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Yep, you have to be a family member to rag on the family.
Why haven’t I seen these? ROFLMAO.Here is a link for one of the “Space Force” scenes.
We laugh at it, and we make fun of the Coast Guard as we do a sibling. But heaven help anyone outside the services who makes fun of the Coast Guard in front of me. As a long time boater, someone who grew up and worked on the water, I always admired the courage it took to go out on the water in weather when I wouldn’t leave my house.
“Space Force” must have had some pretty good military advisors. Much of it, to include ribbons, the pilot’s “I love me wall”, the military humor, are spot on. The scene in the first episode when Steve Carell tells his wife their house will be a “little west of Dulles...” Worth watching for the military inside humor.Why haven’t I seen these? ROFLMAO.
Ask Navy wives.... they seem to get to know Coasties the best.is the coast guard even military?
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but do USCG recruits still have to be over 6' tall? You know so they can wade ashore if the boat sinks
Space Force, season 1 is 10 episodes, it's a Netflix project, released in 2020, around Memorial Day IIRC, (during the heart of the pandemic), theres some good humor in there, okay story line, if you like Steve Carrel, you'll probably enjoy it.Why haven’t I seen these? ROFLMAO.
Actually it (being in or out of the JCS) has absolutely nothing to do with the budgets. Not even a little.It may be beneficial for the USCG to have a seat at the Joint Chiefs, both budgetary and operationally. Will it happen......who knows. A problem may surface because the USCG is 14 USC and the DOD is 10 USC, the CG answers to the Secretary of DHS and the other branches answer to the Secretary of Defense. So does the the DHS Secretary get involved in the Joint Chiefs as the CG's boss? And if not, then you have the Posse Comitatus problem if the joint Chiefs direct a mission regarding Law Enforcement and the Commandant disagrees, who solves the disagreement DHS or DOD?
Personally, I would like to see the CG as part of the Joint Chiefs, better coordination, planning, and access to assets.
Posse Comitatus isn't an issue. The Joint Chiefs wouldn't direct a mission, but also, the Coast Guard Commandant being a part of something doesn't then confer that statutory authority to other agencies or organizations. A joint task force in Florida with local and state LE doesn't mean the state agencies can now enforce federal maritime law in Alaska.It may be beneficial for the USCG to have a seat at the Joint Chiefs, both budgetary and operationally. Will it happen......who knows. A problem may surface because the USCG is 14 USC and the DOD is 10 USC, the CG answers to the Secretary of DHS and the other branches answer to the Secretary of Defense. So does the the DHS Secretary get involved in the Joint Chiefs as the CG's boss? And if not, then you have the Posse Comitatus problem if the joint Chiefs direct a mission regarding Law Enforcement and the Commandant disagrees, who solves the disagreement DHS or DOD?
Personally, I would like to see the CG as part of the Joint Chiefs, better coordination, planning, and access to assets.
I never posted this last night. I hit post this morning when I realized it was still sitting as a draft. Oldretswo made the same points.Posse Comitatus isn't an issue. The Joint Chiefs wouldn't direct a mission, but also, the Coast Guard Commandant being a part of something doesn't then confer that statutory authority to other agencies or organizations. A joint task force in Florida with local and state LE doesn't mean the state agencies can now enforce federal maritime law in Alaska.
If the National Guard Bureau has a seat, I think they can figure it out.
I don't see much changing in the way of budget or operations either. I do see more harmonization in joint ops. But I also don't think we'd want a Coast Guard in the U.S. with DOD priorities shaping the budget. I'd imagine the choice between buying another F-35 v. tending buoys in Boston.... buoy tenders aren't going to look for the best of prioritization.
Ask Navy wives.... they seem to get to know Coasties the best.
yeah, my wife, she...hey, wait a minute.Ask Navy wives.... they seem to get to know Coasties the best.
yeah, my wife, she...hey, wait a minute.
I know of NO ONE who hates the Coast Guard. Military services may make fun of each other, but heaven help any outsider who joins in.I like to remind all the haters of what the Coast Guard does best. Prayers for the families of the missing, and for all those risking their lives searching.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/louisian...f-grand-isle-for-multiple-people-in-the-water
Looks like a "Spud Barge" flipped on its side. See the railings on the barge? The long Spud drops down and anchors the barge in place while people do work such as laying pipe etc. Thats my best guess.
What you say makes sense, given the flat plate on the bottom of the spud thing.I have a small Marine Construction company, and own couple small spud barges. Your description of a spud barge is correct, but that's not a spud barge, its a lift boat. My spud barges will still move in heavy weather even with the spuds down, and I would never dream of taking one out of a harbor/canal/intracoastal....I believe those lift boats raise the boat above the waves and go out in deep water.