of Mesoamerica Native Americans in the UnitedStates The History of the westcoast of North America history of the WestCoast begins with the arrival of the earliest known humans of the Americas ... began colonizing the area . See also Portal UnitedStates British Columbia Coast East Coast of the UnitedStates Pacific coast Left Coast Third Coast Sun Belt WestCoast Stock Car Hall of Fame References reflist U.S.Regions UnitedStates topics DEFAULTSORT WestCoast Of The UnitedStates Category WestCoast of the UnitedStates Category Coasts of the Pacific Ocean Category Western UnitedStates ... Oeste dos Estados Unidos simple WestCoast of the UnitedStates sk WestCoast USA fi Yhdysvaltain l nsirannikko ... on the east by the Cascade Range , Sierra Nevada U.S. Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert and on the west by the Pacific Ocean . Although not part of the contiguous UnitedStates , Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can t be included in the WestCoast. The U.S. Census groups the three states ... considered part of the WestCoast due to large cultural influences from the WestCoaststates, particularly ...distinguish Western UnitedStates File US map Pacific.PNG thumb 300px The states shown in dark red are usually included in the term WestCoast . The striped red states, Arizona and Nevada, are sometimes considered to be part of the WestCoast even though they are both List of landlocked US states landlocked states . Citation needed date March 2011 File Down the American West Coast.ogv thumb 300px This video ... down the American WestCoast. WestCoast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal U.S. state states of the UnitedStates . The term most often refers to the states of California , Oregon ... gct UnitedStates Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey. Summed estimates for CA, OR, WA ... areas on the WestCoast include from north to south Seattle metropolitan area Seattle, Washington Seattle ... fr C te Ouest des tats Unis id Pesisir Barat Amerika Serikat it WestCoast Stati Uniti d America ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name UnitedStatesCoast Guard image File US CoastGuard Seal.svg center 210px caption Portal UnitedStatesCoast Guard UnitedStatesCoast Guard portal dates 4 August 1790 present country flag UnitedStates allegiance branch type Coast guard Coast Guard size Civilian employees ... symbol File CGMark W.svg 75px identification symbol label UnitedStatesCoast Guard Racing Stripe Racing Stripe identification symbol 2 File Ensign of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard.svg border 75px identification symbol 2 label UnitedStatesCoast Guard Coast Guard Ensign Ensign identification symbol 3 File USCG Parade Flag.svg border 75px identification symbol 3 label UnitedStatesCoast Guard ... VIP Aircraft Bombardier Challenger 600 VC 143 Medium Range VIP Aircraft The UnitedStatesCoast Guard ... on active duty, 7,500 reservists, 30,000 UnitedStatesCoast Guard Auxiliary auxiliarists , and 7,700 ... Ready or Always Prepared . Mission Main Missions of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Role File United ... readiness Search and Rescue File Search and Rescue Program Logo of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard.jpg thumb Search and Rescue Program Logo of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard. See http www.uscg.mil ... system is managed and used by the UnitedStatesCoast Guard USCG for tracking pollution and safety ... thumb A UnitedStatesCoast Guard Response Boat patrolling the New York Harbor. ref name budget cite ... forces of the UnitedStates at all times. The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Department of Homeland ... of the UnitedStates President directs, the Coast Guard operates under the UnitedStates ... Main History of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard File MarinesUSCG.jpg thumb Marines holding a sign ... Security. Organization Main Organization of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard The current headquarters ... establishments are List of UnitedStatesCoast Guard stations Coast Guard Stations , UnitedStatesCoast Guard Air Stations Coast Guard Air Stations , Aids to Navigation Stations and the UnitedStates ... more details
Coast of the UnitedStates , sometimes referred to as the Gulf South , Citation needed date August 2011 South Coast , or 3rd Coast , comprises the coasts of American states that are on the Gulf ... made the Gulf Coast a part of the UnitedStates during the first half of the 19th century. As the U.S. ... sortable big Metropolitan Statistical Areas on the UnitedStates Gulf Coast big Rank Metropolitan ... simple Gulf Coast of the UnitedStates sk Gulf Coast USA vi Duy n h i V nh Mexico c a Hoa K zh ... as the Gulf States . All Gulf States are located in the Southern UnitedStates Southern region of the UnitedStates. The economy of the Gulf Coast region is dominated by industries related to fishing ... portions of Gulf Coaststates is much greater. Earthquakes are extremely rare to the area, but a surprising ... Coast beginning in the 1920s and the increase in wealth throughout the United States tourism . History The history of the Gulf Coast is an important part of UnitedStates history as economically important as the Gulf Coast is to the UnitedStates today, it arguably once held an even greater position of prominence in the U.S. Image UnitedStates 1803 04 1804 03.png right 200px thumb .... The development of sugar and cotton production enabled by Slavery in the UnitedStates slavery ... of costliest Atlantic hurricanes most damaging storm in the history of the UnitedStates ... third most damaging storm in the history of the UnitedStates, causing more than 25 billion ref name ... Geography of the UnitedStates Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Houston List of U.S. ports Megaregions of the UnitedStates Mississippi Gulf Coast New Orleans Tampa West Florida colend Notes Reflist 2 U.S.Regions Alabama Florida Louisiana Mississippi Texas DEFAULTSORT Gulf Coast Of The UnitedStates Category Gulf of Mexico Category Megapolitan areas of the UnitedStates Category Coasts of the United ...other uses Gulf Coast disambiguation refimprove date June 2010 Image US map Gulf Coast.svg thumb 300px ... more details
