Happy Birthday, United States Coast Guard!

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The US Coast Guard celebrates 231 years of service today! Let's take a look at some notable facts about the service that was obviously the happiest  branch when Space Force was created so that now someone else has to sit in the middle of the back seat of the Joint Chiefs Car Pool.



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