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Anonymous ID: e6db1b Feb. 22, 2022, 7:33 a.m. No.15690856   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>0873

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Evergreen I: Building Strategic Foresight at the Coast Guard

The Chief of Staff of the U.S. Coast Guard launched “Project Evergreen” in the fall of 2003 to create a new set of strategies for the USCG in the post-9/11 operating environment, in which the Service was now part of the Department of Homeland Security. As with the preceding “Project Long View,” the Coast Guard and we used a scenario planning approach to more critically and comprehensively evaluate a range of plausible operating conditions that the Service would encounter over the next two decades. FSG facilitated a weeklong workshop for senior operators and a select group of Flag Officers. Workshop outputs were analyzed and further refined to identify common or “robust” elements. Ultimately, a set of 12 strategies were identified and detailed. Evergreen I core strategies have informed a range of Coast Guard activities, including the National Strategy for Maritime Security and its eight subordinate plans. These strategies have also provided the catalyst for the Coast Guard’s National Maritime Strategy Risk Assessment initiative and the Coast Guard Strategy for Maritime Safety, Security, and Stewardship. The Coast Guard’s experience with Project Evergreen has been documented in the publication Creating and Sustaining Strategic Intent in the Coast Guard. (A limited number of copies of this publication are available upon request.)

Anonymous ID: e6db1b Feb. 22, 2022, 7:34 a.m. No.15690873   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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>As with the preceding “Project Long View,” the Coast Guard and we used a scenario planning approach to more critically and comprehensively evaluate a range of plausible operating conditions that the Service would encounter over the next two decades.

Providing a Long-Range Look for the U.S. Coast Guard: Project Long View

In 1998, the U.S. Coast Guard hired us to develop a long-range strategy using our scenario planning methodology. The project became known as “Long View.” Five scenarios were developed to evaluate both current and potentially new missions and strategic options for the Coast Guard, across a range of plausible national security and maritime transportation environments. The project had the personal attention of the Commandant, who participated in all key workshops, as did a large number of Flag officers from headquarters and the operating regions. The final “Adopt-a-World” workshop identified and evaluated nearly two dozen initiatives that appeared to work across a majority of plausible future scenario worlds. Our team members, along with a counterpart group of Coast Guard officers and civilian employees, synthesized the key insights and produced a 10-point, long-range strategic plan. Each of the 10 points contained corresponding implementation considerations, which together formed a roadmap for executing the strategies. One of the strategies, “Maritime Domain Awareness,” became the centerpiece of the Coast Guard’s post-September 11th Homeland Security effort.