The Fighting Coast Guard
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The Fighting Coast Guard
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Author : Mark A. Snell
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2022-12-09
The Fighting Coast Guard written by Mark A. Snell and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-09 with History categories.
This collection of essays, written by some of the foremost historians in the field of Coast Guard history, highlights the wartime roles played by the United States’ oldest federal maritime service, from its inception through the last decade of the twentieth century. The Fighting Coast Guard features three distinct sections: “Beginnings,” which includes a short overview of the US Revenue Cutter Service (the USCG’s primary forerunner, established in 1790) and two chapters on World War I; “Conflagration,” the role of the USCG during the World War II era; and “The Cold War and Beyond,” an assessment of the Coast Guard’s participation in the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The Fighting Coast Guard is a significant contribution to the limited historiography of the Coast Guard and a critical analysis of various wartime roles undertaken by the Coast Guard during America’s twentieth-century conflicts. Because the Coast Guard operated as part of the Department of the Navy during the two world wars, its service and history is often overlooked or envoloped by the larger service, while the USCG’s limited participation in cold and hot wars since 1945 is often ignored altogether. This anthology provides readers with a solid overview while highlighting some of the service’s most important contributions as a combatant force. This definitive study of the role of the US Coast Guard in wartime, from its modern inception in 1915 through the end of the twentieth century, is long overdue and will shed new light on America’s smallest military service.
Red Crew
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Author : Jim Howe
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2020-08
Red Crew written by Jim Howe and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08 with History categories.
"In the early 1980s, South Florida and the Caribbean were awash in illicit drugs, with hundreds of smuggling organizations bringing huge loads of marijuana, and later cocaine, into the United States. To fight this epidemic, the Reagan administration led a massive effort to disrupt shore-side gangs while bolstering interdiction activity at sea. 'Red Crew' is a firsthand account of U.S. Coast Guard anti-smuggling operations during the early years of the nation's maritime war on drugs. Author Jim Howe describes his experience as the executive officer of a specialized drug-hunting crew that sailed in the then state-of-the-art 'surface effect ships, ' a small flotilla of high-speed vessels pressed into the drug war on short notice"--Page 4 of cover
Not Your Father S Coast Guard
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Author : Matthew Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2009
Not Your Father S Coast Guard written by Matthew Mitchell and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Drug control categories.
While the Coast Guard's many battles at sea in the War on Drugs are widely known, its participation in the ground offensive is not. Indeed, the Guard didn't just send its cutters to interdict narcotics-laden vessels attempting to bring their illicit cargo into Uncle Sam's territorial waters, it sent ground troops to foreign lands to train their forces and, when necessary, directly engage the enemy. But to create the type of force needed was no small task and would not be without tribulation, both from within and outside the organization. The road traveled to complete the mission was laden with obstacles. This is not a story about the Coast Guard you know, or think you know. Rather, this is a story about the other side, the side that history nearly forgot; not the standard, but the antithesis of standard. It is a story that will undoubtedly make even the most seasoned Coast Guardsmen question their understanding of the organization to which they belong. To be sure, "This is not your father's Coast Guard."
The United States Coast Guard In World War Ii
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Author : Thomas P. Ostrom
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2009-08-11
The United States Coast Guard In World War Ii written by Thomas P. Ostrom and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-11 with History categories.
At home and overseas, the United States Coast Guard served a variety of vital functions in World War II, providing service that has been too little recognized in histories of the war. Teaming up with other international forces, the Coast Guard provided crewmembers for Navy and Army vessels as well as its own, carried troops, food, and military supplies overseas, and landed Marine and Army units on distant and dangerous shores. This thorough history details those and other important missions, which included combat engagement with submarines and kamikaze planes, and typhoons. On the home front, port security missions involving search and rescue, fire fighting, explosives, espionage and sabotage presented their own unique dangers and challenges.
U S Coast Guard
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Author : Jason Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Rourke Publishing (FL)
Release Date : 2004
U S Coast Guard written by Jason Cooper and has been published by Rourke Publishing (FL) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Discusses the history, purpose, training, lifestyle, jobs, weapons and equipment of the U.S. Coast Guard.
A Coast Guardsman S History Of The U S Coast Guard
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Author : C D Kroll
language : en
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2010-10-15
A Coast Guardsman S History Of The U S Coast Guard written by C D Kroll and has been published by Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-15 with History categories.
More a book about Coast Guard heritage than an academic history, this book focuses on a variety of relatively unknown Guardsmen who personify the service’s core values. The author highlights contributions of a variety of individuals, from seamen to admirals on active duty, as well as reservists, auxiliarists, and civilian members of Team Coast Guard. These heroes, representing a great diversity in age, sex, race, and ethnicity, set an example worthy of emulation and serve as role models for today’s Coast Guard men and women.
United States Coast Guard
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Author : United States. Coast Guard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
United States Coast Guard written by United States. Coast Guard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with categories.
First Fleet
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Author : Reg Ingraham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
First Fleet written by Reg Ingraham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Coast Guard In Action
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Author : Erik Bergaust
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Coast Guard In Action written by Erik Bergaust and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with categories.
Describes the history, duties, and responsibilities of the Coast Guard.
Coast Guard Sof
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Author : Joint Special Operations University
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-05
Coast Guard Sof written by Joint Special Operations University and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-05 with categories.
This paper examines the Coast Guard's historic participation in special operations and posits a requirement for the Coast Guard to designate a special operations force today-Coast Guard SOF. Lieutenant Commander Bowen advances a timely argument for the formation of additional SOF units, Coast Guard (CG) SOF units, at a time when USSOCOM is under pressure to expand SOF capabilities. Bowen argues that the Coast Guard has considerable experience fighting terrorists, insurgents, and criminal networks, all of which have the cellular, compartmented structures that describe the current threats in the global war on terrorism. These are the same threats that US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) seeks to thwart by means of its global campaign plan to synchronize the counterterrorism efforts of the Department of Defense.