before I ran into a pickle with the law and fucked everything up I was going into the coast guard, 91 ASVAB, went to MEPS, was going to be a SAR jumper (weird fact, vast majority of coast guard recruits dont know how or arent good at swimming) and the army and marines told me I was a lady. The recruiter told me though that Coast Guard is part owner of Krispy Creme donuts. Dont know if it was true
On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Replying to myself, which is perhaps a sign I should be in therapy, but I > just realized one reason why the Coast Guard is underappreciated or at > least unknown compared to Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. They are part > of DHS not DOD. > > > > But now that DOD is calling itself the Department of War, maybe DHS is > just fine. Although one is Hegseth and the other is Noem, so flip a coin. > > > > Coast Guard is also much smaller, has a smaller budget, and a much smaller > PR budget. No money to toot their own horn. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 10:50 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific > > > > Yeah, but if it’s on the ocean, I’d prefer to see a Hawaii Five 0 style > chase. With McGarrett in a speedboat, and at the end he says “book ‘em, > Danno”. > > > > Besides, I think the Coasties are an underappreciated branch of the US > military. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 8:31 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific > > > > I prefer to see cartels bombed. When they started moving the fent, they > chose bombs. A little nose candy here and there, some dope, a little > crystal, even some heroin was manageable. But these ducks decided to move > shit that one mistake kills. Fuckbag dealers are putting it it club drugs > and on vicodins. Kids don't have a chance to make a mistake. > > > > Bomb the shit out of them. Sink their boats, cut their life jackets, chum > the waters, I don't care as long as they die. They don't want to give our > kids a second chance, their adults deserve as terrible a death as possible. > Idgaf about human rights, they don't, and I have no interest in the high > road. > > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 6:45 PM Dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Turns out drug dealers sometimes get shot, who knew? Maybe they were > delivering critical supplies to orphanages, because speedboats with three > engines mean urgent care is being delivered expeditiously? > > > > On Oct 22, 2025, at 3:03 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Article on the latest generation of US Coast Guard “Over The Horizon” > boats. > > > https://www.workboat.com/shipbuilding/test-driving-the-coast-guard-s-new-over-the-horizon-cutter-boat > > > > Generally deployed from a ramp on the back of a larger cutter along with > helicopters. These things vaguely remind me of the WWII PT boats. > > > > I would not want to try and outrun the Coast Guard. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 4:24 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific > > > > Yes, and that's the primary argument against this practice. If we have > solid intel that they're carrying drugs, and we know where they are, then > as soon as they enter our territorial waters we can board the boat and > arrest them. The Coast Guard doesn't need a warrant or even a specific > reason to board a boat. Some of those boats are faster than Cutters, but I > don't have solid info on how often they actually escape when they're > already being tracked. It's hard to imagine they really get away often > because the Coast Guard also has helicopters, and they're allowed to > continue a pursuit into international waters (and onto land) as long as the > pursuit started in US waters. > > > > Regardless of how often they really get away, it's not normal to blow up > someone's boat as a law enforcement action. We also don't execute drug > traffickers, and even when the state executes someone there's a trial > first. > > > > but..... > > - post-911 we treat foreign terrorist organizations as enemy combatants > > > - the executive branch gets to decide who counts as an FTO. The sec > of state, sec of treasury, and attorney general all have to agree, but they > also all have the same boss. > > > - Nobody can really stop the executive branch from declaring an FTO. > > > - Congress could pass a bill to override someone's listing as an FTO, > but to date they've never done it. > > > - The courts could overturn an FTO listing, but for a lot of reasons > it's almost impossible. > > > > > > So effectively the President and/or their cabinet has a completely legal > pathway to authorize military force against just about anyone, and there's > very little anyone can do about it. It's not that I have sympathy for drug > smugglers, it's that all we can do is take someone's word for it that it > was a drug smuggler. If anyone is totally comfortable with that then I'm > curious what your rationale is. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 3:00 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific > > > > *https://x.com/SecWar/status/1981049943306752361 > <https://x.com/SecWar/status/1981049943306752361>* > > > > I thought the Coast Guard was able to intercept boats and board them, > arrest people and confiscate cargo. I seem to remember they specifically > acquired high speed boats that were a match for anything a drug runner > might have. > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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