Coast Guard Must Play in Overseas War Plans
By Admiral Paul A. Yost Jr., USCG (Ret.)
A Department of Defense study contemplates removing the Coast Guard from combat roles overseas—such as this patrol off Iraq by the USCGC Baranof (WPB-1318). But why duplicate manifestly effective forces that have answered the nation's calls since 1790?
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Admiral Yost, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War and graduate of the Naval War College, served as Commandant of the Coast Guard from 1986 to 1990.
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