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National Defense May 2004 Harold Kennedy	Patrols Keeping Watchful Eye on Potomac The Coast Guard began patrols along the Potomac in the wake of 9/11. The goal was to improve waterborne protection for the nation's capital, said Lt. Frank Del Rosso, the station's commander.
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.
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 April 2012 Stew Magnuson	Coast Guard Considering Permanent Bases in Arctic The Coast Guard will for the first time dispatch one of its new National Security Cutters to the Arctic as the ice breaks up on Alaska's North Slope this summer.
National Defense September 2009 Stew Magnuson	Plans Under Way to Beef Up Porous Northern Border The northern border between the U.S. and Canada has its own set of issues in that the smuggling and drug trafficking is bi-directional. The administration intend to beef up security along this border.
National Defense May 2006 Harold Kennedy	U.S. Coast Guard Launches Long-Delayed Communications System The Coast Guard's delayed and expensive search-and-rescue communications network has made its debut in Virginia and at an air station in New Jersey.
Popular Mechanics January 13, 2010 Joe Pappalardo	Tragedy in Haiti: The American Response When calamity on the level of Haiti's earthquake strikes, the first U.S. responders bear a heavy load. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, Navy sailors, Coast Guardsmen and professional urban rescue teams will be some of the first to save lives amid the rubble.
National Defense March 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Small Boats on the Front Lines of Maritime Security As the profile of the U.S. Coast Guard's homeland security mission rises, the role of small boat operations is becoming central to the effort.
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean	Coast Guard Reorganizes in Anticipation of Future Threats The Coast Guard is standing up a new disaster response command and is using lessons learned from 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina for guidance.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Coast Guard adopts F4W and Crystal Group solution for Hurricane Katrina relief effort The U.S. Coast Guard, just two days after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the South, called on telecom F4W to solve a critical communications problem at the Joint Naval Air Station in Belle Chase, La.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 John McHale	Coast Guard unveils new helicopter Just in time for the boating season, new HH-65C Dauphine helicopters will be replacing the HH-65B helicopters at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City as part of the Deepwater Programs modernization and recapitalization of the Coast Guard.
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.
National Defense December 2014 Stew Magnuson	Coast Guard Information Technology, Sensor Needs Go Unfilled The Coast Guard is operating ships with obsolete command, control, computer and communications systems, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general said.
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson	Rescuing the Coast Guard: Chronically Low Budget Hurting Service's Ability to Perform Missions, Experts Say Everyone loves the Coast Guard, but that affection hasn't translated into a budget that can sustain its ships, aircraft and personnel, said some of the service's former leaders.
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.
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.
National Defense March 2012 Magnuson & Beidel	Coast Guard May Face Capability Gap On the High Seas The Obama administration has proposed cutting $1.3 billion out of the Department of Homeland Security's overall budget. Almost one-third of that -- $382 million -- would come out of the Coast Guard's allocation.
National Defense January 2011 Eric Beidel	Coast Guard Turns Navy Cast-Offs Into New Aircraft The Coast Guard is using Navy scraps to replace helicopters it has lost in crashes during 2010.
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 January 2008 Breanne Wagner	Coast Guard Procurement Programs Struggling, But Staying Afloat Coast Guard officials are optimistic that a new agency in charge of acquisitions can help salvage the service's modernization plans and restore confidence in its ability to manage complex projects.
Popular Mechanics March 12, 2007 Erin McCarthy	Ice Queens 5 high-powered icebreaker ships that rock the arctic, antarctic and an ice sheet near you
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.
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean	Coast Guard Searches for Better Ways to Cope With Protestors Swimmers and surfers have become the Coast Guard's latest nuisance. Of particular concern are protestors who disrupt harbor operations by swimming into the path of vessels near ports.
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 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 April 2014 Dan Parsons	Retiring Commandant Calls Oceangoing Coast Guard Fleet 'Woefully Inadequate' Adm. Robert Papp, with only months left in his tenure as commandant of the Coast Guard, said his successor must push to update the service's oceangoing cutter fleet.
