we heard swearing, saw hands in pockets, it was not too long ago I served and we would never have been allowed to act like that or dress like that.
On public duty we had a brass shined, boots like glass, uniform pressed really well and we were all inspected before the public saw us.
Everything we had looked shiny and clean.
However we did go on one small coast guard ship and they were excellent, very well mannered, very professional
Shameful.