Accession Number:

AD1052901

Title:

Remaining Relevant: Historical Contributions, Civil-Military Challenges, and Anti-Submarine Warfare Capabilities on Coast Guard Cutters

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Master's Thesis]

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Smicklas, Brian A.

Report Date:

2018-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

109

Abstract:

Since 1790, throughout both World Wars, Vietnam, and a majority of the Cold War, the Coast Guards major cutters relevantly contributed to United States naval warfare capacity. The post Cold War global security environment reinforced the Coast Guards relevance as a hybrid military-and-law enforcement service, sharing similarities with many navies throughout the globe. However, despite very recent recapitalization, Coast Guard major cutters, the mainstay of Coast Guard armed service relevance, are potentially less prepared for war than at any other time in service history due to the reemergence of long-term, strategic competition from revisionist powers such as Russia and China, and rogue regimes in North Korea and Iran.

Descriptors:

• marine transportation
• naval operations
• navy
• naval warfare
• contingency operations (military)
• warfare
• military organizations
• national security
• congress
• department of homeland security
• homeland security
• submarine warfare
• civil war
• coast guard
• military history
• national politics
• personnel management
• antisubmarine warfare
• employment
• homeland defense

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]