Coast Guard SOF

• Main Author: Bowen, Gary R.
• Other Authors: COAST GUARD WASHINGTON DC
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Military Forces and Organizations; Civil Defense; Unconventional Warfare; *COUNTERTERRORISM; *SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES; *HOMELAND SECURITY; *COUNTERINSURGENCY; *MISSIONS; *COAST GUARD; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SHIPPING; WATERWAYS; PORTS(FACILITIES); CRIMES; VIETNAM WAR; CIVIL AFFAIRS; MERCHANT VESSELS; OCEANS; PROTECTION; HISTORY; THREATS; TEAMS(PERSONNEL); *COAST GUARD SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE; *MARITIME SECURITY; CRIMINALS; USSOCOM(US SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND); PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES; GREENLAND PATROL; FID(FOREIGN INTERNAL DEFENSE); Fid; Greenland
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA495525; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA495525

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 Coast Guard SOF units, at...