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Coast Guard Special Operations: You Won’t BELIEVE What They Do!
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The United States Coast Guard is home to a variety of special operations units that many people are not aware of. U.S. Coast Guard Special Operations, officially known as the Deployable Specialized Forces, are a group of highly trained operators and Coast Guardsmen who are the tip of the spear in the fight against maritime threats.
The Coast Guard Deployable Specialized Forces consist of the Maritime Safety Response Teams (MSRT), Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST), Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLET), Port Security Units (PSU), and National Strike Force (NSF).
If you want to learn more about U.S. Coast Guard Special Operations, as well as what these various units do, watch this video!
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Tell us, were you aware of how cool Coast Guard Special Operations were?
Great video
Love this channel! Keep it up!!!
@@MilitaryEnthusiastFLA facts
It's not a 50 cal it's 308
What agency deals with hunting down human trafficking criminals and what branch/ operations would be good to join if this is your goal in life?
I don't want others to go through what my
People joke about the Coast Guard, but they are savages in their field. Can't hate the underdog.
The underdog always doing that dirty work !
They go into the eyes of Hurricanes right? 👀😳😳
WE PUDDLE PIRATES ARE NOT BAD YOU KNOW.
Mi poopy
I still joke and laugh because Coast Guard is not DOD.
My oldest son was USMC FAST for four years. He told me if he worked for a unit outside the Corps, it would be with Coast Guard MSRT/MSST/PSU. He said he loved working with them in training and said they were outstanding.
That's pretty badass, I wouldn't have been able to make the connection/comparison had you not said that, so thank you for that little (or well, to me anyways, it's actually a rather big) insight as to their similarities & close interaction/cooperation. My Dad's a Marine, now retired, but 20 years ago, he (so therefore our whole family) was stationed in Yorktown, Virginia. He was the c/o of 2nd FAST company, based at the NWS (Naval Weapons Station) on the York River. And actually, as a matter of fact, shortly after moving up (from Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC), we'd only been living there for about 2 months when 9/11 happened. And back then at the time, and especially prior to that, there really weren't all that many Counter-Terrorism assets/missions in the US military or Law Enforcement, and not to mention we weren't too far from Washington DC either, but I just remember it being a particularly crazy time/situation, how new & different so many things were, how much things & life in general dramatically changed (forever in many cases), and especially how busy my Dad was afterwards & from then on, until after he eventually got new orders and we moved again. Besides the whole beginning of the War on Terror thing tho, other than that, living up there was great, I miss it. Definitely one of the best, coolest, and most significant & important times in my Dad's career tho. And my life. Anyways, I appreciate your son's service, and you commenting sir. Semper Fi, carry on
I did a stint with FAST in Jordan while with the METT USCG. Those FAST guys are a different breed
How to get into the USMC Fast?
LOL FAST until he drops to a line company well show you the real USMC
@WSB_RTRD Yeah, not really anymore, man. To be honest with you the FAST guys are doing more than most of the line guys are.
Active duty Coast Guard serving at MSRT; excellent video and exposure! Thanks for showing some love!
Im currently a nonrate in the USCG trying to eventually make my way into MSRT, any advice on the process?
@@klaytonsmith3539 You can still be apart of everything by going BM or MK if you spend time getting BTM and anything pertaining qualified but if you want to be in this field the majority of your career, you’ll have to go ME.
@@klaytonsmith3539 I’ll email you once I get into work tomorrow, too.
@@Rogamonsu thanks! Im getting my BTM qual now as a nonrate and yes trying to get on the ME A school list soon
@@Rogamonsu hello,Could I message you somewhere? I am wanting to join to eventually go ME and ultimately MSRT
It's pretty impressive, considering the size of the USCG is on par with the NYPD. The NYPD covers one city. The USCG covers a large percentage of the world with 53,000 personnel.
Wow. That's a great point!
On par? I would beg to differ,we were highly trained even when hitron was just a thought. Not on par with some donught eating lazy ass cops.you must not have seen any action at all in your time in.
