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Foreign Policy
The world's extreme dependence on shipping—and the lack of a Plan B—makes ports an attractive target. "Ports and railyards have long been targets in warfare, but today an adversary no longer has to go for the hard kill and bomb them," said Mark Hagerott, a retired U.S. Navy officer who is now the chancellor of the North Dakota University System and who previously taught at the U.S. Naval Academy. "You can simply hack a port's IT system. And many ports are privately owned. How can a port operator stand up to a country?"
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FiveThirtyEight
As of 2015, lone wolves accounted for 6 percent of all terrorists in the U.S. — but they were responsible for 25 percent of all U.S. terrorist attacks. That's according to a report by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), the organization that manages the Global Terrorism Database. Historically, lone wolves have been able to avoid arrest for longer periods of time than terrorists who act in groups.
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NMLEA
An Interview with Tres Martin and Brad Schoenwald
As we all can attest, the advancement of boat designs and technologies have been impressive. But often, the 4 P's in Public Safety (People, Platforms, Processes and Performance, as discussed in our White Paper, Navigating the Changing Seascape of Maritime Public Safety aren't always keeping up. For the People part, we often find officers in positions with maritime operational expectations, without the proper training. On the Platform side of things, we don't always get the right designs or equipment to conduct the mission we really want that boat to do. Our Processes don't always keep up with the latest technologies, as our knowledge may be limited because due to the significant loss of institutional knowledge, as "Boomers" retire at an alarming rate (there's the People part again). So this, in turn, affects our Procurement Process, our Platform choices, our training processes, and most importantly, our Performance.
Tres Martin is one of the best known subject matter experts in performance boat operations, having won four National and four World Titles and inducted into the APBA Hall of Fame Champions. Tres has taught NAVY Seals, Naval Special Warfare Services, US Coast Guard, Mercury Marine and other boat manufactures, and over a thousand individuals on advanced, high-performance boat skills. Due to his knowledge and expertise, Tres is also a consultant for the marine industries and insurance companies as well as for legal litigation.
Brad Shoenwald retired from the U.S. Coast Guard after over 20 years of service and numerous positions of leadership as an Executive Officer, and as an Officer-in- Charge. In addition to his operational background, Brad has an extensive background in instructional Technologies and Human Performance Technologies. The depth of this training and education resulted in Special Recognition for Inspirational Leadership at the Chief Petty Officer Academy in New London Connecticut. Brad is also on staff at the USCG Cruise Ship National Center of Expertise, where cruise ship inspectors from around the world are trained on complex systems, crew proficiency and performance as well as all the regulations governing the Cruise Industry. Brad writes for a variety of boating magazines and is frequently requested to speak during boating safely and human performance technologies conferences.
Listen in as these gentlemen discuss some of the challenges in today's maritime operational environment, and how advanced training can impact an organization and its officers by clicking here and connecting to our podcasts. For more information on this training, you can contact the Academy by clicking here.
NMLEA
Listen to/watch as Dr. Charlie Scheer, professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, shares some very interesting information about the future of law enforcement, and data he has collected in collaboration with four other universities through an extensive survey of the next generation of guardians.
As iterated in our White Paper, "Navigating the Changing Seascape in Maritime Public Safety," the People part of the 4 P's (People, Platforms/Procurement, Processes, Performance) represent the biggest and most complex challenges for managers, supervisors, and leaders within the LEO community. Dr. Charles Scheer has collected some fascinating data on the future of law enforcement through the eyes of the next generation of officers, or potential officers. In cooperation with four other universities, listen in as Dr. Scheer shares some very early information and begins to outline how the recruiting, training and retention challenges can be overcome by paying attention to what his survey respondents are saying.
Every public safety leader should listen, as the information shared here can help shape the future of your organization!
Click on this link to listen to/watch the recorded webinar.
NMLEA
Lyston Lea, Principal Advisor to the Director, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office, presented the Interagency Maritime Domain Awareness Executive Steering Committee-sponsored inaugural National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy Award for MDA Excellence to the director of the Maritime Coordination Center at the Port of Long Beach during the 2018 Maritime Security Conference West in San Diego, California. The MDA ESC recognized the Port of Long Beach's MCC for its efforts in expanding its work in addressing cyber issues, criminal activity and maritime information sharing.
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NMLEA
A recent report from the United States Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center at West Point highlighted the use of unmanned aerial systems by the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham and discussed the potential employment of this technology by other terrorist organizations. While UAS have beneficial uses such as search and rescue and border security, they can also be used by individuals with nefarious intent, as was the case in a July 2018 incident in which an environmental activist group crashed a drone into a French nuclear power plant to illustrate its vulnerability. Similarly, a camera equipped drone could be a useful tool to conduct preoperational surveillance in preparation for a terror attack. Additional information on the security challenges posed by UAS can be found on the DHS website.
TradeWinds
It has not happened yet, but the experts warn that it is coming. The Big One — the worst-case cyber-attack on the shipping industry. The June 2017 NotPetya attack that cost AP Moller-Maersk at least $300m was a wake-up call, but the industry should prepare for a much more damaging incident, says Mark Sutcliffe, director of CSO Alliance, an online community of shipping company security officers.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
With a fleet of "go-fast" vessels and a support network stretching from Colombia to Mexico, the drug trafficking leader known as "Aquaman" coordinated the movement of more than 10,000 kilograms of cocaine along the Eastern Pacific seaboard, bound for the United States — and quite possibly, San Diego. The Guatemalan operation run by Luis Carlos Melgar Morales, 28, and his alleged boss, Willian Lemus Lara, represent a key shift in the cocaine trafficking routes, as Colombian cartels have forged relationships with neighboring criminal organizations to move their product north.
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By Bambi Majumdar
 The more we immerse ourselves in the virtual world, the more we demand cybersecurity and privacy assurances from tech companies. A recent meeting between several state law enforcement officials and Attorney General Jeff Sessions opened a new chapter of strict scrutiny. Both the Department of Justice and the states want to explore better ways to protect consumers and businesses from powerful technology companies. At the same time, they want laws that will give law enforcement access to essential data to solve crimes.
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The Hill
The U.S. Coast Guard, essential to homeland security, remains unfunded for next year. The Coast Guard and its reserve are managed and funded from two sections of federal law: Title 10, which governs the Department of Defense, under whose control Coast Guard units may operate in war; and Title 14, which governs the Department of Homeland Security. The 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill would be the primary source of Coast Guard funding.
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Foreign Policy
In the general discourse, people tend to use the label "terrorism" to demonize their opponents while avoiding it for groups that they see as sympathetic. As the terrorism analyst Brian Jenkins observed in 1981, "Terrorism is what the bad guys do." Expert and legal definitions, by contrast, tend to be more precise.
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Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific via DVIDS
The U.S. and Bangladesh Navy kicked off the 24th iteration of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Sailors and Marines across five ships including a guided missile frigate and patrol craft from the Bangladesh Navy, and a maritime patrol aircraft and dry cargo ship USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009) from the U.S. Navy, will conduct a series of cooperative evolutions ashore and at-sea.
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CNN
9/11 is one of the hinge events in American history. Understandably Americans therefore tend to filter the concept of "terrorism" though the lens of jihadist terrorism. The recent massacre at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh reminds us that political violence, partly enabled by the most permissive gun laws in the West, is a recurring plague in the United States.
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