The following Sept. 16, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
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HII Awarded $88.2M Long Lead Contract for 9th Coast Guard National Security Cutter
National Security Cutter Munro completed builder’s sea trials in August. HII Photo
Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded an $88.2 million contract for long-lead materials for the ninth Coast Guard Legend-class National Security Cutter, the company announced on Tuesday. Read More
USNI News Video: U.S. Coast Guard and the Drug War
A major component of the U.S. strategy to fight the drug war is to intercept narcotics before they reach their domestic distribution points. Read More
Zukunft: Coast Guard Welcomes Whole-Of-Government Intelligence, Collaboration
The U. S. Coast Guard’s first national security cutter took to the sea on Friday, operating in concert with the service’s new maritime patrol aircraft, the Ocean Sentry HC-144A, and a newly re-engined MH-65C helicopter. US Coast Guard photo.
The Coast Guard’s current success in its drug and human trafficking missions, as well as future success in its heavy icebreaker program, rest in a whole-of-government approach, the commandant said earlier this week. Read More
Document: Report to Congress U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the May 27, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Coast Guard Cutter Programs
The following is the April 15, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the March 22, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the Jan. 27, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the Dec. 14, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Opinion: Coast Guard Budget Reductions Puts U.S. at Risk
A Coast Guard Cutter Stratton boarding team investigates a self-propelled semi-submersible interdicted in international waters off the coast of Central America on July 19, 2015. US Coast Guard Photo
In his 2015 State of the Coast Guard Address, Commandant Paul Zukunft said, “Since 9-11, 450,000 Americans have died from drug use and drug violence . . . we have actionable intelligence on approximately 90 percent of known maritime drug movement . . . however, with too few surface and air assets to patrol the vast expanses of the transit zone, they can only attempt to target, detect and disrupt 20 percent of that known flow. You can do the math—this is an issue of capacity.”
So what happens when you reduce that capacity? Read More