nsd cpdownload.htm title UnitedStatesCoast Pilot accessdate 2010 02 10 http www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov nsd cpdownload.htm Coast Pilots Download page for the nine volumes Navigation publications ... more details
Admiral The Vice Commandant of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard is Vice Admiral Sally Brice O Hara . The Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard is Vice Admiral John Currier ... . The Commander of the Pacific Area and Coast Guard Defense Forces West is Vice Admiral Manson K. Brown . Rear Admiral The Superintendent education Superintendent of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard ... Captain Coast Guard Captain UnitedStates Captains , like their Navy counterparts, rank immediately ... the Western UnitedStates and the Pacific Ocean. Its headquarters is located at Coast Guard ..., Alaska Juneau , Alaska Alaska Coast Guard Sectors main UnitedStatesCoast Guard Sectors Within each District, large operational shore side units known as UnitedStatesCoast Guard Sector ... UnitedStatesCoast Guard Stations Stations and report to Sectors. Each Sector Commander reports to the appropriate District Commander. Coast Guard Air Stations main UnitedStatesCoast Guard Air Stations ... Acquisition Directorate CG 9 seal of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard.jpg thumb Acquisition Directorate ... positions, such as Sector Commander usually a Captain UnitedStates Captain or District Commander ... UnitedStates , the Atlantic Ocean , and the Gulf of Mexico . Its headquarters is located in Portsmouth ... of the Nation s coastline. There are two major activities located outside the UnitedStates USCG Activities ... See also US Coast Guard navbox US military navbox clear Category Units and organizations of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard ...Image USCG Org Chart.png right 500px thumb Table of Organization of the Coast Guard This article covers the organization of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard . The headquarters of the Coast Guard is on 2100 Second Street, SW, in Washington, DC . The Coast Guard announced plans to relocate to the grounds ... Executive Service Member Bios. ref Admiral The Commandant of the Coast Guard is the Coast Guard ... more details
File USCG Parade Flag.svg thumb right 222px Flag of the U.S. Coast Guard The flag of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard is white with a dark blue Great Seal of the UnitedStates . The shield on the eagle s breast has a blue chief over vertical red and white stripes. Inscribed in an arc above the eagle is UNITEDSTATESCOAST GUARD below the eagle is the Coast Guard motto, SEMPER PARATUS Always Ready and beneath ... , was founded. All inscriptions are dark blue. History The origins of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Coast Guard standard are very obscure. One theory states that it might have evolved from an early jack http www.uscg.mil history Coast Guard Flags.html . There is at least one contemporary painting ..., UnitedStatesCoast Guard Semper Paratus were added. After 1950, the semicircle of stars was changed to the circle containing 13 stars. The Coast Guard standard is used during parades and ceremonies and is adorned by the Coast Guard s 34 battle streamers. The Coast Guard is unique to the other services for it has two official flags, the Coast Guard standard and the Coast Guard ensign. The current flag was officially adopted on January 28, 1964. Coast Guard Ensign File Ensign of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard.svg thumb 222px right center Coast Guard Ensign The Coast Guard Ensign flag was first ... Flags of the UnitedStates armed forces References http www.uscg.mil history Coast Guard Flags.html UnitedStatesCoast Guard Website US Coast Guard navbox US military navbox Category Military flags of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard ... of the ensign to be the arms of the UnitedStates in a dark blue on a white field. There were 16 states in the UnitedStates at the time . The purpose of the flag is to allow ship captains to easily ... similar to that of today s Coast Guard as a jack. This flag, like the union jack, appears to be the canton or upper corner of the Revenue cutter ensign. An illustration in 1917 shows the Coast Guard ... more details
The UnitedStates of the West is a political union satirically advocated by French writer, philosopher ... essay entitled, Empire 2.0 A Modest Proposal for a UnitedStates of the West by Xavier de C . Synopsis ... of Europe by the UnitedStatesUnitedStates of America and the official consolidation of the West into an enlarged UnitedStates of the West, is the best solution to confronting the current ideological threats and political challenges the West faces from Islamic fundamentalism radical ... s Argument for A UnitedStates of the West Xavier discusses the current state of the world, world ... revicontent empire20.htm Lip Magazine review of the UnitedStates of the West http northatlanticbooks.com ... for both men. In his letter, de C states that currently, only the UnitedStates is in a position ... share, thus the UnitedStates is the only truly politically empowered nation in the Western world. Xavier argues that there is essentially already an informal arrangement between many nations and the UnitedStates, and that if