More bang for the buck
Mike HvozdaThe CGC Hawser steams up the East River near lower Manhattan in New York City during a homeland security patrol March 7. Looking to maintain these patrols and the Coast Guard's many other missions, Adm. Thomas H. Collins, commandant of the Coast Guard, recently delivered the fiscal year 2006 budget request for an 11 percent increase over the 2005 funding level before Congress.
PHOTO BY PA1 MIKE HVOZDA, PADET NEW YORK
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