US Coast Guard

US Coast Guard
Author: Donna B. McKinney
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2020-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1098210182

This book highlights a wide range of careers in the US Coast Guard, from pilots to pharmacists to rescue swimmers. The title discusses the required training and duties of each career, along with the branch's history and overall mission. Features include a glossary, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

United States Coast Guard Leaders and Missions, 1790 to the Present

United States Coast Guard Leaders and Missions, 1790 to the Present
Author: Thomas P. Ostrom
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2015-03-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 078649526X

The history of the U.S. Coast Guard and its predecessor agencies dates from 1790, with missions in both domestic and international waters. The service has provided aids to navigation, enforcement of maritime laws, environmental protection, search and rescue, immigration and narcotics interdiction, maritime safety assistance, port security, natural disaster response and national defense missions, including overseas with other U.S. armed forces and federal and state public safety agencies. The Service has operated under the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Transportation and, since 2003, the Department of Homeland Security. Its maritime mission regions have included Arctic and Antarctic waters, inland and coastal U.S. waterways and the seas and oceans of the world. This history describes how the Coast Guard has manifested its legacy and motto, Semper Paratus (Always Ready), in changing conditions under each of its leaders.

Homeland Security and the Coast Guard

Homeland Security and the Coast Guard
Author: Arthur C. Walsh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2003
Genre: Coast defenses
ISBN:

The Coast Guard was effectively positioned to accomplish its missions and functions before the September 2001 terrorist attacks. The terrorist attacks reshaped the United States national security strategy, and this caused the Coast Guard to reprioritize its mission requirements elevating Homeland Security to be on par with the Coast Guard's number one priority, search and rescue operations. To effectively carry out the Homeland Security mission, the Coast Guard must leverage existing and developing technologies. These technologies will improve efficiency across the full spectrum of Coast Guard missions. While these technologies are not cheap; costs for research, development, and application can be greatly reduced by partnering with other agencies. To leverage these technologies to improve Homeland Security effectiveness, a process for evaluating and infusing emerging technology within the Coast Guard must be developed. This process must then be institutionalized within the Coast Guard's corporate structure.

Joining the United States Coast Guard

Joining the United States Coast Guard
Author: Snow Wildsmith
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786491213

This book is for the teenager or young adult who is interested in enlisting in the United States Coast Guard. It will walk him or her through the enlistment and recruit training process: making the decision to join, talking to recruiters, getting qualified, preparing for basic training, and learning what to expect at basic recruit training. The goal is to help young people who might be curious about serving in the Coast Guard decide if it is right for them, if they are qualified for and prepared for it and if the Navy, Army or Marine Corps would be a better fit.

U.S. Coast Guard Aviation

U.S. Coast Guard Aviation
Author:
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1997
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781563113604

Includes list of aviator numbers (names of all those who earned pilots wings, 1916-1996.

Coast Guard Oversight

Coast Guard Oversight
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1981
Genre:
ISBN:

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1988
Genre: Government publications
ISBN:

February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index

US Coast Guard in World War II

US Coast Guard in World War II
Author: Alejandro de Quesada
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1849082715

Alex de Quesada reveals the full history of the US Coast Guard throughout World War II in this Elite title. In particular, the book draws attention to the little-known story of how the US Coast Guard ran a number of the landing craft throughout D-Day in 1944 as well as providing crucial anti-U-boat patrols throughout the war years. A number of Coast Guard servicemen were lost in these two campaigns, and their undeniable contribution to the US war effort deserves greater recognition. The Coast Guard also provided aviators and gunners to the Merchant Marine and manned Port Security Services. These roles are all fully explained and illustrated with rare photographs and specially commissioned artwork.