Mission Support

MISSION SUPPORT

SEMPER PARATUS

Mission Support

The Coast Guard is Semper Paratus, "Always Ready" and we are committed to current and future readiness. We seek the best people, modern technology, resilient infrastructure and capable assets to meet the nation's needs. Every active duty, reserve, civilian and auxiliary member plays an integral role in mission execution.

Human Resources

A Coast Guard yeoman assists a fellow Coast Guardsman, Feb. 6, 2013, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Forward.

Support Logistics

Petty Officer 2nd Class Eileen Best, an aviation maintenance technician, performs post-flight checks on an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 13, 2018.

Computers and Information Technology

A Coast Guard Information Systems Technician adjusts cables inside a server room at the Telecommunication and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) Jan. 24, 2013.

Acquisitions

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Harris, a member of a joint Coast Guard-Navy dive team deployed on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, holds a Coast Guard ensign during a cold water ice dive off a Healy small boat in the Arctic, July 29, 2017.

Operational Logistics

Seaman Antonio Brancaleone, a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Flyingfish, homeported in Boston, conducts a round of the cutter’s engine room while underway in Boston Harbor Friday, Sept. 11, 2015.

Training

Reserve

Petty Officer 3rd Class Danielle Montez conducts a safety examination of firefighting gear aboard the Liberian-flagged container ship MSC Vaishnavi R. Monday, February 6, 2017 in Boston

People

Active Duty: 40,992

Reserve: 7,000

Civilian: 8,577

Auxiliary: 31,000

Total Workforce: 87,569

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James transits the Atlantic Ocean March 29, 2017. Cutter James is the Coast Guard's 5th National Security Cutter, the largest and most technically advanced class of cutter in the Coast Guard, with robust capabilities for maritime homeland security, law enforcement and national defense missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake/Released)

Cutters

The term “cutter” identifies a Coast Guard vessel 65 feet in length or greater, with accommodations for a crew to live aboard.

Coast Guard Auxiliary member Dorothy Neiman, with Flotilla 23-03 from Annapolis, Md., greets a passing Coast Guard vessel providing security for an air show during fleet week, Baltimore, Md., Oct. 16, 2016. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando

Boats

Coast Guard vessels under 65 feet in length are classified as boats and usually operate near shore, on inland waterways, or attached to cutters.

Aircraft

The Coast Guard operates 202 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft – airplanes and helicopters – to support its work as a law enforcement arm, a military service branch, and a seafaring service