Monthly Archives: May 2012
Officials: Sea services behind in race to Arctic
Even within the tight budget environment, the Coast Guard will be able to afford an important tool needed for the upcoming deployments to the Arctic this summer — a wooden baseball bat. The service struggles to keep pace with other countries who have Arctic interest as the sea ice continues to melt. Published in the […]
Papp: Plans to rebuild cutter fleet moving ‘way too slow’
As the Coast Guard’s aging fleet becomes less capable of carrying out its missions, a tight budget is delaying acquisition of two cutters seen as crucial to the service’s modernization plans. Published in the May 7, 2012 issue of Navy Times.
