![Overflight of swollen lower Mississippi [VIDEO]](https://gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Screen-shot-2011-05-19-at-1.59.03-PM.png)
Check out this video of a Coast Guard overflight of the lower Mississippi shot on May 18.
On a positive note, the disaster is driving some good PR for the U.S. inland waterways industry, an industry that often goes overlooked in main stream media.
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The US Coast Guard has confirmed plans to spend $323 million expanding and modernizing its Seattle icebreaker base, underscoring the service’s push to strengthen its Arctic presence as new heavy icebreakers enter the fleet later this decade.
The U.S. Coast Guard has released its first formal update on Force Design 2028, a sweeping reform effort aimed at reshaping the service into a more agile and combat-ready maritime force as it faces growing demands from border security to sanctions enforcement far from U.S. shores.
Finland's Rauma Marine Constructions has signed a deal to build two icebreaker ships for the U.S. Coast Guard with delivery in 2028, the company said in a statement, as President Donald Trump seeks to boost his country's national security in the Arctic.
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