Personnel Shortage At U.S. Coast Guard Sinks 10 Cutters, 29 Stations

Forbes ^ | 11/06/2023 | Craig Hooper

[lightman]

And now, collapsing of our maritime borders.

Why even pretend to be a “country”?

/s

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don’t think many Americans want to be the Coast Guard’s new Eco-Warriors floating around counting penguins and Cola bears.

[higgmeister]

I don’t think many Americans want to be the Coast Guard’s new Eco-Warriors floating around counting penguins and Cola bears.

I just watched a Scottish Comedian saying when he was swimming in the ocean with plastic trash hitting him in the back of his head, it occurred to him that they need to make plastic heaver so that it would sink to the bottom of the ocean.

[Karliner]

Looking more and more like the fall of the Soviet Union every moment of every day

[Mark17]

My nephew is in the Coast Guard, and says it’s affecting the way they can respond to emergencies.

[EinNYC]

Shows how many people want to be in the U.S. military under Mr. Potato Head as CIC and Austen/Milley.

[Dr. Franklin]

People may not want to be in ships with all of the wokeness in the military services.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[13foxtrot]

Patriots need to be home, not in ships promoting the trans life-style.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

$2 trillion annual deficit, $34 trillion debt, so what do we cut? Protecting our border, naturally. Our goose is cooked

[TornadoAlley3]

https://youtu.be/p8ctKIwCUhc?si=aYC3XkjhQEeQrLtX

Bobby Knight marine recruitment ad.

[BobL]

“...according to Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan”

At least they quickly get to the rut of the problem (a little Rush Limbaugh lingo there).

[Terry L Smith]

the folks are getting out al because of uncle joe.

[linMcHlp]

Lack of people willing to associate with requirements of President B. Hussein Obama and President[s] Joseph [Stalin, Lenin, Mao, ‘Jim’ Acosta, Panetta, Podesta, Blumenthal, Clinton, Harris . . . ] Biden, tha

ALL MUST OBEY and TOLERATE:

- homosexuals
- transvestites
- women in combat and command

[one guy in new jersey]

“...using the crisis to advance...”

Wouldn’t want to let it go to waste.

[Delta 21]

Oh, sure. Need to make political fodder and can’t find the funds to Build Back Better? Let’s totally revamp the Coast Guard. That should do it.

[Timber Rattler]

Somebody didn't think through this plan:

Army starts no-penalty purge of ‘ineffective’ recruiters

[PIF]

Like the 3% cut in Spec Op forces due to lack of meeting diversity quotas, is this the cause of CG’s problem aslo?

[PIF]

The CG is DHS, not military.