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The RCG is a national defense force.
The USCG is a security and economic defense force, an immigration control service and a marine safety service.
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One of the primary missions of the Coast Guard is national defense, hense the USCG's participation in every major war the US has ever fought (1812, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War, Gulf War, Iraq War, War on Terror and some others). Not to mention exercising soverignty over US waters.
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The Cold War is O-V-E-R. And the war on terrorism is going to be entirely different.
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Yes, it is,, but the titanic clash of the US and China will soon begin
. And they have subs-and ships, lots of em and soon to be more. I have a feeling that soon we'll need all the ASW we can get.
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Real icebreakers are painted red.
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the Big Mac is red now, she was repainted sometime after the 1999 or 2000 ice seasons. I'm not sure why they took so long. She looked better in white anyway IMHO.
