The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) heads south from Naval Station Mayport, Fla., to begin her maiden deployment.LCS Alternative Weekly -- New Wars
LCS versus NSC USCG Commandant Thad Allen says his new National Security Cutter is better suited for soft power operations with foreign navies than the Navy’s LCS. Here is Greg Grant at DoD Buzz:
Allen revealed a bit of the tension that exists between Navy and Coast Guard shipbuilding plans, saying the National Security Cutter is better suited to partnering with foreign navies than the Littoral Combat Ship. “[The National Security Cutter] can operate independently, it can steam 12,000 miles, operate for 60 to 90 days without replenishment, and is used to operating independent of a battle group, without the need of an oiler, which the LCS would need.”
True but what is our Coast Guard doing in foreign stations anyway?
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