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The Maersk Tigris Case
DefenseOne has a good review of the international law that Iran appears to have violated in seizing the Maersk TIgris.
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Is Pakistan Forming an American (or Chinese) Style Coast Guard?
Defense News reports that Pakistan is planning a new force to protect its ports and Exclusive Economic Zone. There are few details except that it should have 12,000 members. There is speculation that...
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Coast Guard Impact of “USA FREEDOM Act of 2015″
The “USA FREEDOM Act of 2015″ is intended to impose limits on the NSA’s collection of data on US citizens. But like many laws it goes beyond its apparent purpose. There is an “Easter Egg” in Title...
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Document Alert–National Military Strategy, 2015
The US has issued a new National Military Strategy. You can see it in pdf form here, or you can see it on the Naval Institute News Service here. Its not really very long. There are only 18 pages of...
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Document Alert: U.S. Department of Defense’s Asia-Pacific Maritime Security...
The US Naval Institute News Service has made available the U.S. Department of Defense’s Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy. I have only scanned it, but it does mention the Coast Guard in the...
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Document Alert: World Wide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence...
We have a statement for the record (pdf) from James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, dated February 9, 2016. Perhaps it is the nature of the beast, but there is no good news, and much...
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Good News–and Bad, from the Western Pacific
A great New York Times article , “Palau vs the Poachers,” looking at Palau’s attempts to police their waters as a microcosm of the problems created by poaching and overfishing. I’ll repeat my oft...
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Commandant’s Strategic Intent, Mid-Term Report
Procurement of 14 C-27J aircraft was one of the achievements sited. C-27Js replace C-130s at CGAS Sacramento. The Commandant has issued a mid-term update on his earlier published “Strategic Intent,...
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“Fisheries as a Strategic Maritime Resource”–Midrats
HMNZS Wellington intercepts suspected toothfish poachers CIMSEC “Midrats” blog radio show has an online interview with a State Department employee I was lucky enough to meet earlier, Scott...
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Fisheries Regulation Coming to Waters Beyond the EEZ?
Photo: The John B a fishing trawler with drum winches at Howth, Dublin, by William Murphy Bryant’s Maritime Consulting points us to an announcement. In its resolution 69/292 of 19 June 2015, the...
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Lines in the Water
MarineLink has a very interesting post on the often confusing array of US Laws defining Jurisdiction. Worth the read.
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“Too Small to Answer the Call”–USNI Proceedings
The May issue of US Naval Institute Proceedings is the Naval Review issue. It includes updates on the Coast Guard as well as the Navy and Marine corps that are behind the membership pay wall, but it...
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Hearing: Coast Guard Requirements, Priorities, and Future Acquisition Plans...
May 18, the Commandant, Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, addressed the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee. The recorded testimony is above. It is fairly long (1h40m). The Commandant’s...
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U.S. Coast Guard: Priorities for the Future–CSIS/USNI
The video above records an recent event, a “Maritime Security dialogue” presented by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the United States Naval Institute (USNI) featuring...
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Coast Guard in Space
As space becomes more commercialized, parallels with the high seas become more obvious. Breaking Defense had an interesting post suggesting that we need an organization modeled on the US Coast Guard...
View ArticleA Conversation with Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant of the U.S. Coast...
CSIS and the United States Naval Institute (USNI) conduct an interview with Admiral Karl L. Schultz, the 26th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, conducted 1 August, 2018. Below I will...
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“It’s Time for a ‘Quad’ of Coast Guards”–Real Clear Defense
A Japan Coast Guard helicopter approaches an Indian Coast Guard patrol vessel during a joint exercise off Chennai, India, January 2018 (Photo: The Asahi Shimbun via Getty) Real Clear Defense has an...
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“Cooperative Maritime Law Enforcement and Overfishing in the South China...
Republic of Korea Coast Guard vessel #3006 in company with U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719) during the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum in August 2007. This forum was created to...
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“Use the Coast Guard for Freedom of Navigation Operations”–USNI
USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752), left, and the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) maneuver in formation during Talisman Sabre 2019 on July 11, 2019. US Navy Photo...
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Ukraine Conflict Related Incidents
Cormoran (P677), a French navy ship. Brest, Finistère, Bretagne, France. Photo by Gary Houston I really would like to know the basis of this seizure: French Navy Flamant-class OPV Cormoran seizes...
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