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UNITED STATES COAST 

2013 POSTURE STAT

WITH 2014 BUDGET IN BR

APRIL 2013 
THE COMMANDANT OF THE UNITED STATES C

WASHINGTON, D.

We don’t fear uncertain and stormy seas.

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I am proud to present the Coast Guard’s 2013 Posture Statement and 2014 Budget in Brief. Since 1790, the

Coast Guard has answered America’s call to action. We protect those on the sea, protect the Nation from threats

delivered by the sea, and protect the sea itself. The Coast Guard adapts to ensure we remain "Semper Paratus" -

Always Ready

This past year we exemplified the actions that characterize our Service’s distinguished history. The Coast Guard

worked during Hurricane Sandy and storm recovery operations. Our law enforcement units in the Caribbean an

Eastern Pacific contributed to Operation Martillo—an international and cooperative interagency effort that ha

resulted in the disruption of 119 metric tons of cocaine since its inception in 2011. In the Arctic, we conducted 

Operation Arctic Shield to ensure safety and security of mariners off of Alaska’s north shore, and led the federal

response to the grounding of the drilling rig KULLUK on Kodiak, Alaska.

These events highlight the Coast Guard’s versatility and effectiveness as the Nation’s maritime first responder

and leader from inside our ports to the high seas. We seek to prevent dangerous or illicit maritime activities, and 

if undesirable or unlawful events do occur – whether deliberate or accidental – to rapidly respond in order to 

protect the Nation, minimize the impact, and recover. The Coast Guard’s enduring hallmarks for success in our

diverse and challenging mission set are ensuring that our people are proficient and that they have the right tools 

and assets to safely get the job done. 

Using prudent fiscal stewardship, the Coast Guard must continue to responsibly rebuild Coast Guard capabilitie

for the Nation. In 2013, we will commission our fourth and fifth Fast Response Cutters as part of the plan t

replace the fleet of 110-foot patrol boats. We will also continue production of National Security Cutters, which

replace our forty-plus year old high endurance cutters and provide robust command and control capabilities in 

the offshore environment, to meet today's demands and those of the future in the Arctic, Western Hemisphere, 

and Pacific.

As always, we balance investment in recapitalization with an unwavering commitment to excellence in current 

operations. In FY 2014, the Coast Guard will preserve the most essential front-line operations, sharply focused on

channeling resources to the most vital and high priority mission activities. The Coast Guard will continue to be

Always Ready to answer the Nation’s call for emergencies and major incidents in the maritime domain. We will

remain proficient and adapt to meet the Nation's needs. We will be ready today and prepared in the future to 

ensure America’s maritime safety, security and stewardship.

Performance Highlights ................... 6

2014 Budget in Brief ....................... 30

Programs and Missions .................. 40

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American communities and millions of American citizens, 

and is a critical means of commerce and exchange 

between the United States and the rest of the world. 

Today, about half of all Americans live within 50 miles of 

the U.S. coastline.

Underway every day, the Coast Guard is home to the

world’s finest maritime professionals who maintain 

operational presence, robust partnerships, and possess 

broad authorities to execute maritime homeland security, 

maritime law enforcement, and national defense missions. 

The United States Coast Guard serves the Nation as a

highly skilled and ready force in continuous maritime 

operations to protect the Nation’s waters, guard the 

bounty of the Nation’s seas, and serve as the Nation’s 

maritime first responder.

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2,955 

11,628

crewmembers and passengers 

screened prior to arrival in U.

migrants interdicted

security 

boardings of 

small vessels in 

and around U.S

ports, waterways 

and coastal 

regions

235+

individuals identified with 

terrorism or criminal associations

6,000

fisheries conservation 

boardings

8,000+

29.5 million

3,560

lives saved by U.S. Coast Guard sea

and rescue

163 metric tons

of cocaine and marijuana interdicted

4,600

marine casualty investigations conducted

hurricane 

Hurricane Sandy swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast, making landfall on 

October 29, 2012 in the vicinity of Atlantic City, New Jersey. In response to Hurricane Sandy, 

the Coast Guard:

• Deployed an additional 833 members to affected regions to support response efforts 

(521 active duty, 184 reservists, 12 civilian personnel)

• Responded to over 559 federal pollution cases

• Recovered 1,797,983 gallons of oily-water mixture and hazardous materials

• Saved 35 lives

On October 29, a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules 

airplane, two HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters, 

and Coast Guard Cutter Elm deployed to 

render assistance to the HMS Bounty that was 

foundering in 18-foot seas and gale-force winds, 

nearly 100 miles off the coast of North Carolina. 

