Skip to comments.
US Coast Guard New Rules to Fight Terrorism Announced
US Coast Guard Press Release ^
| May 28, 2002
| US Coast Guard Vice Adm. James D. Hull
Posted on 05/29/2002 1:26:07 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
PORTSMOUTH, Va. This years boating season will be markedly different than summers past, Coast Guard officials are warning recreational boaters this week.
New rules and regulations have been put in place by the Coast Guard nationwide since Sept. 11, all in an effort to help ensure the safety and security of ports, waterways, maritime facilities and U.S. Naval ships.
On June 15, a temporary Coast Guard regulation to protect U.S. Navy ships, that was put into effect Sept. 14, as a result of the attacks, will become permanent, creating a standing safety perimeter around all large U.S. Navy ships anchored, moored or operating in U.S. waters.
These Naval Vessel Protection Zones (NVPZ) help protect our Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen and Marines fighting the war on terrorism by effectively creating a no-float zone around U.S. Navy ships, said Vice Adm. James D. Hull, Atlantic Area Commander. Nothing the Coast Guard does now in the war on terrorism is more important than protecting our Navy ships and safeguarding our ports.
The new Naval Vessel Protection Zone, along with dozens of security zones placed around power plants, marine facilities, cruise ships and hazardous cargo vessels across the nation, are designed to reduce vulnerabilities and increase security as part of the Coast Guards largest port security operation since WWII.
Todays announcement comes at the conclusion of National Safe Boating Week, an annual national campaign aimed at reducing the numbers of boating fatalities each year. Nationwide in 2000, there were 7,740 accidents resulting in 701 fatalities, 4,355 injuries and nearly 35 million dollars in damage, according to the Coast Guards Boating Statistics 2000, the 42nd annual report.
Being safe on the water this summer takes on a whole new meaning, Hull said. Being safe on the water this summer means complying with new security zone restrictions, reporting suspicious activity on the water and taking care not to become a search and rescue case, which may draw us away from our homeland security duties.
Violating a Naval Vessel Protection Zone is punishable as a class D felony, which can result in a prison term of up to six years and a $250,000 fine.
DETAILS EXCERPTED FROM THE PERMANENT REGULATION
- A U.S. naval vessel is any vessel owned, operated, chartered, or leased by the U.S. Navy; any pre-commissioned vessel under construction for the U.S. Navy, once launched into the water; and any vessel under the operational control of the U.S. Navy or a Combatant Command. As a result, the establishment and enforcement of NVPZs is a function directly involved in and necessary to military operations and the safety and security of naval commanders and personnel.
- All vessels within 500 yards of any large U.S. naval vessel (greater than 100 feet) must operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course and proceed as directed by the Navy or Coast Guard patrol enforcing the zone.
- Vessels are not allowed within 100 yards of a large U.S. naval vessel, unless authorized by the Coast Guard or Navy official enforcing the zone.
- Vessels requesting to pass within 100 yards of a large U.S. naval vessel must first contact the official patrol on VHF-FM channel 16 to obtain permission.
- Under some circumstances, the official patrol may permit vessels that can only operate safely in a navigable channel to pass within 100 yards of a U.S. naval vessel in order to ensure a safe passage in accordance with the Navigation Rules
To further assist the public, the Coast Guard established a Maritime Safety Line, 1-800-682-1796, which is now available to provide both commercial and recreational mariners with the latest, up-to-date information on local waterways and ports openings, closures and restrictions along the eastern seaboard, Great Lakes, and Gulf of Mexico. This information is also available online at: http://www.uscg.mil/safeports/
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: terrorism; uscoastguard
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-99 next last
To: Carry_Okie
Can you provide proof that any branch of the military charges citizens for it's services?
For example if an Army base helps an area during a flood, what do they charge?
What did the US Air Force planes flying over US cities after 9/11 charge each citizen in that city?
To: Carry_Okie
Maybe you'd care to set a figure on what a saved life should be charged.
Since Sept. 11, Coast Guard units have:
Conducted over 35,000 port security patrols.
Conducted over 3,500 air patrols.
Boarded over 10,000 vessels.
