Good read by Capt. Jim Howe, USCG (Ret.) and Lt. Jim Dolbow, USCGR:

Competing priorities and shrinking budgets threaten to swamp the service.

The U.S. Coast Guard faces a stark and troubled future. If our nation's fifth and smallest military service was a cutter it would be listing severely, crippled by decades of undercapitalization, a lack of political support, an overwhelming workload, and the five words most feared by any Guardian: "the curse of can-do." In the face of an impending budget meltdown, the Coast Guard must confront severe challenges that threaten its performance and long-term viability, as it comports with the realities of the post-9/11 environment. Will it remain the world's best Coast Guard or will it proceed down the path of Britain's Royal Navy, becoming a shadow of its former self?

Read more: <www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/story.asp?STORY_ID=1979>

I thought Deepwater solved all those problems?

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Originally posted by FNG45:
I thought Deepwater solved all those problems?

Surface Force sends a big Deepwater Truths salute to you Commander!

Well written. Hopefully I will not end up being clairvoyant, as the article highlights some of the things I mentioned in the "Future of the CG" thread.

Very good article, not too surprising though.

Probably one of the best written of all the things published on the USCG's future in the USNIP.

Dr Noble that is right. CG have old ships and they repair them. Didn't I read the day before yesterday the CG gets new ships?