Government_Ch5_Coast-Guard

=**U.S. Coast Guard**= The Coast Guard is one of the branches of the Armed Forces. According to the Coast Guard website: For over two centuries the U.S. Coast Guard has safeguarded our Nation’s maritime interests in the heartland, in the ports, at sea, and around the globe. We protect the maritime economy and the environment, we defend our maritime borders, and we save those in peril. This history has forged our character and purpose as America’s Maritime Guardian — //Always Ready// for all hazards and all threats. Today’s U.S. Coast Guard, with nearly 42,000 men and women on active duty, is a unique force that carries out an array of civil and military responsibilities touching almost every facet of the U.S. maritime environment. The Coast Guard's motto is //Semper Paratus//, meaning "Always Ready."

Missions
By law, the Coast Guard has 11 missions: //(listed in order of percentage of operating expenses)// Thus, we are **military, multi-mission, and maritime**.
 * Ports, waterways, and coastal security
 * Drug interdiction
 * Aids to navigation
 * Search and rescue
 * Living marine resources
 * Marine safety
 * Defense readiness
 * Migrant interdiction
 * Marine environmental protection
 * Ice operations
 * Other law enforcement

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