Coast Guard 101
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A strategic communication products from the United States Coast Guard (2010)
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Coast Guard 101
- 1. U.S. Coast Guard America’s Maritime Guardian June 2010
- 20. Where we fit
- 22. Personnel Strength of Armed Forces (as of February 2010) Service Military personnel Percent of total Army 558,840 38% Air Force 335,490 23% Navy 329,571 22% Marine Corps 204,133 14% Coast Guard 43,449 3% Total 1,471,483 100%
- 28. America’s Maritime Guardian: … In the heartland … In the ports … On the seas … Around the globe
- 29. Questions?
Notes de l'éditeur
- [Note to speakers: a minimal amount of notes are provided as most of the slides are designed to be talked from based on the information on the slides. For the slides that do have notes, they are additional to what is on the slide, so please do not rely on the notes as your only script.]
- Maritime transportation is the lifeblood of our national economy and fuels the global economy.
- Locations of the Coast Guard’s major commands
- Help boats and ships determine their position or safe course and warn of dangers or obstructions to navigation, such as rocks or shallow water. Imagine driving a car across the country with no traffic lights or signs, lane markings, place or direction signs, or warning signs for sharp turns or cliff edges -- and you can imagine how important aids to navigation are for maritime traffic.
- The nation’s waterways and their ecosystems are vital to the country’s economy and health. The Coast Guard helps stop the degradation of our ocean’s natural resources associated with maritime activities. This includes ensuring that marine species, such as whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, and walruses, are protected. The Coast Guard also enforces fisheries laws and regulations.
- Ensures the safety of tens of thousands of mariners millions of passengers on ferries and other vessels and tens of millions of recreational boaters Protects the environment from oil and chemical spills Certifies and licenses more than 200,000 mariners
- By statute, the Coast Guard is an armed force, operating in the joint arena at any time and as a specialized service under the Navy in time of war or when directed by the President. It also has responsibilities for the U.S. Maritime Defense Zone, countering potential threats to American's coasts, ports, and inland waterways through operations and exercises. Outside of U.S. coastal waters, the Coast Guard assists foreign naval and maritime forces through training and joint operations. For example, one of our Law Enforcement Detachments assisted in anti-piracy operations off of Somalia in February, 2009, capturing 16 suspected pirates. Many of the world’s maritime nations conduct missions that resemble those of the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is a powerful role model that is in ever-increasing demand abroad.
- Prevents and responds to oil and chemical spills into waterways Stops unauthorized ocean dumping Averts the introduction of invasive species
- We prevent illegal foreign fishing from taking place in our Exclusive Economic Zone, 200 miles out from the U.S. shoreline. This protects our maritime borders and ensures the health of U.S. fisheries. We also enforce international agreements on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activity on the high seas. In 2008, we participated in an international high seas drift net enforcement campaign in the north Pacific ocean. During this campaign, the Coast Guard interdicted two Chinese vessels, helping Chinese officials to seize them. In this photo is one of the Chinese fishing vessels suspected of illegal large-scale high-seas drift net fishing nearly 500 miles east of Japan.
- 4th bullet: Terrorists used small vessels to bomb USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 and to slip into India for attacks in Mumbai in 2008.
- Photo of zebra mussels: an invasive species first found in the Great Lakes in 1988. Invasive species occur via ballast water, vessel hulls, anchors, and equipment Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet’s ship wheel that has been in service since 1944
- The reduction of Arctic ice will open the area up to Commercial shipping Commercial fishing Mining, drilling Tourism Boundary disputes In Baltimore, the Coast Guard created a renewable energy center that burns gas from a nearby landfill. The Coast Guard’s only shipyard is now 100% self-powered by renewable energy. Goal is for the Coast Guard to adopt green technology and practices into any new design and construction projects