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Coast Guard & Coast Guard Reserve: An Overview

Coast Guard & Coast Guard Reserve: An Overview. Office of Reserve Affairs Coast Guard Headquarters Washington, DC. What is the Coast Guard?. Legacy agencies Revenue Cutter Service , Lifesaving Service, Lighthouse Service, Steamship Inspection Bureau = today’s U.S. Coast Guard

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Coast Guard & Coast Guard Reserve: An Overview

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  1. Coast Guard & Coast Guard Reserve: An Overview Office of Reserve Affairs Coast Guard Headquarters Washington, DC

  2. What is the Coast Guard? • Legacy agencies • Revenue Cutter Service , Lifesaving Service,Lighthouse Service, Steamship Inspection Bureau = today’s 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

  3. Military, Maritime, Multi-Mission

  4. Always an Armed Service • USCG in DoD Contingency Operations since 2001 • Operation Noble Eagle • Operation Iraqi Freedom • Operation Enduring Freedom • Operation New Dawn

  5. 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 • 22,000 cumulatively since 2001 for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) and other Maritime Homeland Security activities • 3,300 for Deepwater Horizon

  6. An Integrated Reserve Force 20% serve at USCG Port Security Units, Mobile Support Unit, Navy Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadrons, Combatant Commander staffs 80% are assigned to typical USCG Active Component units

  7. 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

  8. Reserve by the Numbers • Reserve Training Appropriation • FY 11: ~ $133 million • FY 12: ~ $134 million • End strength • Selected Reserve: 8,100 • Individual Ready Reserve: 1,300 • Full-time support: 533 (433 military & 100 civilian) • Approximately 100 Reserve Program Administrators

  9. 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

  10. Readiness for the Future • Core USCGR functions: • Maritime Homeland Security • Domestic/Expeditionary Support to National Defense • Domestic Natural & Manmade Disaster Response & Recovery

  11. Today the Coast Guard will: • Save 10 lives • Assist 192 people in distress • Protect $2.5 billion in property • Interdict 7 illegal migrants at sea • Respond to 56 search and rescue incidents • Seize 562 pounds of illegal narcotics • Perform 4,658 hours of on-water recreational boating safety operations • Conduct 160 maritime safety or security boardings.

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