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The Coast Guard was established on Aug. 4, 1790. The Coast Guard is charged with maritime security, safety, and stewardship. While the Coast Guard operates under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime, during times of war, it can be transferred to the Department of the Navy, as it did in WWI and WWII.
The Coast Guard is comprised of approximately 40,000 active duty personnel supported by an additional 7,000 reservists.
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Coast Guard Videos
Two Iranian fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC), a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, conducted unsafe and unprofessional...
Three people were killed and more than two dozen injured when a suspected smuggling boat broke apart at California's...
The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) will be decommissioned during a small ceremony in Kodiak, Alaska, on...
Six people were rescued from a commercial lift boat that capsized off the coast of Louisiana last night.
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