1. Patrol Boats in the Coast Guard, specifically 87’ Coastal Patrol Boats (CPB’s) have remote geographic homeports which hinder adequate and appropriate support levels. Modernization of our support functions has centralized our supply, administrative support and inspection teams to larger ports. This centralization has caused time burdens on receiving parts, personnel support and maintenance assistance with our remotely located units. District Eight 87’ CPB’s should be pooled with other CPB’s and Coast Guard units to increase needed support and increase readiness. 2. The 87’ CPB, are in traditional home ports from there predecessor the 82’WPB. They are spread out throughout each sector in either a populated or remote area based on historical …show more content…
Political detractors will be present in this process as they always are when moving an asset and its crew from a community and congressional district. However the 87’ CPB fleet is currently dealing with these issues in the bow to stern program every four years through the Operating Facility Change Orders, OFCO, which are completed during the planning phase to notify congress and concerned parties. Additionally local critics have brought up facts of longer response times to these remote areas in times of need. The truth is that these 87’CPB’s rarely operate in these remote areas. Rather, they operate in the larger ports transiting in some cases up to 5 hours to their operational area. In all cases involvement with the public affairs office would have to happen very early in the process to ensure the proper message is developed. 6. District Eight currently has sixteen 87’ CPB’s, nine are co-located in four different ports, and seven are in remote locations. The pooling process would determine which locations are capable of supporting two 87’ CPB’s instead of one and shifting the cutter and crews to those ports. For instance the CGC PELICAN could move to CG Station Grand Isle, LA. The CGC STURGEON is currently home ported in Grand Isle which would give a smaller span of control for the Sector New Orleans to provide
November 2005, DHS Secretary Chertoff assigned the Coast Guard to assume the National Capital Region Air Defense Mission. In 2006, Department of Homeland Security changed the responsibility of the RWAI mission, protecting the National Capital Region, from Customs and Border Patrol to the United States Coast Guard. This was done due to
The main goal of this unit is to provide safe use for all boaters of the public waters. The benefits to a marine patrol can decrease boating intoxicated incidents and lessen the possibility of drowning’s. Improve the response time to remote areas that cannot be accessed by car or truck. Decrease in criminal activity in areas located near water and overall increase water safety and public relations. The cons of the marine patrol normally involve critical tactical training curriculums in addition to the regular training required of law enforcement personnel. Sometimes weather condition will not allow patrols to properly police an area or responded when needed increasing response time to calls for service. Having limited funding and the number of qualified law enforcement personnel to operate the vessels and equipment puts a strain on the unit, not to mention their capabilities at night are
The NAVSUBASE Kings Bay BCO Base Level Information Infrastructure (BLII) is the primary means for the transfer of voice and digital information between and among Navy activities and other officially authorized DOD and U.S. Federal entities operating on, or within, the immediate vicinity of, U.S. Navy installations supported by NAVSUBASE Kings Bay. The BLII also provides connectivity for shore-based activities to long haul and tactical fleet telecommunications gateways. Details of contingency and emergency support required are provided in sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, and
The TPSB boats circulate through several four-hour patrol shifts throughout the week; with an attentive team of engineers a problem will not be over looked before these boats hit the water.
These services aid in providing safe passage for vessels within Canada’s waterways. There are a number of devices and and tools that the Canadian coast guard provides and maintains such as reflectors, lighthouses, foghorns, buoys, and beacons. These services are important because they minimize collisions among vessels, provide a clear view the shore for approaching ships, and illuminates the paths that vessels are to take in order to reach our shores. The coast guard also promotes the use of DGPS over the previously used LORAN C service in order to ensure accuracy of positioning. As well the coast guard implements radio communication in order to encourage communication among vessels. These are important not only for navigation but also so that search and rescue efforts can be coordinated among vessels with ease and so that any safety issues a vessel may have can be relayed quickly to a near coast guard vessels along with location information. Such services are important due to the sheer volume of ships and assorted aquatic vehicles that are to be accounted for in canadian waters and ensuring that they navigate safely ensures the safety of those on the vessels and those at
This letter is written to confirm that Cherie Foods Corps employed Daniel Galvan, initially as a crewmember at one of its stores and then promoted him to manager. Daniel worked with us for a period of two and half years. During this time, Daniel worked very hard and, in spite of his age, he demonstrated to be a very responsible person. He was always concerned about creating the best work environment possible for our employees. Daniel worked long hours as shift manager, as far as his shifts Daniel normally worked 5 days a week, and about 40 hours a week.
