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Sailors Die at Sea While USCG Drone Program Remains Hard Aground
- jrochkind1 9y agoWe're willing to spend money to imprison and deport people, but not to save people. sick.
- mieseratte 9y agoDifferent organizations, different budgets, different concerns. Maintaining some semblance of Rule of Law by enforcing our nations' laws is fine and should be done. Please don't use the comments to virtue signal.
- gpm 9y agoSame government - Under same authority - Same federal budget - Same concerns.
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- ubernostrum 9y agoMaintaining some semblance of Rule of Law by enforcing our nations' laws is fine and should be done. OK, let's start with those sanctions against Russia.
- mieseratte 9y agoHow about we do both? Or do you only care about your specific wants because you're obviously trying your virtue signal your #Resistance allegiance?
- sillyquiet 9y agoMy dad was in the United States Marine Corps, and he used to joke that the Marines were so poor equipment-acquisition-wise they got the hand-me-downs from the Army. It has been my personal experiences that the Coast Guard is even worse off as far as the funding they get versus the vitally important life saving (and you know, coast guarding) missions they are supposed to accomplish. There have been a blizzard of radar technology, drone and UAV technology and boat building technology advancements that would dramatically increase their success rate, but they can't because of antiquated funding and a creaky old-fashioned leadership. IMO we spend way too much on power project capability with the Navy versus what we could do for the Coast Guard.
- rch 9y agoMy impression is that the Coast Guard has been somewhat militarized in the drug war, such that any request for equipment to help "save" people has to be in quotes.
- jaredhansen 9y ago>such that any request for equipment to help "save" people has to be in quotes. Your impression has then taken it too far - yes, there's a lot of drug war stuff, but USCG still does a tremendous amount of rescue work / assistance to mariners in distress / etc. (Source: a bunch of coastie friends and my dad was one; also sailed a lot and have had enough observation/interaction with them to get a sense of this). Saving people absolutely does not need to be "in quotes" in reference to USCG.
- tastyfreeze 9y agoUSCG has been militarized since it was formed in 1915.
- ebikelaw 9y agoThe Revenue Cutter service, half of what became the USCG in 1915, dates from 1790. It was an armed service from that time.