Coast Guard needs to be funded like a military service
Source: Coast Guard chief: ‘We need to be funded like a military service’ – FederalNewsRadio.com
Source: Coast Guard chief: ‘We need to be funded like a military service’ – FederalNewsRadio.com
The Coast Guard is struggling to keep pace, seizing about 20 percent of all the drugs that come into the United States through a coastal border, as its aging fleet attempts to pursue the speedboats favored by traffickers. Source: Coast Guard faces widening mission and shrinking budget | The Seattle Times
Source: A sea change at the Coast Guard? | WorkBoat
“I’m delighted that Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps are being plused up, but we’ve got nothing left,” said Adm. Paul Zukunft, the Coast Guard commandant, at a conference hosted by the Navy League at National Harbor in Maryland. Source: Coast Guard official laments lack of funding
President Trump wants to take money away from the Coast Guard, which performs vital, lifesaving functions — and use it mainly to finance a wall between the United States and Mexico, which wouldn’t. To recap some key reasons why the wall is a silly idea: 1) Even before the recent plunge in illegal immigration from … Read more
The proposed 2018 budget calls for an increase in DHS budget by 6 percent, up to $43.8 billion – while cutting the Coast Guard’s budget by 14 percent. Source: Proposed 2018 Budget Slashes Coast Guard Funding
The President has proposed dramatic increases in defense spending, but his amplified budget could also slash $1.3 billion from the US Coast Guard’s quota. Source: Military budget may cut over $1 billion from the Coast Guard — RT America
Connecticut Congressional Effort Proposes Coast Guard Coin – ABC News.
GOLDEN HAMMER: Coast Guard mismanages millions in bridge construction projects – Washington Times. Seems the Coast Guard is spread a bit thin and is doing the best it can with limited resources.
Coast Guard braces for budget impasse, possible shutdown. Seems we go through this every year now. This points out the epic failure in the current leadership of this country and the sad state of affairs we’re forced to put up with. It has to stop.
Senator calls on the Coast Guard to keep ferry lanes open on frozen Hudson River. It really gets old listening to loudmouth politicians and their diversionary tactics. The Coast Guard has been doing a phenomenal job with ever shrinking resources thanks to the political ruling class of which the Senator is a member. If he … Read more