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USCG officers become Navy Seals [Props to my Puddle Pirates]
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| May 27, 2010
Posted on 05/27/2010 2:41:58 AM PDT by bjorn14
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posted on
05/27/2010 2:41:58 AM PDT
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bjorn14
To: bjorn14
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posted on
05/27/2010 3:01:26 AM PDT
by
OneLoyalAmerican
(In God I trust, all others cite your source.)
To: ansel12; backhoe; CholeraJoe; Criminal Number 18F; DevSix; DJ Taylor; Future Snake Eater; ...
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posted on
05/27/2010 4:09:23 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those who don't)
To: ASA Vet
One thing to keep in mind. USCG folks carry law enforcement authority with them. That can be an added asset to the SEAL Team.
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posted on
05/27/2010 4:18:25 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Airborne - the only way to get to work in the morning.)
To: bjorn14
Will they serve with a Nvay Seal Team or with the Coast Guard?
To: bjorn14
Mission creep ... in fact the Navy SEAL’s are a classic example of mission creep. Started in WWII as UDT to clear enemy beach heads of mines & explosives for amphibious assaults (mostly in the Pacific theatre of operations) ... and voila you end up with the SEAL’s of today.
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posted on
05/27/2010 5:00:06 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: bjorn14
Next thing you know the SEALs will be admitting USAF, FBI, and other branch service personnel.
To: bjorn14
I thought you only got your trident after your first mission as a SEAL
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posted on
05/27/2010 6:34:17 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: vetvetdoug; Travis McGee
Next thing you know the SEALs will be admitting USAF, FBI, and other branch service personnel. From what I understand anyone in any branch of the Armed Services is free to apply to become a SEAL. Surviving BUDS, however, is a completely different kettle of fish.
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posted on
05/27/2010 6:35:57 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: bjorn14
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posted on
05/27/2010 7:10:00 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The real death threat is their legislation" Rush Limbaugh, 3/25/10)
To: BluH2o
Started in WWII as UDT to clear enemy beach heads of mines & explosives for amphibious assaults (mostly in the Pacific theatre of operations) ... Indeed it did and I a proud to say that my father was a member of UDT Team 6 and cleared out a lot of crap so the marines could come ashore. The UDT teams liked to leave signs on the beach welcoming the marines ashore. Used to pee them jar heads off no end he said. Dad also took part in the landing on Utah beach D Day.
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05/27/2010 7:12:30 AM PDT
by
mc5cents
To: Old Retired Army Guy
Will they serve with a Nvay Seal Team or with the Coast Guard? Undoubtably a Seal Team right off the bat. They may return to other duties witht the Coast Guard eventually, or split their postings between the Seals and the Coast Guard.
To: Old Retired Army Guy
From the article:
The historic agreement allows up to four Coast Guardsmen a year the opportunity to train and integrate with an operational SEAL team for approximately seven years before returning to their service.
So they will be SEALs for the next few years, then return to the Coast Guard. I would think that doing SEAL stuff requires a young man's body, and after a few years most SEALs move on to doing something else. The SEAL operations experience will be good for any CG officer engaged in counter-terror work.
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posted on
05/27/2010 7:19:11 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: Old Retired Army Guy
They will serve as Seals with the Navy for 7 years and then have the option of returning to USCG.
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posted on
05/27/2010 8:12:57 AM PDT
by
bjorn14
(Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
To: vetvetdoug
"Next thing you know the SEALs will be admitting USAF, FBI, and other branch service personnel." Quite some time ago, DEA agents going to Central America were pushed through a modified version of Ranger School.
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posted on
05/27/2010 8:18:45 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
In wartime the USCG falls under the jurisdiction of the Navy and in peacetime all LE (that include Squids)activities are directed by the Puddle Pirates.
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posted on
05/27/2010 8:19:12 AM PDT
by
bjorn14
(Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
To: PeteB570
“” USCG folks carry law enforcement authority with them. That can be an added asset to the SEAL Team.””
a fitting addition to Obama’s national security force.
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posted on
05/27/2010 8:25:14 AM PDT
by
meyer
(Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
To: PapaBear3625
Young at hearth man - Yes. But outside that is staff and planning.
Takes a good bit of shaft to get the tip of the spear downrange.
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posted on
05/27/2010 10:19:38 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Airborne - the only way to get to work in the morning.)
To: Lurker
What I don't understand is how Coastie officers will serve in the USN and not the USCG.
BTW, you don't get your trident right after BUD/S, but after a six month probationary period at a SEAL Team, including advanced operator training and a deployment. Unless this has been changed...
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posted on
05/27/2010 10:50:47 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: Joe 6-pack
There have always been foreign officers going through BUD/S. Class before mine had a pair of Thai officers who were already the equivalent of Thai rangers, with combat expererience in SE Asia border wars. They were not only hard asses, but very popular. Both made it through training on merit.
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05/27/2010 10:52:45 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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