Lots of interesting things involving the Coast Guard happening lately. Recommend this report from The War Zone. Two tankers seized in one day thousands of miles apart, one reportedly protected by a Russian submarine.
Chuck Hill's CG Blog
Lots of interesting things involving the Coast Guard happening lately. Recommend this report from The War Zone. Two tankers seized in one day thousands of miles apart, one reportedly protected by a Russian submarine.
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
A bit of different information.
“U.S. seizes two tankers in the Atlantic, latest in Venezuela blockade”
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/01/u-s-seizes-two-tankers-in-the-atlantic-latest-in-venezuela-blockade/
It’s all fun until cutter meets UGST………
Not in Russia’s interests to multiply enemies when they are barely handling Ukraine.
I don’t know what it is with Americans, Americans of all stripes. But when it comes to the Ukraine and Russian you are utterly deluded.
The war in the Ukraine was started by the US it is your affair. Russia is managing the war. Russia doesn’t have a huge debt. Russia isn’t struggling for recruits unlike your rainbow woke forces.
I shouldn’t be shocked that you are the same. Heck you don’t even exercise your 2A rights.
Americans aren’t exceptional. They are just Europeans whose homeland was too far away to be touched by World War 1 and World War 2. Since the end of the latter war your country has conducted regime changes in over 100 states. You have just lost two wars to men wearing sandals riding Chinese mopeds with AK’s and RPG’s. Your aircraft fleet is too old to fight a war against somebody who can shoot back.
Trump is a Realist. He is a great man. He is a god man. I am afraid he is beginning to write checks that can’t be cashed.
100%. Russia has it’s hands full in Ukraine fighting a brutal war of attrition.
Russia is in no position to help anyone right now (which we saw in Venezuela and Syria).
Cuba has to be feeling increasingly isolated.
And yet the CG has no ASW capability. A frigate with no detection, targeting, or u/w weapons capability. With the AN/SQS 38 we had the ability to detect the subs hiding under the tankers. Or under the carriers in our own task groups. (Personal experience, with Thad Allen as OPS.)
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“100%. Russia has it’s hands full in Ukraine fighting a brutal war of attrition.
“Russia is in no position to help anyone right now (which we saw in Venezuela and Syria).
“Cuba has to be feeling increasingly isolated.”