Recapitalizing the Coast Guard for the 21st century

From: Sea Power | Date: April 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

"These are perplexing times for the Coast Guard," James Kitfield noted in "The Stepchild Steps Out" in the October 1999 issue of National Journal. In recent years, he pointed out, the Coast Guard has seen a dramatic increase in such missions as interdicting drug traffickers, enforcing fisheries legislation, and controlling alien migration at sea. Overseas, its cutters routinely operate alongside Navy vessels to enforce maritime embargoes. A heavy hurricane season last year highlighted the mission that most Americans identify with the Coast Guard-saving lives at sea. Yet, because the Coast ...

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