Michael Sinclair

Susan Rice, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's appointee to be director of his Domestic Policy Council, speaks after Biden announced her appointment among another round of nominees and appointees for his administration during a news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Under Susan Rice, will there be increased overlap between the Domestic Policy Council and the National Security Council?

Michael Sinclair

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Florida, United States.- On Sunday, December 13, at 12:30 pm EST, Falcon 9 launched the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) SXM-7 mission at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, SpaceX's 25th mission in 2020. The satellite, weighing about seven tons, belongs to the US radio station Sirius-XM, which broadcasts music and entertainment programs.

What you may have missed in the new National Space Policy

Michael Sinclair

Monday, December 14, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden arrives to announce his national security nominees and appointees at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Under Biden, the United States should be there for its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere

Michael Sinclair

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

*VIDEO AVAILABLE: info@covermg.com*THIS PICTURE SHOWS: In one of the busts of the boat's recent tour, the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) boarding team searches a suspected smuggling vessel interdicted in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, May 31, 2020. The team seized more than 1,500 pounds of cocaine from the suspected smuggling vessel.....STORY COPY:This is the incredible moment the U.S. Coast Guard took out a drug smuggling boat’s engine with a bullet. Footage shows warning shots strafing across the water in front of the fast-moving boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, before a marksman disabled the vessel’s engine. It is thought that the warning shots from the helicopter would have been fired with a mounted M240 machine gun, while the disabling round would have come from a precision rifle. The scenes are among highlights of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton patrol boat as it returned to Coast Guard Island on 29 June after a 94-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. During the tour, The crew detected and interdicted five suspected drug smuggling vessels, detained 14 suspected drug smugglers and seized over 6,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $113 million. The Stratton's advanced capabilities include a small unmanned aircraft system, an attached Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron MH-65 helicopter and aircrew, and an embarked Law Enforcement Detachment from the Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team. On June 27, Stratton's crew offloaded 3,720 pounds of marijuana seized in known drug-transit zones in early June by Coast Guard and U.S. Navy assets. The contraband and five suspected drug smugglers were transferred to the Department of Justice officials in San Diego for prosecution. Stratton's deployment began in late March as part of U.S. Southern Command's enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to disrupt the flow of drugs in support of Presidential National Security

The Coast Guard and Marines should work together to enhance deterrence in the Western Pacific

Michael Sinclair and Rodrick H. McHaty

Thursday, November 12, 2020

An aerial view shows Itu Aba, which the Taiwanese call Taiping, in the South China Sea, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Hamacher

Stuck in the middle with you: Resourcing the Coast Guard for global competition

Michael Sinclair and Lindsey W. Ford

Friday, October 16, 2020

The U.S Coast Guard Cutter Diligence (WMEC-616) arrives at its new homeport at Naval Air Station Pensacola on a stormy day Monday, July 27, 2020. The 210-foot Reliance-class cutter joins the cutters Decisive and the Dauntless currently calling Pensacola home.Uscg Homeport Diligence

The future of the U.S. Coast Guard is in outer space

Michael Sinclair

Thursday, October 15, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. - MAY 15: Gen. Jay Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, points to the newly designed rank insignia of CMSgt Roger Towberman, the senior most enlisted in the US Space Force, while President Donald Trump signs the 2020 Armed Forces Day Proclamation and presentation of the official flag of the United States Space Force at the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 2020.No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Is Space Force meant to “look down” or “look out”? Titles will tell

Michael Sinclair

Wednesday, September 16, 2020