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  <h3 id="story-headline">Navy  League Urges Boost to Coast Guard Hurricane Supplemental Request </h3>
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<p>ARLINGTON, Va. â The Navy League of the United States is  urging Congress to increase the emergency hurricane supplemental request for  the U.S. Coast Guard. In a Nov. 27 letter to Senate and House Appropriations  Committee leaders, the Navy League expressed its disappointment in the $424.6  million supplemental request submitted  by President Donald J. Trump&rsquo;s administration, which is about  $574.4 million short of what the service says it needs. </p>
<p>&ldquo;This supplemental exacerbates the problem of an underfunded  Coast Guard, leaving them in a funding hole that will have a devastating impact  on the service, undercutting essential safety requirements and service levels  and potentially costing American lives in future storms, accidents and natural  disasters,&rdquo; the Navy League said in a Nov. 27 statement.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Based on Harvey,  Irma and Maria alone, we need nearly a billion dollars to rebuild damaged  infrastructure and restore eroded readiness,&rdquo; Coast Guard  Commandant Adm. Paul F. Zukunft told  the Senate Commerce,  Science and Transportation oceans, atmosphere,  fisheries, and coast guard subcommittee Nov. 16. </p>
<p>&ldquo;In particular, the Coast Guard incurred over $90  million in damages from Hurricane Matthew, yet supplemental relief was  diminished to $15 million, and we still have units operating out of makeshift  piers that have not been hardened to withstand any kind of significant weather.&rdquo; </p>
<p>Despite the damage to facilities,  and persistent concerns about the service&rsquo;s information technology  infrastructure and deferred maintenance, Zukunft said, the Coast Guard answered  the call during an unprecedent stretch over the summer when  four Category 4 hurricanes devastated parts of the U.S. coast along the Gulf of  Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, the  U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. </p>
<p>&ldquo;In a span of five weeks, Coast  Guard men and women rescued more than 11,300 people and 1,500 pets; they  resolved 1,269 discrepant aids to navigation, oversaw 290 pollution cases,  assessed more than 3,600 grounded vessels and restored America&rsquo;s ports and  waterways for maritime commerce and transportation,&rdquo; Zukunft testified.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Given the many  competing demands in our country today and the propensity to fix only what is  broken, I am concerned the Coast Guard will continue to be known solely for our  success&nbsp;â and not what we need to be made whole.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The Coast Guard  needs $1 billion in supplemental funding for operational expenses, direct  damage costs, and resiliency costs. Funding resiliency is crucial to ensure  the service is ready for the next storm, and protects its own safety, according  to the Navy League statement. It noted the supplemental request &ldquo;slaps a  band-aid&rdquo; on problems like aging housing instead of investing to ensure Coast  Guard housing in vulnerable areas can withstand future storms. </p>
<p>&ldquo;The remarkable men and women of our Coast Guard did an  outstanding job during these recent hurricane responses. Time and again they&rsquo;ve  responded to the calls for help. Not funding the costs they bore leaves them  unprepared for the next storm,&rdquo; Navy League National President Alan Kaplan said  in the statement. &ldquo;The men and women of our Coast Guard put their lives at  risk; and many ignored the damage inflicted to their own homes to help save  others. </p>
<p>&ldquo;This request, less than half of what the Coast Guard  requested, shows a shameful lack of gratitude and appreciation for the  sacrifice borne by these servicemen and women and their families â 700 of whom  are still displaced. I can only imagine the effect on morale, to know their  political leaders do not care about Coast Guard families. </p>
<p>&ldquo;The Navy League has mobilizing its 50,000 members to take  action and urge Congress to fund the Coast Guard&rsquo;s supplemental at the full $1  billion they need to fully recover from these four storms â and be ready to  save American lives in the next one,&rdquo; Kaplan said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve also sent letters to  the leadership of the appropriations committees. I hope they do the right  thing.&rdquo; </p>
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