In my rants earlier, i was bemoaning , what I saw as a lack of military readiness, in the present CG.
It's worst than I thought.
From a GAO Report dated 7 July of this year
"Regarding performance of its 11 statutory missions in fiscal year 2008, the
Coast Guard reported that it fully met goals for 5 missions, partially met goals
for 3 missions, and did not meet goals for 3 missions. One of the fully met
goals involved drug interdiction. Specifically, for cocaine being shipped to the
United States via non-commercial means, the Coast Guard reported achieving
a removal rate of about 34 percent compared to the goal of at least 28 percent.
Search and rescue was a mission with partially met goals. The Coast Guard
reported that it met one goal (saving at least 76 percent of people from
imminent danger in the maritime environment) but narrowly missed a related
goal (saving at least 87 percent of mariners in imminent danger) by achieving
a success rate of about 84 percent. For missions with unmet goals, the Coast
Guard reported falling substantially short of performance targets for only one
mission—defense readiness.
The Coast Guard reported meeting designated
combat readiness levels 56 percent of the time compared to the goal of 100
percent" 
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09810t.pdfI think I need to get **** faced.
Hawk
