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The U.S. Coast Guard has been “doing more with less” for so long that the phrase has become an informal service motto. By law, it must perform 11 missions—with the smallest budget of any armed service and a current end strength of fewer than 45,000 active-duty personnel.1 Even for a “can do” service, this is too heavy a workload.
Commander Johnson is a Coast Guard maritime law enforcement specialist who recently taught government and public policy courses at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. His past operational assignments supported maritime law enforcement and antiterrorism operations in U.S. ports. He is a four-time member of the U.S. military basketball team, and a Council on Foreign Relations term member.
Commander Frieden is a security assistance officer responsible for managing foreign military sales/financing, excess defense articles, building partner capacity efforts, international military education, and global peace initiatives for 13 allied partner nations. He ensures coordination, integration, and interoperability of operations and information capabilities of partner nations, the joint force, and U.S. interagency.
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