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From: doug@spdcc.com (Doug Mackensie)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: The Coast Guard means business
Summary: The Coast Guard is a *military* service
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Date: 3 Jun 89 04:52:37 GMT
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From: doug@spdcc.com (Doug Mackensie)



It's a shame... many people do not know or don't realize that the
Coast Guard has a very important military mission... In time of
war, the CG becomes part of the Navy and is charged with, among
 other things, coastal defense, port security, convoy escort, etc. 
Currently, the Coast Guard is in charge of most of the joint Navy-
CG Maritime Defense Zones. The CG constantly trains with the Navy
to perfect its war skills.

The ships that are being outfitted with the two weapons systems
you mentioned are the high endurance class of cutters. These ships,
similar to destroyer escorts, would serve as convoy escorts in time
of war.

Theres an old Coast Guard saying: The CG is the nucleus around which
the Navy forms in time of war.

-- 
Doug Mackensie
doug@spdcc.COM
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[mod.note:  A friend of mine tells a story of an acquaintance who
joined the Coast Guard to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam;
he found himself on a PBR patrolling the Mekong...  - Bill ]