Military Officer - June 2008 - (Page 58) Do you have that bench strength of engineers and naval architects today? That’s what we have been building over the last year. A new acquisition organization is what I proposed to Chertoff in fall 2005 when I was interviewed. I didn’t need the [Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General or the GAO] to tell me that. But I had been removed from day-to-day contact with Deepwater when I was sent down to Katrina response in the summer of 2005. Can you explain the Island Class cutter problem? The first question you could raise is, ‘Why take patrol boats that have been operating for 20-some years and try to extend their service life?’ The original premise for Deepwater was that we would receive $500 million a year [to Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance] suite on to upgrade capabilities to near that of a larger cutter. But it became clear right away we had hull problems. Each one was different, because all had been operated in different environments and were subject to different stresses. They all failed in some way, [but] they didn’t fail in the same way, making it more difficult to [obtain] accountability. Allen reviews a plan for Hurricane Katrina refugees during a September 2005 assignment. Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco is at left. Allen testifies on Capitol Hill. recapitalize], and we had to figure out how to phase construction with that. That is not a great amount? No. Closer to $1 billion is where we’re at now. So we had to build some things new and some were going to have to wait. We attacked high- and medium-endurance cutters first. Patrol boats, we said, will get a servicelife extension. Then, in 10 or 15 years, we would replace them. Part of the ICGS proposal was to extend 110-foot patrol boats to 123 feet, put in a stern launch ramp, and, most importantly, put a C4ISR [Command, Control, Communications, 58 MILITARY OFFICER JUNE 2008 This HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter is being converted to an MH-60T — part of a comprehensive aviation upgrade. PHOTOS: CLOCKWISE FROM TOP, JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY; COURTESY USCG; COURTESY USCG
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