coast guard

     

A coast guar is a national organization responsible for various services at sea. However the term implies widely different responsibilities in different countries. Among the responsibilities that may be entrusted to a coast guard service are enforcement of maritime law, maintenance of seamarks, border control, and other services. During wartime coast guards might be responsible for harbour defense, port security, naval counterintelligence and coastal patrols.

Trivia about coast guard

  • This U.S. service operates the Int'l Ice Patrol, which warns of icebergs & has tried melting & bombing them
  • It's the smallest armed service of the United States
  • You'll stay closer to home in this service, the USA's main maritime search & rescue organization
  • In 1939 U.S. lighthouses came under the jurisdiction of this branch of the armed services
  • Bribes from Big Bill Dwyer turned members of this armed service into rum-runners
  • This Armed Forces branch normally operates under the D.O.T., but in wartime it operates under the Navy
  • Semper paratus, meaning "always prepared", is the motto of this branch of the U.S. military
  • You'll find its home page at www.uscg.mil
  • Boston Light in Boston Harbor is the last named U.S. lighthouse; its keeper is from this military organization
  • You'll find this branch of the military under the DHS umbrella
  • (Tom Ridge reads.) I led the largest reorganization of the government since the 1940s, including bringing the Secret Service, customs, & this whole military service into the DHS
  • Only one medal has been awarded to a member of this service branch