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USCG: Do as I Say; Not as I Do

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Irony: (noun) a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. But this is anything but funny.It has been

Irony: (noun) a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. But this is anything but funny.

It has been a busy news month for the nation’s fifth uniformed service; the United States Coast Guard. Of note, changes to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment (SASH) regulations for U.S.-flagged commercial vessels entered into force on December 23, 2024. Separately, and from inside the Beltway, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability released an interim staff memorandum providing an update on the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the United States Coast Guard (USCG) following allegations of pervasive sexual assault and misconduct.

Having just settled back into the Editor’s chair at MarineNews after almost five years of retirement, one of the things I marvel at is all the things that were supposed to have happened in the intervening 59 months, but did not. Similarly, issues which had been festering and addressed for as long as a decade before today, still haven’t been resolved. For example, that “can’t miss” offshore wind project that was going to light up Cleveland? Nope, it didn’t happen. At least, not

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