When you call the US Coast Guard - Smarter Every Day 265 

This is the first video in a series about the US Coast Guard. Here in the US we just kind of know that the Coast Guard always has our back, but we don't really think about how they do what they do. I wanted to get a better understanding for what goes into saving lives, so I'm excited to share this, the first video in a whole series on the Coast Guard. So far I've filmed in Mobile AL, Destin FL, and New Orleans LA. Imagine waking up every day and figuring out how to save people. Incredibly awesome. I hope you will consider subscribing to Smarter Every Day for the upcoming videos in this series. I believe you will find them to be fascinating. Also, I would like express my heartfelt gratitude for every Thinker and Doer that supports Smarter Every Day on Patreon at www.patreon.com/smartereveryday . Seriously, I cannot say enough kind things about all of you. All of you, of course, except Joseph Robinson. In the last video Joseph requested that I shoot a supersonic baseball at a gallon of mayo, and I still haven't quite forgiven him. (I jest, but seriously THANK YOU Patrons) Warm Regards, Destin

Man I remember when Destin was waving chickens around in his house and dropping cats just to see the way they land. Now he's getting exclusive access to nuclear submarines, coast guard command centers and a massive variety of other really cool places. It's insane how far this channel has come!

"I'm surprised they didn't teach you that on the sub." This was such a funny line!

Hello, Destin. I'm the Division Commander, North Alabama, of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. We have Coast Guard right here! We mostly work on the Tennessee River but also stretch from Florence to Scottsboro and down to Guntersville AL. So, the Coast Guard doesn't only exist on the coast, but also inland and on the Western Rivers. Let me know if you want to know more. Thanks for this video.

The incoming call you witnessed in the Command Center is exactly what happens literally thousands of times every day in police, fire/rescue and EMS dispatch centers every single day. In the nearly 30 years of my career in fire/rescue I have learned to appreciate and respect those who work in these centers.

"There is no way, I could fit it into one episode." I'm always super happy to hear this line at the beginning of a SmarterEveryDay video!

I love these deep dive series

As a veteran of the Coast Guard (OS1 when I left) this is so far the BEST series on the USCG I've seen. It's honest and I don't think any other journalist or show that asked to film us working case ever even bothered to ask what a VS search pattern was or why we were doing anything. Most don't even bother to consider all 11 mission areas! You are doing an amazing job at looking at the cross mission impacts and the humans behind the uniform. I hope this series continues to be this good. Thank you! The USCG is forgotten often and it's great to see such enthusiasm for the only branch that focuses solely to serve our citizens every day.

Current Coastie here! Thanks for putting us out there! The Coast Guard does some really amazing things and could always use more good press. I am glad you are enjoying your time with us!

Navy: We're gonna need to approve every. single. frame. Coast guard: Imma turn this whiteboard over and it'll be fine.

I love how the Cmd Cnt chief went “eeehhhhhh… ‘Kay” while rotating that board. Just struck my funny bone a bit.

I live in a small town fishing village that has a coast guard less than 10 miles from us.. watching them rescue people in the ocean is absolutely unbelievable Really these people are heroes

You know I was Army. But I have to say this is fascinating learning about the meat and potatoes of the Cost Guard. Most Military branched don't think about or really count the Coast Guard . This has been eye opening and I wish I had, had more leadership like Cpt. Allen.

When your week gets off to a rubbish start, then you get an alert that Destin has released not just a new video, but started a new series. Perfect verse too, thanks man.

Excellent to see the CG getting it’s time to shine. They’re so often under funded and derided by the other branches. But as a merchant mariner working on tugboats in the Gulf of Mexico, including calls at Mobile, I hold the CG in high regard as a lifeline. You should take a look at the Coast Guard Academy and their training on the tall ship BARQUE EAGLE. I’ve worked aboard a few times and it is an amazing training experience.

This showed how humble and real you are Deston. Your emotion during the call bled through to your viewers. I almost choked up. Thanks for being 100% real.

The San Juan island coast guard saved me and my friends from a capsized ship this summer, the coast guard is awesome and needs more appreciation for sure and I'm glad Destin is doing this series!

I like how Destin highlights really important parts of our lives that we don’t necessarily know much about. But I love how he makes much of the people who make those parts work. That’s awesome.

