On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 22:17:29 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

There's some nice footage here of marine mammals and gunnery
exercises.

http://gcaptain.com/video-montage-aboard-uscgc-boutwell-during-alaskan-patrol-to-pump-up-your-thursday/#.Vf9oWpcuM5t

Wow
Compared to the WWII surplus tubs we were on, that is the star ship
Enterprise ;-)

The only thing I recognized was the M2 machine gun.

BTW I doubt that shooting exercise was a daily thing. In a 5 week
cruise, we generally only did live fire drills once, if it happened at
all.

I only saw a 5" fired on one occasion and it was a big deal.

We were not as much into law enforcement in those days so nobody
carried sidearms. Now I see the guys out of FMB armed to the teeth,
checking flares and life jackets. It just looks silly.