Not Your Father's Coast Guard: The Untold Story of U.S. Coast Guard Special Forces

Matthew Mitchell

Nov 2009 · AuthorHouse

About this eBook

While the Coast Guards many battles at sea in the War on Drugs are widely known, its participation in the ground offensive is not. Indeed, the Guard didnt just send its cutters to interdict narcotics-laden vessels attempting to bring their illicit cargo into Uncle Sams territorial waters, it sent ground troops to foreign lands to train their forces and, when necessary, directly engage the enemy. But to create the type of force needed was no small task and would not be without tribulation, both from within and outside the organization. The road traveled to complete the mission was laden with obstacles. This is not a story about the Coast Guard you know, or think you know. Rather, this is a story about the other side, the side that history nearly forgot; not the standard, but the antithesis of standard. It is a story that will undoubtedly make even the most seasoned Coast Guardsmen question their understanding of the organization to which they belong. To be sure, This is not your fathers Coast Guard.

Ratings and reviews

I have this book un multiple formats and have read it many times. This describes how modern TACLET and MSST teans came to be. A must read for anyone interested in the lesser known aspects of the Coast Guard.

I am A former Coastie who didn't know this

About the author

Matthew Mitchell is a US Coast Guard Officer with prior service in the US Army. As a former member of the Coast Guard's International Training Division, he has deployed to nearly every continent to develop and train our Nation's allies.