I retired from the USCG 25 years ago. When I joined we were the red-headed step child of the armed forces. My first cutter was out of PR and we had no training beyond some periodic weapons training that we got from the navy at Roosevelt Roads. On my cutter if you didn't stand watches you were automatically boarding crew. Our weapons were burned out M16s from the marines, old 1911s or vintage Winchester Model 12 shotguns. The weapons training quickly showed us that the M16s were completely unreliable, so I always grabbed an M12. We didn't even have shell holders, so you just stuffed your jacket pockets with reloads. We had a list called Omega and if the vessel was on that list you knew before boarding that it was a drug boat. If it wasn't on the list it still might be drug boat. We had an RHI that would zoom up and we'd board from there, just four guys. We had no strategy other than (depending on the layout of the boat) simply sweeping the crew fore or aft where one guy would watch them. The ensign or jg in charge would go to the bridge and take the conn, while two other guys went below and searched for drugs. Luckily, none of those boardings I was on ever resulted in a shoot-out because we were ill-prepared and poorly trained. I'm glad the CG is finally getting proper training.
In 76 I was on the CGC Vigorous doing fish LE patrol on Georges Bank - Boarded a 600' Russian factory ship and found them taking lobster. Seized the ship and was part of the prize crew. Had to steam them into Boston for turn over to Dept of State. This was during the cold war. Six coasties taking over (seizing) a 600+' Russian trawler/factory ship with 200+ crew. Never heard of it on the news.
that is messed up man.
I was stationed at PACTACLET for 6 years. 1999 - 2005. 4 trips to Iraq and was unfortunately there when Nate Bruckenthal, our brother, gave his life for his country. I went to a MSRT after TACLET but carried a injury that I would never recover from while fast roping. I thought I would have knee surgery and recover but I also had a spinal injury that got worse and I ended up with one surgery after another so I took a Instructor job at the Law Enforcement training team and barely made my 20 because of all the injuries. I would do it all again though. PACTACLET was the best 6 years of my life. Running all over the globe seizing over 50 tons of drugs and many successful trips to the Middle East. The Coast Guard has many jobs for the adrenaline junkies like myself, although the LE field is extremely hard to get into at the moment because the schools have over a 4 year wait list as my Nephew found out unfortunately. Semper Paratus!!
If I was going in for my 20, and wanted to primarily do counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism, then a 4 year wait isn't too bad. Gonna be there for 20 anyway..
@@Horsed_Beef the wait is currently 9-12 months
@@Horsed_Beef just make sure when u get to your duty station u sign up asap
@@Yvngxkay- that's great news. Thank you for passing that on.
Do u coastguard soldiers deploy overseas by vessels?
Thanks for revisiting the Coast Guard and giving it attention. There's definitely cool career opportunities and even without going the route of any of these special units you'll be seeing action and can be doing drug interdictions because the Coast Guard is so small and always busy.
What people fail to recognize is the Coast Guard is the PREMIERE rescue force in the United States and their search and rescue SOP/SOGs do not list a single “no go” situation. For example, normal Air Medical services in the US(CareFlite/Air Evac/PHI/etc) will not fly in even mildly inclement weather or if mild weather is forecasted. The Coast Guard does not have those kinds of no fly or no go situations, they will fly out, boat out, jump out, swim out, rope out and so on during Hurricane conditions. That’s some scary shit. That is pretty incredible if you aren’t familiar with search and rescue services. If they are called, they will go. They have many of the most incredible rescue stories you’ll ever hear. They have more rescues each year than every other branch combined, including PJs and SARCs during two decades of war time. They are responsible for all watercraft operating in American waters and have more seaborne raids on ships than all SEAL Teams combined. We never hear about them, but they average 2 or more armed ship/vessel boardings and takeovers every month.
No one takes them seriously because they are always compared up against the other military branches when they really have very different mission sets. They are more similar to police and fire department technical rescue teams than military units in regards to what they actually do and respond too.
If you actually want to do in real life what you are trained for, the Coast Guard is likely your best bet. If you want to go to war, join a different branch.
When I was in the USCG back in the 70's, our unofficial motto was, "You have to go out. You don't have to come back."
@@artawhirler Yes. We went out in some really crappy stuff to rescue some dummy that got in over their head. 20 yrs USCG retired. SAR/LE
i think what people fail to recognize is that the coast guard guards the coast/borders for the most part. they aren’t like the army who are trained to “take down the other side” they are trained to guard and protect and to rescue. its sad that they are made fun of for “not being real military” just because they dont do what the other branches do. if they did what the other branches would do, in translation they would basically be a second navy, then we wouldn’t need it. they are there for a reason and people fail to look at that which is so sad. when im old enough im going to enlist in the coast guard and im very excited for that time to come. i want to be an ME i hope the MSRT is my future
There are some coasties that are navy seals but the program was terminated so there are only a few Coast Guard Navy Seals left. The program was only active for two years
I remember that period when there were a few officers and few more enlisted that were accepted into SEAL training. The next Commandant that came on killed the program. I heard it had to do with a lack of support staff. I think such a unit would have been valuable to the Coast Guard especially with the threats we face today. The Marines would probably allow some to attend Recon training.
