This is my uniform. You don't have to enlist to join the U.S. Coast Guard. A workforce of over 9,500 civilians provides essential services in diverse business and technical fields while enjoying superior workplace training and excellent federal benefits in positions located across the U.S. There are over 200 series within the civilian workforce including, but are not limited to: computers/IT, economics/finance, engineering, marine safety, law, medicine, procurement, contract management, security/intelligence, trades/craft/labor, and vessel traffic management.
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Today, the Coast Guard will:
- Conducted 45 search and rescue cases
- Saved 15 lives
- Saved over $1.2M in property
- Seized 874 pounds of cocaine and 214 pounds of marijuana
- Conducted 57 waterborne patrols of critical maritime infrastructure
- Interdicted 17 illegal migrants
- Escorted 5 high-capacity passenger vessels
- Conducted 24 security boardings in and around U.S. ports
- Screened 360 merchant vessels for potential security threats prior to arrival in U.S. ports
- Conducted 14 fisheries conservation boardings
- Serviced 82 buoys and fixed aids to navigation
- Investigated 35 pollution incidents
- Completed 26 safety examinations on foreign vessels
- Conducted 105 marine inspections
- Investigated 14 marine casualties involving commercial vessels
- Facilitated the movement of $8.7B worth of goods and commodities through the Nation’s Maritime Transportation System
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