The Coast Guard Research and Development Center releases their 2016 Annual Report, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in New London, Conn. Featured on the cover, shown here, is Lt. Keely Higbie demonstrating a small Unmanned Aircraft System at Joint Base Cape Cod, and members of Coast Guard boat forces evaluating the use of less-than-lethal pepper ball munitions designed as a use of force tactic for non-compliant vessels.

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