The Coast Guard are nothing more than sea bourn cops. During CNOPS they would board the ship, after we had secured it, to make arrests and mirandize our prisoners. I even saw one put metal hand cuffs on a prisoner I had already secured (ankles to wrists) with zipties. They also had the fancy drug sniffing gear (no dogs at sea).
Color me unimpressed by their “elite” legal detachments/boarding crews. The only thing that impressed me was that the cartels put a higher price on their heads than on ours. I guess that comes with the glory of claiming all the busts as their own.
In terms of ships…
They gots no missiles. They’re on the bottom before they know there’s an enemy. They’re good for rescuing civilians (SAR Dogs), tracking storms, writing tickets for too few life jackets, and arresting smugglers (after the navy has made the scene safe for them). They are only a step above police, and barely a military branch.
The ones I worked with were pretty dumb to boot (95% Bosun Mates).
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