One of my personal favorite sites is The Heritage Foundation. They have written many interesting articles about the USCG. This one is no exception. There are a lot of valid points made which I feel have strong weight and value. The article was written by Jena Baker McNeill:
Is the small-boat threat to America’s homeland credible [...]
From the Courthouse News Service:
WASHINGTON (CN) – Maritime security experts told a think tank on Monday that securing the global supply chain to prevent terrorist attacks was one of the nation’s top security priorities.
“Today is Sept 10, 2001,” said Michael Barrett, former White House Homeland Security Council and lead intelligence officer for the Secretary of [...]
By BEN LANDO of Iraq Oil Report
Published August 11, 2010
At about 4am on Aug. 8, in the dark waters of the Gulf near Iraq’s primary oil-export terminal, a small pirate vessel accosted an American cargo ship. Two men wielding AK-47s boarded the Sagamore, held the crew at gunpoint, and robbed them of money, cell phones, and computers.
It was [...]
So i’m sure this article will open up some varying opinions in the future, but for now…i’m dumbfounded. Naturally, there must be more to this story than was released to the public, but from what I can tell, the US Courts have been rendered a joke once again. Check out this article and tell me [...]
Not since Lt. Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy sailed back triumphantly to nearby Hampton Roads in 1718 with the severed head of Blackbeard swinging from his bowsprit has this Navy town been so embroiled in the fight against piracy.
For the first time since the Civil War, accused pirates will be put on trial this [...]
BASRA, Iraq, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Gunmen robbed the crews of four ships anchored off Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra last week in Iraqi regional waters patrolled by the U.S. Navy, a Navy official said on Sunday.
The attackers targeted the Antigua-flagged Arminia, North Korea’s Crystal Wave, Syria’s Sana Star and the American ship Sagamore last [...]
Officials are now calling this a terrorist attack by an al Qaeda affiliated group. Investigators believe those responsible used a small boat to pull alongside unnoticed before detonating improvised explosives on board.
Investigators in the United Arab Emirates said Friday that a terrorist attack caused the mysterious damage a Japanese oil tanker suffered last week [...]
Terror attack, rogue wave, or …earthquake…? We’ll follow this story and update you when more information comes in.
An explosion damaged a Japanese oil tanker Wednesday as it steered through the tense waters at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, where the ship’s owner said the vessel possibly came under attack. Authorities on both sides of [...]
Inevitably someone will call the response to this incident an over reaction, but consider that there was a potential live fragmentation grenade, probably a MK2 hand grenade with a blast radius of thirty feet or more, endangering dozens of passengers on a floating piece of vulnerable metal. I doubt most grenades travel alone, so there [...]
This article fails to prove its point, but makes an argument that should be considered in local emergency and department planning. Local law enforcement is key to detecting and mounting an initial response to terrorist incidents. That’s a given. Uniformed officers patrol the streets daily, will likely notice anything unusual in their area before federal [...]
The U.S. Homeland Security Department could soon decide the fate of an experimental line of radiation detection gear designed to spot contraband nuclear material on small vessels, the Government Accountability Office said in a report made public yesterday (see GSN, July 27, 2009).
The department is conducting a number of three-year pilot programs to design, test, [...]
Why is an attack in Russia important to maritime lawmen in the U.S.? The story’s not about location, but the targeting of a hydroelectic plant. Hydroelectricity, meaning power derived from water, is produced by falling or flowing water from a reservoir, lake, river, or ocean tides. That’s where we come in, by patrolling the facility [...]
Pointing lasers at commercial vehicles and aircraft is serious business. In 2005 a New Jersey man was charged under the Patriot Act and plead guilty after shining one at an airliner over Newark. Not sure if any law would be applicable when the target is a river tug and barge, but shining a laser at [...]
Below is an excellent report on USCG MSST 91103 partnering with the Los Angeles County Sheriff (LASD) to increase their unit’s options for inserting on non-compliant and opposed boardings. It’s a major score for the service to have identified and partnered with an agency that owns a Sikorsky Sea King helicopter in the nation’s largest [...]
Major emphasis on maritime smuggling, especially the small boat threat, in this testimony. Good to see efforts are being taken to close what many see as a critical security gap.
Security Management -
The agency responsible for protecting the United States from nuclear terrorism wasted time, money, and effort on unproven detection technology rather than [...]
Daily Press -
Citing environmental and security risks, U.S. Senator Jim Webb on Tuesday called for a report on how vulnerable the nation’s offshore oil rigs are to an attack and what is being done to protect them. The request, made in a letter to the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Interior, comes as Senate [...]
Coast Guard News -
The maritime public may see an increased federal presence on Lake Ontario as U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Mounted Police boatcrews are conducting security operations in support of the 2010 G20 Summit to be held June 26-27 in Toronto.
Integrated Maritime Security Operations, informally referred to as Shiprider operations, provide for a [...]
Jersey City Independent -
Just across the Hackensack River from Jersey City, under the shadow of the Pulaski Skyway, sits the manufacturer Kuehne Chemical Company.
After undertaking a citizens’ inspection of the site last month, national environmental group Greenpeace says in a report released today that the facility is not secure, leaving 12 million people in the [...]
