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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]
U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Units are Deployable Specialized Forces organized for sustained expeditionary security and anti-terrorism.They provide Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (ATFP) missions, which include harbor and port defense, protection of High Value Assets (HVAs), expeditionary security, Sea Lines of Communications (SLOCs), special missions.
Deployable Specialized Forces Coastguardsmen fire Mk18 rifles during Advanced Tactical Operations Course. The Special Missions Training Center (SMTC), also known as Joint Maritime Training Center (JMTC), is a joint United States Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps training facility located on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
MSSTs are a quick response force capable of rapid nationwide deployment via air, ground or sea transportation in response to changing threat conditions and evolving Maritime Homeland Security (MHS) mission requirements. Multi-mission capability facilitates augmentation for other selected Coast Guard missions.
MEs are the Coast Guard's tactical specialists. When situations demand the high risk tactics, such as helicopter insertion or Visit, board, search, and seizure, MEs get the call. Most MEs are typically assigned to special units Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF), a Maritime Force Protection Unit (MFPU), or United States Coast Guard Police ...
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Coast Guard is surging maritime resources nationwide in response to President Donald's Trump's declaration of an invasion and a national emergency related to the ...
The first female Coast Guard rescue swimmer was Kelly Mogk Larson, who joined the Coast Guard in 1984 and later became the first woman to complete Navy Rescue Swimmer School, on May 23, 1986. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In May 2013, Karen Voorhees was the first woman to be advanced to chief petty officer in the rating of aviation survival technician ...
From July 2007 to April 2013, the Tactical Law Enforcement Teams and Law Enforcement Detachments were part of the Coast Guard's Deployable Operations Group (DOG) in an effort to organize the Coast Guard's various deployable specialized forces (DSF) under a single command. In April 2013, the DOG was disbanded and the TACLETs returned to control ...