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*the united states coast guard (‘USCG’) is a branch of the “united states armed forces” and one of the country’s 8 ‘uniformed services’*
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(the ‘Coast Guard’ is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the U.S. military branches for having a “maritime law enforcement mission” (with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters) and a “federal regulatory agency mission” as part of its mission set)
(it operates under the “U.S. Department of Homeland Security” during peacetime, and can be transferred to the “U.S. Department of the Navy” by the “U.S. President” at any time, or by the “U.S. Congress” during times of war)
(this has happened twice, in 1917, during “World War I”, and in 1941, during “World War II”)
(created by Congress on 4 august 1790 at the request of “Alexander Hamilton” as the Revenue Marine, it is the oldest continuous seagoing service of the United States)
(as “Secretary of the Treasury”, Hamilton headed the “Revenue Marine”, whose original purpose was collecting customs duties in the nation’s seaports)
(by the 1860s, the service was known as the “U.S. Revenue Cutter Service” and the term “Revenue Marine” gradually fell into disuse)
(the modern “Coast Guard” was formed by a merger of the “Revenue Cutter Service” and the “U.S. Life-Saving Service” on 28 January 1915, under the “U.S. Department of the Treasury”)
(as one of the country’s five armed services, the “Coast Guard” has been involved in every U.S. war from 1790 to the “Iraq War” and the “War in Afghanistan”)
(as of 2014 the “Coast Guard” had over 36,000 men and women on active duty, 7,350 reservists, 29,620 auxiliarists, and 7,064 full-time civilian employees)
(in terms of size, the U.S. Coast Guard by itself is the world’s 12th largest naval force)
(the Coast Guard’s legal authority differs from the other four armed services, as it operates simultaneously under ‘Title 10’ of the U.S. Code and its other organic authorities, such as Titles 6, 14, 19, 33, and 46)
(because of its legal authority, the “Coast Guard” can conduct military operations under the “U.S. Department of Defense” or directly for the President in accordance with Title 14 USC 1–3)
(the Coast Guard’s enduring roles are ‘maritime safety’, ‘security’, and ‘stewardship’)
(to carry out those roles, it has 11 statutory missions as defined in , which include enforcing U.S. law in the world’s largest exclusive economic zone of 3.4 million square miles (8,800,000 km2))
(the coast guard’s motto is the latin phrase, semper paratus (english: ‘always ready’))
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👈👈👈☜*“THE 8 AMERICAN UNIFORMED SERVICES”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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