Outgoing ME Rating Force Master Chief Ryan Patterson sits down with us to reflect on his tour as the enlisted leader for Maritime Enforcement specialists. With approximately 7,000 certified boarding officers and boarding team members across active and reserve components, he shares lessons learned, discusses workforce evolution, and explains what it means to advocate for ME personnel at Headquarters.

Then we enter an alternate universe where the Coast Guard never left the Department of the Navy after WWII. In this speculative short story, cutters fly naval pennants, missions blur, and the service’s identity takes a sharp turn. What’s gained? What’s lost?

Half leadership insight, half speculative fiction, this episode explores where we are and where we might have gone.

This is an Unofficial Podcast. All views expressed are solely those of the hosts/guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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