Coast Guard to Congress: Don't Move Us to Pentagon

They should Not fall Under DOD...

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel hope they don't have to move.

I think it would be a great idea to move them to DoD, and get rid of DHS. We have had to pay significantly more on major procurement for new cutters because we don't have the same exemptions DoD has with long term funding for new items, we can't use certain laser enhanced imaging due to not having the FDA exemptions for missions other than defence that the DoD has, and we would be included funds for member pays and allowances that the CG is required to provide, even though the funding all goes to DoD.

People keep bringing up Posse Comitatus, but that would have to effect the CG. The law was only applied to the Army, and later the Air Force when they broke off. The DoD applies it to the Navy and Marine Corp as an internal directive; not law. They also bring up the chance of getting lost in the vast DoD. The CG is about the same size as the Special Ops community, and they certainly don't get lost. I believe this is an unfounded fear. Another concern is certain international operations where the CG is better suited to calm certain foreign anxieties. The CG would still be the same service. The reason our cutters are better suited for this is because of our missions; not the administrative department we fall under. Cutters are already considered warships under international law.