Capitalizing on US Coast Guard Authorities and Capabilities Across the Competition Continuum with the return of Great Power

Abstract

The 2018 United States (US) National Defense Strategy (NDS) explicitly emphasizes the importance of capitalizing on the US Interagency and the US Joint force to employ all dimensions of national power, thus gaining and maintaining competitive advantages over peer competition. The Department of Defense (DoD) can specifically benefit from capitalizing on its relationship with the United States Coast Guard (USCG). Notably, the USCG maintains unique authorities and capabilities, and is at all times both a branch of the armed forces (Title 10) and afederal law enforcement agency (Title 14). By effectively employing the USCG across the competition continuum, the US will reduce the risk of maritime miscalculation with the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), mitigate gray zone challenges, and fill capability gaps in the Pacific.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 2020
Accession Number
AD1107065

Entities

People

  • Adam A. Paul

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Coast Guard
  • Competition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deterrence
  • Foreign Relations
  • Gray Zone
  • Homeland Security
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.