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September 2009
Patrick Symmes |
Sailing from Haiti to Miami When you're crossing to Florida the hard way-across 800 miles of water, with six people and no motor, in a 21-foot handmade open boat-it's a long, long way from Haiti to Miami.   |
Military History
Charles W. Sasser |
Invasion Abandoned As the Cuban T-33 jet strafed the insurgents on the beach, a U.S. carrier plane closed to shoot it down. "Don't fire! Don't fire!" cried the carrier's air controller. "Rules of engagement have been changed." |
National Defense
January 2009
Matthew Rusling |
New Patrol Boats: A Must-Win for The Coast Guard The upcoming acquisition of new high-speed patrol boats for the U.S. Coast Guard is viewed as a make-or-break effort that could help the service recover from a string of setbacks in its Deepwater modernization program. |
Salon.com
February 6, 2002
Damien Cave |
Tourism apartheid in Cuba Many of the island nation's most beautiful areas are off limits to its citizens. Will Fidel's tourist policy be his undoing? |
Salon.com
October 10, 2001
David Lipschultz |
Havana online In Cuba, black market Internet access makes it easier for prostitutes to get connected than doctors... |
National Defense
June 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Coast Guard Submits Revised Wish List, Fears Funding Cuts The Coast Guard has sent to Congress a revised requirements document for new equipment that seeks to take into account the U.S. government's heightened need for intelligence and information. |
National Defense
January 2009
Matthew Rusling |
Coast Guard Boosting Cooperation with Military Last summer, as Russian forces lay siege to the nation of Georgia, the Coast Guard cutter Dallas, along with two Navy ships, sailed to the Black Sea to provide relief. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2011
David Lee Smith |
Oil Operations Close to Florida's Coast Spanish oil company Repsol will soon drill far closer to Florida than would be permitted of U.S. companies. |
Reason
June 2002
Matt Welch |
Foul Ball How a communist dictatorship and a U.S. embargo has silenced a revered Cuban baseball historian... |
National Defense
November 2004
Harold Kennedy |
Coast Guard Expands Joint Anti-Terrorism Training The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to break ground this month on a new $33 million facility that will significantly improve its ability to train military personnel in maritime security tactics. |
BusinessWeek
February 29, 2008
Geri Smith |
When Will Cuba Be Open for Business? It's unclear whether a new U.S. President would lift the 45-year trade embargo, but public opinion favors improved relations between the countries. |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2008
Neha Kirpal |
Florida: Fort Lauderdale to Key West Florida has some very unexplored and beautiful places that are a must for travelers to see! Our trip to Florida consisted mainly of the sector between Fort Lauderdale, Key West and Miami. |
National Defense
January 2011
Eric Beidel |
Commandant: Coast Guard Suffering Under Strain of Tight Budgets Put simply, the service has a lot of old ships and boats and nowhere near the money required to replace them. |
BusinessWeek
May 26, 2011
Daniel Grushkin |
Cargo Theft: The New Highway Robbery Boosting trucks laden with pharmaceuticals is a low-tech, low-risk road to riches for organized criminals. |
Salon.com
June 28, 2000
Max J. Castro |
After Hurricane Elian Miami is a city asunder, divided by race, but the Cuban exiles' stranglehold on local and national power has unmistakably eased. |
National Defense
October 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard May Face Rough Seas as it Takes Control of Deepwater A Justice Department investigation, a scathing 60 Minutes report, unsympathetic lawmakers and a stack of negative inspector general reports have marked the Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater Systems program the last two years. |
National Defense
May 2004
Harold Kennedy |
Defending Ports The U.S. Coast Guard has begun aggressive enforcement of the Maritime Transportation Act in an effort to increase protection of the nation's ports and waterways from terrorist attack. |
National Defense
June 2014
Dan Parsons |
South China Sea Dispute Shaping Up as Coast Guard Showdown The U.S. Navy risks sparking an international incident by using warships to check China's westward advance. |
National Defense
November 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Government Lacks Clear Plans to ID Small Vessels Used as Terrorist Weapons In order to decrease the risk of an attack, the government is proposing new security plans. Some suggestions have been met with stiff resistance. |
National Defense
October 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Assumes Oversight of Deepwater Program When the Coast Guard's new National Security Cutter, the Bertholf, stopped four boats carrying bales of cocaine 80 miles off the coast of Guatemala in July, it was welcome news for the service's "troubled" Deepwater modernization program. |