Damn. That makes me sad.
Coasties are out there working 24/7. Pretty awesome peacetime gig for a uniformed service.
Would love to see something about the Department of Energys Office of Secure Transportation
It's on this channel.
For real
Imagine armed nuclear security officers that have CDLs and you have the NNSAs OST "Federal Agents". I did armed nuclear security for a year. It was a break from the patrol and politics of law enforcement. But it was full of wannbe special forces guys. Some of them were prior military and some were prior law enforcement and military like me. I will say this, because of the large budget, we got more trigger time then most military and police units. I think the biggest issue with the OST is that so much time is spend on the road and the job is not exciting unless you are in training mode. Real Nuclear recovery and counter proliferation is conducted by others..
@@QCCSPEEDSTER43 Federal Protective Forces are different than the Office of Secure Transportation
Great video highlighting some of the great stuff us guardsmen get to do! I think being a helicopter precision marksmen (sniper) at HITRON is the coolest job in the Coast Guard. Other branches do 99% training and 1% operational missions whereas the Coast Guard is fighting wars and saving lives year round.
And wait a minute - the HITRON sniper is shooting from a moving helicopter targeting a moving boat on normally rough or at least moving water. Damn accurate to pull that off. Aim small - Miss small...
Having been one of the early TACLET's, I'll start with wow, how did you get all of this so correct? Nice video. Most people know nothing about us.
Great video I was in a MSST you were spot on with this video except there are multiple divisions with them .thank you for putting the spot light on us. A lot of people don't know about this side of the coast guard.
My high school Chemistry teacher was a TacLet dude was crazy, he told a few stories that were just so crazy that we couldn’t believe that it actually happened. But we knew for damn sure that he definitely had done it
Phenomenal! Thank you for shining a spotlight on this underrated and under-appreciated community!
For those interested, Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Teams were established around 1984. Back then the rates included BM, MK, GM and occasionally some of the other ratings. That was before the ME rate was created.
Excellent presentation. Coast Guard kicking some ass! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed!
3:37 the fact that MSRT are just as powerful as CAT, HRT, and BORTAC just really says alot about Coast Guard😎👮🏻♂️🚔
Love me some Coasties. Dedicated professionals that dont get all the credit they deserve.
The Coast Guard is America's unsung heroes
Got some friends in MSRT and CBRNE boarding crews and taclet. Love my coasties
This piece is really well done. Great job.
Thank you!
Yeah bro I fw with the coast guard heavy specially TACLET and HITRON
This was really interesting. I was in the Coast Guard from 1978 to1982, but they weren't doing most of this stuff back then.
76-83 we did all that stuff without being called elites. We just did the job as regular Coasties.
We need to make nikko Ortiz watch this in his coast guard persona 😂
Glad I took the time to watch this. I had no idea the CG had special operators. Now when I watch a news report showing a 10 million dollar drug bust I’ll know it was because of these badass sailors.
Very cool stuff. I love the Coasties getting their due. The snipers have been profiled a few times, but most of this is new material for most people. I have a book on CG special ops during the War on Drugs and they were in the thick of it in Latin America.
thanks for making the video regarding the Coast Guard, they are good at what they do.
Nah they aren’t good at what they do. They are the BEST at what they do! Especially our USCG Rescue Swimmers. But agreed!
AWESOME!!!
Would you do a video on the 'elite units' within the MP (military police) & military criminal investigation division and/or NCIS?
Thanks!
Good idea, I can't imagine how hard it is to find and (hopefully) subdue a highly trained Operator gone bad
@@Yumums they'll typically send other high level operators to assist in case things go bad
My "A" school class had 4 msst billets and 2 msrt billets, you could join and get into this job within 6 months
US coast guard is the underdog but they do amazing job
@GeneralDischarge01 fake
Currently in the navy as a MT submarine however I was in Air Rescue candidate course for 6 months.
I will be finishing my contract here amd then rein list or send a package for any of the Coasty Special Forces 👍♥️
Coast Guards are the most underrated Branch But are Beasts and I'm ARMY all day.
