ABSTRACT
With the issuance of the joint Coast Guard/Navy National Fleet Policy Statement in September 1998 and its expansion in 2002 and 2006, the US Coast Guard and Navy have worked ever more closely to ensure that the nation’s fullspectrum capabilities for a new concept of maritime power can indeed be brought to bear. In this, however, there are significant strategy and policy, force structure and mix, research and development, acquisition, roles, missions, and tasks issues that must be addressed in the years ahead. Much remains to be done, but much hangs in the balance.