Of the 16 crewmembers, the Coast Guard was 

able to save 14 before the ship sank. 

Working around the clock to safely reconstitute the 

waterways, the Coast Guard quickly re-opened the 

port of New York and New Jersey to all tug and barge 

traffic, allowing industry to begin the critical delivery 

of energy products to the fuel-starved region. Coast 

Guard crews reset aids to navigation, cleared debris, 

and surveyed facilities, and waterways to ensure safe 

navigation.

Coast Guard Deployable Specialized Forces and 

Coast Guard Sector personnel worked alongside 

interagency partners to remove millions of gallons 

of water and re-opened the two miles of the Hugh 

L. Carey Tunnel between Brooklyn and Lower 

Manhattan, NY for its 45,000 daily customers.

2012

performaNce highlights

hours of onwater recreational 

boating safety 

operations

1.85

million

Aids-toNavigatio

discrepancies 

corrected

The Coast Guard monito

more than 3.4 million nautical 

square miles of maritime 

territory, including 95,000 miles 

of coastline, 361 ports, the 

Intracoastal Waterway (ICW

Western Rivers, and the Grea

Lakes.
Coast Guard Cutter Chippewa, a 

river bouy tender homeported in 

Buchanan, Tennessee, works buoys 

on the Mississippi River. After high 

water conditions on the Mississippi 

River persisted through May 2012, 

just six months later, the river reduced 

to record-breaking low water levels. 

During the low water levels, the Coast 

Guard kept the Mississippi open for safe 

commerce by monitoring navigability 

of the river, ensuring aids-to-navigation 

were properly set, and by working with 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to 

oversee rock pinnacle, debris removal, 

and dredging operations.

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The Gulf of Mexico is home to 17 

of our nation's busiest ports including 

Houston, New Orleans and Tampa. More 

than 17,000 Coast Guard men and women 

conduct daily prevention and response 

activities to protect mariners and natural 

resources of this vast Gulf Coast region.

gulf coast // District 

A Coast Guard tactical boat crew, 

aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, 

patrols Lake Michigan near the city of 

Chicago during the 2012 NATO Summit. 

Boat crews enforced security zones 

24-hours a day during the event.

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Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard 

Cutter Resolute, a 210-foot medium 

endurance cutter, offload $36 million 

worth of cocaine and marijuana at their 

homeport in St. Petersburg, FL. The 

narcotics were interdicted during a 10-

week deployment to conduct counterdrug and search and rescue operations 

in the Western Caribbean.

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Coast Guard Cutter Rush escorted the 

seized fishing vessel Da Cheng, after 

it was suspected of engaging in high 

seas drift net fishing. District 14 plays 

an important role in several regional 

enforcement partnerships, and helps 

manage, control, and develop the fishery 

resources that fall within the U.S. Exclusive 

Economic Zone. These law enforcement 

activities promote the conservation and 

sustainable use of migratory fish stocks. 

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district 14

LT Mike Maas, Commanding Officer 

of Coast Guard Cutter Adak discusses 

a Maritime Infrastructure Protection 

exercise with CDR Mohammed al 

Shaban, Commanding Officer of 

the Royal Saudi Naval Forces His 

Majesty's Ship Al Siddiq. Both ships 

partificpated in Red Reef, a theater 

security cooperation exercise designed 

to bolster joint operations between the 

U.S. and Saudi Arabia. The Coast Guard 

has maintained a presence in the U.S. 

5th Fleet area of responsibility since 

2003, specializing in Vessel Boarding 

Search and Seizure operations and 

Maritime Infrastructure Protection.

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The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell 

intercepts a fishing vessel with three 

pangas in tow, which resulted in the 

interdiction of 1,300 pounds of cocaine 

at sea while on patrol off the coast of 

South America.

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A Liberian Coast Guard (LCG) Petty Officer 

instructs fellow Coast Guardsmen on 

passive compliant techniques as a USCG 

Petty Officer looks on during a boarding 

officer training course provided by U.S. 

Embassy-Monrovia at the Liberian Coast 

Guard Base. U.S. Embassy-Monrovia 

brought in a U.S. Coast Guard mobile 

training team from the International 

Training Detachment of Coast Guard 

Training Base Yorktown, VA, to instruct the 

class of more than twenty LCG students 

on maritime security during boarding of 

vessels.

