Like the Navy, the US Coast Guard has mission commitments that span the globe. Its newest cutter classes deliver greatly improved capability, which should translate to a commensurate leap in the Coast Guard's ability to fulfill overseas missions. ＿＿（41）＿＿ , unlike the Navy, the Coast Guard lacks the robust network of overseas bases and fleet of auxiliary ships to support forward-deployed forces. Cutters also tend to operate independently rather than in groups, and so often they must rely solely on ＿＿（42）＿＿ is on board when something goes wrong. For the Coast Guard to fulfill the increasing demand for presence around the world and fully realize the potential of its modernized fleet, the current expeditionary logistics model needs to evolve. Cutters must be better equipped to sustain themselves 43 , and they need more efficient means of in-theater logistics support to contend with the myriad challenges that otherwise will inhibit their operational readiness. From its modest start as "a few armed vessels judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports," the Coast Guard ＿＿（44）＿＿ a multilayered "trident of forces" with a global range of maritime security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance missions. From 2020 to the present, most of the major cutter fleet has deployed from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to patrol the main narcotrafficking corridors off South and Central America. National security cutters (NSCs) also plied the Bering, Mediterranean, and Black Seas, ＿＿（45）＿＿ Oceania and the western Pacific (including two highly publicized transits through the Taiwan Strait).