Coast Guard Is More Than Cutters
By Lieutenant David Allan Adams Jr., U.S. Coast
Guard
Escalating demands require a balanced Coast Guard committed to innovative leaders and capabilities—like its Deployable Specialized Forces—to complement its cutter force.
Since the birth of the modern Coast Guard, the cutter has been the primary tool for Coast Guard men and woman to conduct operations and protect the homeland. The cutter has earned a position at the forefront of maritime operations and is at the center of the strong Coast Guard tradition. By reinforcing and strengthening this traditional method of maritime operations, the service believes it can do “what we have always done,” certain that it will continue to prove effective in the rapidly changing world we live in today. Cutter service, it surmises, also continues to be a strong calling to the new leaders it hopes to recruit and develop. This is not the case.
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017-08/coast-guard-more-cutters