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A Coast Guard rescue swimmer 

prepares to enter the water from a 

MH-60 Jayhawk out of Air Station 

Elizabeth City, NC. The rescue swimmer 

was part of a Coast Guard search and 

rescue mission that saved two persons 

onboard a sinking sailboat. This case 

was one of three distress calls that Coast 

Guard MH-60s and HC-130 crews from 

Air Station Elizabeth City responded to 

one night this winter during turbulent 

weather off of the East Coast.

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A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk 

helicopter Air Station Kodiak conducts 

the 13th hoist of 18 crewmen from the 

mobile drilling unit Kulluk, 80 miles 

southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska. The 

Kulluk ran aground during a tow. In 

addition to conducting the rescue 

operation, the Coast Guard District 

17 Commander served as the Federal 

On-Scene Coordinator and Coast 

Guard personnel served in the Unified 

Command established to address 

the grounding and any associated 

environmental effects.

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The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Haddock

watch over suspected undocumented 

migrants at Sector San Diego after they 

were intercepted approximately 12 

miles west of Point Loma, CA. Maritime 

drug interdictions off of southern 

California increased in 2012.

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Coast Guard inspector from

Coast Guard Sector Los AngelesLong Beach checks carbon dioxide

tanks onboard a motor vessel 

in the Port of Los Angeles. The Coast Guard conducts periodic

port state control examinations 

on commercial vessels to ensure 

compliance with safety and 

security regulations.

A Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel

transits off the bow of the Coast

Guard Cutter Juniper, homeported in

Newport, RI during a towing exercise

while underway off Greenland's west 

coast. The exercise was conducted 

as part of an Arctic deployment 

to enhance interoperability with 

international forces and to provide 

the experience of working and 

responding to incidents in the harsh 

Arctic environment.

The Coast Guard provides emergency response to save lives in peril, minimize loss of

life, injury, and property damage. Responsible for the execution of the National Search

and Rescue Plan (SR), theCoast Guard plans searches, organizes and dispatches assets

to search, locate, and rescue mariners in distress, and provides initial medical advice, 

assistance, and evacuation. The Coast Guard relies on extensive partnerships to conduct

SAR, including maritime industry participation in the Automated Mutual-Assistance

VesselRescue system, and coordinates SR operations with international, Federal, state,

local, and tribal authorities.

The Coast Guard promotes safety at sea and works to prevent maritime accidents

through regulations, inspections and investigations. These efforts include coordinating 

the National Recreational Boating Safety Program, inspecting U.S. commercial fishing

and merchant vessels, and licensing U.S. masters and crews. Within coastal and inland 

operational areas, the Captain of the Port enforces regulations for the protection and

security of U.S. and foreign vessels, harbors, and waterfront facilities; anchorages; bridges; 

safety and security zones; and ports and waterways. 

The Coast Guard is an international leader in maritime safety. TheCoast Guard is the lead

U.S. representative to the International Maritime Organization, a specialized agency of

the United Nations responsible for establishing international legal regimes for maritime 

safety, security, and stewardship.

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on the sea

Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Hannum

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory J. Mendenhall

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham

Background photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bryan Patrick

A Coast Guard Auxiliarist reviews

equipment requirements for 

recreational boats during a safe 

boating course in Palm Beach 

Shores, Florida. Volunteers in

the Auxiliary play a vital role in 

educating boaters about safe 

boating practices and the laws 

and regulations that govern 

recreational boating.

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Crewmembers aboard the

Coast

Guard Cutter Decisive, a 210

foot medium endurance cutter 

homeported in Pascagoula, Miss., 

offload nearly two tons of cocaine at 

Sector St. Petersburg, FL. on Dec. 5, 

2012. The seizure had an estimated 

combined wholesale value of more 

than $45 million, and was the result 

of a two separate multi-agency law 

enforcement efforts.

A small boat crew from the Coast

Guard Cutter Tahoma bring

aboard Haitian migrants from a sail 

freighter interdicted at sea south 

of Acklins Island, Bahamas. Coast

Guard crews routinely rescue 

undocumented migrants who 

attempt to enter the U.S. illegally 

on grossly overloaded or unsafe 

vessels.

The Coast Guard’s counter-drug operations removed over 107 metric tons of cocaine and 56 tons of

marijuana last year through at-sea interdiction of smugglers and illicit cargo. Over 40 counter-drug

and illicit trafficking bi-lateral agreements with partner nations and a cohesive network of joint and 

interagency partnerships provide a persistent maritime presence to detect, monitor, interdict, and 

apprehend traffickers at sea. 

The Coast Guard reinforces the Nation's maritime border security by providing a layered defense to

deter, detect, and interdict undocumented migrants attempting to enter the United States illegally. 

Working with other Federal, state, and local agencies, the Coast Guard enforces U.S. immigration

laws and international conventions against human smuggling through the interdiction and the 

repatriation of undocumented migrants attempting the reach the U.S. from the sea. 

Additionally, the Coast Guard provides for ports, waterways, and coastal security by conducting

harbor patrols, vulnerability assessments, and security zone enforcement. The Coast Guard approves

vessel and facility security plans and develops Area Maritime Security Plans to help prevent terrorist 

attacks and minimize damage from attacks. The Coast Guard also conducts short notice maritime

response to address threats of maritime terrorism and weapons of mass destruction proliferation. 

The Coast Guard's efforts are focused by screening intelligence of potential threats to the United

States. 

Unique in its status as both a federal law enforcement agency and at all times an armed force, the Coast Guard actively participates in defense operations. The Coast Guard supports Combatant Commanders by conducting rotary-wing air intercept operations and providing capabilities 

resources in support of naval forces, including port operations and defense, maritime interception 

operations, and international training in support of theater security cooperation. we protec

threats delivered 

by the sea

A Coast Guard Air Station New

Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter

crew conducts an overflight near 

the Superdome for Super Bowl 

XLVII. TheCoast Guard was one of

16 agencies supporting Super Bowl 

security. The Coast Guard's rotary

wing air intercept capabilities are 

a key component in the security 

framework during national special 

security events. 

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse
Coast Guard inspectors examine an

oily water separator (OWS) onboard

a commercial ship. The Coast Guard

inspects vessels for compliance 

with environmental laws, including 

properly working OWSs.Coast Guard

marine inspectors, Coast Guard

Investigative Service special agents, 

and judge advocates support criminal 

investigations and prosecutions of 

environmental crimes committed 

onboard vessels.

A small boat launched from the 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Sea Otter approach

a commercial fishing vessel during a 

boarding off the coast of San Diego, California, Aug. 5, 2012. The Coast Guar

conducts law enforcement boardings to 

ensure commercial fishing vessels are 

operating safely and in accordance with 

federal laws and regulations. 

A tug pushing barges passes under 

the Vicksburg, MS bridge before

making its way past oil removal 

operations on the Mississippi River.

A 16-mile stretch of the river was 

closed Jan. 27, 2013 after two oil 

barges struck a railroad bridge and 

one of them started leaking light 

crude. Coast Guard personnel were

on-scene to oversee cleanup and 

salvage operations.

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the sea itself

The sea is a precious habitat for many valuable resources. The 

United States has sovereign rights over all living and nonliving 

resources within its ExclusiveEconomic Zone, which encompasses

more than 3.4 million square miles of waters within 200 nautical 

miles of the United States and its territories. Executing its Marine

Environmental Protection responsibilities, theCoast Guard

develops and enforces regulations that prevent and respond to 

oil and hazardous substance spills in the marine environment, 

prevent the introduction of invasive species into the maritime 

environment, and prevent unauthorized ocean dumping. Working 

closely with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Coast Guard

enforces regulations that prevent overfishing, reduce mortality of 

protected species, and protect marine habitat. Additionally, the Coast Guard safeguards natural resources in the maritime domain

from illegal incursions by foreign vessels. Coast Guard aids-to-navigation units minimize the risk of collision

and pollution at sea by maintaining visual and electronic navigational 

aids, navigation information, and vessel traffic management services 

for U. S. navigable waterways. The Coast Guard ensures that bridges

and causeways facilitate the safe passage of waterborne commerce 

and other marine traffic.

The Coast Guard has both domestic and polar icebreaking

capabilities. The domestic icebreaking mission is conducted to 

prevent flooding caused by ice, enable search and rescue in icebound 

areas, and create safe passageways for commercial navigation that 

supplies critical resources to icebound communities. The Coast

Guard conducts icebreaking in the polar regions to provide access 

to ice-covered and ice-diminished waters and in support of federal 

all-hazard contingency plans. Federal polar operations help protect 

United States sovereignty by providing the capability to carry out 

projects of national interest in the polar regions, and assist other 

governmental and scientific organizations in the pursuit of science 

activities.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally

Master Chief Petty Officer John Bow

Petty Officer 3rd Class Victoria Bonk

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who we a

The Coast Guard is a workforce family made up of over 42,000

active duty members, over 7,800 reservists, more than 8,700 

civilian employees, and over 30,000 volunteer Auxiliarists

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Public Affairs Specialist 1st Class Tim Tamargo
The Coast Guard launched the Coast Guard F

Campaign in 2012. Designed to improve the wellbeing and resilience of our service members an

their families, the Coast Guard Family Campa

targets improvements to work-life programs, 

government housing, ombudsman outreach efforts 

from Commands to families, child care, reservist

post-deployment programs, retiree support, and 

morale, well-being and recreation programs.

