{"id":3752,"date":"2025-01-23T20:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T20:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2025-01-23T20:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T20:03:34","slug":"coast-guard-surges-assets-to-protect-u-s-maritime-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=3752","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard surges assets to protect U.S.  maritime borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Coast Guard surges assets to protect U.S.  maritime borders<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Coast Guard today announced immediate action on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/page\/4\/\">executive orders<\/a> issued by the White House Tuesday, surging assets to maritime borders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. Coast Guard is the world\u2019s premiere maritime law enforcement agency, vital to protecting America\u2019s maritime borders, territorial integrity and sovereignty,\u201d said Adm. Kevin Lunday, who was named the Coast Guard\u2019s acting commandant following former commandant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/uscg-commandant-linda-fagan-relieved-of-duties\/\">Adm. Lisa M. Fagan\u2019s being relieved of command.<\/a> \u201cPer the President\u2019s executive orders, I have directed my operational commanders to immediately surge assets\u2014cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces\u2014to increase Coast Guard presence and focus starting with the following key areas:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The southeast U.S. border approaching Florida to deter and prevent a maritime mass migration from Haiti and\/or Cuba;<\/li>\n<li>The maritime border around Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S. territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands;<\/li>\n<li>The maritime border between the Bahamas and south Florida;<\/li>\n<li>The southwest maritime border between the U.S. and Mexico in the Pacific;<\/li>\n<li>The maritime border between Texas and Mexico in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness\/\">Gulf of America;<\/a> and<\/li>\n<li>Support to Customs and Border Protection on maritime portions of the southwest U.S. border.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cTogether, in coordination with our Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense teammates, we will detect, deter and interdict illegal migration, drug smuggling and other terrorist or hostile activity before it reaches our border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/coast-guard-surges-assets-to-protect-u-s-maritime-borders\/\">Coast Guard surges assets to protect U.S.  maritime borders<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/\">Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Nick Blenkey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/coast-guard-surges-assets-to-protect-u-s-maritime-borders\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=coast-guard-surges-assets-to-protect-u-s-maritime-borders\">Go to marinelog<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coast Guard surges assets to protect U.S. maritime borders The Coast Guard today announced immediate action on executive orders issued by the White House Tuesday, surging assets to maritime borders. \u201cThe U.S. Coast Guard is the world\u2019s premiere maritime law enforcement agency, vital to protecting America\u2019s maritime borders, territorial integrity and sovereignty,\u201d said Adm. 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