The Coast Guard as a Whole

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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 during theses times that the U. S. Coast Guard will require a great deal form the servi…