I am a very proud veteran of the USCG and am glad to see a series like this. It seemed when I was in, (more than 30 years ago) the service was so small and the ships where so old that it was not often recognized for the hardships and often dangerous missions that crews were tasked with. Thanks for the recognition.

Thanks for doing this Destin. I was in the USCG back in the late 70's/early 80's and it's kinda hard to get across to some people the breadth of the missions assigned to the Coast Guard. I look forward to your New Orleans segment since my last duty assignment was in the CCGC8 Operations Center as an assistant duty officer. Wonder what it's like now after 40 years. Oh and I live "in North Alabama" as well :)

My dad lost his battle with cancer on Oct 20, 2021. In his early days he served 8 years in the U.S. Coast Guard as an engineman for the big Coast Guard ships. It was so respectful for the Coast Guard to come out and pay respects to him at his funeral and present the U.S. Flag to my mom. Thank you for this video series.

Hey I work in the command center at Sector! I’ve been a long time subscriber and i gotta say it’s crazy to see one of my favorite youtubers at my place of work. Amazing video by the way, cant wait for the others

Coast Guard dad here, son currently in flight school. I'm also a video editor (38 years). This is so well done. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Bravo Zulu!

Hey Destin, I know ths video is a year old but I just found your content today (supersonic baseball videos). As someone who served in the Coast Guard for many ears, I want to let you know that I really appreciate this look into my beloved service. You were correct in the beginning, most people have no idea what the USCG does or how they do it. Your attention to detail and the care and respect you took with each individual you spoke with was fantastic. I'm by the time you finished, you got a sense of the pride each member of the Coast Guard has in what they are doing and most will stop what they are doing to tell you about the nations smallest yet oldest branch. An interesting follow up could be getting with some Coast Guard Vets who can tell some of the tales of the older guard as things have changed a lot, even just in the past 20-30 years. Good luck, keep up the good work and as always Semper Paratus

Every time I hear the word Coastguard, I remember these really condescending "jokes" some people like to throw at the Coastguard organization. But once they picked you up during stormy weather in the middle of the ocean, you spend the rest of your live writing them good wishes letters on every national holiday that comes up.

I spent time in a foreign Coastguard and this feels so familiar. It's amazing how similar everything is. Even the way the command centre is structured, even the way the desks are setup is the same. The flag and the uniform may be different but the work is almost the same, evolved to be as efficient as possible in order to save lives.

Thanks for doing this series! I work at the Coast Guard Academy up in New London, CT, as a civilian contractor. It is very rewarding just to be there to support the cadets who will be the future leaders of the Coast Guard. In the nine years I have worked there I am always learning new things about the Coast Guard and what they do for our country!

Loved the submarine series, I think I’m going to love this series too. Hopefully we get a series for each branch of the military! That would be amazing!

You're the single greatest military recruitment tool ever. Can't wait to watch this.

Coast Guard veteran here: this is an excellent overview. I am recommending it to my friends who wonder what it is I used to do, and I look forward to the upcoming installments.

I just got Medically Retired from the USCG and I must say im so beyond happy you are shining the light on the Coast Guard. That boat you pointed out at 1:27 was a national security cutter that I trained on. I also got the honor of being a plank owner (First crew ever) on the brand new national security cutter called the USCGC Kimball, exact same boat as the one featured. Its Identification number was 754 while the boat you featured in the video was the Stratton, 752. So cool to see!

Current Coastie here too. Glad to see your channel highlighting us! We can always do with more good press especially in regards to our varied mission set. Thank you for taking time to see what we do.

Great series, looking forward to more episodes! I just saw the Blue Angels in Pensacola and saw the Coast Guard there, it's fun seeing behind the scenes of that department

From a 31-year Navy Veteran, I love my Coasties! Served many joint missions with them, including in combat! They serve a very VITAL role both at home and abroad. Jut an FYI: The U.S. Navy does not not have 'arrest' authority, the Coast Guard do. So we embark them, throw a Coast Guard flag up, and bam...we are arresting bad guys! VERY underrated force. All the best to my puddle-pirate brethren! ;-P Looking forward to the series! Be well, Doc

I'm a boat captain in Florida. This video and series is so cool! I hear and see USCG on the water all the time. It's awesome to see behind the scenes.

