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"<p>A proposed U.S. Coast Guard budget cut could take Camden County,  Georgia's maritime Homeland Security team away from Kings Bay, leaving the area  unprotected during threats of biological, chemical or radiological  attacks.<br />\n<br />\nThe 85 member Maritime Safety and Security Team is trained as a  quick-response unit for a host of port security and harbor defense missions as  well as in the performance of maritime law enforcement and interdiction.  Additionally, the team supports and protects U.S. and allied forces in the  detection of weapons of mass destruction.<br />\n<br />\nKings Bay's unit has been in  operation since 2003 and boats several teams operating six high-speed tactical  boats that are powered by twin 225-horsepower motors. The boats are also armed  with fore and aft machine guns.<br />\n<br />\nThe Kings Bay team was one of 12 teams  created to protect strategic locations on the nation's coasts following the  terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The Coast Guard is currently  recommending that five of the teams be decommissioned in a budget-saving move.  The other teams facing a cut are in San Francisco, New Orleans, New York and  Anchorage.<br />\n<br />\nKings Bay features a high profile ballistic missile submarine  base and is close to the Jacksonville, Fla., Navy complex, which is expected to  regain an nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Both locations would be prime spots  for a bioattack or other WMD attack.<br />\n<br />\n&quot;There are still a lot of people out  there who wish to do us harm,&quot; Keith Post, a St. Marys city councilman and  president of the Camden Kings Bay Council of Navy League, told the Tribune  Georgian. &quot;This St. Marys unit is within four hours of the ports from Charleston  to Jacksonville. The cuts would leave the East Coast with response teams only in  Miami and Boston.&quot;<br />\n</p>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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