Talk about a recruiting poster…
Alto Tu Barco!
You can almost feel the sea spray on your eyelashes in this one.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) crews interdict a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, October 2024. Munro is the sixth Legend-class national security cutter homeported in Alameda, California. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) crews interdict a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, October 2024. Munro is the sixth Legend-class national security cutter homeported in Alameda, California. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
Of note, Munro just offloaded 29,000 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of $335.8 million, Tuesday in San Diego.
The nose candy came from a series of nine separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions or events off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America by Munro, USCGC Vigorous, USCGC Hamilton, and the USS St. Louis (LCS-19), during September and October– the mix showing you just how crowded it is getting in 4th Fleet (USNAVSOUTH) in the East Pac, and how much of a white hull operation it is.
Speaking of recruiting, the USCG just established its first Hawaii-based JROTC, the 14th in the nation. Enrollment nationwide is expected to be 1,200 cadets.
Coast Guard JROTC instructors are hired and employed by the school district and certified by the service. Instructors must be Coast Guard retired, selected reserve, or qualified veterans with at least eight years of service.
I see what you mean. But consider this the laity who would see a poster with those images would see ‘soldiers’ in boats first. And only would they know it was the Coastguard if they continued to look.