POTUS And The First Female VP Welcome The First Female Commandant Of The U.S. Coast Guard!

[FelineOverlord]

Two trailblazing women!

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[Novara]

1. Awesome!

[secondwind]

2. Four times

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[Hekate]

4. Nice!

[Lovie777]

5. K & R . . .

[Basic LA]

6. The thing about the Coast Guard is ...

... they don't run from storms, they go out into them!

[sarge43]

9. They go looking for them.

Sempre Paratus

ma'am.

[COL Mustard]

11. The line from The Perfect Storm

You have to go out, but you don't have to come back.

It's a tough business and they take a lot of crap (shallow water sailors, etc.) but they're brave and tough.

[Budi]

7. Breaking thru that glass ceiling. VP Kamala Harris & Adm. Linda Fagan

Thank you President Joe Biden, for recognizing & appropriately rewarding qualified greatness.

Congrats!

[3auld6phart]

8. Awesome

I truly believe that is great.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Excellent!

I know my Coastie buddies are proud!

[crickets]

12. Wonderful! Congratulations, Adm. Linda Fagan! 🎉

[BlackSkimmer]

13. K and r. nt

[Wounded Bear]

14. K & R...nt

[lillypaddle]

15. poignant

and tears of joy for her and the rest of us.

Meanwhile, women's rights are going down the tube. Damn those MFers. Small little men with small little brains, and a giant compulsion for control.

[dlk]

16. Congratulations to Admiral Fagan!

The Biden administration rocks!

[iluvtennis]

17. It's about time.

[usonian]

18. Congrats USCG

Coasties are the first to respond and the last to return.

https://www.uscg.mil/About/
Average Coast Guard Day

Conducts 42 search and rescue cases;
Saves 12 lives;
Saves over $114,000 in property;
Seizes 1,253 pounds of cocaine and 172 pounds of marijuana;
Conducts 133 waterborne patrols of critical maritime infrastructure;
Interdicts 18 illegal migrants;
Escorts 9 high-capacity passenger vessels;
Conducts 13 security boardings in and around U.S. ports;
Screens 313 merchant vessels for potential security threats prior to arrival in U.S. ports;
Conducts 19 fisheries conservation boardings;
Services 45 buoys and fixed aids to navigation;
Investigates 26 pollution incidents;
Completes 24 safety examinations on foreign vessels;
Conducts 162 marine inspections of U.S. vessels and facilities;
Investigates 17 marine casualties involving commercial vessels;
Facilitates movement of $15.6B worth of goods and commodities through the Nation’s Maritime Transportation System.


Maestro, are you ready?
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