Posted on May 19, 2015
What is the toughest job in the United States Coast Guard? Why?
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What is the toughest job in the United States Coast Guard? Why?
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I'm not C.G but I figure it is probably.....
Publically admitting that you are in the Coast Guard?
Publically admitting that you are in the Coast Guard?
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MAJ (Join to see)
MAJ (Join to see) Thanks for the defense. I did not realize that we were allowed to poke fun at all branches but the CG.
I make fun of the Army more than any other branch, well, except for the Navy, but most of the time, that is just to easy.
I make fun of the Army more than any other branch, well, except for the Navy, but most of the time, that is just to easy.
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Antoine Harris
Who protects the navy in port??
The coast guard has 11 missions
Port & Waterway Security
Drug Interdiction
Aids to Navigation
Search & Rescue
Living Marine Resources
Marine Safety
Defense Readiness
Migrant Interdiction
Marine Environmental Protection
Ice Operations
Law Enforcement
That’s more than all other branches maybe put together!
The coast guard has 11 missions
Port & Waterway Security
Drug Interdiction
Aids to Navigation
Search & Rescue
Living Marine Resources
Marine Safety
Defense Readiness
Migrant Interdiction
Marine Environmental Protection
Ice Operations
Law Enforcement
That’s more than all other branches maybe put together!
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PO1 Deb Hawkins
Lol. Find me a soldier, ranger or green beret who wants to go conduct a rescue swim in the Bering sea at night in 25 -30 foot swells. Guarantee if I asked one of those crowds, I will get zero volunteers, even to train for something like that. That job takes bigger balls than the common “soldier”
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9 years of shipboard duty, 7 hurricanes, 2 North Atlantic gales (perfect storm weather), four years in Gulf of Alaska. Hairiest part was SAR, always was in worst possible weather. when other ships/fishing boats/commercial crabbers were ducking into port to avoid weather, we were headed out to rescue the stragglers.
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I'm glad you asked this question. The Coast Guard is almost a mystery. They save drowning victims, inspect vessels, intervene drug smuggling, but they do need to step up their advertising and PR image. They catch the brunt of jokes within the military community, but some of their vessels look like they would inflict SERIOUS pain! They have neat aviation toys as well. The guys that dive into arctic waters knowing they only have moments to say alive themselves? Forget about it!!! I wish we had more active members on RallyPoint. The 3 that are well known to us are among the best people I have ever interacted with on here. I'd actively recruit them to join, but everybody knows how busy the Coasties are in the desert of Arizona.
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SN Bryan King
Yes, we do. Kinda like navy divers who could not dive in Washington over 30 years ago because there equipment was freezing up, but Army diver came threw.
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