Conducted over 2,000 boardings of "high interest vessels"
Escorted 6,000 vessels in/out of port.
Conducted over 7,000 Search and Rescue Cases
Assisted over 10,000 mariners
Saved 731 lives.
Interdicted 1529 illegal migrants
Responded to 115 pollution cases
Sea Marshals have escorted over 2,000 vessels
Maintained over 124 Security Zones
Seized 70,560 lbs of cocaine
Seized 19,534 lbs of marijuana
Approx. 124 Security Zones in effect
Approx. 2900 Reservists recalled to active duty
Comment #63 Removed by Moderator
To: Carry_Okie
Alameda and Mare Island are both shut down. Great bases but the lefty nuts in the bay area did not want them there any longer. San Diego is a very narrow channel with alot of navy traffic.
64
posted on
05/29/2002 8:42:13 PM PDT
by
willyone
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub;Carry_Okie
TThe U.S. Army at Ft. Huachuca has provided over a million gallons of water, virtually guaranteeing a lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, to the U.S. Forest Service to fight fires in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, AZ. 10 heavy slurry bombers are making hourly sorties from Libby Army Air Field on Ft. Huachuca to attack the fire, which is threatening homes and businesses on the top of Mt. Lemmon. The USFS has not been charged a dime for the water or for the use of the 10,000' runway at Libby.
Source: Sierra Vista Herald, www.svherald.com, article published 5/29/02.
65
posted on
05/29/2002 8:42:27 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
To: Semper911;Carry_Okie
I think I gave Carry_Okie to many actual facts to digest.
Either that or he's trying to find proof that the US military actually charges it's own citizens for services rendered.
I'm not sure that he actually understands the Coast Guard is one of the 5 branches of the military.
If he does, well then that would just make him another anti-military wacko.
Most of his remarks were "aimed" right at the Coast Guard itself, not Wash DC.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
How many generals were fired or resigned for failing to stop 911?
How many intelligence officers handed in their resignations?
If a container brings in a bomb or enemy agents, will the Coast Guard Commandant or Norm Mineta hand in their resignations for misallocating resources?
Do you think the Department of Transportation is providing airport security?
How about that decision to prevent pilots from being armed?
Unaccountable. It's the uncomfortable truth.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
You have no clue what I wrote. I am talking about economic price suppression. The reason there is no private ocean rescue service is that nobody goes into competition with a government monopoly that can afford to give its product away for free.
To: Carry_Okie
Stay on topic.
Now show me what other branch of the military charges citizens for rescue work.
You make wild statements about the Coast Guard.
How they are ineffective, how they harrass boaters.
How they don't charge what they should.
Scream all you want about Wash DC but knock off your attacks against the Coast Guard itself.
BTW What's your answer to a branch of the military that only has 35,000 total?
Even if you had them all together on one day, how would they all be able to inspect ever ship container
AND do everything else they are required by law?
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
I wrote:
"You don't charge what the service is worth" I said that they DON'T charge.
You said:Since when does the military charge citizens for it's services?
Plain fifth-grade English, and you don't get it. Pathetic.
To: Carry_Okie
"a government monopoly that can afford to give its product away for free."
The military is a government monopoly now?
mmmm Well in a way you are right.
So what other "government monoplies" (i.e. branches of the military)
charge for rescue services and impede American business?
To: Carry_Okie
"Plain fifth-grade English, and you don't get it. Pathetic."
Your lack of respect for the military is what is pathetic.
You attacked the Coast Guard itself and showed no respect for the active duty Coast Guard FReepers and lurkers.
I am NOT one of them, I just assist them.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Only a very small fraction of incoming containers are inspected. If FR hadn't locked the old threads and made them opaque to Google I would have that data. If you don't know that understand the threat, you haven't had your eyes open. I am saying that our resources are misallocated because Mineta and crew are not accountable and that this policy will do little to provide for the common defense. Do you argue that?
To: Carry_Okie
"If you don't know that understand the threat, you haven't had your eyes open."
Why do you think I volunteer my time to help?
I know that 35,000 TOTAL US Coast Guard cannot do everything they are required by Congress.
