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Is it true that the CoastGuard does little work off from the coast?

Like do they go to war like the other branches do? What about training vs. the other branches? Thanks for your input.

Answer 1

The Coast Guards primary duty is for around our own coasts and territorial waters.

But the Coast Guard also has a proud History of serving in our wars overseas as well.

In Vietnam the Coast Guard did a lot of the riverine and coastal patroling in areas like the Mekong delta etc.. the so called Brownwater Navy.

During Desert Storm, Coast Guard provided a lot of Harbor defense for areas like Bahrain and others. Detatchments of the Coast Guard are aboard selected us Navy ships to provide security and expertise in VBSS missions in the Persian Gulf (VBSS Visit Board Search and Siezure)

On my First Ship, USS Halsey (CG-23), Our Navigation Officer was a Cross-decked Coastie. Lt (jg) West.

That being said. I usually joke about the scariest thing I ever saw in the Navy (In the case of friendly interservice rivalry)

Was a Mk-141 Quard Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Launcher temporarily mounted to the foredeck of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton.

NOTE: For those civvies who don't get it, a Harpoon missile launcher on a Coast Guard Cutter is like giving an Anti-Tank missile to a policeman for conducting a traffic stop.

Answer 2

Coast Guard in what the name describes...Coastal Guards, they respond to rescues of stranded boats, patrol and work drug enforcement, enforce laws against poaching within US boundaries so are the defenders of US natural resources among it's vast list of duties. They are however viewed by the other branches as the lesser force in the US Military but try and tell that to a swimming swept out to sea when the Coast Guard Helicopter lets him/her back out on dry safe land.

Answer 3

The US Coast Guard is a military service attached to the Treasury Deparment that is posted to intercept illegal imports thourgh US seaports. The Coast Guard also serves as a search and rescue force for those lost at sea. Coast Guard members have rigorous training and many specialties that require even n more rigorous training. Check, for example the movie "Guardian" about rescue swimmers in the Coast Guard.

Answer 4

Previously part of the US Department of Transportation, the Coast Guard is not part of the Department of Homeland Security. They literally "guard the coast", providing port security, drug interdiction, maritime safety, and search and rescue.

There are Coast Guard units deployed to the Middle East, performing similar tasks along side littorial units of the US Navy.

Answer 5

The primary duties of the Coast Guard and safeguarding our shores, trying to control the inflow of drugs, and maritime rescue. However, in time of war they are called upon to perform the same duties as the Navy, as far as going off to faraway lands and fighting the bad guys. The training for the Coast Guard is as intensive and strenuous as for the Navy. Many of the jobs in the CG, such as medical, go to Navy schools for training.

Answer 6

There are still a few Coast Guard stations around Lake Superior. Most of the work they use to do is done electronically. (I lived ten miles from Lake Superior).

The CG was actively involved in combat during WW2. My uncle and aunt were in the CG then. My uncle had one ship sunk under him and was involved in many of the landings in the Pacific.

Today they are also used, but not familiar with what they do. Probably patrolling and in helicopter use.

Answer 7

The Coast Guard engages in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, national defense, and search and rescue operations. They also have provided law enforcement detachments to the Navy to assist in drug interdiction. They fall under the Department of Homeland Security, previously were part of the Department of Transportation. During time of war they fall under the Department of Defense.

Answer 8

The United States Coast Guard, does drug interdiction, and provides Homeland Security for ships, in and around major harbors. As to war, they come under the United States Navy Command.

Answer 9

they do a LOT of work off the coast. yes, there are Cutters in the Gulf today. There have even been 2 CG sailors killed over there. They also transit known drug and oil smuggling expanses of water, as well as patrolling to prevent illegal immigration via sea.

This is in additon to constantly training and being ready to aid in rescue ops.

Answer 10

they are off the Coast in Iraq also