The Coast Guard as a Whole

Title of Paper Coast Guard Assets As we transition into the 21st Century, the United States faces challenges very different from those that defined our national security during the nearly 50 years of the Cold War. In the maritime environment, a complex assortment of maritime users, interests, and trans-national dangers including pollution, over-fishing, illegal migration, drug smuggling, international terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction, to name a few will challenge America as never before. It is …

…asset system (ships, aircraft, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance. This multi-mission capability makes the Coast Guard one of the most efficient agencies in the federal government - multiple these outcomes from a single capital base give the American taxpayer maximum "bang for the buck" from the Coast Guard of course. References Retrieved March 02, 2005, from http://www.cgaux.org Retrieved March 03, 2005, http://www.uscg.mil/overview Retrieved March 03, 2005 http://www.uscg.mil/HQ/G-W/G-