I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!
I had to mull this one over a few minutes. So we swear to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic ... but posse comitatus overrides that? I don't know anything about the CG's argument nor with who , but that's just stupid. You guard the waters of the US but posse comitatus preempts you from being military? All I can say about that is BULLSHIT. That is one lame ass excuse. So y'all just don't f-ing count? But they can deploy you to a foreign nation to get shot at like the rest of us?
What a bunch of bureaucratic bullshit.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
Every day I beat my previous record of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
I'm sure every squid on this board hears me. I might kick your ass in the bar in Singapore but you're my ride. I will admit I have a disconnect here. We ALL do our jobs. What makes one of us less than the other? And being a jarhead, I KNOW the crap y'all go through. This is unsat. My congressman's getting a letter. Trust THAT.
DO y'all get retirement and/or VA and that kind of stuff? I hate to sound ignorant but I only know about Coasties from having a humanitarian to a MEPS to take care of my grandmother until she could get back on her feet.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
Oh yeah, We get the same pay & bennies (for the rates) that DOD has. Retirement too.
As for VA, yeppers that too. I'm heading out to West Palm tomorrow for a sonogram on the throat and next month I'm getting work done to the stbd paw. (not to mention the knees, the back and other parts damaged during the job)
Every day I beat my previous record of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
Some of the guy's at the Station did indeed "beat feet". Others had already gone out on another boat.
One of the things taught is the saying, "You have to go out, you don't have to come back". This is straight from the Regulations of the Life-Saving Service of 1899.
http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/LSSmotto.asp
Last edited by Bilgerat; 05-19-2016 at 03:56 PM.
Every day I beat my previous record of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
It all boils down to federal law and jurisdiction, Gunny.
Posse Comitatus allows far more flexibility to enforce laws and regulations.
Only if Martial Law was declared could any DOD branch step in, the exception
being National Guard at the state level.
DOD is not allowed or mandated to Law Enforcement except in time of
a declared war. The Navy often carries a USCG detachment on board when
patrolling certain seaways. The CG team is allowed to board, search, detain,
and take control of contraband or illegal aliens. The DOD cannot do that.
Last edited by Elessar; 05-19-2016 at 04:00 PM.
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!
Just got a chance to watch this. You Coast Guard guys got my utmost respect.... anyone who thinks they are something less than any other service can see me for their justly deserved ass kicking!
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson
As veterans, we all know most civilians have little idea what was required of all of us. But in today's World of Terror, and Drug running, and constant SEARCH & RESCUE missions rarely heard of, or reported. Like the Police. Coast Guard men, and women should be getting the Highest of our Admiration, and Respect....for KEEPING ALL OF US SAFE!
Thanks to ALL OF YOU! I proudly....
I love to make Liberals Cry, and Whine.
So, this is for them.
GOD BLESS AMERICA - IN GOD WE TRUST !
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him to the left.
Wise men don't need advice, and fools won't take it - Ben Franklin
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish."