North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum - United States

The U.S. Coast Guard (www.uscg.mil) is one of the five armed forces of the United States and the only military organization within the Department of Homeland Security. Since 1790 the Coast Guard has safeguarded the United States maritime interests and environment around the world. The Coast Guard is an adaptable, responsive military force of maritime professionals whose broad legal authorities, capable assets, geographic diversity and expansive partnerships provide a persistent presence along our rivers, in the ports, littoral regions and on the high seas. Coast Guard presence and impact is local, regional, national and international. These attributes make the Coast Guard a unique instrument of maritime safety, security and environmental stewardship.

By law, the U.S. Coast Guard has 11 missions:

• Ports, waterways, and coastal security
• Drug interdiction
• Aids to navigation
• Search and rescue
• Living marine resources
• Marine safety
• Defense readiness
• Migrant interdiction
• Marine environmental protection
• Ice operations
• General law enforcement

The United States Coast Guard Head of Delegation to the NACGF is Rear Admiral Daniel Neptun, Commander of the First Coast Guard District in Boston, Massachusetts.

The USCG is represented and active in all seven NACGF working groups.

The USCG point of contact for NACGF matters if Captain Kevin Sareault of the First Coast Guard District.  He can be reached at (617) 223-8461 or Kevin.r.sareault@uscg.mil