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Wikipedia: The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of seven uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission (with jurisdiction both domestically and in international waters) and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its mission set. It operates under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime, and can be transferred to the Department of the Navy by the President or Congress during time of war.
![[MH-65C Dolphin in flight.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MH_65C_Dolphin_s.jpg "MH-65C Dolphin in flight.")
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![[US Government website , Office of Management and Budget, "Protecting America" at http://www]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/USCG_defender_class_NY_harbor_s.jpg "US Government website , Office of Management and Budget, \"Protecting America\" at http://www")
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![[The U.S. Coast Guard VC-143 Challenger on short final to KDCA.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/USCG_VC_143_s.jpg "The U.S. Coast Guard VC-143 Challenger on short final to KDCA.")
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![[USCG helicopter firing warning shots at smugglers in a boat.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/USCG_helicopter_firing_warning_shots_at_a_smuggler_s.jpg "USCG helicopter firing warning shots at smugglers in a boat.")
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![[A boatswain’s mate watches from the side port door as Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s Over]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter_Chandeleur_s.jpg "A boatswain’s mate watches from the side port door as Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s Over")
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![[United States Coast Guard Reserve]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DOG_seal_s.jpg "United States Coast Guard Reserve")
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![[A member of the Maritime Security Response Team during an exercise in the Gulf of Mexico]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/USCG_MSRT_s.jpg "A member of the Maritime Security Response Team during an exercise in the Gulf of Mexico")
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![[The SIG P229R-DAK is the standard Coast Guard sidearm.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/USCG_SIG_P229_s.jpg "The SIG P229R-DAK is the standard Coast Guard sidearm.")
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![[Search and Rescue Program Logo of the United States Coast Guard.]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Search_and_Rescue_Program_Logo_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.jpg "Search and Rescue Program Logo of the United States Coast Guard."){kind=logo}
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![[Marines holding a sign thanking the U.S. Coast Guard after the battle of Guam.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MarinesUSCG_s.jpg "Marines holding a sign thanking the U.S. Coast Guard after the battle of Guam.")
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