National Defense May 2014 Stew Magnuson	DHS Science and Technology Directorate to Focus on Arctic Region as Ice Recedes With the polar ice in the Arctic receding more quickly in summer months, the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate is turning its attention to the region.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	Border Agencies to Fly Maritime Unpiloted Aircraft in Caribbean Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard will begin flying a maritime version of the MQ-9 Predator B Guardian unmanned aircraft vehicle out of Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in January.
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 March 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Underway with the USCG Mellon While helicopter operations are familiar to U.S. Coast Guard vessels, more than just guns are added to the equation when they are armed
National Defense November 2011 Eric Beidel	Coast Guard Cyberdefense Office: Small but Mighty Like the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, the Coast Guard suffers thousands of attacks on its networks each month.
National Defense February 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Pressure Builds for New Polar Icebreaker Of the Coast Guard's three icebreakers, only two are operational. More pressure is being put on the service to build a new heavy-duty vessel.
National Defense November 2005 Harold Kennedy	Coast Guard Team Protects Nation's Busiest Ports The Marine Safety and Security Team 91110 is a small, specially trained unit assigned to help protect Boston from terrorist attack and is one of 13 such organizations established at major ports along the nation's coastlines.
National Defense December 2011 Stew Magnuson	Lean Fiscal Times Influences Design Of New Coast Guard Cutter Program With a proposed fleet of 25 ships, and an expected budget of $8 billion, the Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol Cutter is drawing intense interest from both shipbuilders and budget watchers on Capitol Hill.
National Defense May 2012 Stew Magnuson	Inspector General Sounds Alarm on Coast Guard's Risky Fast Response Cutter Program Faced with mounting pressures to replace its rapidly aging 110-foot ships, the Coast Guard embarked on an accelerated program to build a new fleet of Fast Response Cutters.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008	U.S. Coast Guard Chooses FLIR Systems TALON Officers recognized the need to enhance the U.S. Coast Guard's airborne force, interdiction, and search-and-rescue missions with advanced, stable sensors and selected technology from FLIR Systems.
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.
Popular Mechanics April 2009 Kalee Thompson	Flying High in Coast Guard Chopper Rescue School At America's elite helicopter rescue academy, Coast Guard professionals are put to the test by ocean cliffs, sea caves and a treacherous stretch of coastline known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.
National Defense June 2014 Stew Magnuson	Coast Guard Embarks on Its Costliest Ship Buying Program The Coast Guard has one piece remaining in its long effort to modernize its aircraft and ships: the offshore patrol cutter.
National Defense March 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Coast Guard Helicopters Gain Firepower As the agency's missions expand in the nation's war on terrorism, Coast Guard mainstays, such as the HH-60 Jayhawk and HH-65 Dolphin, are being equipped with sniper rifles and machine guns.
Real Travel Adventures September 2006 Michael A. Norton	Zen and the Art of Ice-Fishing Winter on the frozen lakes of Traverse City, Michigan is perfect for ice-fishing.
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.
National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright	Coast Guard Demonstrates New Sensor Technologies Coast Guard researchers have entered the final stages of a $5 million sonar project that shoots 16,000 sonar beams and instantly assembles the return soundings into a 3-D video image of the ocean floor.
National Defense April 2013 Dan Parsons	Small Boats Mean Big Business for Shipbuilders Big ships -- aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines -- get all the glory, but it is the Navy's smallest vessels that could prove pivotal in future conflicts.
National Defense January 2009 Stew Magnuson	Coast Guard Biometrics Program Expands A Coast Guard effort to collect and analyze biometric data gathered at sea has expanded and will be made into an official program next year, said a senior technologist from the service.
Popular Mechanics June 9, 2008 Matt Sullivan	Anatomy of a Coast Guard Mission, Katrina's Infrastructure Lessons & Deep Cave Ops 101: Rescue Tech PODCAST How the right gear can save lives after a disaster... Lessons learned three years after Katrina... The careful craft of cave rescuing...
National Defense January 2008 Breanne Wagner	Coast Guard Takes On Airborne Ship Surveillance As part of a sweeping effort to beef-up maritime surveillance on U.S. shores, the Coast Guard for the first time plans to use airborne tracking devices to quickly relay information about approaching vessels to operators on the ground.
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.
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.