Europe, namely France, wants to play any serious role in her own domestic ... the reality of their near complete military and economic dependency on the UnitedStates, as well ... operating without a moderating European influence. He firmly believes that the UnitedStates should extend UnitedStates citizenship through a modernized Edict of Caracalla to all Canadian s, Latino Latinos .... See also UnitedStates disambiguation References Debray, Regis 2004 . Empire 2.0. Berkeley ... of France, the failures of the European Union , NATO and the United Nations to effectively address serious ... as the preservation of the shared values and culture of Western nations, because the UnitedStates is the only Western political entity capable of effectively and decisively using force against ... that the entire West at large faces from distinctly intolerant, illiberal, and un Western .... Xavier advises Debray, and the French to lead the effort for this official merger between Europe and the United ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name UnitedStatesCoast Guard Band image File USCGBandBadge.jpg caption Badge dates March 1925 present branch branch File US CoastGuard Seal.svg 20px UnitedStatesCoast Guard ... UnitedStatesCoast Guard Academy website http www.uscg.mil band www.uscg.mil band File UnitedStatesCoast Guard Band.gif thumb The Coast Guard Band The UnitedStatesCoast Guard Band is the premier military band of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard based in New London, Connecticut . The current director is Commander Kenneth W. Megan. History In March 1925, the Coast Guard Band was organized with the assistance ... Vasily Agapkin s Farewell of Slavianka , performed by the Coast Guard Band. Col end See also Portal box UnitedStatesCoast Guard UnitedStates military bands References Reflist External links commonscat http www.uscg.mil band Official website USCG stub US Coast Guard navbox Category American military bands Category Units and organizations of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Band Category New London ... in the Coast Guard Band becoming the permanent, official musical representative of the nation s oldest continuous seagoing service, the U.S. Coast Guard. This event established the band as one of the ten premier service bands in the U.S. The duties of the Coast Guard Band have greatly expanded ... Union as well as in England . The band represents the U.S. Coast Guard around the nation and the world, at presidential functions, and for the UnitedStates Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary of Homeland Security and other cabinet officials on formal and informal occasions. The Coast Guard Band is headquartered in New London, Connecticut. ref http www.uscg.mil band U.S. Coast Guard Band ref Music Col begin multi listen item filename Semper Paratus arr. Jenks U.S. Coast Guard Band.ogg title Semper Paratus description Semper Paratus march Semper Paratus , performed by the Coast Guard Band ... Rose of Texas song The Yellow Rose of Texas , performed by the Coast Guard Band. multi listen item ... more details
A Sector is a shore based operational unit of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard . Each Sector is responsible for the execution of all Coast Guard missions within its Area of Responsibility AOR , with operational support from Coast Guard UnitedStatesCoast Guard Cutter Cutters and UnitedStatesCoast Guard ... the previous multiple command port level structure. The Coast Guard s move from the UnitedStates Department of Transportation Department of Transportation to the UnitedStates Department of Homeland ... unit with a command and senior staff of highly competent experts. ref UnitedStatesCoast ... Chief CMC Senior UnitedStatesCoast Guard Reserve Reserve Officer UnitedStatesCoast Guard Auxiliary ... Coast Guard intelligence enterprise, which is in turn a part of the UnitedStates Intelligence ... of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Image USCG Sector Map.jpg thumb 500px center center Map of Sectors across the UnitedStates center Atlantic Area class wikitable style margin 1em auto 1em auto District ... Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Sector Juneau Juneau, Alaska See also Portal UnitedStatesCoast Guard UnitedStatesCoast Guard Organization of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard UnitedStatesCoast Guard Cutter U.S. Coast Guard Cutters UnitedStatesCoast Guard Air Stations U.S. Coast Guard Air Stations Ccl UnitedStatesCoast Guard bases References Reflist Image Sector Commands Article.pdf Sector Commands ... US Coast Guard navbox Category Units and organizations of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Sectors Category UnitedStates Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard Sectors ... 786 166737 , accessed 2007 08 03. This is a work of the UnitedStates Government and is in the public ... of a Sector is called the Sector Commander and is usually the rank of Captain UnitedStates Captain .... There are 35 sectors within the Coast Guard. History Sectors replaced Coast Guard Groups, Marine ... that were physically dispersed, had unique chains of command and different program managers at Coast ... more details
