John Nicholson English 101 Mr. Peagler
Since
Since being made
a part of President Bush’s Homeland Security Task Force, the Coast Guard now
has a revived mission to protect
A Revived
“On the morning of September11,
2001, less than 5 percent of the Coast Guard’s resources were assigned to port
and coastal security duties,” said Vice Adm. Terry Cross, Coast Guard Pacific
Area commander, in an interview with Popular Mechanics. “By the end of that grim week that number had
risen tenfold.” Cross
continued. The homeland security
mission is not new to the United States Coast Guard,
it is simply more visible since the attacks on the
New Funding
New Technology
New Techniques