Coast Guard SOF

by Gary R Bowen and Joint Special Operations University

This paper examines the Coast Guard's historic participation in special operations and posits a requirement for the Coast Guard to designate a special operations force today-Coast Guard SOF. Lieutenant Commander Bowen advances a timely argument for the formation of additional SOF units, Coast Guard (CG) SOF units, at a time when USSOCOM is under pressure to expand SOF capabilities. Bowen argues that the Coast Guard has considerable experience fighting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1078216576
• ISBN13: 9781078216579
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"