Pentagon Arctic Strategy Aims to Enhance U.S. Presence, Exercise More Often
The High North remains the “shortest and least defended threat sector” to the U.S., the deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command said Tuesday.…
Report to Congress on Coast Guard Icebreaker Program
The following is the Nov. 30, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for…
Report: Coast Guard Should Focus on Buying Heavy Icebreakers
The Coast Guard wants to buy three heavy and three medium icebreakers, but given the realities of current budget restraints,…
Report: Illegal Fishing Should be Major National Security Issue
Illegal and unregulated fishing supports transnational crime, piracy, insurgency and terrorism and should be treated as a national security issue,…
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous Returns to St. Petersburg after Hurricane Relief Patrol to Puerto Rico
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC-625) returned to its homeport in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Monday following a 69-day patrol…
Coast Guard Cutter Bear Returns from Hurricane Relief, Fisheries Patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) returned to homeport in Portsmouth, Va., Saturday after a 28-day deployment providing hurricane relief to…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Willow Moves to South Carolina Low Country
The crew of USCGC Willow (WLB-202) and residents of Charleston, S.C. will mark the change in the ship’s homeport in the South Carolina…
Coast Guard Releases Heavy Icebreaker Draft Request for Proposals
The Coast Guard and Navy today released a draft request for proposals to industry for the detail design and construction…
Marines Solicit Science Fiction Stories to Imagine the Future of Conflict
If there’s one constant in planning for future war, it’s that no one expects it to get any easier. To…
Navy, Coast Guard Evaluating Hurricane Irma Damage to Facilities, Ports
The Navy’s Hurricane Irma relief effort is ramping up as more ships position off the coast of Florida and teams…
Tidd: SOUTHCOM is Shifting From Tactical to Strategic Outlook in Illegal Trafficking Fight
Rather than concentrating on cutting off goods moved via illegally trafficking – people, cocaine, opioids, gold, exotic animal and plants…