The Renda, a Russian tanker, is bringing fuel to ice-jammed Nome Alaska, aided by our only icebreaker in the arctic. This is the price of the Tea Party. We have only the USCG Healy. The Polar Star has been drydocked since 2006 thanks to federal budget cuts.
A Week In The Pentagon – Chaos, Complexity and Hope
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Editor’s Note: This is the longest piece gCaptain has ever published.
13,000 words. It’s messy in places, uneven in tone, and intentionally
uncompressed—be...
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