Sea Power – Coast Guard funds intended for a new fleet are being eaten away by the growing costs of patching up existing ships and planes.
Category Archives: USCoastGuard
US Coast Guard – Congress Set for Tug-of-War Over Coast Guard Jurisdiction
Sea Power – As Congress tweaks its oversight of homeland security funding and policy this session, the Coast Guard could be caught in a tug-of-war between competing House and Senate committees stubbornly clinging to their turf.
US Coast Guard – Coast Guard Turns Its Eyes Underwater
New York Times – Fearing that the nation’s ports are vulnerable to an underwater attack, the United States Coast Guard is extending its domestic law-enforcement mission into a new arena: the sea below.
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US Coast Guard – Coast Guard Organization and Mission
SeaPower – The state of the Coast Guard in January 2005.
US Coast Guard – Control of 2 Navy boats transferred to Coast Guard
San Diego Union Tribune – The Navy contines to hand its Cyclone-class patrol craft over to the Coast Guard.
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US Coast Guard – Collins Strikes Balance Between Present, Future Resources
Sea Power – An interview with the commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Thomas J. Collins.
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US Coast Guard – Arm the Coast Guard for the War on Terror
US Naval Institute Proceedings – The solution to an underequipped Coast Guard is not to assign the workósuch as maritime boardingsóto someone else, but to provide the Coast Guard with the resources to do its work properly.
US Coast Guard – Multimission Costs Too Much
US Naval Institute Proceedings – Should the Coast Guard retain its jack-of-all-trades doctrine or focus on the nationís most critical security missions?
US Coast Guard – Coast Guard must modernize ships faster, commandant says
Virginian Pilot – The Coast Guard needs to accelerate its modernization program because of increased wear and tear on existing equipment that is failing at an alarming rate, according to its commandant.
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US Coast Guard – Coast Guard to Board Each Foreign Ship
Associated Press – The Coast Guard will board every foreign flagged vessel that sails into a US port beginning Thursday to check if it is complying with rules aimed at foiling terrorists.
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