In an average day, the Coast Guard …

v  Saves 13 lives Responds to 64 search and rescue cases

v  Rescues 77% of mariners in imminent danger

v  Keeps 959 pounds of cocaine off the streets

v  Saves $260,000 in property

v  Interdicts 10 undocumented migrants trying to enter the United States

v  Services 49 buoys and fixes 21 discrepancies (such as buoys moved by a hurricane)

v  Provides a presence in all major ports Screens 679 commercial vessels and 170,000 crew and passengers

v  Issues 200 credentials to merchant mariners

v  Inspects 70 containers

v  Inspects 33 vessels for compliance with air emissions standards

v  Performs 30 safety and environmental examinations of foreign vessels entering U.S. ports

v  Boards 15 fishing boats to ensure compliance with fisheries laws

v  Investigates 12 marine accidents

v  Responds to and investigates 10 pollution incidents

v  Does security boardings of 5 high interest vessels

v  Escorts 4 high-value U.S. Navy vessels transiting U.S. waterways

v  Identifies one individual with terrorism associations

v  Has 6 patrol boats and 400 personnel:

v  Protecting Iraq’s offshore oil infrastructure Training Iraqi naval forces Keeping sea lanes secure in the Arabian Gulf

In 2009, the Coast Guard …

v  Performed domestic icebreaking to keep waterways open for commercial traffic

v  Enabled the transport of $2 billion worth of cargo

v  Assisted 479 ice transits

v  Tracked 1,200 icebergs that had drifted into transatlantic shipping lanes

v  Detected 112 foreign fishing vessels illegally encroaching the U.S.

v  Exclusive Economic Zone

      Brought scientists to the Arctic to map the Arctic Ocean floor and for studies on polar bears, ocean sediment and methane gas

v  Conducted cooperative patrols with China for fishery enforcement in the North Pacific.