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Morale, Welfare and Recreation, abbreviated MWR, is a network of support and leisure services designed for use by U.S. servicemembers (active, Reserve, and Guard), their families, military retirees, veterans with 100 percent service-connected disability, current and retired DoD civilian employees, and other eligible participants.
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The CAC is issued to active United States Armed Forces (Regular, Reserves and National Guard) in the Department of Defense and the U.S. Coast Guard; DoD civilians; USCG civilians; non-DoD/other government employees and State Employees of the National Guard; and eligible DoD and USCG contractors who need access to DoD or USCG facilities and/or DoD computer network systems:
David Hasselhoff – actor, made an honorary Commodore for his work alongside the USCG Auxiliary in 1997. [ 6 ] Michael A. Healy – first man of African American descent to command a U.S. Government vessel.
Employees in the civil service receive a similar document each pay period, called a Civilian Leave and Earnings Statement, a link to which the Defense Finance and Accounting Service emails two days prior to the scheduled pay day.
National Command Center is tasked with maintaining situational awareness, current operations information and command centers for all USCG operations worldwide and support of Department of Homeland Security, federal, state and local authorities. It is a 24-hour operation located at the USCG headquarters in Washington, D.C., and led by a Rear ...
Captains also direct most headquarters, area and district staff elements. Most captains have served in the Coast Guard for 21 to 30 years. By maritime tradition, the commanding officer of a ship is also called "captain", regardless of actual rank held.
The mission of the Coast Guard Reserve is stated in the Reserve Policy Statement issued in 2018: Serving as the Coast Guard's only dedicated surge force the Reserve Component is a contingency-based workforce, trained locally and deployed globally to provide appropriately trained personnel to meet mission requirements within the prioritized focus areas of Defense Operations, Ports, Waterways ...