2012 is one of those years in which politics will supersede all other things. The presidential and various congressional primaries, …

Homeland security begins far from home. For the U.S. Coast Guard, ensuring secure port operations and vessel movements in the …

The history of the U.S. Coast Guard is a two-century chronicle of people figuring out how to protect the nation’s …

Understanding the maritime obstacles facing Alaska is a challenge. Its population is widely dispersed along more than 44,000 miles of …

Mosaic theory doesn’t ask government to prove very much to keep information secret, Charles Davis observes. Rather he says, “It …

To think of the Great Lakes as merely “lakes” belies their size and complexity as well as the threats and …

If you’re measuring in terms of the amount of water the U.S. Coast Guard has to protect and patrol, the …

This past October I had an opportunity to sit down with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate for a one-on-one interview reflecting …

The Coast Guard is the lead agency for maritime homeland security, a federal regulator, one of the five Armed Services, …

Although the term “biometrics” did not come into common use by law enforcement until the late 20th century A.D., Babylonian …