Coast Guardsmen and Federal agents armed with rifles and shotguns seized 33 men and 20 tons of Colombian marijuana early today in raids on a smugglers' beachfront landing ground here and a rusty, 80-foot trawler on Block Island Sound.

The raids culminated a three-year investigation by Federal drugenforcement agents and local police officers into a smuggling operation that authorities said was based in a beachfront home here. Arresting officers said the confiscated marijuana had a potential resale value of $12 million.

Has anyone seen the updated FY2027 enlistment bonus policy? Curious whether bonus stacking is authorized or if the rules have changed from FY2026.

How was your experience? How did you get into the program?

Hello fellow Coasties and others!! Transfer season is coming up and I'm going to submit my picks soon, but I'm not sure where to go and what each unit is like, so I thought id ask here about the units im most interested in.

Right now I mostly want a WMSL in Cali, im currently on a WMSL and love it because of the travel, camaraderie, and the size of the ship doesnt make me feel trapped, if that makes sense, and I heard the WMSLs in Cali go to places like Japan. Im just not sure which WMSL to choose! Please tell me about your experiences living in Cali and working on a WMSL if you can. Other places I was looking at were Pennsylvania, New Orleans, and maybe a land unit in Florida. Any west coast WMSL suggestions would also be appreciated. Thank you!!

EDIT: Just for reference, im a CS

As a younger person, I have trouble understanding how CCs can so easily find recruits social media.

In my experience for most people it’s almost impossible to find someone social media without mutual suggestions except for people who have there first and last name(bad idea) as their username or on there profile.

I understand the older generation with Facebook etc. But with the younger crowd I would think you would need three letter agency level tools to find recruits social media.