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| {{Short description|Maritime law enforcement and rescue service branch of the U.S. military}} | | {{Short description|Maritime law enforcement and rescue service branch of the U.S. military}} |
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| {{Infobox military unit
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| | unit_name = United States Coast Guard
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| | image = [[File:US-CoastGuard-Seal.svg|frameless]]
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| | caption = Seal of the United States Coast Guard
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| | start_date = {{ubl|{{start date|1915|1|28}} (as current service)|{{start date|1790|08|04}}<br/>(as the [[United States Revenue Cutter Service|Revenue-Marine]])<ref name="birth date">{{cite web |url=https://www.history.uscg.mil/Frequently-Asked-Questions/ |title=Coast Guard History: Frequently Asked Questions – When was the Coast Guard (and its forerunners) established and what is its organizational history? |website=Coast Guard Historian's Office |access-date=29 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130072026/http://www.history.uscg.mil/Frequently-Asked-Questions/ |archive-date=30 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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| | country = {{Flagu|United States}}
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| | allegiance =
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| | branch =
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| | type = [[Coast guard]]
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| | role = [[Port security|Port and waterway security]]<br />[[Drug interdiction]]<br />[[Aids to navigation]]<br />[[Search and rescue]]<br />[[Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing]]<br />[[Marine safety]]<br />[[Naval warfare|Defense readiness]]<br />[[Border control|Migrant interdiction]]<br />[[Marine environmental protection]]<br />[[Icebreaker|Ice operations]]<br />[[Law enforcement]]
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| | size = 40,558 active duty personnel<br />7,724 reserve personnel<br />21,000 auxiliarists<ref name="Auxiliary Policy Statement">{{cite web |last1=Fagan |first1=Linda |title=The Commandant of the United States Coast Guard – Auxiliary Policy Statement |url=https://media.defense.gov/2022/Aug/12/2003056218/-1/-1/0/AUXILIARY%20POLICY%20STATEMENT.PDF |publisher=The Commandant of the United States Coast Guard |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref><br />8,577 civilian personnel (as of 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Demographics: Profile of the Military Community |url=https://download.militaryonesource.mil/12038/MOS/Reports/2020-demographics-report.pdf |publisher=Department of Defense |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref>
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| | command_structure = {{ubl|[[United States Armed Forces]]|[[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]]}}
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| | garrison = [[Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building]],<br />Washington, D.C., U.S.
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| | garrison_label = Headquarters
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| | nickname = {{unbulleted list|
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| "Coasties"<ref name="Benedetto2006">{{cite book|author=William R. Benedetto|title=Sailing Into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMd4k1R4YtcC&pg=PA161|date=February 2006|publisher=Kensington Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-0-8065-2646-1|page=161|access-date=23 February 2015|quote=Its sailors go by a handful of names including coasties, shallow-water sailors, hooligans, rum-runners, the Guard, and, now, the Home Security guys.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407085848/http://books.google.com/books?id=bMd4k1R4YtcC&pg=PA161|archive-date=7 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>|"The Guard"<ref name="Benedetto2006" />}}
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| | motto = {{unbulleted list|{{lang|la|Semper Paratus}}|Always ready}}<ref name="semper">{{cite web|title='Semper Paratus' (Always Ready)|url=https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/History-Heritage-Traditions/Semper-Paratus/|website=Coast Guard History – FAQ's|publisher=U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office|access-date= 27 April 2020}}</ref>
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| | patron =
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| | colors = CG Red, CG Blue, White<ref name="heraldry">{{cite web|title=CHAPTER 2. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD EMBLEM|url=https://media.defense.gov/2017/Mar/16/2001717495/-1/-1/0/CIM_5200_14A.PDF#page=14|format=PDF|publisher=United States Coast Guard|date=April 2011|id=COMDTINST M5200.14A|page=2|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209182245/https://media.defense.gov/2017/Mar/16/2001717495/-1/-1/0/CIM_5200_14A.PDF#page=14|archive-date=9 February 2018|url-status=live }}</ref><br />{{color box|#E03C31}} {{color box|#006BA6}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
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| | colors_label = Colors
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| | march = "[[Semper Paratus (march)|Semper Paratus]]" {{audio|Semper Paratus by USCG Band.ogg|Play}}
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| | mascot =
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| | equipment = [[List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard|List of U.S. Coast Guard equipment]]
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| | website = {{ubl|{{URL|www.uscg.mil|uscg.mil}}|{{URL|www.gocoastguard.com|gocoastguard.com}}}}
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| | battles = {{collapsible list
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| | titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
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| | title = ''See list''
