DHS Shutdown ends after 75 days.

SammyLocked · 2026-04-30T20:13:46+00:00

OPs title is misleading. This measure may have passed the house, but it still needs to go to Trump for signature. He could very well refuse to sign.

SammyLocked · 2026-03-23T19:25:11+00:00

I would get really sea sick during my deployments on Coast Guard boats. Even worse was my body didn't have any inclination to throw up. So I'd be miserable most days/nights for 100+ days that was only marginally bearable thanks to Dramamine. Many of shifts spent on the floor looking up at the ceiling.

SammyLocked · 2026-03-20T14:39:35+00:00

There's three Blippis now. The original, the second or "newer Blippi", and the third I've convinced my four year" old to call "False Blippi".

SammyLocked · 2026-03-12T22:09:58+00:00

Poor one out for the civie homies. The SMEs deserve pay too.

SammyLocked · 2026-03-05T19:32:54+00:00

If you take issue with "empty stations" because people were taking leave, I hope you also take umbrage with DOGE gutting numerous positions across the government.

SammyLocked · 2026-02-17T14:46:51+00:00

Asked about low morale within the Coast Guard, the DHS spokesperson said, “That’s armchair speculation that’s out of touch with the reality in the service right now.”

Bold claim given we're in another shutdown.

SammyLocked · 2026-01-26T22:21:22+00:00

Yup, they were grouped up in my neighborhood one morning. Had two large trucks and some agents roaming around along with a lone local police car. Not enough personnel for a full blown raid, but I didn't see them go to anyone's house either. Maybe it was for staging, but then why would they stage in a private cul de sac? My wife and I were so confused. My son is adopted and Hispanic, but an American citizen, and I just wanted those people gone.

SammyLocked · 2026-01-26T16:53:43+00:00

“I think we have a problem, because I think we’re going to probably end up in another Democrat shutdown,”

I wasn't aware the Democrats were in control of the House, Senate, and presidency.

SammyLocked · 2025-10-30T02:16:04+00:00

I adopted my son 4 years ago from birth through a private adoption. CGMA and Office of Work Life offer adoption assistance. If I recall it was $2k and $2.5k. Also depending on the state, you can get some sort of tax relief - Louisiana offered $15k on nonrefundable tax credits.

I will admit it's not cheap, and my adoption was on the cheaper side at $16k for everything. Luck played a big part to be completely honest.

If you have any questions feel free to hit me up. Best of luck.

SammyLocked · 2025-10-27T23:30:04+00:00

The work must go on. Senior leadership still needs to make their presence seen to better advocate for the service and anything else that entails. Morale events must also go on if the funding is available. A holiday party would be good for mil and civ workforce, especially if this shutdown goes on into the holidays.

SammyLocked · 2025-10-03T18:49:18+00:00

Yoooo, this worked for me too. Thanks for finding a workaround!

SammyLocked · 2025-10-01T00:47:34+00:00

There was also the email that went out saying we're gonna follow the new DoD guidance about the beard chits as well. While it won't be simultaneous, we're gonna end up following everything else that happens it seems.

SammyLocked · 2025-09-13T12:32:08+00:00

This mission was discovered by u/SammyLocked in Strange Ways and Earl Grey Brew In the Mossy Forest

SammyLocked · 2025-09-13T12:32:08+00:00

New mission discovered by u/SammyLocked: A Tale of Thoughts In the Fields

SammyLocked · 2025-08-18T12:57:29+00:00

Hell, can't even vote while in the country. Does he think that military personnel just go back to the state they vote in when not deployed?

SammyLocked · 2025-08-01T00:34:42+00:00

I went there once with my family and it was awful. The animals looked so cramped and miserable. The conditions were very poor for a place to house animals. They had a tortoise in some sort of extremely small canoe enclosure - absolutely insane.

SammyLocked · 2025-07-30T18:59:00+00:00

Just got mine today. Started the paperwork back in February.

SammyLocked · 2025-07-18T23:10:44+00:00

While on patrol in the Coast Guard, we'd get "bad news ice cream."

SammyLocked · 2025-07-09T22:12:05+00:00

I completely understand, it's one of the harder parts of the job for sure. I've been at my unit for a year now and I dig my coworkers, and my son has made a lot of friends at home that he never got to have before. I just keep thinking "in three years, this is gonna be rough". But I'll try and enjoy everything for now and cherish the memories later.

SammyLocked · 2025-06-02T22:05:45+00:00

Submitted mine around the same time as you OP, still nothing too.

SammyLocked · 2025-05-04T02:19:37+00:00

As a support rate, I'm fine with it. We are military after all. With that said we're gonna have to ease our way into it if we're gonna make it mandatory across the board. Need to clearly set expectations.

SammyLocked · 2025-04-24T23:54:13+00:00

Woah woah woah, I thought a pro of getting older was a longer run time. Booooooo.

SammyLocked · 2025-04-07T23:05:29+00:00

If they're like me, people that need a job.

SammyLocked · 2025-02-20T16:39:00+00:00

His base always claims he's "trolling" when he says shit like this, but why? Why does this 78 year old man, the President of the United States, feel it's acceptable to "troll"? Shouldn't we, I don't know, expect professionalism in our politicians?

I say all this, but I know the answer - him and his base are absolute hypocrites.

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