All jokes aside, the coast guard has my respect 🫡 #military #shorts

[geekyzebra]

They also save countless lives when people have maritime emergencies, especially in the waters around Alaska

[theofficialgreenkane]

My buddy was Coast Guard. He said it’s kinda like the Navy, just less butt stuff.

[DilloRanger]

The coast guard gets made fun of too much, they are tough people. They literally jump onto cartel submarines and force them out it is crazy.

[billledbetter]

The U.S. Coast Guard are the quiet professionals. They don’t make a lot of noise about themselves or their duties, conduct themselves with courage, selflessness, and honor.

[gregoryboverson]

In coastal places the coast guard are like gods! They not only enforce law and protect maritime fisherman, but they are known for being life savers for vessels in distress. Much respect to the coast guard.

[tonylittle]

The Coast Guard has my respect way before the navy’s. And I’m retired navy

[nukabat]

Coast Guard see action all year round. The rest of us have to wait for combat...

[mikeh]

If you have ever worked or trained with them, then you know they are low-key badass

[geegolywiz]

As someone who’s in the coast guard I wish we could get pirates, in Alaska patroling the Bering sea we mostly do law enforcement in the fishing industry and do SAR missions saving people who usual get hurt in tougher weather, I know a couple buddies stationed in Florida where they deal with drug smuggling and migrants, and another friend in the Great Lakes area providing aids to navigation by maintaining buoys and other markers for boat traffic, pirates from I’ve heard are mostly in Bahrain which is where I plan on being stationed next after this three year tour in Alaska! I have to say it’s very rewarding and I love what I do!

[televisionhead]

Fun fact: the Coast Guard saves on average 12 people everyday.

[officialthomasjames]

The Coast Guard does more than any other branch (in non war-time) if we’re being honest. I hate that it’s treated as a joke by fools.

[HarryKnuttsachs]

Headed to CG boot camp in November. I'm gonna freeze my nuts off, wish me luck🤞.

[shrkbit]

coast guard doesn’t get enough recognition for being the only useful military branch

[countrylife]

They also do hostage rescue and recovery, CBRNE, they deal with terrorist attacks on water, etc

[maxn.]

I was a Marine, but I have the utmost respect for the CG. Their operational tempo is fast and furious. If I had known better, I would've joined the CG instead of the USMC.

[gford]

Ironic history lesson
The coast guards only medal of honor recipient recieved the medal for saving a bunch of marines during world war 2

[rb]

This man was really struggling to say the simplest thing.

[MessengerChannel]

As a U.S Coast Guard Secuirty Officer(private contractor) I’ve seen go all hardcore, these coasties are tough and fight hard. MAD RESPECT.

[Lasperus]

Coast guard was my second choice from the Air Force, My dad was a rescue swimmer and being part of that cause of saving lives and keeping the shore safe always fascinated me. I know myself personally could never be a rescue swimmer but helping that cause was pretty cool to me too.

[miloserra]

The Coast Guard has 11 independent missions:

- Ports, Waterways & Coastal Security

- Drug Interdiction

- Aids to Navigation (ATON: including maintaining the nation's lighthouses, buoys & VTS; also legacy ATON missions including lightships & LORAN)

- Search & Rescue (SAR)

- Living Marine Resources

- Marine Safety

- Defense Readiness (National Security & Military Preparedness)

- Migrant Interdiction

- Maritime Environmental Protection

- Polar, Ice & Alaska Operations (including the International Ice Patrol)

- Law Enforcement (including Prohibition Enforcement History)