Coast Guard

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Coast Guard Coast Guard Reserve An Overview

• Office of Reserve Affairs
• Coast Guard Headquarters
• Washington, DC

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What is the Coast Guard?

• Legacy agencies
• Revenue Cutter Service , Lifesaving
  Service,Lighthouse Service, Steamship Inspection
  Bureau todays U.S. Coast Guard
• Key component of DHS since 2003
• Treasury Dept 1790-1967 DOT 1967-2003
• Current state
• Military 40,000 active duty, 8,100 Reservists
• Civilians 7,000 employees, 33,000 Auxiliarists

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Military, Maritime, Multi-Mission
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Always an Armed Service

• USCG in Iraqi Freedom
• High-endurance cutters
• Buoy tender
• Island-class patrol boats
• Port Security Units
• National Strike Force
• Law Enforcement Detachments
• RAID teams

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Coast Guard Reserve

• USCGR founded in 1941
• Organized Reserve units established in 1950
• Reserve augmentation begins in 1972
• Active-Reserve integration begins in 1994
• Mobilizations
• 1,250 for Operations Desert Shield/Storm
• 6,800 cumulatively since 2001 for Operations
  Noble Eagle, Iraqi Freedom, other Maritime
  Homeland Security activities

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An Integrated Reserve Force
80 are assigned to typical USCG Active Component
units
20 serve at USCG Port Security Units, Mobile
Support Unit, Naval Coastal Warfare Squadrons,
Combatant Commander staffs
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Port Security Unit Facts

• Armed boats, crews supporting equipment
• Deploy OCONUS as part of Joint team
• 140 Reservists, 5 active-duty members
• 8 units on Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf coasts Great
  Lakes region

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Reserve by the Numbers

• Reserve Training Appropriation
• FY 08 126.8 million requested
• FY 07 122.5 million
• End strength
• Selected Reserve 8,100
• Individual Ready Reserve 2,800
• Full-time support 536 (military civilian)
• Approximately 75 Reserve Program Administrators

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14 U.S.C. 712 Recall Authority

• Authorizing Official Secretary of Homeland
  Security
• In Response To/Prevention Of Serious natural or
  manmade disasters, accidents, catastrophes,
  terrorist threats
• Type Limitations Involuntary. Up to 60 days in
  4 months or 120 days in 2 years

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Readiness for the Future

• Core USCGR functions
• Maritime Homeland Security
• Domestic/Expeditionary Support to National
  Defense
• Domestic Natural Manmade Disaster Response
  Recovery

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Today the Coast Guard will

• Save 10 lives
• Assist 192 people in distress
• Protect 2.8 million in property
• Interdict 14 illegal migrants at sea
• Conduct 109 search and rescue cases
• Seize 9.6 million worth of illegal drugs
• Educate 502 people in Boating Safety Courses
• Respond to 20 oil and hazardous chemical spills
• Conduct 19 maritime security boardings.