Im blown away by mobile sector’s enthusiasm and strength behind their answers to Destin’s questions! Always learning something new from the channel, but wow, I really learned a TON about the coast guard today.

1. Artwork: amazing 2. Women speaking in this video: heartwarmingly kind and professional 3. Destin: one of my favourite RU-vidrs

WOOOHOOO ANOTHER DEEP DIVE SERIESS YEEHAAAA! Thank you for making us smarter everyday Destin!

Worked on a Coast Guard contract and got to know a lot of Coasties. Best bunch of people I've worked with and I've worked with pretty much every branch of the military and a lot of government agencies.

This sort of series makes me more proud of our forces more than anything else I've witnessed. I love seeing the wonderful people who have dedicated themselves to helping others. Absolutely amazing

I have to say Penny's art is amazing. keep her, please.

Episode idea!!! Here in buffalo, ny, the army core of engineer put out an ice boom at the mouth of the niagara river to stop the flow of ice down river. This helps freeze the lake faster therefore changing the local weather ending lake-effect snow sooner! It's crazy awesome and I think Destin would love diving into to all this!

Thank you for filming this series about the USCG. I'm in the CG Auxiliary in Los Angeles and I learned so much about how every member of the team is crucial to the mission.

I just watched this video, I am a retired Coast Guard enlisted, 25 Years of service. It was incredible to see and it brought back MANY memories. I have yet to watch all of the Coast Guard videos that you have done, but I will. Thank you for showcasing the service that was a huge part of my life.

As a dispatcher, I see a lot or parallels between what happens here and when a call comes into a law enforcement dispatch center, a lot of the skills and technology are very similar, even down to the empathy that Coast Guardswoman Smith showed when taking the initial call. Making a personal connection in emergency calls often aids the call-taker in gathering more/better information.

Thank you for spotlighting the USCG. During my 10 years in the USCG nothing was more gratifying than the look on the faces of those we saved and nothing was more disheartening than the lives we couldn't. To be honest we saved more than we lost.

I'm a retired Coast Guard aviator and was with the Coast Guard for 22 years. This is one of the best videos out there to introduce you to the missions of the oldest of the military services of the United States. Thank you SmarterEveryDay for this video and others to follow.....

CG Veteran here. 21yrs active and 18 as a Civil servant. Last 2 years active and next 18 teaching SAR in Yorktown VA. I am very impressed and enjoying this. Semper Paratus.

I witnessed a medevac by the Spanish coast guard when I was on a transatlantic crossing, it was super impressive to see how they could evacuate the crew member in rough weather. They sent a reconnaissance plane first to observe the ship and coordinate with the captain the location of the evacuation as we didn't have a helicopter deck. Then the helicopter came and winched the guy up in a high winds situation. Probably the coolest videos and pics I've ever taken.

Knowing the Coast Guard exists gives me serious peace of mind when I'm offshore fishing. Thank You U.S. Coast Guard.

Destin, as a member of the Coast Guard I wanted to say thank you for taking the time to learn about the service.

Im from Philippine Coastguard and i'd just graduated EM A school at Yorktown Trancen for almost 4 in a half months ..thanks for the opportunity and salute to all of you US COASTGUARD...Semper Paratus

Destin, you are such a phenomenal interviewer. Great questions and considerate, compassionate, curious. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

I see these folks almost daily from my porch 🇺🇸

I am impressed about how your channel went from discovering what you didn't know to taking us, the viewers, into restricted arias. and you're doing it so frequently that the people who run these restricted areas can see your previous videos and trust you at their establishments too. you're an amazing educator Destin and if I had some place where people wanted to see but weren't allowed to enter would I invite you cause I know that you do it in an extremely respectful way. keep doing what you're doing cause you're doing an amazing good job. love from Sweden

I was so glad to see this. I am a retired USCG Boatswains Mate. I have been a SAR controller, Aids to navigation team, SAR crewman, buoy tenders, Military police, and drug interdiction in the Bahamas. Loved my 20 years.

