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US Coast Guard Boarding a tanker ship at anchor.

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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Cyberman head at the back of the boat

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago

Roberto head in the middle. Hope he’s not feeling stabby on the inflatable boat!

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

What is US Coast guard doing out in someone elses sea?

[–] salty_chief@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

US Coast Guard is all over the world not just US conducting missions. This was 2005 in support of Operation Iraq Freedom. US Coast Guard has been in many US conflicts throughout history.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I guess US anything is all over the world.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

It’s a little known fact that the US Coast Guard had a pretty major presence in the Vietnam conflict.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Stopping unregulated unreported and illegal fishing.

Enforcing international maritime law.

Working against human trafficking.

Assessing and enforcement port security for any partner nations.

Search and Rescue.

Protecting US vessels