As a Coast Guard vessel the Polar Star falls under the Department of Homeland Security, which is why the article made a pointed jab at Trump for the partial gov

As a Coast Guard vessel the Polar Star falls under the Department of Homeland Security, which is why the article made a pointed jab at Trump for the partial gov’t shutdown that halted the sailors’s pay (DoD was fully funded, DHS was not). I’m all for moving money from DoD to peaceful operations such as this.