Tamerlan Tsarnaev is rotting in a grave in Virginia, and state residents aren’t happy about it. His death cheated the country of its chance to exact judicial revenge for the …
For the U.S. military, “contingency operations” traditionally refer to overseas engagements by one or more uniformed services, typically involving some level of combat. A major exception to that is that the …
On May 3, 2012, readers of Coast Guard Compass, the official blog of the U.S. Coast Guard, were greeted with a post that opened with: “Remember the East Coast’s ‘snowpocalypse’ …
Just over a year ago, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Fast Response Cutter Program was still a dream in the works. The capabilities of the 154-foot Sentinel-class vessels were promised but …
For most who recall the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak that swept through Britain in the spring and summer of 2001, those months can be boiled down to a single indelible …
With the delivery of the planned eight national security cutters (NSCs) to the U.S. Coast Guard almost half complete, the service is beginning to realize the full potential the platform …
At a panel discussion in December 2012, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual “Arctic Report Card,” compiled by 141 scientists from 15 countries. The report revealed several …
In a hospital bed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is silent – sedated and with a bullet hole in his neck. Just one week ago, Dzhokhar and …
On Dec. 24, 2012, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi and its partners in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department had already seized more illegal long lines and gill nets …
As the nation’s premier maritime law enforcement agency, the U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for enforcing U.S. law on the nation’s waterways and on the high seas.
This role takes …
