Today is August 4. Happy 229th shipmates.

Turn to ships work.
That is all.

The USCG is the often overlooked Fifth Armed Service of the United States of America.

An old soldier salutes you!!!

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The USCG does an outstanding job here on the greatest lake. Tax money well spent. Thank you USCG and happy birthday.

Happy Birthday!

I saw this pic of them shooting the P229 DAK and thought it was cool

My daddy was CG during WWII

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Originally posted by mbinky:
Happy Birthday!

I saw this pic of them shooting the P229 DAK and thought it was cool

Trust me, they were not. I was an SAI (small arms instructor) for many years. When we transitioned from the 1911....scores went down until people mastered the double/single action of the Beretta M9. But when we transitioned to the Sig229DAK..the floor dropped out....i had very good shooters struggle to meet the minimum qualification.....

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originally posted by Tacfoley:

The USCG is the often overlooked Fourth Armed Service of the United States of America.

LOL, there are actually FIVE armed services in the USA...

Marines....Army...Air Force...Navy...and Coast Guard

I thought the Marines were just a part of the Navy?

So it begins....^^^^^^. Lol

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Originally posted by stickman428:
I thought the Marines were just a part of the Navy?

Me, too, like the British Royal Marines.

Hangs head in shame...

Semper Paratus!

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Originally posted by stickman428:
I thought the Marines were just a part of the Navy?

Lolol fastest way to get Marines going.

As an aside we have a sixth branch of armed service, our other Navy, the U.S. Public Health Service, mostly USCG’s medical corps.

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My dad was also a Coastie during the war. Talk about soft duty, he rode a horse along California beaches, carrying a Thompson Gun and watching for Japanese submarines.

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Originally posted by LtJL:
My dad was also a Coastie during the war. Talk about soft duty, he rode a horse along California beaches, carrying a Thompson Gun and watching for Japanese submarines.

It wasn’t always “soft duty”, the only Coastguardsman to receive the Medal of Honor, Douglas Monroe, drove landingships during WWII.

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Originally posted by LtJL:
My dad was also a Coastie during the war. Talk about soft duty, he rode a horse along California beaches, carrying a Thompson Gun and watching for Japanese submarines.

(Okay, so it's not a Thompson; it's a Reising. But it's still a great photo of a WW2 Coastie on mounted patrol. )

GREAT PHOTO!!!!