Command Center
Serving as the primary notification management body for Coast Guard Headquarters, the Command Center is the functional heart of information flow. Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, there is round-the-clock activity.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
-Monitor Coast Guard Operations World-Wide
-Brief Commandant and Senior Flags
-Notify HQ Programs of significant
events
-Act as intermediary to other
federal and state agencies
-Conduct Sensitive Operations
-Prepare all Flag briefing material
-Case File Management
-Review HQ Record Message Traffic
-Record news on CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS
-Recording of all incoming
and outgoing calls through the Command Center VOIP Phone System
-Maintain Teleconference System
-Maintain Secure and Non-Secure Video Teleconference (VTC) Systems
-Work with the Department of
Homeland Security, State
Department and other National
Security Council (NSC) members
The National Command Center Watch is comprised of a Command Duty Officer
(CDO), Duty Officers (DO), Chief Petty Officer of the Watch (CPOW),
and additional Intel watchstanders.
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