Mission Support Organization News

Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, spoke with MarineNews about the merchant mariner credentialing process, TWIC, the new Centers of Expertise and the modernization of the Coast Guard's internal organization. Visit the Commandant's blog at www.uscg.mil/comdt/blog for more of his perspectives on the workings of the Coast Guard. What's the Coast Guard doing to simplify the merchant mariner credentialing process? Merchant mariner credentialing has been the subject of a lot of concern and reforms going back 10 or 15 years, to when I was a field commander.

In his State of the Coast Guard speech, Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, US Coast Guard, laid out his vision for how the service would approach the challenges ahead. He noted that it faces a dramatically changed operational environment. In order to be responsive, he plans to establish a unified Operations Command and a single Mission Support Organization. Admiral Allen also released a new Coast Guard Strategy, which has three primary goals: strengthen maritime regimes; increase domain awareness; and enhance operational capabilities. Source: HK Law