coast guard
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- What is the mission of the coast guard
- to protect the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interests - in the nation's ports and waterways along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support national security
- When was the coast guard created
- August 1789
- What was the original name of the coast guard and who created it
- Revenue Cutter Service; Alexander Hamiliton
- What two groups were combined to create the coast guard
- Life Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service
- What are the traditions of that the coast guard holds up
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-Promote safe and efficient maritime transportation
-Promote the collection of national revenues
-Promote measures to enhance national security
-promote preservation of life and property at sea - What department is in charge of the USCG
- Department of Homeland Security
- Who is the Commandant of the Coast Guard
- Admiral Thomas H. Collins
- Who is the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
- Admiral Thomas J. Barrett
- Who is the master chief petty officer of the coast guard
- MCPOCG Franklin A. Welch
- What are the districts in the Atlantic Area
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1st District
5th district
7th district
8th district
9th district - what are the districts in the Pacific area
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11th district
13th district
14th district
17th district - Where is the 1st district
- Boston, MA
- Where is the 5th district
- Portsmouth, VA
- Where is the Atlantic Area HQ
- Portsmouth, VA
- Where is the 7th district
- Miami, FL
- Where is the 8th district
- New Orleans, LA
- Where is the 9th district
- Cleveland, OH
- Where is the 11th district
- Long Beach, CA
- Where is the Pacific Area HQ
- Long Beach, CA
- where is the 13th district
- Seattle, WA
- Where is the 14th district
- Honolulu, HI
- Where is 17th district
- Janeau, AK
- What are the five strategic goals
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-Maritime Safety
-Maritime Mobility
-Maritime Security
-National Defense
-Protection of Natural Resources - What is Maritime Safety
- Maritime safety involves Search and Rescue operations, Marine Safety, Recreational Boater safety, and International ice patrol
- What is maritime mobility
- maintaining and building aids to navigation such as buoys and lighthouses, Ice breaking services, bridge administration and vessel traffic/waterways management
- What is Maritime Security
- the coast guard's law enforcement role such as Drug interdiction, alien migrant interdiction, living marine resource, law/treaty enforcement, and general maritime law enforcement
- National defense
- general defense, homeland security, and port and waterways security of the us peacetime and in wartime both in the us and overseas
- Where is the coast guard academy
- on the Thames River in New London, CT
- How many does the uscga graduate each year
- approx 175
- Where do cadets take their summer cruise
- USCG Barque Eagle
- Where is the coast gurad OCS
- New London, CT
- how long is OCS
- 17 weeks
- Where is coast gurad boot camp
- Cape May, NJ