align center font size larger background color Blue color fee8ab Hispanics in the UnitedStatesCoast ... Billy Flores Angelina Hidalgo Jose L. Rodriguez small Hispanics in the UnitedStatesCoast Guard can ... account for 11 of the enlisted personnel, and 9 of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Academy s student ... StatesCoast Guard was formed in 1915 when its predecessors the UnitedStates Life Saving Service .... William H. Thiesen, Ph.D., Atlantic Area Historian of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard, ref group note ... publisher U.S. Department of Homeland Security UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate Retrieved Sept ... Security UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate Sept. 21, 2008 ref BM 1 c Pablo Valent and Surfman ... citizens of Puerto Rico. On September 28, 1925, he entered the UnitedStatesCoast Guard with the rank ... and one of the very first Hispanic American officers in the UnitedStatesCoast Guard. After the war ... Security UnitedStatesCoast Guard author William H. Thiesen, Ph.D. accessdate Retrieved Sept ... title FN Heriberto Segovia Hernandez, UnitedStatesCoast Guard publisher U.S. Department of Homeland Security UnitedStatesCoast Guard author accessdate Retrieved Sept. 21, 2010 ref The first Hispanic ... Security UnitedStatesCoast Guard author accessdate Retrieved Sept. 21, 2010 ref Post Vietnam ... capacity with the UnitedStatesCoast Guard, distinguishes themselves by heroism not involving actual ... of Homeland Security UnitedStatesCoast Guard author accessdate Retrieved Sept. 21, 2010 ref In 2006 ... admiral UnitedStates Rear Admiral lower half in the Coast Guard. ref name HACG cite web url http www.uscg.mil ... Department of Homeland Security UnitedStatesCoast Guard author accessdate Retrieved Sept. 21, 2010 ... , or Deepwater, is the 25 year program to recapitalize the UnitedStatesCoast Guard s aircraft ... Department of Homeland Security UnitedStatesCoast Guard author accessdate Retrieved Sept. 21, 2010 ... coast of the UnitedStates. Just five days later, a convert 60 ft m adj on semi submersible was seized ... more details
Infobox US Navy post Chaplain of the br UnitedStatesCoast Guard image GaryWeeden.jpg imagesize 200px incumbent Captain UnitedStates CAPT Gary P. Weeden incumbentsince June 11, 2010 first formation website http www.uscg.mil comdt cocg Official Website flagimage flagimagesize 180px The Chaplain of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard CHCG is the senior military chaplain chaplain of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard USCG and is attached to USCG Headquarters in Washington, D.C. as a UnitedStates Navy Chaplain Corps officer who reports directly to the Commandant of the Coast Guard . The current Chaplain of the Coast Guard is Captain UnitedStates Captain Gary P. Weeden . ref http www.uscg.mil comdt cocg bio.asp Biography of the Chaplain of the Coast Guard, CAPT Gary P. Weeden. Retrieved 2010 06 24. ref Purpose The Chaplain of the Coast Guard serves as the Commandant s senior advisor on matters pertaining ... 50px June 11, 2010 Incumbent See also UnitedStates military chaplains Chiefs of Chaplains of the UnitedStates Chaplain s Medal for Heroism Armed Forces Chaplains Board References reflist US Coast Guard navbox US military navbox Current U.S. Military Chiefs of Chaplains Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard job titles Category UnitedStates Navy chaplains Category UnitedStates Navy officers Category UnitedStates military chaplaincy UnitedStatesCoast Category Chaplains of the UnitedStates .... The USCG does not have its own chaplain corps. UnitedStates Navy and UnitedStates Public Health Service Public Health Service chaplains from the UnitedStates Navy Chaplain Corps are assigned ... Locations of Navy chaplains assigned to USCG June 5, 2009 . U.S. Coast Guard official website Chaplain of the Coast Guard . Retrieved 2009 12 03. ref The USCG Chaplains Orientation Manual provides ... Coast Guard Chaplains Orientation Manual includes Coast Guard Map of Areas & Districts , Part A General Orientation , USCG Chaplain Orientation Process , Chapter Two Coast Guard Chaplains ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Coast Guard Air Stations image Image USCG Mark.jpg 200px caption Racing Stripe country UnitedStates allegiance branch UnitedStatesCoast Guard type Air Station role To provide ... patrol aircraft recon aircraft trainer aircraft transport A Coast Guard Air Station provides aviation support for the UnitedStatesCoast Guard . The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the UnitedStates of America UnitedStates. Fixed wing aircraft ... Facilities and flight deck equipped UnitedStatesCoast Guard Cutter cutters . Early Air Stations The first Coast Guard Air Station was established in 1920 at Camp Glenn, Morehead City, North Carolina 1925 in Gloucester, Massachusetts , as Coast Guard Air Station Gloucester 1935 in Salem, Massachusetts , as Coast Guard Air Station Salem Biloxi, Mississippi between 1933 and 1947 Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York in 1936 First District Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod CGAS Cape Cod , Massachusetts ... in 1936 US Coast Guard navbox Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard Air Stations Category UnitedStates ... and provide coverage from the Canadian border to Long Island , New York . Fifth District Coast Guard ... the air space around the nation s capital. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City CGAS Elizabeth City , North Carolina This is both an operational and a training air station. Enlisted Coast Guardsmen in aviation ratings are taught at its Aviation Technical Training Center. Seventh District Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater CGAS Clearwater , Florida Coast Guard Air Station Miami CGAS Miami , Florida Coast Guard Air Station Savannah CGAS Savannah , Georgia U.S. state Georgia Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen CGAS Borinquen , Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Eighth District Coast Guard Air Station Houston CGAS Houston , Texas Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi CGAS Corpus Christi , Texas Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans CGAS New Orleans , Louisiana Coast Guard Aviation Training Center , Mobile ... more details
