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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.
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 ...
[13] [14] The Coast Guard chose Glen Harris as the namesake of the 36th cutter. [15] Harris, and three other Coast Guard sailors, piloted the first landing craft during the United States' first amphibious landing, in the Pacific Theater, in World War II. [16] Harris and his three colleagues were each awarded a Silver Star medal for this task.
Like her sister ships, Angela McShan is designed to perform search and rescue missions, port security, and the interception of smugglers. [4] She is armed with a remotely-controlled, gyro-stabilized 25 mm autocannon, four crew served M2 Browning machine guns, and light arms.
Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) is a comprehensive search and rescue (SAR) planning system used by the United States Coast Guard in the planning and execution of almost all SAR cases in and around the United States and the Caribbean. SAROPS has three main components: The graphical user interface (GUI), the Environmental Data ...
The SA366 G1 Dauphin version was selected by the United States Coast Guard in 1979 as its new short range recovery (SRR) air-sea rescue helicopter, replacing the Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard. In total 99 helicopters, optimised for the USCG's search and rescue role tasks and given the designation HH-65A Dolphin, were acquired.
Ed Culbertson, Boatswain's Mate First Class (BM1), USCG. In 2010, Charles "Skip" W. Bowen, who was then the United States Coast Guard's most senior non-commissioned officer, proposed that all 58 cutters in the Sentinel class should be named after enlisted sailors in the Coast Guard, or one of its precursor services, who were recognized for their heroism.
AN/APG-66(V)1 – Employed in select P-3C CDU aircraft in support of United States Coast Guard counter drug operations [1] AN/APG-66(T47) - Installed in U.S. Customs and Border Protection Cessna OT-47B aircraft [1] AN/APG-66(V)2 – Upgrade of AN/APG-66(V)1 developed for the F-16A/B Block 15 Mid Life Update (MLU) program. Due to clutter/jamming ...