U.S. Coast Guard helping to midwife Chinese Coast Guard
November 19, 2009 by John Allen · Leave a Comment
I was shocked. I was looking through the Jamestown Foundation’s weekly briefing on Eurasian security issues, and there she was, my old ship, the Coast Guard Cutter RUSH (WHEC 723) moored up in Shanghai China!
I have not laid eyes on her since I left her at the end of my three year tour of duty in RUSH as chief yeoman in July 1987.
The article, Chinese Coast Guard Development: Challenge and Opportunity ,is here for your perusal. It seems that the U.S. Coast Guard is working with the fledgeling Chinese Coast Guard on building it into an effective force.
I will simply keep my mouth shut relative to that last sentence above. You would need to have served in the U.S. Coast Guard to understand the irony of that statement. Wow!
CWO3 Tom Barnes, USCG (Ret.)