US Coast Guard Auxiliary The UnitedStatesCoast Guard Auxiliary is the Auxiliaries uniformed volunteer component of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard USCG and was established on June 23, 1939 by an act of Congress as the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Reserve , and was re designated as the UnitedStatesCoast ... The Auxiliary shares the Coast Guard s UnitedStatesCoast Guard Core Values of the Coast Guard ... hq cg3 cg3pcx corevalues.asp U.S. Coast Guard UnitedStatesCoast Guard Core Values & Creed ref The motto of the USCG, including the Auxiliary, is UnitedStatesCoast Guard Semper Paratus Semper Paratus ... basis for the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Auxiliary comes from Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act ... Manual. ref For example, a Flotilla Commander wears insignia similar to a UnitedStatesCoast ... cim 16000 16999 CIM 16790 1F.pdf ref Each auxiliary uniform is identical to a UnitedStatesCoast ... in turn oversees CG 542. ref cite web title UnitedStatesCoast Guard Headquarters Organization url http www.uscg.mil top units org.asp dco publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 2 March 2012 ref File Coast Guard Auxiliary Areas Districts and Regions.png 580px thumb right UnitedStatesCoast ... the rank of Commander UnitedStates Commander . Auxiliary Districts generally coincide with Coast ... their local membership. ref cite web title UnitedStatesCoast Guard Auxiliary Deputy National Commodores url http cgaux.org leadership dnaco.php publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard Auxiliary accessdate ..., Information Technology, and Recreational Boating Safety. ref cite web title UnitedStatesCoast ... publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard Auxiliary accessdate 2 March 2012 ref Department Directors ... File AUXPA W.svg thumb right 190px UnitedStatesCoast Guard Auxiliary s Public Affairs Program Logo ... flags the UnitedStates Ensign, Coast Guard Operational Flag, Coast Guard Auxiliary Ensign, and the Flag ... UnitedStatesCoast Guard http www.uscg.mil hq cg3 cg3pcx Office of Auxiliary CG 5421 http www.cgaux.org ... more details
history.html Category Coast artillery regiments of the UnitedStates Army 013 ... anniversaries The 13th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the UnitedStates Army, History Empty section date January 2012 Lineage Constituted 27 February 1924 as 13th Artillery HD Coast Artillery, and organized 1 July 1924 at Fort Barrancas from the following Companies ... personnel transferred to 276th Coast Artillery Battalion . On 23 April 1942 Key West Elements transferred to Camp Pendleton and reassigned to 53rd Coast Artillery 155mm 1st Battalion HHB and Battery ... was organized in the south viz The Coast Defenses of Charleston, Pensacola, Key West and Galveston. The saltire ... Artillery Regiments References Reflist Historical register and dictionary of the UnitedStates ... false Encyclopedia of UnitedStates Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson page 51 . http ...Infobox military unit unit name 13th Coast Artillery Regiment image File 13th Coast Artillery coa.jepg.jpg 100px caption coat of arms country USA allegiance type branch Coast Artillery Corps dates 1924 ... Moultrie . Battery E assigned to Key West Barracks Battery G assigned to Fort Crockett 1st Battalion HHB activated 8 January 1940 at Key West Barracks Battery G inactivated January 1940 personnel transferred to HHB 20th Coast Artillery at Fort Crockett. 3rd Battalion HHB activated 15 January 1941 .... Battery D inactivated 23 April 1942 Personnel transferred to 263rd Coast Artillery . Batteries G, H, and I inactivated 31 May 1944 HHB 13th Coast artillery redesignated HHB Habor Defense Pensacola HHB 1st Battalion reconstituted, reactivated, and redesignated HHB 13th Coast Artillery Battalion and assigned ... CA Battalion. Battery B redesignated Battery B 181st Coast Artillery Battalion . Battery C redesignated Battery B 13th Coast Artillery Battalion. HHB 2nd Battalion reorganized and redesignated HHD 13th Coast Artillery Battalion Battery D inactivated 31 August 1944 and disbanded Battery E redesignated ... more details
The history of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard goes back to the Revenue Cutter Service , which was founded on August 4, 1790 as part of the UnitedStates Department of the Treasury Department of the Treasury . The Revenue Cutter Service and the UnitedStates Life Saving Service were merged to become the Coast Guard per USC 14 1 which states The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the UnitedStates at all times. In 1939, the UnitedStates Lighthouse Service was merged into the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard itself was moved to the United ... the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Academy . In 1929 it relocated on a site in New London on the Thames ... the recently created Coast Guard into the UnitedStates Navy. ref http books.google.com books?id sdguAAAAMAAJ Transfer of the Coast Guard to the Navy By UnitedStates. Congress. House. Committee ... center An enlisted training center was established in UnitedStatesCoast Guard Training Center Cape ... Act . This act charged the Coast Guard with ensuring the security of the UnitedStates ports and harbors ... 11, 2001 attacks , see Missions of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard above. In 2002, the Coast ... Air Vehicles VUAV s , or a combination of these. Portal Military of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard ... Stephen Hadley Evans. The UnitedStatesCoast Guard, 1790 1915 A Definitive History With a Postscript ... US Coast Guard navbox USMILHIST DEFAULTSORT History Of The UnitedStatesCoast Guard Category History of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard nl Geschiedenis van de United ... 25, 2003 it became part of the UnitedStates Department of Homeland Security Department of Homeland ... Act of 2006, upon the declaration of war and when UnitedStates Congress Congress so directs in the declaration, or when the President of the UnitedStates President directs, the Coast Guard operates as a service in the UnitedStates Department of the Navy Department of the Navy . Early history ... more details
