They serve a purpose, for all those dollars!!

They did research when I served, a mere 50 years ago! These days, as part of DHS, not DOT, I can imagine that research is a dirty word compared to "projecting national interests" and the Commandant was summarily dismissed for predictable reasons. So I can't say what research, if any, is conducted these days. One can ask.

A recent comparison of CG and NSF breakers, the latter of which is now zero, is in this congressional report. Physical page 45.

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL3439...

I used to flag stories very sparingly but I've changed my mind. Clickbait titles get flagged. I don't care how interesting the story is.

As the guidelines say:

> ... please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; ...

Ask and maybe some one will look it up on Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_B._Palmer_(icebreake...

By having a population who reads a clickbait headline, doesn't read the article, doesn't do any further study, and then propagates the falsehood and moves on to the next one.

In that way.