Top Stories 2021: Coast Guard
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2021. The past year saw a…
Cyber Breaches of Maritime Transportation System Caused by Stovepiped Software Designs, Expert Says
Cyber attacks on the global maritime transportation system – like last month’s breach at the port of Houston – should…
SECNAV Del Toro Sounds Alarm Over Chinese Illegal Fishing
Illegal and unreported fishing “is happening on an industrial scale” around the globe and the culprit often is China’s subsidized…
GAO Report on Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure
The following is the Nov. 16, 2021, Government Accountability Office report, Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Better Manage Shore Infrastructure.…
U.S. and Japanese Ships Hold Anti-Submarine Warfare Drills in the South China Sea
KUALA LUMPUR – Japanese and U.S. fleets met this week for a first-ever anti-submarine warfare exercise in the South China…
Russia Wants to Keep Status as Arctic Superpower, Says Expert
Russia’s ambition to remain the Arctic superpower is propelling its all-out effort to guard its economic interests there with broad…
William Roper: Pentagon Needs to Look Toward Repurposing Technology
How the Navy repurposed its Standard Missile 6 into an anti-surface weapon should be a model each service and the…
Schultz: Coast Guard Could Face Retention Problems if Members Chose Early Retirement
Retaining talent in the Coast Guard is a looming problem for the service as members choose to retire younger, commandant…
GAO Report on Coast Guard Defense Missions
The following is the Sept. 15, 2021, Government Accountability Office report Coast Guard: Information on Defense Readiness Mission Deployments, Expenses,…
Sail-powered Drone Pitched as High-endurance Submarine Hunter
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy could use one of the world’s oldest technologies to defeat one of the newest…