05/01/2025
https://www.cnn.com...
"Dr. Miller and General Allen, how capable are current graduates of our training programs in Afghanistan?"
"The Coast Guard's program of record maintains that 8 national security cutters are the minimum required to replace the 12 aging high-endurance cutters."
"if anything, we probably need additional cutters, if we could afford them."
"I would point out for the record that the National Institute of Undersea Science Technology researchers were the first on the scene during the Gulf oil spill."