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My 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 quot
by rch 9y ago
My 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.
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- dragonwriter 9y ago> My impression is that the Coast Guard has been somewhat militarized The USCG is, and has always been, overtly one of the (currently) five service branches of the US armed forces. I'm not sure what it would mean to “militarize” something that is already fully military.