[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

It wasn't a slight it just a fact. the Coast Guard is not a par of the military. When we have a full on war they are absorbed by the military. They are a quasi military force with some overlapping similiar duties, such as the ASW capabilities you mentioned, but they are not a branch of the military.

It's no jab at the Coast Guard. It's just fact. All the things you mentioned, combat deaths etc. are all correct as far as I know. It still doesn't change the truth.

Here is a question maybe you can answer for me. Does the Coast Guard fall under the UCMJ during peace time? I have no idea.

[RinaseaofDs]

And I wasn't really offended by your post.

For the record, we are under the UCMJ regardless. We carry the green military ID card, we have the same clearances, we go to REFTRA, we have the same crypto, etc.

The reason why we aren't under DOD is because of Posse Comitatus. If we were under DOD, we couldn't board US flag vessels to enforce applicable laws (read drug law enforcement).

Mostly a legal trick.