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Coast Guard & Coast Guard Reserve: An Overview. Office of Reserve Affairs Coast Guard Headquarters Washington, DC. What is the Coast Guard?. Legacy agencies Revenue Cutter Service , Lifesaving Service, Lighthouse Service, Steamship Inspection Bureau = today’s U.S. Coast Guard
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Coast Guard & Coast Guard Reserve: An Overview Office of Reserve Affairs Coast Guard Headquarters Washington, DC
What is the Coast Guard? • Legacy agencies • Revenue Cutter Service , Lifesaving Service,Lighthouse Service, Steamship Inspection Bureau = today’s U.S. Coast Guard • Key component of DHS since 2003 • Treasury Dept: 1790-1967; DOT: 1967-2003 • Current state • Military: 40,000 active duty, 8,100 Reservists • Civilians: 7,000 employees, 33,000 Auxiliarists
Always an Armed Service • USCG in Iraqi Freedom • High-endurance cutters • Buoy tender • Island-class patrol boats • Port Security Units • National Strike Force • Law Enforcement Detachments • RAID teams
Coast Guard Reserve • USCGR founded in 1941 • Organized Reserve units established in 1950 • Reserve augmentation begins in 1972 • Active-Reserve integration begins in 1994 • Mobilizations • 1,250 for Operations Desert Shield/Storm • 6,800 cumulatively since 2001 for Operations Noble Eagle, Iraqi Freedom, other Maritime Homeland Security activities
An Integrated Reserve Force 80% are assigned to typical USCG Active Component units 20% serve at USCG Port Security Units, Mobile Support Unit, Naval Coastal Warfare Squadrons, Combatant Commander staffs
Port Security Unit Facts • Armed boats, crews & supporting equipment • Deploy OCONUS as part of Joint team • 140 Reservists, 5 active-duty members • 8 units on Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf coasts & Great Lakes region
Reserve by the Numbers • Reserve Training Appropriation • FY 07: $122.5 million • FY 06: $117.8 million • End strength • Selected Reserve: 8,100 • Individual Ready Reserve: 4,400 • Full-time support: 536 (military & civilian) • Approximately 75 Reserve Program Administrators
Readiness for the Future • Core USCGR functions: • Maritime Homeland Security • Domestic/Expeditionary Support to National Defense • Domestic Natural & Manmade Disaster Response & Recovery
14 U.S.C. 712 Recall Authority • Authorizing Official: Secretary of Homeland Security • In Response To/Prevention Of: Serious natural or manmade disasters, accidents, catastrophes, terrorist threats • Type & Limitations: Involuntary. Up to 60 days in 4 months or 120 days in 2 years
Hurricane Katrina • 700 Reservists called to duty by SECDHS • USCG response forces include 2 PSUs • Reservists perform 20,000 person-days in support of response & recovery operations