And we responded to oil spills, hazards, chemical releases, weapons of mass destruction, operational exercises, and of course, towards the end of my career it was, you know, the domestic terrorism. So it's a, it's a, It's an elite force. It's sort of the seals of the Coast Guard. It sounds like in a way, I mean we, even though we were shoreside, I spent more time deployed away from my family on a yearly basis than I did if I was on board a ship. (15:58–16:04)
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Asserts that the National Strike Force is an elite unit within the Coast Guard, comparable to Navy SEALs.
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