Trump’s revamped Coast Guard surges with ‘skyrocketing’ recruiting to secure maritime borders: DHS memo

FIRST ON FOX One branch of the U S military is boasting booming recruitment numbers and huge operational success in the infancy of President Donald Trump's second term in office according to a Department of Homeland Assurance memo According to the DHS memo obtained by Fox News Digital the U S Coast Guard's recruitment numbers are thriving allowing the military branch to maximize the use of assets that were underused or absolutely abandoned under the Biden administration DHS says the Biden administration failed to meet Coast Guard recruiting goals for three years straight During that period cutters were taken out of institution and almost Coast Guard stations were temporarily abandoned VIRAL COAST GUARD VIDEO SHOWS DRAMATIC ARREST OF SUSPECTED TRAFFICKERS IN OPEN OCEAN Under the Biden administration the U S Coast Guard had its hands tied behind its back the memo says Recruitment goals were not met and our Coast Guardsmen were hamstrung and overwhelmed while cartels smuggled humans and illicit drugs through our maritime borders However recruitment is now surging allowing the Coast Guard to execute its mission at its full expected In FY the Coast Guard has recruited more than new members which is more than it had at this time last year It is on pace to exceed its recruitment goal for this year Now the Coast Guard has deployed a surge of cutters aircraft boats and specialized forces to key areas surrounding the U S maritime territory line adding that the assets are now being used to their full effect COAST GUARD CATCHES ALLEGED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO President Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem issued orders to the U S Coast Guard to surge assets to key areas and the results speak for themselves the memo says Billions worth of illicit drugs have been seized human smuggling has ground to a halt and recruitment is skyrocketing The memo says the Coast Guard has already seized more cocaine in FY than it did in FY and that since Trump's inauguration the military branch has interdicted pounds of cocaine and marijuana worth more than billion in street value Not only have drugs been seized but illegal aliens allegedly responsible for trafficking the drugs have been taken into custody since Jan COAST GUARD COMMANDANT TERMINATED OVER MARGIN LAPSES RECRUITMENT DEI FOCUS OFFICIALRetired Lt Col Daniel Davis had four combat deployments during his years in the Army and is a two-time Bronze Star recipient Now he is a senior fellow at Defense Priorities a foreign program think tank He commented people stopped joining the military during the Biden administration because it was viewed as woke and because the top military brass in Washington were more interested in playing politics than defending the country They're like 'We just don't feel like we can trust these guys ' and so they're proving it by not joining up Davis reported Fox News Digital And one of the bigger things was the guys who have been in guys like me for example if someone demanded us Do you think we should join up I would have declared No I didn't trust the military leaders and I didn't trust the administration But with Trump in office Davis thinks the pendulum is swinging in the other direction Trump reported he brought Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in to bring back the warrior way of life to bring back accountability and merit promotions etc as opposed to any quotas or criteria and that really appealed to all those folks that were not signing up David declared adding that Trump is viewed as more pro-America and more pro-service member than his predecessor CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPHe also reported Trump appeals to possible military members because of his promise not to enter the United States into what he calls stupid wars READ THE FULL MEMO And he says he doesn't want to get into stupid wars He wants to get the one in Russia over with reported Davis cautioning that it is still too early in Trump's second term to know exactly how his foreign protocol positions will play out But as long as Trump stays on this path of bringing peace and not sending people out to fight dumb wars then I think you'll see the numbers keep rising