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Re:The Polar Star, the only U.S. ship capable of bludgeoning... by unethical_ban on Saturday August 03, 2019 @10:45AM (#20600652)
It is clearly making a point about the amount of money we spend in defense, while this critical special-use DoD vessel languishes.
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Re:The Polar Star, the only U.S. ship capable of bludgeoning... by black6 on Saturday August 03, 2019 @12:47PM (#20601333)
As a Coast Guard vessel the Polar Star falls under the Department of Homeland Security, which is why the article made a pointed jab at Trump for the partial gov’t shutdown that halted the sailors’s pay (DoD was fully funded, DHS was not).

I’m all for moving money from DoD to peaceful operations such as this.

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