Adm. Paul Zukunft, USCG, commandant of the US Coast Guard, says it “must be funded as a military service,” that the “recurring, five-percent annualized growth in” operating expenditures and “two-billion dollar floor” for acquisition he’s requesting will put the Coast Guard on equal footing with the rest of the US military’s services, and more during a Dec. 14, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at USCG headquarters in Washington.