Coast Guard’s Schultz gives ‘full-throated’ support for UN sea law treaty
Proponents say treaty would allow US to pressure other nations to join as well; opponents say it'll threaten national security interests.
Coast Guard Deploying More Ships To Pacific, Arctic
The Coast Guard ships are “not ballistic missile shooters,” Adm. Karl Schultz said, “but you know not every place that you need a ship needs to have that BMD capability.” What his ships can do is “free up shooters to be the key places they need to be."
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
NDAA Loaded With Icebreakers, Satellite Funding For Sharper Arctic Focus
"The highways of the Arctic are paved by icebreakers," said Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, who helped shepherd the provisions through to the final bill which sits on the president's desk, awaiting his promised veto
Crippled Icebreaker Healy To Get Complex Rebuild; Huge Engine Heads To Panama Canal
Yesterday, the Coast Guard moved a 23-year-old and 106-ton engine onto a barge in Baltimore for a long trip to the West Coast.
Battle For The Arctic: Russia Plans Nuke Icebreaker, US Counters China In Greenland
US official: "We can expect the rapidly changing Arctic system to create greater incentives for the Kremlin and the PRC to pursue agendas that clash with the interests of the United States."
With Funding In Peril, Coast Guard Pushes Icebreaker As ‘Polar Security Cutter’
"One of the things that we did early in my tenure was we changed (it to) Polar Security Cutter as we were trying to get the funds from the Congress, from our own department, the administration," Coast Guard Commandant Karl Schultz told Breaking Defense.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
Hurricane Michael Hits Coast Guard’s Largest Program, Leaving Devastation
The shipyard building the Coast Guard's biggest program, the $10 billion Offshore Patrol Cutter program, has been leveled by Hurricane Michael.