Love tbe Coast Guard! Growing up in Northern Michigan, the CG is the most visible and routinely interactive branch of our military. From 600 foot long iron ore carriers, to explorers in homemade kayakers, to swimmers are thankful for their work

I really hope this leads to a “deep dive” of every branch of the military!!

I am so proud of our USCG - so much gratitude for all you do - Thank You All!!!!

My uncle was in the coast guard auxillary for a very long time. I remember being younger and being on the boat with him on lake Michigan when a call came through for the Auxiliaries to help search for a missing kayaker. So we had to go search for a couple of hours. It was really cool being younger and seeing the coast guard chopper from Traverse City come up and help search. The kayaker was found in the end luckily. Was a very cool experience.

Alternative title: "weapons test engineer becomes armed forces main PR spokes person" I love these series, because you show the true heroes. Usually, heroes only get known about through their eulogies, but you put their skills in the spotlight while they are still alive to receive the recognition they deserve! Thanks!

Thank you for doing this! I separated from the USCG 5 years ago and I constantly answer questions from everyone asking just exactly what we did! XD Though it's the smallest service, we did so, so very much, and the representation is wonderful. c:

Excellent! I completed my enlistment 45 years ago, and am quite proud of the Coast Guard and my contribution to its mission.

I got to go aboard the USCG cutter Dauntless a few years ago during a public open house in Galveston, Texas. The crew members present were more than willing to answer my questions and were able to briefly tell me about work they were doing. I hope they are all safe and doing well.

I'm very hyped to see this whole series. I had it on my "Save for Later" for a few days because I wanted to have time to sit down and really focus on it rather than it just be background noise like some other channels I watch. Quality content as always Destin and I'm glad that you started this journey many years ago and continue to help folks get smarter every day.

Thanks for starting up the series Destin! 19 years and counting serving in the USCG here, and I openly tell everyone that joining was the single greatest decision I ever made in my life. There is a LOT going on in the background behind every operation in the USCG. Your upcoming series on what we do will hopefully help educate many people on why we exist, and what we provide to the communities we are integrated in!

Watching this with my wife who works for HM Coastguard here in the UK. Really interesting to see how different things are. Responsibilities, processes, methods etc. We're excited to see the rest of the series! Thanks

Thank you so much for this! It’s wonderful to know that we have great folks out here saving lives. There’s plenty of bad news shows portraying everyone as awful so it’s really heartwarming to see this video today! My little brother is in this video and I’m so proud of him. I see him in a new light and feel very grateful to this RU-vid channel for this deeply moving gift. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! -Tabby

I've lived next to a coast guard station on Lake Michigan my entire life, looking forward to this deep dive.

So glad to see this series on the CG, a service so deserving of more attention and praise.

I grew up in Michigan, so the Coast Guard was always pretty cool to me. I went to the Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven every year on my family's boat, and we often passed the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw after going through the Cheboygan locks. We may think about them differently than our countrymen in the Army or Marines, but they're just as important, preserving the safety of our country. Thank you to all you lovely Coast Guard vets out there! We love you!

These series are freaking amazing. They help to show so many aspects that I never would have thought about. I learn so much about what it takes to do these things and gain a much greater appreciation as a result. Keep up the awesome work! The videos are top notch

It’s great to see some recognition for the Coast Guard. My dad served 22 years in that branch.

I'm from Sweden and I have always thought that the US Cost Guard RULES! Thanks Dustin for this awesome series that show's the people behind this wonderful organisation

Hi Destin, as a former Navy Nuke and a current Coastie these two series have been great to watch. Great videos and thank you for the quality content!

Love to see another Deep Dive series! They are wonderfully personal and informative and your curiosity leads to a lot of questions other docs are missing.

the deep dive series has been my favorite on this channel, i found myself watching the submarine series multiple times because the information on those videos is so interesting and well explained, each time i watch i learn something i missed the first time and i’m just wowed each time i watch these, the amount of detail is insane in all of his videos

I’m really glad this is being done, since I live in a coast guard town, and my dad was in the coast guard, I’ve always been fascinated by what they do, the mouth river I live on is super dangerous(it’s literally called the graveyard of the pacific). The coast guard must be insane about staying at the absolute top of things cause there isnt a day where they aren’t doing some kind of training

As a coast guard veteran that served at a small boat station and on a cutter in the late 90's, I love this show. So many of my family and friends have no clue what we did and to this day, I miss the guard and it was some of the best years of my life. Great content!

