This is a tad off topic, but since we have at least two Coasties here I thought I would go ahead and throw it out. This morning I was happily raking leaves in a couple of campsites, surrounded by that wonderful Pacific Ocean fog. Shortly after the fog lifted a CG chopper flew over, and I started wondering. Given the CG mission, do they have any exemption from the FAA rules governing VFR and IFR flight in lousy weather? Can they go anytime they want, ceiling and vsby be damned???