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 This morning on Defense News the Coast Guard was noted as receiving praise from some Congressional members for the current status of the Deepwater project. You’ll recall that Deepwater is the Coast Guard’s major acquisitions program by which we’re getting new Cutters, small boats, and aircraft. In the past the senior leaders of the service were on the receiving end of some harsh criticism over the handling of the programs Continue reading…
The Queen: Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet There is no shortage of people and/or organizations out there who are calling the proposed budget cuts to the Coast Guard for FY11 outright wrong. As an Active Duty member of said service I don’t want to see funding of jobs going to the wayside; however, as an Active Duty member I am also well aware of the problems that have been discussed with Continue reading… As I noted in the post prior to this I wasn’t able to watch the State of the Coast Guard address; however, I was able to read (just finished) the transcript from the address and found myself happy with what I read. I’ll admit there wasn’t anything in it I wasn’t expecting the Commandant to say; but I am impressed by his emphasis on the fact that our fleet is Continue reading… Many, to include I, would agree with that thought process at times. I found a great piece on the Coast Guard, particularly the budget questions, on The Huffington Post titled Save the Coasties by David Helvarg. In short it’s noted that we’ve become a service that is forced to “do more with less,” as our missions outnumber our people (figuratively speaking). We were the first into Haiti, post-Katrina, and there in Continue reading…
U.S. Coast Guard photo/Telfair H. Brown Sr. This Friday the Coast Guard’s Commandant, Admiral Thad Allen, is slated to give his fourth and final State of the Coast Guard address; he’ll be replaced by now VADM Papp later this year. With said address we’re sure to hear more about the proposed FY11 budget (not only because it’s noted on the press release, but it’s also a general discussion item and Continue reading…
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) This week the Coast Guard shared with us its proposed budget request and its cutbacks for FY11 which made us sound like a very fiscally responsible organization as we were to request $75 million less then we did last year. Well, as expected, with the decommissioning of some of our MSST units it was only a matter of time before we saw some push back… which Continue reading… Now that many have had time to think about the potential for real budget cuts and the decommissioning of units, assets, and cutters the real questions begin. I’ve had more than my fair-share of emails and chats today with speculation and questions on the matters of what cutters and MSST’s are going away and though I’d like to say that ADM Allen, VADM Papp and I all sat down and Continue reading… |
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March 12th, 2010 | 
