Being a Coastie just got cooler

With Scuttlebutt HQ’s location along the southwest border of the USA, we see an active Coast Guard protecting the country. Having success blocking offshore routes used for illegal migration, the Whac-A-Mole has shifted to inshore.

Smugglers are using jet skies to drop off on border beaches, so the Coast Guard now has a personal watercraft program too. While the impressive assets of the US Navy are hard to miss on San Diego Bay, the Coastie training is pretty cool too.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriel Wisdom explains how the Coast Guard’s PWC program was created to counter human-smuggling threats on the Southwest Border near San Diego.