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Coast Guard Station number Reference Coast Guard Station Boston: Boston: Unknown 2003 1996 Active No N/A N/A Unknown [30] Coast Guard Station Brant Point: Nantucket: Unknown Active Unknown [31] Coast Guard Station Brant Rock: Marshfield: 1892–1893 1953 Yes Unknown 2nd 29 [32] Coast Guard Station Cahoons Hollow: Wellfleet: 1872–1873 1950 10 ...
United States Coast Guard stations — facilities operated by the United States Coast Guard for the primary purpose of housing small boat units. Pages in category "United States Coast Guard stations" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
A Coast Guard Air Station (abbreviated as CGAS or AirSta) provides aviation support for the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the United States. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the HC-130 Hercules, are built for long range missions and operate from air stations.
United States Coast Guard National Response Force serves as a nationwide emergency call center that fields INITIAL reports for pollution and railroad incidents and forwards that information to appropriate federal/state agencies for response, similar to that of a 911 dispatch center. It's located Washington, D.C., and commanded by a Captain.
This is a list of military installations owned or used by the United States Armed Forces both in the United States and around the world. This list details only current or recently closed facilities; some defunct facilities are found at Category:Former military installations of the United States .
The Coast Guard's shore establishment divides the continental United States and its territories into two area commands--Coast Guard Atlantic Area and Coast Guard Pacific Area—each commanded by a vice admiral. The area commands are divided into districts, each commanded by a rear admiral and responsible for a portion of the nation's coastline ...
Surfman Howard Daniel Browning of Station Narrangansett Pier in winter uniform, c. 1909 Surfmen was the terminology used to describe members of the United States Lifesaving Service . It is also currently the highest qualification in the United States Coast Guard for small boat operations.
The Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF) —formerly Deployable Operations Group— are part of the United States Coast Guard that provide highly equipped, trained and organized deployable specialized forces, to the Coast Guard, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Department of Defense (DoD) and inter-agency operational and tactical commanders. [2]