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Article: DESPITE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES, COAST GUARD LOOKS TO MODERNIZE
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- Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
- Article date:
- March 5, 2009
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According to DOD: The Coast Guard is used to being in high
demand, overworked and underequipped, but the pursuit to modernize
in the midst of fiscal ambiguity is the real challenge, Coast Guard
Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen said yesterday. "The fact that demand
for Coast Guard services exceeds our capacity has always been the
case," Allen said during his State of the Coast Guard address at the
National Press Center here. "But as the nation faces fiscal
uncertainty, we'll have to make difficult financial choices and
manage resources to buy down risk in the most critical areas." In
his third annual address, Allen said the Coast Guard is strong, but
not without challenges, calling the service ...