Sailors Die at Sea While USCG Drone Program Remains Hard Aground
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#2We're willing to spend money to imprison and deport people, but not to save people. sick.
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#3My 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.
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#4My 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…
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.
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#5We're willing to spend money to imprison and deport people, but not to save people. sick.
Different 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.
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#6We're willing to spend money to imprison and deport people, but not to save people. sick.
Different 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.
Same government - Under same authority - Same federal budget - Same concerns.
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#7My 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…
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.
>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.
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#8My 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…
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.
USCG has been militarized since it was formed in 1915.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Different 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.
Same government - Under same authority - Same federal budget - Same concerns.
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#10We're willing to spend money to imprison and deport people, but not to save people. sick.
Different 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.
Maintaining 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.