Amazing to highlight the amazing work the Coast Guard does. As a retired Army Soldier I can say this is one of the most underrated services.

These multi-chapter series are so interesting for someone like myself who's an outsider to that world.

This is going to be one of your best series for me. I'm a lifelong sailor in New England and wanted to be in the USCG in the worst way. Grades didn't quite align with that plan as they are quite selective as all military academies are. The USCG deserves so much respect for everything that they do to help save mariner's lives.

What I love most about this channel, is that Destin will ask questions that you'd think you know the answer to (hence you might not ask yourself) and the answer teachers your a lot.

You are doing a great job of interviewing and explaining the inner working of the Coast Guard. As a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, I appreciate learning how decisions are made the affect how I must conduct my duties. I'm looking forward to seeing the whole series.

Thanks so much Destin.. as a firefighter/paramedic/registered nurse, this was so incredibly interesting to me. Thanks for making this video happen. So much respect for our USCG! Semper Paratus!

I’m ready for this. I was in the army for 12 years and have four deployments and always wondered what’s inside the coast guard. Thank you for helping me help my kids make decisions in the future!

I love how respectful and almost in awe of these excellent men and women you are. They deserve it and you give it.

Coastie here, I think it's so awesome you've had this opportunity and get to show others the inner workings of the CG!! Like you said, if people have even heard of us, they have no clue what we do. This is a great way to give positive exposure and will help lots of people decide if the CG is something they want to pursue or not. Thanks for doing this series and I look forward to the other segments!

I love these “mini” series you do Destin. The work on the sub, going through ULA, and now the coast guard. Very cool to see the inter workings of these places with the quality of questions and interest you provide while documenting it. Very well done sir!

This is a great series. Thank you so much. I cant wait to share this with my grandson. I use your channel to expose him to as many different potential occupations. I really appreciate all the great questions you ask and the great respect you show to everyone you come in contact with. You are a blessing.

Dude. Respect for how you approach this. The men and women of the USCG are my hero’s. I’m thankful for their service!!!

Ill be heading to coast guard bootcamp in about 2 weeks so watching this help refresh me on ranks and this is a different from what i saw my dad was a DC for 20 years

Oh man, I'm so ready for this series! As a sailor, it's nice to know how awesome our Coast Guard is.

I am so glad you are doing this series. Many folks have no idea of what the Coast Guard does, much less how they do it. They deserve our appreciation and thanks for being Semper Paratus! Thanks, Destin!

Thank you. I appreciate your level of respect for those in uniform. I appreciate learning more about the USCG. They were my second choice when I Joined the USAF in 1972. We have a station nearby in Traverse City. Glad they are out there - they helped my sister when she was in deep dodo in the Pacific Ocean back in the mid 70s as she made her way, alone, from Hawaii to WA, in a 52' sailing vessel. She is 85 now and has no idea where she is - in a nursing home in Homer, AK. Back in the day, she was a force to be reckoned with - the two of you would have been fast friends, I am sure. Blessing to you and your family.

Absolutely loved this episode, I’m currently in the application process with my Coast Guard Recruiter and I’ve done plenty of research on my own but awesome to see your take on it all knowing already the way you think and dig deeper into things

I absolutely loved the Navy Submarine series you did; I'm so excited to see how the Coast Guard do things. I have friends who were in the Canadian Coast Guard, but at the time they were there, I was too young (and immature) to appreciate what they were doing. I hope this series gives me a better understanding of what the Coast Guard actually does for us, so I can better express my gratitude to my friends who served

Destin, you absolutely make some of the most fascinating videos on RU-vid. Thanks for putting this out there. I have to admit, there are some channels I click on faster when I get alerts… but yours is the only channel I don’t have any videos left I haven’t watched start to finish without exception. Keep it up!

Huge respect to our first responders here and the Coast guard thank you for what you do.

Destin, I've been a fan of your content for a while. I got excited about the sub series, it was really good! But I have a soft spot for the coast guard in my heart and I cant wait for the rest!!!!!! Love you brother thanks for your service and for your hard work! GOD bless you and your dad and family