The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the marine safety, search and rescue, and law enforcement services branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, one of the nations eight uniformed services. The USCG served as our nations sole armed service at sea until eight years later, when Congress created the Navy Department. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), the military service in the United States Armed Forces charged with the implementation of maritime laws. The Chief Warrant Officers and Warrant Officers Association, U.S. Coast Guard (CWOA), established in 1929, represents Coast Guard warrant officers and chief warrant officers (active, reserve, and retired) before the United States Congress, the White House, and the Department of Homeland Security.
The United States Coast Guard supports the Nations interests by saving lives, preventing terrorism, protecting Americas maritime borders, promoting the rule of law, protecting natural resources, and improving the safety and security of the cyber and critical infrastructure, all in conjunction with the Departments other components in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As the Nations only multi-mission, uniformed, maritime service, the U.S. Coast Guard is a humanitarian first responder, an environmental steward, a law enforcement and regulatory agency, member of the intelligence community, and an Army Corps. WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins with our Nation of Grateful Dead to commemorate the 232nd anniversary of the United States Coast Guard, which has saved countless lives and protected American interests in ports, inland waterways, along shorelines, and international waters over the last 232 years. Americas waterways, shores, and seas are the lifeblood of the American economy, our national security, and our way of life.
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Strobridge and Noble discuss with great skill how the US Revenue Cutter Service, using wood ships and sails, performed many brave rescues, supported humanitarian needs, and established America as a country of the North. During World War I, Ellsworth P. Bertholf held the temporary rank of admiral, the first ensign in either the Revenue Cutter Service or U.S. Coast Guard-A to attain the flag rank. Ellsworth P. Bertholf also served as a United States delegate at the International Safety at Sea Conference in 1912, which led to the creation of the International Ice Patrol.
The Coast Guard can trace its roots back to a small fleet of vessels maintained by the United States Department of Treasury beginning in the 1790s for tariff enforcement (an important revenue stream for the nation). The USCG was established in 1790 by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton as the Revenue Marine Service.
Record (in Atlanta) of the Marine Inspection Office, Port Everglades, Florida, consisting of official logbooks of merchant vessels, 1959. Records (all in Philadelphia) of the Fifth Coast Guard District, consisting of Voyage Survey records, 1960-64; Logbooks of Merchant Vessels, Portsmouth, VA, and Baltimore, MD, 1958-64; Vessel Folders, Norfolk, VA, Reedville, VA, Baltimore, MD, Cambridge, MD, and Annapolis, MD, 1957-71; Logs of Merchant Vessels, 1923-58; Numeral Indexes of Vessels, 1966; and Buildings and Equipment, 1939-50.
Designated as an agency that provides and operates navigational aids for maintaining port security and vessels within the territorial waters of the United States, 1939-50. It enforces laws and issues and enforces regulations for promoting safety of life and property throughout the United States coastline, including in Alaska and Hawaii. The Coast Guards pipe band, together with the Reserve Air Forces pipe band, is one of only two kilted units in the United States Armed Forces, not including those maintained by the states Defense Departments and the Service Academy.
The Coast Guard, as well as the nations other military services, has a core set of values which serves as the main moral guidelines for all active-duty, reserve, auxiliary, and civilian Coast Guard members. At Naval War College in 2007, Coast Guard Chief of Staff Adm. Thad Allen said that a new marine strategy reinforced the honorable, historic missions that the service has carried out for America since 1790. Throughout the Atlantic and Pacific theaters in World War II, Coast Guardsmen were frequently called on to man landing ships carrying American troops to shore. Golfer Arnold Palmer, novelist Alexanders Alex Haley, actor Jeff Bridges, National Football League (NFL) player Emlen Tunnel, actor Cesar Romero, National Hockey League (NHL) player Art Coulter, and boxer Jack Dempsey were among the many other stars to have served in the United States Coast Guard.