Coast Guard Faces Backlog of Repairs, Grounded Planes, After Shutdown
Here’s a sobering story from The New York Times about how the government shutdown has affected the Coast Guard. It’s a story about grounded aircraft, postponed repairs and reduced missions. Read it here: WASHINGTON – The government shutdown that ended last month has taken a lasting hit on the Coast Guard, which has grounded aircraft, stopped ship repairs and will leave parts of an air station in Puerto Rico without emergency generators for the start of hurricane season because of a backlog that will take months to process. Internal documents obtained by The New York Times show that the Coast…