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Report: US Coast Guard ship denied port call in Solomons
ap ^ | 8/26/2022 | By DAVID RISING, Associated Press

Posted on 08/26/2022 10:00:20 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

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To: HereInTheHeartland

“The one thing in her life she did right.
Yes she had to go”

Could we not have first finished our war with Russia? I can’t stand having to take on two superpowers at the same time.


41 posted on 08/26/2022 10:56:08 AM PDT by BobL (The Globalists/Neocons desperately want Ukraine to win...makes it easy for me to choose a side)
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To: BenLurkin

Can’t you read?

The vessel was participating in an international fishing policing action.

I know the answer......... being a neo isolationist all you care about is expenditure of funds for international issues you don’t approve of


42 posted on 08/26/2022 10:57:46 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: New Perspective

Please forgive my previous curt reply. An actual answer is called for and here it is:

From Revenue Cutter, Life Saving Service and keepers of lighthouses to an armed fleet for the DHS equals grotesque mission creep. There is no rational denying it.

“The Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Life-Saving Service were merged to become the Coast Guard... In 1939, the United States Lighthouse Service was merged into the Coast Guard.... itself was moved to the Department of Transportation in 1967, and on 1 March 2003 it became part of the Department of Homeland Security.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard#Early_history


43 posted on 08/26/2022 10:57:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: bert

Paint her gray and make her part of the Navy.

Oh and yeah, MAGA.


44 posted on 08/26/2022 10:58:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Vermont Lt

I had the unfortunate experience of being at the DIA and Pentagon for 7 years of my military career. I called my PCS to San Vito Air Station, Italy in 1991 “My Escape from Sing-Sing”.

Still, the best part of it was working with all the friends I made in the other services. We were full mixed military manned positions. My chain of command in my last year was a three-star Army General, an Air Force Colonel, A Navy Commander, an Army Captain, and A Navy Senior Chief. I was the E-7 supervisor of airmen, Marines, sailors and soldiers. We all had good times. Everyone of us enlisteds met up at the Ft Myer NCO club on Friday evening and got S-faced. I spent a good deal on rounds for them. Had quite a tab when I left!


45 posted on 08/26/2022 11:01:20 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

so stop giving money to the Solomons


46 posted on 08/26/2022 11:02:45 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

I served in Guam in the US COAST GUARD on a patrol boat, I have a very good idea what our mission was and continues to be. Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about. Spend a few minutes educating yourself.


47 posted on 08/26/2022 11:09:41 AM PDT by New Perspective (As Leonard Cohen said once in an interview, “You won’t like what comes after America”)
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To: mewzilla

Thanks for posting this link:

https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/pacific-capture:-how-chinese-money-is-buying-the/13998414Pacific Capture:

How Chinese money is buying the Solomons!


48 posted on 08/26/2022 11:18:13 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
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To: BenLurkin

Looking out for Pelosi’s Starkist interests?


49 posted on 08/26/2022 11:24:28 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: GaryCrow

The Coast Guard is a unique branch of the military responsible for an array of maritime duties, from ensuring safe and lawful commerce to performing rescue missions in severe conditions. Nearly 42,000 men and women are actively serving in the Coast Guard to defend America’s borders and protect the maritime environment.

Coast Guard Missions:
The Coast Guard proudly performs 11 official missions including:

Port & Waterway Security
Drug Interdiction
Aids to Navigation
Search & Rescue
Living Marine Resources
Marine Safety
Defense Readiness
Migrant Interdiction
Marine Environmental Protection
Ice Operations
Law Enforcement

https://www.gocoastguard.com/about-the-coast-guard/discover-our-roles-missions


50 posted on 08/26/2022 11:29:07 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
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To: Macoozie

Hey. I agree with you and that is why I posted my questions!

“Not our problem -
Our Border is what we shoold be worried about!”


51 posted on 08/26/2022 11:32:40 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
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To: Nextrush

“To create an incident like this!”

That is my concern with Brandon as our POTUS and his/their control of all the 3 and 4 letter departments and agencies in America and Around the world.


52 posted on 08/26/2022 11:36:48 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
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To: fidelis

One of my uncles was wounded at Guadalcanal. After he recovered he was sent to Bougainville. He was Army, not Marines. Still saw combat.
RIP Uncle Mike✝️


53 posted on 08/26/2022 11:49:41 AM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: BenLurkin

The Coast Guard was under the department of transportation, they did not want to transfer it to the military thus it went under DHS. There is no mission creep, we are still doing what we have been all along.


54 posted on 08/26/2022 11:56:59 AM PDT by New Perspective (As Leonard Cohen said once in an interview, “You won’t like what comes after America”)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

>>>“Remember, Nancy DID NOT have to go to Taiwan.”

The one thing in her life she did right.<<<

I agree with you. We want the democrats to be anti-China too. The USA should be unified in decoupling from that shithole country.


55 posted on 08/26/2022 12:48:35 PM PDT by BJ1
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To: RomanSoldier19

To hell with these stupid sons of bitches, time to retake Henderson Field and start up the Cactus Air Force again!


56 posted on 08/26/2022 12:58:56 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: frank ballenger

What is your source?


57 posted on 08/26/2022 2:00:51 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: BenLurkin

That “mission creep” predates the existence of the Coast Guard, the Revenue Cutter Service operated globally in the 18th and 19th Centuries.


58 posted on 08/26/2022 2:07:14 PM PDT by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.")
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To: Jacquerie

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/solomon-islands-campaign-guadalcanal#:~:text=The%20Solomon%20Islands%20Campaign%20cost,38%20ships%2C%20and%20683%20aircraft.

https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign


59 posted on 08/26/2022 2:51:30 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: frank ballenger

Your first source cites approximately 7,100 men, 29 ships, and 615 aircraft.


60 posted on 08/26/2022 3:30:31 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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