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2005-07-06 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by tu3031 2005-07-06 09:05|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We only have 88 cutters?!?! Why don't we have 888? For christ's sake give them some money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-07-06 09:11|| 2005-07-06 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Cause they are the unwanted bastard of unending mission creep. Heck they started as a revenue enforcement service of the Treasury. Since then, all sorts of stuff have been laid on them. If you make them DoD, then they're subject to the restrictions of Posse Comitatus. Can't do law enforcement. If you stick them elsewhere their funding becomes less than high priority for the bureaucrats who don't like or understand people who carry guns [just ask the Border Patrol] and want them doing water safety programs at their favorite recreation spot.

Posted by Clith Shaising5479 2005-07-06 09:32|| 2005-07-06 09:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Early last century, the Coast Guard was formed by merging together several services (revenue, life-saving, lighthouses,...). Maybe we need to break the unit up again. Put one set under the Border Patrol; one under Customs; and have the rest for; rescue, icebreaking, search, and stuff like that.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-07-06 09:53|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-07-06 09:53|| Front Page Top

#4 What's up with the increase in breakdowns.

"In fiscal 2004, the engines on the Coast Guard's 95 HH-65 helicopters suffered power losses at a rate of 329 per 100,000 flight hours, up from 63 per 100,000 flight hours in fiscal 2003. The comparable Federal Aviation Administration standard is 1 per 100,000 flight hours."

Posted by some dude 2005-07-06 10:09|| 2005-07-06 10:09|| Front Page Top

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