About time they got serious. When I was in we were nothing but SeaTow with a badge and a gun 😂
10 years CG here. Appreciate the love
😂i was in one of those pictures. That's awesome because i have that same picture saved with a few more of the progression of that op. That was our first pirate bust. Retired now but i do miss it.
Hell the coast guard has some of the best snipers around
Nice video,Former coastie here who was married to one also 👍🏻 My husband ,may he RIP .He was part of the Taclet in miami .They def worked their butts off .He did boardings on boats for drug s,migrant ops and also went to different CG stations and instructed .Semper Peratus.
Most come back with anxiety, PTSD, sleepless nights, backs broken, ect ect. It is def a sacrifice.
With a heavy emphasis on drug interdiction, they feel more like a waterborne DEA
Not taking anything from the coasties but, “we own the night” is the infantry quote.
Wow, they really are always ready. Top tier logistics
Glad to be joining an amazing branch
MSRT is very flashy but overall doesn’t do much. Their mission set is included in a long list of other units who have longer histories and proven track records. They’re just too far down the phone book to get that call. A lot of the activities you’ve listed are actually handled by TACLET and MSST teams. (I.e the famous sub video) was handled by TACLET and pursuit qualified boat crews from Big Coast Guard. MSRT is cool and you get a lot of training, but not a lot of operational credibility. TACLET is where it’s at.
Yeah, they should have led off the video with TACLET, as it preceded and later spawned the MSSTs and MSRTs.
Amen brother. 6 years at PACTACLET!!
I would love to see a video about The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
Yeaa! and maybe compare them to each investigative agencies for each branch, AF OSI, NCIS, etc
yes is cool
Msrt is my dream job
Great video guys, thank you
Very cool, didn't know that CG had these specialist teams
Love the U.S. Coast Guard!! Semper Paratus!
Damn this looks fun. Much better than cyber security.
Thank you and Semper Paratus!
There is a book called Not Your Father’s Coast Guard and I highly recommend it. I believe that there is a video on TH-cam about it. Cape May Romeo 108, Semper Paratus. Stay Safe.
You should do the DHS Federal Protective Service
Did six years in the USCG and to this day most people I meet still know nothing about the USCG and what we do.
Hard to believe! I always tell people the coast guard is no joke and is not for slackers. And its the toughest branch to get into.
Coastie here Current E-3 about to be E-4. After ME-A School Im going to be PCSing to a PSU and everything he said in this video is accurate.
Appreciate the love brother. Semper Paratus.
I think basic training in the USCG is very tough but we just don't hear about the USCG because they are the silent defense force.
Please make a video on SOT-A’s, or special operations sigint in general.
Good information. Almost every video about any special operation units always forget about the Navy’s AIRR community. We work with literally everyone in special operations and special warfare and are a small self-sustaining unit at times as well.
Amen brother. I flew in a ton of helos, mostly 60s, on the LEDET teams. Either deploying us or doing Counter Narcotic surveillance missions off the decks of cruisers, destroyers, even the old frigates. I also got to do a P5 flight ops for 3 weeks in Central America. We could volunteer to go and fly with them as observers because we knew what to look for on vessels that smuggle. So we would identify targets for assets in the area. Even flew with the British. The Navy air crews were great guys.
The way the bear switches up at 2:15 😂 🔥
Hey man, I really want to join the dea srt do you think next you can make a full video about them?
can you guys do one on the Customs and border protection SRT ? not a lot known about them.
9:01 mentions uscg reservists
Electricians mates
Sick, never knew this.
That's it, I'm gonna try and join a PSU
Hey can you make a video on what is the exact Buds gear the seals use and regular gear they use?
At 38 I’m joining the reserves and going into Meritime enforcement
Everybody underestimates the Coast Guard
Do you have a video on CGIS? If not I’d love to see one.
We can look into it!
Can you do a vid on hitron
United States Coast Guard ( U. S. Department of Homeland Security, 04 August AD 1790, Semper Paratus) : Deployable Specialized Forces ( DSF) , whether Maritime Security Response Team ( MSRT), Maritime Safety and Security Team( MSST), Tactical Law Enforcement ( TACLET) , Port Security Unit ( PSU) , HITRON ( Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron) , and , National Strike Force ( NSF) ,are the Elite of Homeland Security's Coast Guard Special Operations Forces ( SOF). Much Respect from this Prior Service USMC and US Army Veteran!!🇺🇸🇺🇲⚓🪖💣💥🇺🇸🇺🇲‼️‼️
The real Special Operations of the Coast Guard are the Rescue Swimmers. Those guys are the real deal through and through. Oorah Class 02-23!
