United States Coast Guard > Units

Atlantic Area

Northeast District (opens in a new window)

Boston, MA

The Northeast District oversees Coast Guard activities in Northern New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.

East District (opens in a new window)

Portsmouth, VA

The East District covers Coast Guard activities from South Carolina to New Jersey.

Southeast District (opens in a new window)

Miami, FL

The Southeast District manages Coast Guard operations across 1.7 million square miles, including Puerto Rico, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and 34 foreign nations and territories.

Heartland District (opens in a new window)

New Orleans, LA

The Heartland District oversees Coast Guard activities in 26 states, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle.

Great Lakes District (opens in a new window)

Cleveland, OH

The Great Lakes District covers Coast Guard operations across all five Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence Seaway, and surrounding states, including 6,700 miles of shoreline and 1,500 miles of the international border with Canada.

Pacific Area

Southwest District (opens in a new window)

Alameda, CA

The Southwest District Headquarters is responsible for Coast Guard activities in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

Northwest District (opens in a new window)

Seattle, WA

The Northwest District is responsible for Coast Guard activities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.

Oceania District (opens in a new window)

Honolulu, HI

The Oceania District is responsible for the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and activities in Saipan, Singapore, and Japan.

Arctic District (opens in a new window)

Juneau, AK

The Arctic District is responsible for the Alaskan maritime region encompassing more than 3,853,500 square miles and over 47,300 miles of shoreline throughout Alaska and the Arctic.

Deputy Commandant for Mission Support (DCMS)

Human Resources (CG-1) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

Mission:
We recruit, invest in, and care for talented people who enable and deliver Coast Guard mission success.

Vision:
Advance people-centric services that are innovative, agile, and inclusive, supporting our workforce and units around the world.

Engineering and Logistics (CG-4) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Engineering and Logistics team provides effective, affordable capability for our customers, today and into the future.

Assistant Commandant for C4&IT (CG-6) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology (C4&IT) / CG-6 designs, develops, deploys, and maintains C4&IT solutions for the entire Coast Guard to enable mission execution and support the service’s goals of maritime safety, security, and stewardship.

Acquisition (CG-9) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Coast Guard invests approximately $1 billion annually in major and non-major acquisition programs that purchase and modernize the service’s ships, boats, aircraft, and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems.

Operational Logistics Command (LOGCOM) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

LOGCOM provides mission support logistics during contingency operations and maintains the 24/7 DCMS watch to effectively facilitate support to the field during normal operations and contingencies across the entire Coast Guard enterprise.

Force Readiness Command (FORCECOM) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

Force Readiness Command provides a world-class workforce, products, and services that are indispensable to Coast Guard mission success.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy (opens in a new window)

New London, CT

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy educates leaders for a multi-mission, maritime military force. Commissioned officers in the Coast Guard lead teams and are continually called on to serve their community, country, and fellow citizens.

Deputy Commandant for Operations (DCO)

Coast Guard Intelligence (CG-2) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The intelligence elements of the Coast Guard support tactical and operational commanders, strategic planners, and decision makers, enabling an intelligence-driven Coast Guard that is ready, relevant, and responsive.

Assistant Commandant for Response Policy (CG-5R) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Assistant Commandant for Response Policy develops and promulgates doctrine and policy guidance so Coast Guard forces can effectively and efficiently accomplish operational maritime missions in law enforcement, counterterrorism and defense operations, incident management and preparedness, search and rescue, and contingency exercises.

Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy (CG-5P) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy (CG-5P) develops and maintains policy, standards, and program alignment for Coast Guard prevention activities to achieve Marine Safety, Security, and Stewardship mission success.

Assistant Commandant for Capability (CG-7) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Capability directorate is responsible for identifying and providing capabilities, competencies, and capacity, and for developing standards for staffing, training, equipping, sustaining, maintaining, and employing Coast Guard forces to meet mission requirements.

Office of Cyberspace Forces (CG-791) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Office of Cyberspace Forces obtains cyberspace capabilities, competencies, and capacity to meet operational requirements.

National Command Center (CG-DCO-NCC) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The National Command Center maintains situational awareness of major Coast Guard operations worldwide and significant external events or activities with potential Coast Guard or DHS equities.

Director of International Affairs & Foreign Policy (CG-DCO-I) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Director of International Affairs & Foreign Policy advances foreign policy and national security and enhances U.S. Coast Guard operations through international engagements, partnerships, and security cooperation that promote global maritime governance.

Direct Reports

Coast Guard Communications (CG-COMMS) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Directorate advances the goals and missions of the United States Coast Guard by leading, directing, and coordinating communications that expand awareness of the Service’s unique and enduring value to the Nation. The Directorate inspires support for the United States Coast Guard by fully informing the public and elected officials of the accomplishments, capabilities, and requirements of our personnel, and by building trusted relationships within DHS, and with external groups, constituencies, and Congress.

Assistant Commandant for Resources (CG-8) (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Coast Guard is the only branch of the U.S. Armed Forces within the Department of Homeland Security. As a law enforcement agency, a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, and a first responder during natural disasters, the Coast Guard leverages an array of interagency, military, international, and industry relationships for maximum strategic effect.

Civil Rights Directorate (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Civil Rights Directorate maximizes Coast Guard mission effectiveness by leading programs and facilitating practices that foster a discrimination-free workplace.

Judge Advocate General & Chief Counsel (opens in a new window)

Washington, DC

The Coast Guard legal program delivers high-quality legal advice and support to the people who carry out the varied functions of the Coast Guard, ensuring missions, operations, and activities are conducted in the spirit and the letter of the law.

Office of the Chief Prosecutor (CG-OCP) (opens in a new window)

North Charleston, SC

The Office of the Chief Prosecutor is responsible for the disposition of the most serious, victim-centric offenses, the prosecution of all courts-martial, and oversight of all Coast Guard prosecutors. Through coordination and clear communication with commanders, investigators, Staff Judge Advocates, and other military justice stakeholders, the office seeks justice to maintain good order and discipline across the Coast Guard.

United States Coast Guard Organization Chart

Atlantic Area

Pacific Area

Deputy Commandant for Mission Support (DCMS)

Deputy Commandant for Operations (DCO)

Direct Reports