摘要: |
American merchant ships and mariners trace their origins to the very inception of the United States, having played major roles in transforming a fledgling nation into a global power. As America has fought her wars, strategic sealift has been crucial in moving equipment and supplies to the foreign shores where Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines have fought and continue to fight the Nation's battles. This paper examines the Nation's predisposed and historic assumption of a link between U.S. National Security and maintaining a U.S. flag merchant marine fleet in today's globalized shipping environment, where lower cost foreign flag registries of convenience dominate the industry and which policy tools are best suited to meet our commercially owned strategic sealift requirements. |