Coast Guard Civilian Careers : Working at the USCG

Working at the U.S. Coast Guard is exciting, important, and highly satisfying. The U.S. Coast Guard is a unique federal agency whose impact reaches throughout the United States. The men and women who choose to join us experience an environment that is supportive and dynamic. And they contribute to making our country a safer and better place to live.

Today, the U.S. Coast Guard will:

• Save 15 lives
• Assist 117 people in distress
• Protect $2.8 million in property
• Interdict 15 illegal migrants at sea
• Conduct 90 search and rescue cases
• Seize $21 million worth of illegal drugs
• Respond to 11 oil and hazardous chemical spills
• Board and inspect 122 vessels
• Monitor the transit of 2,557 commercial ships through U.S. ports