peacock date September 2011 POV date September 2011 Infobox NRHP name U.S. Coast Guard Yard Curtis Bay nrhp type hd image UnitedStatesCoast Guard Yard.jpg caption Coast Guard Yard showing USCGCs Dependable ... locmapin Maryland area architect architecture added August 05, 1983 governing body UnitedStatesCoast Guard refnum 83002924 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref The UnitedStatesCoast Guard Yard or just Coast Guard Yard is a UnitedStatesCoast Guard operated shipyard located on Curtis Bay in northern Anne Arundel County, Maryland , just south of the Baltimore city limits. It is the coast guard s sole shipbuilding and major repair facility, and part of the coast guard s core industrial base and fleet support operations. It operates on an 88 million dollar annual budget. ref UnitedStatesCoast Guard. http www.uscg.mil hq cg4 yard default.asp Coast Guard Yard website . Accessed September 3, 2010. ref History For over a century, the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Yard has built, repaired and renovated ships in Baltimore, Maryland , for the U. S. Coast Guard. It is the service s sole shipbuilding and major repair facility. The Coast Guard Yard celebrated its centennial in 1999 and recognized the shipyard ... and goals of the coast guard s only shipyard. ref name USCG History UnitedStatesCoast Guard. http www.uscg.mil hq cg4 yard history.asp Coast Guard Shipyard History Page . Accessed November ... of the UnitedStates Lighthouse Service of the Department of Commerce to the coast ... County, Maryland Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard bases Category Government buildings on the National ... on the road to the coast guard fleet worldwide. The yard became the first organization in the United ... in the UnitedStates ... of the Coast Guard Academy . In 1905, Congress authorized the purchase of the depot s and additional ..., when the Revenue Cutter Service and Lifesaving Service combined to form the U. S. Coast Guard ... more details
The UnitedStatesCoast Guard carries out three basic roles, which are further subdivided into eleven ... the UnitedStatesCoast Guard as the federal agency responsible for maritime SAR operations in U.S. and international waters, and the UnitedStates Air Force as the federal agency responsible for inland ... on UnitedStates Merchant Marine U.S. merchant ships . Recreational boating safety The Coast Guard, through its UnitedStatesCoast Guard Auxiliary auxiliary , working with the UnitedStates ... as UnitedStates Navy SEALs Navy SEALs . The Coast Guard sometimes engages in the training of indigenous ... Guard navbox USCG Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard ... on Drugs drug interdiction Illegal immigration to the UnitedStates migrant interdiction defense readiness ... Bay UnitedStates Humboldt Bay , California , searched waters off Oregon for a missing light aircraft ..., either visibly by flare or flag, or by radio. Although Auxiliarist and UnitedStates Power Squadron ... s Marine Dealer Visitation Program guidlines ref Ice operations UnitedStates See National Ice ... the UnitedStates a legal pretext to sail to Greenland. In 1946, the IIP resumed operations ... Bowl , national political Convention meeting convention s, and Independence Day UnitedStates Independence Day celebrations. Such patrols were provided during the 2004 UnitedStates Republican ... , the Federal Aviation Administration FAA , and the UnitedStates Secret Service . Image Systemofsystems.gif ... and Border Protection. Coast Guard units coordinate their Caribbean Sea activities with the UnitedStates Navy U.S. Navy , the Royal Navy , and the Royal Netherlands Navy . Coast Guard missions were ... policies generally prohibit the UnitedStates Department of Defense Department of Defense branches of the UnitedStates armed forces from enforcing U.S. laws, but these restrictions do not apply ... of the Coast Guard s budget. Title 14, U.S. Code, Section 2 states The Coast Guard shall enforce or assist ... more details
For aviation specific installations UnitedStatesCoast Guard Air Stations This page contains a list of UnitedStatesCoast Guard stations . The stations below consist of past and stations in all nine of the Coast Guard s districts. UnitedStates Life Saving Service stations are also listed here as well ... history stations BoothbayHarbor.pdf work U.S. Coast Guard History Program publisher UnitedStates ... history stations BurntIsland.pdf work U.S. Coast Guard History Program publisher UnitedStates ... UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station Cranberry Island Cranberry ... publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station Cross Island ... publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station Crumple Island ... Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station Damiscove ... History Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station ... History Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station ... work U.S. Coast Guard History Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref ... Guard History Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard ... History Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station ... publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station Rockland Rockland ... History Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station ... work U.S. Coast Guard History Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August ... Coast Guard History Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref New ... HAMPTONBEACH.pdf work U.S. Coast Guard History Program publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate ... UnitedStatesCoast Guard accessdate 8 August 2011 ref Coast Guard Station Rye Beach Rye, New Hampshire ... more details
