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The Coast Guard should use moored, AUV-mounted, and towed arrays to monitor acoustics and enable mission success.
The Coast Guard should use moored, AUV-mounted, and towed arrays to monitor acoustics and enable mission success.
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The Coast Guard Needs to Listen—Acoustically

By Lieutenant (junior grade) Thomas V. Caero, U.S. Coast Guard
August 2020
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Nobody Asked Me, But . . .
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Alexander Hamilton founded the Revenue Cutter Service, which later became the U.S. Coast Guard, on the concept that well-planned and strategically deployed force packages would provide an outstanding return on investment. Hamilton envisioned that several strategically placed assets monitoring vessel traffic and enforcing tariff collection would provide funds for the growth of the fledgling nation. While the Coast Guard no longer collects tariffs, its cutters still serve a critical economic role by facilitating commerce, protecting mariners, and enforcing laws within the nation’s waters. However, as technology continues to advance, fully staffed vessels no longer are the most effective “sentinels of the laws.” Instead, fixed, passive acoustic monitoring using strategic underwater microphones and autonomous vessels must be used to make intelligence-driven decisions and effectively complete Coast Guard missions. 

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Lieutenant (junior grade) Thomas V. Caero, U.S. Coast Guard

Lieutenant Caero graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 2018. He is the executive officer of the USCGC Biscayne Bay (WTBG-104) and previously served for two years as deck watch officer on board the Polar Star (WAGB-10).

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