The Commandant issued his State of the Coast Guard address today. You can access it here. I had trouble with the video, but the text is also there (Remarks from ADM Robert Papp (14 pages – 178.93KB)). It is a good speech, as you might expect. He spoke from Alameda, recognizing the increasing importance of the Pacific and the Arctic that together constitutes approximately 84% of the US EEZ.

It is worth the read. There weren’t too many operational specifics but there was reference one specific planned future operation, seasonal deployment of the Bertholf and buoy tenders to the Arctic.

The same page has a pdf download for what the Commandant likened to standing order, Coast Guard Publication 3-0 (Pub 3), Operations (56 pages – 5.55 MB).