Change of Watch

Incoming 2018

VCDR Jeff DeYoung and DCDR Doug Hamernik

 Did you know…

Each day, the men and women of the 35,000 plus active duty Coast Guard, 8,000 Reservists, and 32,000 Auxiliarists provide services over 3.4 million square miles of Exclusive Economic Zones.

On an average day, the Coast Guard:

Conducts 42 search and rescue cases;
Saves 12 lives;
Saves over $114,000 in property;
Seizes 1,253 pounds of cocaine and 172 pounds of marijuana;
Conducts 133 waterborne patrols of critical maritime infrastructure;
Interdicts 18 illegal migrants;
Escorts 9 high-capacity passenger vessels;
Conducts 13 security boardings in and around U.S. ports;
Screens 313 merchant vessels for potential security threats prior to arrival in U.S. ports;
Conducts 19 fisheries conservation boardings;
Services 45 buoys and fixed aids to navigation;
Investigates 26 pollution incidents;
Completes 24 safety examinations on foreign vessels;
Conducts 162 marine inspections of U.S. vessels and facilities;
Investigates 17 marine casualties involving commercial vessels;
Facilitates movement of $15.6B worth of goods and commodities through the Nation’s Maritime Transportation System.

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