Stop 😂😂😂
It's not surprising it's taken the Coast Guard this long to segregate it's forces into different components for specialized jobs. They started this back when technology required them to break off some of the RM/TC world to be "system managers" and "regional system mangers", assigned (out of rate) to be the "geek squad". Now, after screwing up a few ratings, they at least now have a IT rate. Same for the MSRT's. Back in the day, you just pulled from anyone who wanted to be in LE more than the bilge. I've seen MK's, BM's even TC's on teams in the jungles of Columbia searching for labs. But now, it's great to have ONE team who are focused on ONE job for the duration of their tour. Next tour, they could be back to flipping burgers, loading software or plotting a course. 73's
It's funny, because the description of the National Strike Force sounds nothing like what its name implies.
A huge thing you didn’t touch on is that there is no pipeline for DSF it’s basically a luck of the draw so if you join to just to do this you will likely be disappointed
Awesome vid keep up the good work! Can you do one on the U.S. Army Counterintelligence?
Can you do a video of Air Force pilots entire process only?
Do a video on HITRON PMAs and MSRT PMOs!
Can you guys do a video on AF fighter pilots vs Navy fighter pilots ? Love the content !
Been there done it.
They experimented with sending coasties to BUDS to form MSRT. They were supposed to spend time in thr teams then rotate back. I think only two of them made it and the Navy and CG couldn't agree about what to do with them after.
They were apart of a seal team and spent 5 years attached to the navy but did not re enlist after they were done plenty of coasties have been to buds and also ranger school as well but those two were the only officers that made it through
If I remember correctly 6 Coastie graduated from buds. Some enlisted and some officers. Back fired when they didn’t want to come back to the coast guard so they stopped the program
Makes me wish I’d have looked into the Coast Guard when I was younger.
I thought when that guy was getting lifted by a heli with a dog I thought the dog was flying 😂😂😂
I'm planning on being a police officer when I grow up but I also want to be a PSU part time. Would I be able to do that?
Doesn't the national strike force also accept reserve members?
The CG does tremendous things, but saying they have special operations is a tad misleading. Having worked with MSRT/MSST as well as SOF they are worlds apart.
Great video! Though some details on the eligibility criteria would have been awesome.
If you’re an ME, they have an annual screener in Camp Lejeune to get picked up for MSRT and/TACLET. It’s usually in August.
Can you speak about the special missions aviator and combat control please been a fan for a while
Do a video on United States Marine Corp Special Operations, including Recon Marines, Force Recon Marines and Marsoc Raiders all into one video!
Force Recon is not Special Operations. They do not fall under MARSOC.
@@travisprather678 what was FR before 1987? There was no SOCOM then. Were SEALS or SF not special ops since no special ops command existed? The Marines simply held on to their elite guys, perhaps because of a skewed impression of the Corps as a whole. Nonetheless, mission capabilities ought to determine classification. The command thing is primarily about employment. True, Recon is not in MARSOC or SOCOM as a whole, but they've been contributing recondos piecemeal since SOCOM's inception, and still do, despite the existence of Raiders. There are even Recon guys on individual training billets within MARSOC today. It's no wonder Recon guys have spots on SOCOM's Hall of Heroes and participated in historic special operations, such as MACV/SOG in Vietnam or work in conjunction with UDT during WWII and Korea. They are intrinsically special operations, but without SOF employment. As I have even heard it from within the Recon community, they are special operations in support of conventional warfare and special operations capable within the broader sphere of military operations.
Coasties! 🤘⚓
You should do Army rangers vs Marine Raiders
In 1963 they were called Coastal Forces CF This must be near the beginning
That’s ME! Union Jack 🇺🇸
Army National Guard’s 19th and 20th next.
What mos out of all the branches would be best to do humanitarian work like search and rescue during earthquakes hurricanes stuff like that
What groups respond to natural disasters like hurricanes?
Looters, mostly. 😅
Can you make videos on how to be a pilot and requirements ?
Can you be a MSRT as enlisted? Or do I need to be an officer?
Please do a video on railroad police. BNSF UP CSX NS all have accredited police departments
The USCG is unfortunately our lesser known about military branches of the original 5.Spaceforce or Spacefarce I don't have enough info on it.