Defense One reports under a proposed government reorganization, our frequent partner, the Army Corps of Engineers, may have their domestic roles reassigned to other departments.
“…the Corps’ commercial navigation functions would move to [the Department of Transportation], whose mission already includes Federal responsibility for all other modes of transportation. All other activities, including flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, hydropower, regulatory, and other activities, would move to [the Department of the Interior].”
This is a major rethink of the Federal bureaucracy. No mention of moving the Coast Guard again, but once these things start, you can never be sure where they will end. Will they want to put our AtoN mission under DOT?
And “WHO” exactly is suppose to be Funding the DOT for Infrastructure Management and Repair…
The proposal’s appendix also includes a section about reducing the overlap between the Coast Guard and CBP AMO, talking about consolidating facilities, improving coordination, and pursuing joint acquisition programs.
Several years back there was a proposal to transfer larger U S Army C of E vessels to the Navy (as civilian manned USNS ships). Who knows what may happen now (vessels could go to USCG).
History: MSTS now MSC got a large number of USATS nee Army transport service ships when the fleets were merged in 1950. So the former USAV HSV and TSV projects were merged into the JHSV which then became the USNS Spearhead class of T-EPF