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Another Arctic mission completed, the Coast Guard’s icebreaker takes a bow
Cutter Healy is slated to return to its homeport in Seattle as this year’s three-month deployment ends.
By Michael S. Lockett, Juneau Empire
Senator: New icebreaker should spend more time in northern waters
Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan said Antarctic policy likely will shift the future icebreaker away from the Arctic missions it should be used for, the Alaska Journal of Commerce reported.
NAVSEA: Up to $1.9 billion deal for Coast Guard’s new icebreaker fleet
The Polar Security Cutters are designed to conduct search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, environmental response and national defense patrol missions in often frozen waters.
By Navy Times staff
Coast Guard’s last heavy icebreaker caught on fire during South Pole mission
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
By Carl Prine
The 19 things you need to watch in 2019
More money and more personnel but also new challenges from rising rivals in the Western Pacific, Europe and the Persian Gulf. More changes to your leadership at the Pentagon. And more innovations that promise to transform the ways your Navy recruits, trains and retains its sailors.
By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Mark D. Faram, Natalie Gross, Tara Copp, AP, Leo Shane III, Carl Prine and David Larter, Defense News