Coast Guard Emphasizes Need to Obligate Funds Amid CR and SOUTHCOM Operations

Coast Guard emphasizes need to obligate funds amid CR and SOUTHCOM operations

After Congress allocated nearly $25 billion to the Coast Guard through reconciliation funding last summer, the service is still working to obligate the money while operations in U.S. Southern Command intensify. Under the Coast Guard’s Force Design 2028 modernization initiative, the service is aiming to boost maintenance and shore infrastructure with the reconciliation funding, Rear. Adm. David Barata, deputy commandant for operations policy, tol…

House Homeland Security Committee Examines Coast Guard’s Fight Against Maritime Threats

The House Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET on Feb. 3 titled “Frontline Defenders: How the Coast Guard’s Deployable Specialized Forces Combat Narcoterrorists and Other Maritime Threats on the High Seas.” Witnesses: Rear Adm. David C. Barata, deputy commandant for operations policy and commander, U.S. Coast Guard. Heather MacLeod, director of the Homeland Security and Justice Team, Government Accountability Office. ...