NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence: USCoastGuard

US Coast Guard - Coast Guard's Plans on Ice

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:38:36 GMT

Defense Technology International - One of the Coast Guard’s duties is to patrol the freezing cold waters off the northernmost coast of our United States. And they can’t do it in shoddy boats. Two of the three USCG polar icebreakers – the Polar Star and Polar Sea – have exceeded their intended 30-year service lives. And on the service’s current schedule, the first replacement ship might not enter service for another decade.

US Coast Guard - A Push to Increase Icebreakers in the Arctic

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:14:42 GMT

New York Times - A growing array of military leaders, Arctic experts and lawmakers say the United States is losing its ability to patrol and safeguard Arctic waters even as climate change and high energy prices have triggered a burst of shipping and oil and gas exploration in the thawing region.

US Coast Guard - Arctic cold war as US sends a ship to claim riches under the ocean

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:29:50 GMT

The Times - A US Coast Guard cutter will depart for the Arctic this week as part of a race against Russia to claim the vast spoils of oil and natural gas below the sea floor that both nations are scrambling to exploit.

US Coast Guard - New task for U.S. Coast Guard in Arctic's warming seas

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:50:49 GMT

Virginian Pilot - It’s namesake is one of the Coast Guard’s most storied ships, but today’s Cutter Bear has colorful chapters all its own as it marks its silver anniversary.

US Coast Guard - New task for U.S. Coast Guard in Arctic's warming seas

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:26:04 GMT

New York Times - For most of human history, the Arctic Ocean has been an ice-locked frontier. But now, in one of the most concrete signs of the effect of a warming climate on government operations, the U.S. Coast Guard is planning its first operating base there as a way of dealing with the cruise ships and the tankers that are already beginning to ply Arctic waters.

US Coast Guard - Five tons of cocaine found on submarine

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:28:14 GMT

Daily Telegraph - A submarine-like vessel carrying an estimated five metric tons of cocaine worth over 350 million dollars has been intercepted by US border patrol agents off the Guatemalan coast.

US Coast Guard - An even keel

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:13:21 GMT

Armed Forces Journal - The Coast Guard has been under fire in the press and on Capitol Hill for a variety of problems associated with the Deepwater fleet recapitalization program. But ahead of the storm of criticism, the service took a deep look at its acquisition structure, and in July, it will establish a dramatically new integrated acquisition directorate.

US Coast Guard - Waxman Sees Potential Coverup in Ship Contract

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:35:55 GMT

Washington Post - Managers of the U.S. Coast Guard's $24 billion fleet-overhaul program appeared to cover up a Navy engineering report that highlighted design flaws in a new flagship cutter under scrutiny by government investigators.

US Coast Guard - America's ship-tracking challenge

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:44:19 GMT

Christian Science Monitor - The federally mandated national system is estimated to cost $200 million, but some mariners have already set one up from Maine to New York – for $50,000.

US Coast Guard - Coast Guard Cited in Report on Flawed Ship

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:28:42 GMT

Washington Post - The Coast Guard's newest cutter, the flagship of a $24 billion plan to modernize the nation's coastal fleet, suffers from significant design flaws, and the service has failed to properly supervise the contractors doing the work, government inspectors have found.

US Coast Guard - Costly Fleet Update Falters

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:55:50 GMT

Washington Post - A multibillion-dollar effort to modernize the Coast Guard's fleet has suffered delays, cost increases, design flaws and, most recently, the idling of eight 123-foot patrol boats that were found to be not seaworthy after an $88 million refurbishment.

The sidelining of eight of 10 Miami-based cutters worsens a patrol-boat crisis while the Coast Guard is preparing for an exodus of Cubans that could happen when dictator Fidel Castro is no longer in power, Coast Guard leaders acknowledge.

More broadly, congressional critics warn that early mistakes in the 25-year modernization program, called Deepwater -- the Coast Guard's largest contract ever -- are hobbling the service's transformation into a front-line homeland security force.

US Coast Guard - Icebreakers needed for Arctic, U.S. House told

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:36:27 GMT

CBC - The US Congress is told the US needs to build new icebreakers to patrol the Northwest Passage.

US Coast Guard - U.S. Coast Guard Health Services Responders in Maritime Homeland Security

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:51:46 GMT

Naval War College Review - In the Coast Guard’s superb search-and-rescue response to Hurricane Katrina, there was a noticeable absence of Coast Guard medical personnel. The U.S. Coast Guard’s health services are not prepared for the operational role that will be forced upon them by a maritime mass-casualty incident, whether terrorist attack or accident—on a vessel, in a harbor, or on the waterfront. Organizational and cultural change will be required to achieve all-hazards first-response preparedness.

US Coast Guard - Washington Report

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:37:49 GMT

Sea Power - As lawmakers return from summer recess this month, House and Senate conferees are preparing to spar over funding for the Coast Guard’s Deepwater modernization program in fiscal 2006.

US Coast Guard - Sentinel of the Atlantic

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 08:55:13 GMT

Sea Power - Vice Admiral Vivien Crea cranks up the drug busts as she juggles missions and resources.

US Coast Guard - Desperate Victims Turning Combative

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 10:26:51 GMT

Washington Post - A first hand look at the Coast Guard's efforts in rescuing individiuals in the Gulf Coast.

US Navy - Hidden Jewel

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:23:41 GMT

Sea Power - Little-known inside the Coast Guard, the International Affairs office gains entrée to nations officially closed to U.S. military influence.

US Coast Guard - More Clout

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:13:35 GMT

Sea Power - In the aftermath of 9/11, Coast Guard Intelligence fills a unique and growing niche within the 15-member intelligence community.

US Coast Guard - The Strong Survive

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:00:24 GMT

Sea Power - The Coast Guard’s more robust aircraft will be modernized for future use under revised aviation plan.

US Coast Guard - Dangerous Waters

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:34:22 GMT

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.

US Coast Guard - Congress Set for Tug-of-War Over Coast Guard Jurisdiction

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:24:49 GMT

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

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:33:40 GMT

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.

US Coast Guard - Coast Guard Organization and Mission

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:14:19 GMT

SeaPower - The state of the Coast Guard in January 2005.

US Coast Guard - Control of 2 Navy boats transferred to Coast Guard

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 11:53:46 GMT

San Diego Union Tribune - The Navy contines to hand its Cyclone-class patrol craft over to the Coast Guard.

US Coast Guard - Collins Strikes Balance Between Present, Future Resources

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:44:26 GMT

Sea Power - An interview with the commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Thomas J. Collins.

US Coast Guard - Arm the Coast Guard for the War on Terror

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 11:38:40 GMT

US Naval Institute Proceedings - The solution to an underequipped Coast Guard is not to assign the work—such as maritime boardings—to someone else, but to provide the Coast Guard with the resources to do its work properly.

US Coast Guard - Multimission Costs Too Much

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:49:16 GMT

US Naval Institute Proceedings - Should the Coast Guard retain its jack-of-all-trades doctrine or focus on the nation’s most critical security missions?

US Coast Guard - Coast Guard must modernize ships faster, commandant says

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:39:19 GMT

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.

US Coast Guard - Coast Guard to Board Each Foreign Ship

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:21:12 GMT

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.