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Coast Guard, partner agencies announce East River restrictions, closures... The Coast Guard, along with multiple partner agencies, are positioned to support maritime safety and security zones for the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City Sunday through Saturday.
Every day civilians in the Coast Guard work together with military personnel to save lives, enforce the law, operate ports and waterways... Learn More. The official website for the U.S. Coast Guard.
This is the official Overview site for the United States Coast Guard. Here you will find information about the Coast Guard's missions, strategies and current state.
Every day, Coast Guard is deployed around the globe in support of Combatant Commanders to protect the security of our Nation far from U.S. soil. The operational mission programs oversee 11 Missions codified in the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
the 8 th Coast Guard District is responsible for U.S. Coast Guard operations spanning 26 states, including the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Florida to Mexico, the adjacent offshore waters and outer continental shelf, as well as the inland waterways of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Tennessee River systems.
USCG Public Affairs Contacts. Members of the media can find out more information by contacting their nearest Coast Guard public affairs office. An interactive, color-coded map will show which office covers a particular geographic region. View the public affairs office list.
The United States Coast Guard National Command Center (NCC) mission is to maintain situational awareness of all major Coast Guard Operations world-wide and all significant external events or activities with potential Coast Guard or DHS equities.
When originally established in 1790 Congress authorized the Coast Guard to protect the nation's revenue through enforcing tariff laws and preventing smuggling. As the nation grew though, so did the mission-set of the nation's oldest federal sea service.
The Coast Guard has launched a mobile app that anyone can use to help fight crime, including making anonymous reports. The Coast Guard is committed to investigating and pursuing appropriate enforcement actions for all reports of sexual misconduct on U.S. flagged vessels.
For U.S. Coast Guard Coronavirus (COVID-19) information please click here. For Department of Homeland Security Coronavirus (COVID-19) information please click here. The Coast Guard is America's maritime first responder.
