Once again the mechanics in Washington have shut down a semi-important part of the government because they have a disagreement that necessitates inconveniencing all the little people so that criminals and other ne'er-do-wells can enjoy the blessings of liberty and free stuff forever at our expense. The ironical part is that the dim party is greatly, nay, hugely concerned that our rights are being trampled by the excesses of the armed minions of the law running amok with all these powers they have always had but that under previous administrations have allowed to lie fallow.
What could possibly make this amusing? Well, because of their concerns and fear of the armed minions of the federal law agencies (ICE, Border Patrol, FBI, ATF, IRS, Fed, Capital Police, etc) they have declined to fund the ONLY UNARMED security force in the government and sent the TSA home without pay......oh wait, they want the unarmed TSA agents to continue to flog and berate and unshoe every airline passenger in America but now they want them to be even more surly and ill-tempered because they're not getting paid to do it.
Well done, Congress!
As I said the last time the clowns shut down the government, make it real, tell every single soul that is not getting paid to stay home and make no exceptions. It's long passed time that this stupid tool get thrown away for good. Yes, I know, under current idiotic arrangements this means nobody could get on a plane but I remember when that wasn't the Fed's job. For all of me, the TSA can stay unfunded forever. I'm not so sure about the Coast Guard but then I haven't seen any of them around here for more than 5 years so I'm not sure what they're doing these days.
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"I'm not so sure about the Coast Guard but then I haven't seen any of them around here for more than 5 years so I'm not sure what they're doing these days."
Key 2026 Coast Guard Rescues and Events -
Antarctic Rescue (Jan 2026): The USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) broke through ice to assist an Australian-owned cruise ship stuck in the Ross Sea.
Galapagos Islands Fire (Feb 1, 2026): 27 mariners were rescued by the crew of the Seaways Kenosha after their fishing vessel, La Pena, caught fire 483 miles northwest of the islands.
Texas Flood Rescue & Recognition (Feb 2026): Rescue swimmer Petty Officer Scott Ruskan was honored at the 2026 State of the Union for saving 165 people, including an 11-year-old girl, during Texas floods.
Florida & Atlantic Operations:
Feb 3, 2026: 3 people rescued 450 miles off Daytona Beach by Coast Guard and good Samaritans.
Jan 5-10, 2026: Multiple rescues including divers off Palm Beach and stranded surfers near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
Jan 1, 2026: Sector San Juan crews conducted a rescue in Puerto Rico, emphasizing the importance of life jackets.
Jersey Coast (Jan 18, 2026): 3 people rescued from a sinking boat.
Tragedy in Service (March 2026): Rescue swimmer Tyler Jaggers died following a medical evacuation mission off the coast of Washington state.
When you accept the fact that the Democrat Party is REALLY just the American Communist Party...working diligently to do whatever they can to hasten the destruction of America everything makes a lot more sense.
The official motto of the United States Coast Guard is "Semper Paratus," which translates to "Always Ready" in English. This phrase embodies the Coast Guard’s commitment to being prepared for any mission, whether it involves maritime safety, law enforcement, search and rescue, or national defense. The motto reflects the service’s readiness to act in both peacetime and wartime, emphasizing vigilance, dedication, and reliability.
Although none of my family was yet Coast Guard, I'll never forget them rescuing my father when he was crabbing and a nasty squall came in.
They went out in ZERO Visibility, winds in excess of 40 MPH with gusts far above that.
Never disrespect BRAVE Men like them. NEVER.
Thank you USCGC Bear, it's been awhile. I used to do my banking on the xth floor of the Federal Building and the 9th District was just a couple of flights down so I'd stop by their tiny little exchange for a coke on my way out but I haven't been back there since they shut down the whole building for years because COVID.
I figured that they were still working somewhere, just not that much around here. I can also say we liked to set up and conduct radar/sonar surveillance at that little pond at Petaluma so we could all walk to the USCG Cooks School and chow hall for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Finding that was a gem.
I certainly hope that whatever was killing recruiting and driving manpower issues that saw so many cutters and stations laid up or closed is better now.
WRT humor around here, we have it. We have been telling jokes about the USCG since forever. It is what we do for amusement when we get together with our Coast Guard friends and colleagues. I worked with USCG in MARLO in the Gulf and all over Korea and operations in SOCAL and Kuwait and did drug interdiction ops with them all over the Florida, Georgia and South Carolina coasts. I can tell amusing stories all day and you know where I get them from? Friends in the Coast Guard.
I'd like to think they weren't always like that, but they were and are. How they are perceived as anything but awful is a mystery.
One of my best buddies spent most of his USCG career doing classified national security activities, not in some windowless building, but on a relatively small ship experiencing the whole range of sea states. On the other hand, I regularly remind him that the establishment of the US Space Force did not move the USCG from the bottom rung of the DoD/DoW hierarchy.
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