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House Officials Concerned About Manpower Shortages Hampering Coast Guard Operations

House Officials Concerned About Manpower Shortages Hampering Coast Guard Operations
An Ocean Aero Triton unmanned surface vessel operates alongside the U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC-1145) in the Arabian Gulf on Nov. 29, 2022 during Digital Horizon 2022. (Photo: U.S. Army by Sgt. Brandon Murphy)

The Coast Guard’s ability to fully carry out its missions are being hurt by new manpower shortages coupled with long-standing resource constraints, Republican and Democrat lawmakers said last week. In fiscal year 2022, the Coast Guard was able to interdict 5.4 percent known maritime drug flow, about half of the annual 10 percent target, Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said Nov. 14. “While this shortfall is partially due to better intelligence giving…

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