Coast Guard operating in “crisis” as DHS shutdown halts pay in May, cuts power, strains missions overseas
The US Coast Guard can’t pay its payments. The army department – now 75 days into the longest shutdown in US historical past – owes over $300 million in unpaid obligations. And with hundreds of utility payments overdue, totaling $5.2 million, responsibility stations and army housing worldwide are dealing with service shutdowns. “It seems like…