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The United States Coast Guard(USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcementservice branchof the United States Armed Forces[7]and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the United States military branches for having a maritime law ...
The Maritime Enforcement Specialist ( ME) rating is the uniformed law enforcement specialist of the United States Coast Guard. Responsible for law enforcement and force protection, these personnel are trained in traditional maritime law enforcement, anti-terrorism, force protection, port security and safety, and unit-level training. [1]
Port Security Unit. U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Units are Deployable Specialized Forces organized for sustained expeditionary security and anti-terrorism. They provide Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (ATFP) missions, which include harbor and port defense, protection of High Value Assets (HVAs), expeditionary security, Sea Lines of ...
Maritime domain awareness. Maritime domain awareness ( MDA) is defined by the International Maritime Organization as the effective understanding of anything associated with the maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment. [1] MDA is said to work as a ‘key enabler’ for other maritime security issues, such ...
Dec. 16—The cutter sailed more than 8, 000 nautical miles over 36 days from Portsmouth, Va., to join the Coast Guard's District 14, which is headquartered on Oahu and is the service's largest ...
The Special Missions Training Center ( SMTC ), also known as Joint Maritime Training Center (JMTC), is a joint United States Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps training facility located on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. [1] [2] SMTC's mission is to provide relevant and credible Maritime Security Training and Operational Testing and Evaluation ...
Coast Guard navigates bureaucracy in fight against illegal fishing. Tribune. Kevin Knodell, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. March 3, 2024 at 12:02 PM. Mar. 3—Competition over dwindling fish ...
Header of an unclassified Department of State telegram with the "SIPDIS" tag marked in red. The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) is "a system of interconnected computer networks used by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State to transmit classified information (up to and including information classified SECRET) by packet switching over the 'completely ...