They also are under direct command of the Commander-in-Chief since they are one of the 5 branches of the military.
No, my eyes are wide open, are yours?
Or will you just complain instead of helping in the real world?
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Your lack of respect for the military is what is pathetic. Should I respect a multi-trillion-dollar military that could allow a highjacked plane to crash into the Pentagon with over an hour's notice? Then no one loses their job. That lack of accountability is what is pathetic. At least Arthur Anderson is going through hell for losing ONE tenth of what the US government loses every year.
You attacked the Coast Guard itself and showed no respect for the active duty Coast Guard FReepers and lurkers.
That's just paranoid nonsense. Go back and read what I wrote and see if you can find such an attack. I have consistently argued that the porosity of our maritime borders is due to a lack of accountability at the top. I said that I disagreed with a policy to use the USGS for protecting Naval ships, indicating that there searching container vessels is a higher priority. You and Semper911 argued that I should accept continued unconstitutional rulemaking without a declared war because the USGS does wonderful search and rescue operations. I repsonded that a number of services that the Coast Guard offers are superfluous compared to their first responsibility to this nation and could be esaily handled by private industry if they got out of it.
How is that attacking the Coast Guard?
To: Carry_Okie
"That's just paranoid nonsense. Go back and read what I wrote and see if you can find such an attack."
From your post 13
"I think we have higher priorities for the Coast Guard than to harass American boaters"
From your post 28
" But I have also seen them playing eco-cop without any knowledge of what they were doing, I know people who saw them getting their jollies boarding boats with nude babe sunbathers, I nearly got my boat bashed when they were conducting a "safety check" in choppy water just because they wanted to gawk at the antique yacht, and know that they tried to board a Federally documented vessel illegally (all 20 years ago)."
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Why do you think I volunteer my time to help? I think it is in the finest traditions of patriotism.
I know that 35,000 TOTAL US Coast Guard cannot do everything they are required by Congress.
I agree. So they should reallocate their resources. How about cutting back on S&R (since aquaculture and NMFS have killed the fishing industry) and concentrating on containers?
They also are under direct command of the Commander-in-Chief since they are one of the 5 branches of the military.
Every department in the Executive Branch is under the command of the President. The DOT is not part of the military at which time it has been historically transferred to the Navy (see your own history (I had already been there)). We do not have a declared war. I said that too. Write your congressman and ask that war be declared and then the Coast Guard will be part of the Navy and the Navy can then allocate the resources. I want accountability and Mineta won't proivide that (see airports).
Or will you just complain instead of helping in the real world?
Now that is really unfair if you know anything about me. I gave up a career and $300,000 in income to help do something about regulatory tyranny in this country. That is what I saw in these regulations and I argue that it is not in the best interest of what remains of the republic.
There is a reason for the separation of powers, you know that. It is because combining the three powers, legislative, executive, and judicial into one branch of government is structurally destructive to individual liberty and justice under the rule of law. We see it in the various environmental and land management agencies all the time and I am certain that you would agree that the results have been nothing short of a horror to this nation's farmers, foresters, miners, and ranchers and threatens our both our resource independence and startegic military capability. Note how these very factors created the underlying conditions we face and threaten us more than losing a few ships.
So, Semper911 sees nothing wrong with that structure because it's the Coast Guard, and I call it a structural problem no matter what agency it is. We disagree. I provided examples of how the Coasties are human and he didn't like it and you call it disrespectful. I would argue that it was he who doesn't respect the Constitution. If you don't like that, too bad.
To: Carry_Okie
"unconstitutional rulemaking"
How is the Commander-in-Chief's use of a military branch unconstitutional?
To: Carry_Okie
Please educate yourself on the military chain of command.
The Coast Guard in both peace time and war time is ALWAYS under command of the Commander-in-Chief.
The Coast Guard is ALWAYS subject to the USCMJ, at peace, at war.
To: Carry_Okie
"Should I respect a multi-trillion-dollar military that could allow a highjacked plane to crash into the Pentagon with over an hour's notice?"
Now you just showed your true hate for the military.
You just literally spit on the graves of every service man and woman who died on 9/11 and since then.
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-99 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson