Happy 227th

PappyJoe

Today the U.S. Coast Guard celebrates its 227th Birthday. It was founded as "a system of cutters" in 1790 and has also been known as the Revenue Marine Service and Revenue Cutter Service. In 1915, the Lifesaving Service was merged with the Revenue Cutter Service and the name was changed to U.S. Coast Guard. In following years the Lighthouse Service and Bureau of Marine Investigations and Navigations were added to the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard is a unique military service in that it operates outside of the Dept. of Defense and has world-wide law enforcement responsibilities and authority. It was part of the Department of Treasury and Department of Transportation before being transferred to the Department of Homeland Security.

jfreedy

Happy Birthday, Coast Guard! As a fellow military man I salute you, PappyJoe. Thanks for your service. A good friend of mine served in the Coast Guard years ago. Man, he has some stories! The Coast Guard sees more daily action than any other branch of service.

xDutchx

Happy Birthday to the Coast Guard, and thanks for the interesting background info PappyJoe!

motie2

Learn more at https://www.uscg.mil/

Woodsman

There was a Coastguard contingent on Greenwood Lake which is half in New York state and half in Jersey, therefor Interstate Waters, They had a DUKW that they used to call us over to for Safety Inspections.They're not there anymore.