Would you feel comfortable taking your car in for repair by a bicycle mechanic? As senior enlisted advisors, we have the responsibility to ensure we adequately train and equip our Sailors for the 21st century. This essay will cover the background information and problem with antiquated naval technical training. It will also discuss the issues surrounding the problem, and its impact on the U.S. Navy Sailors. Finally, it will conclude with a recommended course of action.
Kodiak Alaska based U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) flight crews work in a 4,000,000-square-mile area of responsibility (AOR) operating in some of the most challenging weather condition to protect lives. It is easy to see that these crews must have the best training and must maintain peak proficiency in order to safely execute required missions. Yet Kodiak flight crews are arguably the least proficient in the USCG. Most units in the lower 48 states have several operational Small Boat Stations within their AOR to conduct practice hoist evolutions. Air Station Kodiak has no nearby stations and only 1 training boat available 7 or 8 months a year. Ref. (a) requires that all Flight Mechanics (FM) complete 1 boat hoist within the previous 90 days to
The Coast Guard must implement a program to capture valuable experience gained on board OPC at locations where it is most needed, directing a follow-on tour at a homeport for the Cutter class. Under this program Electronics Technicians rotating from an OPC will expect a follow on tour at a unit providing depot level support to OPC. For the first three years following delivery of Hull number one this unit will be the Maintenance Augmentation Team (MAT) at home port number one, Los Angeles, CA. After the initial three years the choices will expand to include Seattle, WA, followed by Pensacola, FL, Charleston, SC, Portsmouth, VA, and Boston, MA. Technicians need not be restricted to their current homeport; however, such a restriction would realize a cost savings to the PCS account. Opportunity for geo-stability provides an incentive for technicians to volunteer for OPC assignment, at no cost to the Government. There will be periodic cases where more technicians are rotating from an OPC than can be captured in open support billets. These cases will be addressed via triage, authorizing the Assignment Officer to issue orders for the excess personnel according to normal
Mr. Marek is assigned as the Information Technology Specialist for ESD New York supporting the largest operational field command on the East Coast, Sector New York. Demonstrating outstanding technical expertise and professionalism, he delivered superior Information Technology (IT) services for 1,495 customers in ESD’s area of responsibility consisting of 22 afloat and ashore units and eight Rescue 21 Remote Fixed Facilities. Mr. Marek fills a vital role contributing to Sector New York’s operational success responding on average to 360 search and rescue cases, 920 emergency distress calls, and saves approximately $5 million in commercial and personal property.
Since the very beginning it was first established, the Coast Guard was never seen as important to the people for about 200 years. Why is it that they’ve never had notice? How come they do all the dirty work in the ocean and no one seems to care? Well the Coast Guard is the reason why the United States has been protected, so that we can go to bed at night knowing that nothing’s going to happen to us. There are many reasons to why the Coast Guard is so important to society. The U.S. Coast is a huge part of our military and follows certain goals on the ocean to protect us from harm. There are also individuals who are aware of the situations that the Coast Guards are going through and by helping they get involved with some of the minor
Past incidents have happened, like wreckages and oil spills that prompted the Coast Guard to
The notion of managing the movement of ships through a shore-side radar station is ordinarily acknowledged to have originated in the port of Liverpool in 1949. In 1956, the Netherlands built a radar station procedure for the surveillance of port traffic at the Rotterdam. As VTS developed and spread in Western Europe, the business well being of the port was the stimulus for new or extended administration (Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2012). This posed a sharp contrast with the U.S. experience where the first Federal (Coast Guard) VTS was an outgrowth of a 1968 examination and improvement venture in San Francisco Bay called Harbor Advisory Radar. It was participation and advisory activity in the framework was voluntary. Because it was voluntary, few vessels offered to give free support to VTS administration (Freestone & IJlstra, 2010).
3. Pulling facilities at shore TCS and getting position of any desired ships in vicinity; and
The vessel traffic services (VTS) that help keep the seas safe and orderly is an interesting grouping of ideas, procedures and equipment. The purpose of this essay is to describe the VTS and how it incorporates its fundamental concepts within its actions. The essay will first describe the technical equipment that is usually associated with VTS. Next, this writing will discuss the specific services that VTS uses in its methods and principles. The following section will discuss the training and qualifications that are mandated with most VTS systems. Finally a case study of an accident associated with VTS will be discussed to highlight the importance of this base of knowledge and its practical applicability to real world situations.