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| |[[Quasi-War]]<br />[[War of 1812]]<br />[[Seminole Wars]] <br />[[West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States|West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations]]<br />[[African Anti-Slavery Operations of the United States|African Anti-Slavery Operations]]<br />[[Mexican–American War]]<br />[[American Civil War]]<br />[[Spanish–American War]]<br />[[World War I]]<br />[[World War II]]<br />[[Korean War]]<br />[[Vietnam War]]<br />[[Invasion of Grenada]]<br />[[United States invasion of Panama|Invasion of Panama]]<br />[[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]]<br />[[Operation Uphold Democracy]]<br />[[1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Kosovo War]]<br />[[War in Afghanistan (2001–14)|War in Afghanistan]]<br />[[Iraq War]]<br />[[Operation Inherent Resolve]]
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| | anniversaries = 4 August
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| | decorations = <!-- Decoration -->
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| | battle_honours = <!-- Commanders -->
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| | commander1 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the President of the United States of America.svg|size=25px}} [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]]
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| | commander1_label = [[Powers of the president of the United States#Commander-in-chief|Commander-in-Chief]]
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| | commander2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the United States Secretary of Homeland Security.svg|size=25px}} [[Alejandro Mayorkas]]
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| | commander2_label = [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]] <!--[[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] use only when under DoD -->
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| | commander3 = <!--use only when under DoD-->
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| | commander3_label = <!--[[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]]-->
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| | commander4 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.svg|size=25px}} [[Admiral (United States)|ADM]] [[Linda L. Fagan]]
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| | commander4_label = [[Commandant of the Coast Guard|Commandant]]
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| | commander5 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Vice Commandant of the USCG.svg|size=25px}} [[Admiral (United States)|ADM]] [[Kevin Lunday|Kevin E. Lunday]]
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| | commander5_label = [[Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard|Vice Commandant]]
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| | commander6 = [[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard|MCPOCG]] [[Heath B. Jones]]
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| | commander6_label = [[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard]]
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| | notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia -->
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| | identification_symbol_2 = [[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg|border|150px]]
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| | identification_symbol_2_label = [[Flag of the United States Coast Guard#Coast Guard ensign|Ensign]]
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| | identification_symbol_3 = [[File:CGMark W.svg|100px]]
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| | identification_symbol_3_label = [[#Service Mark ("Racing Stripe")|Service mark]]
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| | identification_symbol_4 = [[File:Flag of the United States Coast Guard.svg|border|150px]]
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| | identification_symbol_4_label = [[Flag of the United States Coast Guard#Flag|Flag]]
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| | identification_symbol_5 = [[File:Jack of the United States.svg|border|150px]]
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| | identification_symbol_5_label = [[Jack of the United States|Jack]]
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| | identification_symbol_6 = [[File:Wordmark of the United States Coast Guard.png|150px]]
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| | identification_symbol_6_label = Wordmark
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| {{United States Armed Forces sidebar}}
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| The '''United States Coast Guard''' ('''USCG''') is the [[maritime security]], [[search and rescue]], and [[maritime law enforcement|law enforcement]] [[military branch|service branch]] of the [[United States Armed Forces]]<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|14|101}}</ref> and one of the country's eight [[Uniformed services of the United States|uniformed services]]. The service is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the United States military branches for having a maritime [[law enforcement]] mission with jurisdiction in both domestic and [[international waters]] and a [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] [[regulatory agency]] mission as part of its duties. It is the largest [[coast guard]] in the world, rivaling the capabilities and size of most [[Navy|navies]]. | | The '''United States Coast Guard''' ('''USCG''') is the [[maritime security]], [[search and rescue]], and [[maritime law enforcement|law enforcement]] [[military branch|service branch]] of the [[United States Armed Forces]]<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|14|101}}</ref> and one of the country's eight [[Uniformed services of the United States|uniformed services]]. The service is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the United States military branches for having a maritime [[law enforcement]] mission with jurisdiction in both domestic and [[international waters]] and a [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] [[regulatory agency]] mission as part of its duties. It is the largest [[coast guard]] in the world, rivaling the capabilities and size of most [[Navy|navies]]. |
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