75px 2010 present See Also Commandant of the Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard References http www.uscg.mil history faqs vcomm.asp Vice Commandants of the Coast Guard External links Portal UnitedStatesCoast Guard http www.uscg.mil seniorleadership Vice Commandant s official website US Coast Guard navbox Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard personnel Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard job titles Category Vice Commandants of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard ...Infobox US Navy post Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard image VADM Brice OHara.jpg incumbent Vice admiral UnitedStates Vice admiral Sally Brice O Hara incumbentsince May 24, 2010 first Benjamin M. Chiswell formation 1929 website http www.uscg.mil comdt mcpocg Official Website flagimage USCG VCOMDT W.svg flagimagesize 200px The Vice Commandant serves as the second in command of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard . Since 1929, 27 officers have served as Vice Commandant, or, as the position was referred to before 1972, Assistant Commandant. The title of the position was changed effective October 2, 1972, pursuant to P.L. 92 451. Vice Commandants of the Coast Guard class wikitable sortable No. Rank Photo Tenure 1 Captain UnitedStates CPT Benjamin M. Chiswell 1929 1931 2 Rear admiral UnitedStates RADM Leon C. Covell 1931 1941 3 RADM Lloyd T. Chalker 1941 1946 4 Vice admiral UnitedStates VADM Merlin O Neill File Admiral Merlin O Neill.jpg 75px 1946 1949 5 RADM Alfred C. Richmond File Alfred C Richmond.jpg 75px 1949 1954 6 VADM James A. Hirshfield 1954 1962 7 VADM Edwin J. Roland File Edwin J Roland.jpg 75px 1962 1962 8 VADM Donald M. Morrison 1962 1964 9 VADM William D. Shields 1964 1966 10 VADM Paul E. Trimble 1966 1970 11 VADM Thomas R. Sargent, III 1970 1974 12 VADM Ellis L. Perry 1974 1978 13 VADM Robert H. Scarborough 1978 1982 14 VADM Benedict L. Stabile 1982 1986 15 VADM James C. Irwin 1986 1988 16 VADM Clyde T. Lusk 1988 1990 17 VADM Martin H. Daniell 1990 1992 18 VADM Robert ... more details
For other versions of UnitedStates military service numbers, see Service number UnitedStates armed forces UnitedStatesCoast Guard service numbers were first created in the later half of 1921. In 2004 the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Coast Guard began using Employee Identification Numbers, or EMPLIDs, to replace the Social Security Number on official forms. Coast Guard officer numbers Coast Guard officer ... un issued with the first Coast Guard officer service number being 1000 which was issued to Joseph F. Farley . The next range of Coast Guard officer numbers, 1001 through 20,000 were reserved for issuance to officers of the Regular Coast Guard. These numbers were typically issued to graduates of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Academy and other Regular Guard appointees. The Regular Coast Guard .... Coast Guard officer numbers above 20,001 were reserved for members of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Reserve as well as Coast Guard warrant officers and other non regular Coast Guard members. Officer ... Identification Numbers EMPLID publisher UnitedStatesCoast Guard ref Notable service numbers Significant ... June 2009 References Reflist US Coast Guard navbox Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard Category Military ... StatesCoast Guard. In addition to the special duty service numbers, regular enlisted service numbers ... 1 to 100,000 and these numbers had yet to be exhausted by the discontinuation of Coast Guard service numbers in 1974. Like the Navy and Marine Corps, the Coast Guard set aside the early service numbers for retroactive presentations however, for various reasons, the Coast Guard never enacted this project ... uses such as cadets at the Coast Guard Academy. File USCGONbrs.jpg thumb center 575px Final distribution of Coast Guard officer service numbers Coast Guard enlisted numbers The first Coast Guard enlisted service numbers began at 100,000 with a range to 200,000. The purpose of beginning Coast Guard enlisted numbers in this range was to ensure that no enlisted Coast Guard member would have a number ... more details
The Creed of the UnitedStatesCoast Guardsman was written by Vice Admiral Harry G. Hamlet , who served as Commandant of the Coast Guard from 1932 to 1936. ref http www.uscg.mil history people HGHamletBio.asp Harry G. Hamlet USCG Historian s Office ref ref http www.uscg.mil History faqs creed.asp USCG History FAQ USCG Historian s Office ref While the Ethos describes a Coast Guard member s duty to the nation, the Creed is a contract an individual makes with the Coast Guard. ref name ethos ALCOAST 366 08 http www.uscg.mil announcements alcoast ALCOAST36608.txt ref The Creed of the UnitedStatesCoast Guardsman cquote center I am proud to be a UnitedStatesCoast Guardsman. I revere that long line of expert seamen who by their devotion to duty and sacrifice of self have made it possible for me to be a member of a service honored and respected, in peace and in war, throughout the world. I never, by word or deed, will bring reproach upon the fair name of my service, nor permit others to do so unchallenged. I will cheerfully and willingly obey all lawful orders. I will always be on time to relieve, and shall endeavor to do more, rather than less, than my share. I will always be at my station, alert and attending to my duties. I shall, so far as I am