And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That's my beach! I cross the Newport Bay Bridge every workday at daylight, and the Coasties are usually out on the bar already. Another one of those, "Would have, Should have, could have, things.
Worked with them off the New Jersey coast in March a few decades ago. 6 Meter Rigid Hulls. Went out on a few late night/early morning searches. Learned a lot. Those guys carry around some of the biggest brass balls...Truth.
Beach Haven if I remember correctly. We did pull a day of liberty in Atlantic City by taking one of our rigid hulls down the ICW. Tied up at or near Trump's hotel.
Proud Coasty here! 26 years with 18 at sea! Served on many cutters and stations, It was an Incredible experience! It was very tough at times but well worth it! Its been 15 years since I retired on April Fool's Day 2008! Semper Paratus !!!
After tide changes, there's a two or three hump standing wave that develops near the mouth of the river, at its exit into the Atlantic, in my neck of the woods. The local Coast Guard Station is a couple miles upriver. I've seen boats like the one pictured almost skipping off the tops of the standing waves at full throttle there several times when I was there fishing.
As the Coasties say, "You have to go out, but no one said you have to come back."
ReplyDeleteThat's my beach! I cross the Newport Bay Bridge every workday at daylight, and the Coasties are usually out on the bar already. Another one of those, "Would have, Should have, could have, things.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to be anonymous. That's My Beach. Spent more than half of my life within ten miles of there.
DeleteWorked with them off the New Jersey coast in March a few decades ago. 6 Meter Rigid Hulls. Went out on a few late night/early morning searches. Learned a lot. Those guys carry around some of the biggest brass balls...Truth.
ReplyDeleteWhere nj? I did time around Atlantic City
DeleteBeach Haven if I remember correctly. We did pull a day of liberty in Atlantic City by taking one of our rigid hulls down the ICW. Tied up at or near Trump's hotel.
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ReplyDeleteProud Coasty here! 26 years with 18 at sea! Served on many cutters and stations, It was an Incredible experience! It was very tough at times but well worth it!
ReplyDeleteIts been 15 years since I retired on April Fool's Day 2008! Semper Paratus !!!
After tide changes, there's a two or three hump standing wave that develops near the mouth of the river, at its exit into the Atlantic, in my neck of the woods. The local Coast Guard Station is a couple miles upriver. I've seen boats like the one pictured almost skipping off the tops of the standing waves at full throttle there several times when I was there fishing.
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