harris made history as the first woman to speak at the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland. […]
SS Pendleton Rescue
We all rag on the Coasties, which makes them nothing special. All the sister services treat each other badly, even to differing communities within each branch. But when fun time is over we all recognize heroism when we see it. Today marks the anniversary of what may be the greatest rescue in Coast Guard history. […]
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