Reviving America’s Water Garden
The Florida Everglades are, in effect, America’s water garden. This vast collection of marshes, swamps, forests, rivers, and tributaries in …
Issues
USMC Takes a Hard Look at Force Structure
The future force structure of the U.S. Marine Corps has been the subject of considerable debate – and a formal …
Not There Yet: The 2011 Defense Budget
As the 112th Congress convened on Jan. 5, 2011, the Department of Defense (DoD) – like all of the federal …
International Port Security Program
America pays close attention to maritime security. The nation’s Marine Transportation System, which includes our ports, waterways, and vessels, handles …
The Next New Virtual Border Fence?
On Jan. 18, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) released a Request for Information (RFI) in which it …
Tantalum Supplies Tighten
A little-known provision of the sweeping Dodd-Frank financial reform law that passed the U.S. Congress last year has aggravated a …
Navigating Into the Future
The General Survey Act of 1824 authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to formulate surveys for waterways that …
So What Did We Learn?
Well, the congressional hearing that everyone has been talking about for literally the past three months is over. Going just …
The Role and Importance of Space to Homeland Security
On March 9, 2011, the Space Shuttle Discovery landed for the final time at Kennedy Space Center. With 39 flights …
U.S. Coast Guard District 13
The climate and geography of the Pacific Northwest – stormy weather, flowing south from Alaska, piling breakers onto a narrow …