Reason
August 2003
Damien Cave |
Havana Hustle Cuba's New Socialist Man learns to wheel and deal |
National Defense
August 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Troubled Coast Guard Cutter Threatens Deepwater The Coast Guard is considering purchasing commercial vessels to serve as stopgaps after the development of its fast response cutter stalled this year. |
National Defense
February 2014
Valerie Insinna |
Military Challenged by Changing Arctic Landscape Patrolling the cold, icy waters of the Arctic has long been the responsibility of the Coast Guard, but as polar ice melts and ship traffic in the area increases, the Navy may take a larger role in securing the region and take advantage of new equipment. |
National Defense
February 2005
Bill Daniels & DiRenzo |
Maritime Anti-Terrorism at the Crossroads Of National Security and Homeland Defense At issue is how do the homeland defense and homeland security duties contribute to enhanced protection of national assets in the territorial seas of the United States. |
National Defense
April 2013
Stew Magnuson |
New Coast Guard Cutter Sparks Fierce Competition Among Shipbuilders It is one of the most highly anticipated military shipbuilding programs in the foreseeable future, and it has nothing to do with the Navy. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2004
John McHale |
Coast Guard awards contract for production of Maritime Security Cutter The new Cutter is part of the Integrated Deepwater System program to modernize and replace the Coast Guard's aging ships and aircraft, and improve command, control, and logistics systems. |
National Defense
October 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Favors Fire Scout as New Pilotless Aircraft The Coast Guard intends to follow the lead of the Navy when it comes to fielding its long-delayed vertical take off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles. |
National Defense
January 2010
Austin Wright |
Commandant Discusses Coast Guard's Efforts to Modernize The Coast Guard's Deepwater acquisition program aims to overhaul the Coast Guard's fleet by 2027, but the project is more expensive than anticipated and may take longer to complete. |
National Defense
August 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Coast Guard Acquisitions Called 'Unaffordable' The Coast Guard has laid out an ambitious modernization and recapitalization plan for its future fleet of cutters and aircraft, but experts and government watchdogs have thrown cold water on it. |
BusinessWeek
August 14, 2006
Frederik Balfour |
Cuba: Visit To An Island Frozen In Time One reporter finds scant evidence that Cuba is poised for change after Castro. |
National Defense
November 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Commandant Girds Service For Possible Budget Cuts The service has already lived through an era of declining budgets. In the 1990s, the Coast Guard lost some 6,000 personnel as its top line funding took hits year after year. |
National Defense
June 2006
Grace Jean |
Coast Guard begins to tackle complex surveillance mission Multiple initiatives have been set in motion to develop better ship monitoring systems, but financial constraints could delay or prevent such efforts. |
Popular Mechanics
October 17, 2008 |
2009 Full-Size Pickup Truck Comparison Test Drives: Exclusive It should be of no surprise that full-size pickups are feeling the heat downsizing. Yet the market for full-size pickups is still massive. |
National Defense
February 2016
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Congress Boosts Coast Guard Budget The Coast Guard has often been characterized as perennially underfunded, but thanks to Congress, the service received a major boost to its acquisition accounts for fiscal year 2016. |
Smithsonian
August 2007
Jorge & Diana Rodriguez |
Book Excerpt: "On Cuban Wings" The rise and fall of Cuban aviation, as explored in "The Country Where Nobody Flies," is one of the most dramatic in the Americas. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2008
Kalee Thompson |
Inferno on the Interstate: What Went Wrong? Heavyweight traffic, a slick roadway and a narrow tunnel with a blind curve add up to the big-rig version of the perfect storm. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2006
Sarah Erdreich |
Gone in 30 Seconds: Chevrolet Chevy's patriotic ad misses the mark. Here's what investors have to say. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2004
Rich Smith |
GM's Dumbest Move Yet GM initiates a "customer disloyalty program." What is it thinking? |
National Defense
March 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard to Beef Up Vessel Identification Network The Coast Guard has embarked on an initiative to improve communication between its land bases and vessels at sea. |
Salon.com
June 29, 2000
Myra MacPherson |
Adios, Elian Now that your telenovela is over, perhaps your normal childhood can begin again. |
