In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt deployed the Great White Fleet on a 14-month circumnavigation of the globe. The voyage signaled to the world a new era of 20th-century U.S. sea power. More than 100 years later, the United States needs to use its warships to support U.S. geographic combatant commands’ requirements. The Coast Guard can help provide the capacity to counter and combat traditional nation-state and non-traditional threats with partner nations.
What has changed, and how?
The 21st century presents two stark naval realities: Technological advantage between navies in the information age makes competitive gains shorter-lived and increasingly costly, and the pace of maritime globalization continues to accelerate from Africa to South and Central America, as well from Asia to North America, with increasing corruption. The U.S.
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