able, bring to my seniors solutions, not problems. I shall live joyously, but always with due regard for the rights and privileges of others. I shall endeavor to be a model citizen in the community in which I live. I shall sell life dearly ... endeavor to be one of His noblest Works... A UNITEDSTATESCOAST GUARDSMAN. center References reflist See also Portal UnitedStatesCoast Guard Noncommissioned officer s creed U.S. Soldier s Creed Soldier s Creed Quartermaster Corps UnitedStates Army Quartermaster Creed Quartermaster Creed Ranger Creed Rifleman s Creed USMC Sailor s Creed Airman s Creed US Coast Guard navbox US military navbox Category History of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2008 The UnitedStates Senate Committee on Coast Defenses was created in 1885 to deal with the country s coastal defenses. It was abolished in 1921. Chairmen of the Committee on Coast Defenses, 1885 1921 Joseph Dolph R OR 1885 1891 Watson Squire R WA 1891 1893 John Brown Gordon John Gordon D GA 1893 1895 Watson Squire R WA 1895 1897 Joseph R. Hawley R CT 1897 George W. McBride R OR 1898 1901 John H. Mitchell R OR 1901 1905 Philander C. Knox R PA 1905 1908 George S. Nixon R NV 1908 1911 Charles Curtis R KS 1911 1913 James E. Martine D NJ 1913 1914 Blair Lee I D MD 1914 1917 Charles S. Thomas D CO 1917 1919 Joseph S. Frelinghuysen R NJ 1919 1921 Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStates Senate Coast Defenses Category 1885 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1921 disestablishments ... more details
tocright Awards and decorations of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard are Awards and decorations of the UnitedStates military military medals and ribbons of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard which are currently ..., the issuance of DOT awards has been discontinued in the Coast Guard, although such awards may still be seen on active duty Coast Guard uniforms. Coast Guard military awards are similar to Military awards of the UnitedStates Department of the Navy U.S. Navy decorations and Coast Guard personnel are eligible to receive all Inter service awards and decorations of the UnitedStates military inter service awards and decorations , Authorized foreign decorations of the UnitedStates military authorized ... 1 cellpadding 1 width 40 width 50 style background efefef Marksmanship Badge UnitedStatesCoast ... StatesCoast Guard Distinguished Pistol Shot Award Badge width 50 style background efefef Marksmanship Badge UnitedStatesCoast Guard Rifleman Excellence in Competition Award Badge br Awarded in silver ... efefef Marksmanship Badge UnitedStatesCoast Guard Pistol Shot Excellence in Competition Award Badge ... of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross UnitedStates Distinguished Flying Cross Coast Guard Medal align ... USCG decorations US Coast Guard navbox US military navbox Category Awards and decorations of the UnitedStatesCoast Guard Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard lists fr D corations des garde c tes des ... issued by the Secretary of Transportation and Coast Guard personnel were eligible to receive a variety of Awards and decorations of the UnitedStates government Department of Transportation Department ... Cross Distinguished Service Cross UnitedStates Distinguished Service Cross Air Force Cross United ... Medal UnitedStates Meritorious Service Medal Air Medal Silver Lifesaving Medal Aerial Achievement ... Coast Guard are as follows ref http www.uscg.mil directives cim 1000 1999 CIM 1650 25D.pdf ref Coast Guard Decorations USCGAwards Coast Guard Lifesaving Medals align center border 1 cellpadding ... more details
Refimprove date January 2011 Image JAG logo USCG.gif right thumb 150px The Coast Guard Judge Advocate General oversees the delivery of legal services to the UnitedStatesCoast Guard , through the Office ... Activities Coast Guard attorneys serve as advisers or representatives of the UnitedStates ... Guard attorneys. A Coast Guard judge advocate is assigned as liaison to the UnitedStates Department of State , and another is attached to the UnitedStates Department of Defense Institute for International ... assistant UnitedStates Attorneys in several locations. Procurement Law Coast Guard attorneys in the Office ... USCG USA Mil Judicial US Coast Guard navbox Category UnitedStatesCoast Guard Legal Division ... in a wide variety of civil litigation, from simple Torts tort defense to UnitedStates Constitution constitutional challenges. Coast Guard judge advocates are assigned to litigating divisions in the United ... in accordance with Section 1044 of Title 10 of the UnitedStates Code , makes attorneys available ... Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division Judge Advocate General s Corps, UnitedStates Army U.S. Army ... Areas, nine Coast Guard Districts, the Coast Guard Academy, three training centers, and a number of other activities and commands. Legal services are delivered by Coast Guard judge advocates ... support and Legal aid legal assistance . Military Justice The Coast Guard is subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice . Coast Guard judge advocates serve as defense counsel and prosecutors ... assigned as appellate counsel both for the government and defense brief and argue cases before the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals , the UnitedStates Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces , and the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates . Coast Guard attorneys serve as Judge Advocate General s Corps Staff Judge Advocates to Coast Guard commanders providing advice on military criminal matters. Operations Coast Guard attorneys act as legal counsel and enforcement guidance in key Coast Guard mission ... more details
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