Some information here on the efforts of the Japanese Coast Guard following the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March.
US Navy photo, 110312-N-0000X-003
Chuck Hill's CG Blog
Some information here on the efforts of the Japanese Coast Guard following the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March.
US Navy photo, 110312-N-0000X-003
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
They lost me at this sentence “The Coast Guard have not received the same attention as the SDF”.
They don’t explain who or what the SDF is?
It just pops up twice in the first paragraph without explanation.
Sorry, JSDF or SDF is “Japanese Self Defense Force” or “Self Defense Force.” The armed forces were designated the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), and the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF).
The JSDF is not well respected in Japan and has been getting a lot of positive publicity for their disaster recovery efforts.
Self Defense Force — their unified military. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces
Chuck, thanks for the link – and Phil, sorry again that SDF was not expanded upon in the introduction, Chuck’s description is on the nose 🙂