So many posts that I could reply to in this discussion.
Do you know why the U.S. Coast Guard isn't part of the Department of Defense like other military services? It's because of Posse Comitatus. Originally the Coast Guard was part of the Treasury department. Even going back to its founding in 1790, the Coast Guard had a mission of stopping smuggling.
As for the "War on Drugs" here's irony for you... the government entity tasked with preventing drugs from entering the U.S. by vessel is almost criminally underfunded by Congress to the point that the Coast Guard has to placed law enforcement teams on Navy and other countries vessels to conduct law enforcement operations. (Coast Guard nabs $20 million of illegal drugs in major bust - https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/02/27/coast-guard-nabs-20-million-of-illegal-drugs-in-major-bust/)
Do you know why the U.S. Coast Guard isn't part of the Department of Defense like other military services? It's because of Posse Comitatus. Originally the Coast Guard was part of the Treasury department. Even going back to its founding in 1790, the Coast Guard had a mission of stopping smuggling.
As for the "War on Drugs" here's irony for you... the government entity tasked with preventing drugs from entering the U.S. by vessel is almost criminally underfunded by Congress to the point that the Coast Guard has to placed law enforcement teams on Navy and other countries vessels to conduct law enforcement operations. (Coast Guard nabs $20 million of illegal drugs in major bust - https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/02/27/coast-guard-nabs-20-million-of-illegal-drugs-in-major-bust/)