Happy Birthday United States Coast Guard.
1790
Semper Paratus
Older than the U S Navy
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Happy Birthday United States Coast Guard.
1790
Semper Paratus
Older than the U S Navy
As an old Coastie, Thanks Ralph!Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Ralph
As you are the ole Coastie, Thank you for your service.Quote:
Originally Posted by rwaldrop13
God bless those that have served.
in pace et bello
I second, your motion…Happy Birthday to the USCG and very much appreciate the Coasties for their Service Semper Paratus!!!
Another mile stone, here is some history;
By an act of congress, on January 28, 1915 the United States Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Life Saving Service were merged to create the United States Coast Guard.
The history of the United States Coast Guard goes back to the United States Revenue Cutter Service, which was founded on 4 August 1790 as part of the Department of the Treasury. The Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Life-Saving Service were merged to become the Coast Guard per 14 U.S.C. § 1 which states: "The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times." In 1939, the United States Lighthouse Service was merged into the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard itself was moved to the Department of Transportation in 1967, and on 01 March 2003 it became part of the Department of Homeland Security. However, under 14 U.S.C. § 3 as amended by section 211 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006, upon the declaration of war and when Congress so directs in the declaration, or when the President directs, the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Department of the Navy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVBld88tmd0
The tradition in the Coast Guard was that as the "Senior Service", we were the ideal the Navy needed to try to live up to... In that spirit, when the Navy was conducting sea trials on the USS Zumwalt, the $4 billion (yes with a B) stealth destroyer, and she broke down at sea, the ship that I last served on in the Coast Guard, and was part of the commissioning crew for, was dispatched as the nearest available US warship available to bring her back...
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Congrats to the USCG service from a Coast Guard City , KECG !