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Thanks for mentioning the international footprint of the C G. In Central / south America and the Middle East.
President Trump also pointed out some of the contributions made by the C G around the world in his 4th of July speech.

I hadnt been aware of that part of their mission, had thought they were a domestic branch of service. Good to know.
As an active boater most of my life ( I'm 70 yo now). I'm not surprised by boardings at will. But am impressed by the change in approach and attitude in those encounters of more recent times.
I guess it's a result of some of the dangerous encounters with serious criminal types that get reported occasionally, that has caused this change in SOP when dealing with the public.

Once an interaction with the boating public s started as a military or swat style action, it's hard to turn it around to being a boater safety/ educational type of interaction, this being the former M O of the C G.

A sad sign of our times I guess.

Cheers Richard