The U.S. Coast G

is one of five branches 

of the U.S. Arm

Forces and is an

agency within the 

U.S. Department 

Homeland Security

Coast Guard activ

duty personnel form 

a unique force that 

carries out an array 

of civil and military 

responsibilities 

touching almost 

every facet of 

the U.S. maritim

environment. The

Coast Guard’s Acti

Duty workforce

protects the maritime 

economy and the 

environment, as 

well as defends our 

maritime borders and 

saves those in peril. 

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson.

When asked by a recruiter what kind of work she wanted to do 

for the Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Amos-McDowell 

replied "I want to handle boats, and I want to be in search and 

rescue." Now the operations officer with Aids to Navigation 

Team Panama City, Florida, she is responsible for planning 

all aids-to-navigation maintenance operations across the 

northern Gulf Coast and Intracoastal Waterway. In addition to 

the arduous work and long hours she spends servicing the aids 

used by thousands of barges and recreational boaters, AmosMcDowell also volunteers in her local community. 

Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Lehmann

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family

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The Coast Guard Reserve is a flexible, responsive operational fo

that exists to support the Coast Guard roles of Maritime Homel

Security, National Defense (Domestic and Expeditionary),

Domestic Disaster Operations. The Coast Guard depen

the Reserve Force to be always ready to mobilize with critica

competencies in boat operations, contingency planning and 

response, expeditionary warfare, marine safety, port security, law 

enforcement and mission support.

The Coast Guard

dedicated and 

experienced civilian 

workforce plays a 

critical role in the 

successful execution 

of the Coast Guard'

missions. There are

over 200 different 

types of civilian 

careers in the U.S

Coast Guard, includin

professional, 

administrative, 

technical, trade 

and labor, and 

administrative 

support. 

Petty Officer 2nd Class David R. Marin

Walter Brooks never questioned where his career would take 

him when he followed in his family’s path and became a 

worker at Baltimore's Coast Guard Yard. With Yard-employed 

family members on both his mother’s and father’s side, the 

Brooks’ family story spans 87 years. Brooks himself works in 

the Yard’s Structural Shop, responsible for ship construction 

and hull repairs that keep the fleet afloat. Brooks is one of the 

Yard’s civilian employees who represent the variety of marine 

trades required to service the Coast Guard fleet.

Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) San Diego relies on reservists to 

assist with larger operations and daily missions. One reservist, 

Machinery Technician Second Class Michael Dalager, helps 

maintain the aids in the area and also deploys with the crew to 

work aids in the Colorado River basin in Arizona and Nevada. When 

he is not working alongside ANT San Diego, Dalager shares the 

pride of his service by singing the National Anthem on behalf of 

the Coast Guard at USO-sponsored celebrations, sporting events, 

and military ceremonies. 

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reserve
The Coast Guard Auxiliary i

nonmilitary volunteer organization 

administered under the Coast

Guard that promotes maritime

safety and security. The Auxiliar

supports many Coast Guar

activities, including search and 

rescue, pollution response, 

and commercial fishing vessel 

examinations. The Auxiliary focuse

on recreational boating safety 

to ensure the public has a safe, 

secure, and enjoyable recreational 

boating experience. With units in 

all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgi

Islands, American Samoa, a

Guam, the Auxiliary is a true forc

multiplier for the Coast Guard an

vital to accomplishing our missions. 

The Coast Guard leverages partnerships across federal, state, local, territorial and tribal governments 

maximize mission effectiveness. For example, members of the Coast Guard Intelligence and Crim

Investigations Service participate in the Department of Homeland Security's Border Enfor

Security Task Forces (BEST), consisting of federal, state, and local law enforcement authorti

are responsible for identifying, interdicting and investigating a wide variety of maritime-related crime 

including trade fraud, cargo theft, and the illegal smuggling of drugs, persons, currency and weapons at 

U.S. ports. Recognizing the valuable experience of other stakeholders in the maritime domain, the Co

Guard also engages with international authorities, private industry, port operators, and professional

mariners. Our partnerships create robust cooperation to ensure safe and secure practices on the Nation’

waters and ports.

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partnerships
The 

Coast Guard conducts integrated, layered operations

across vast geographic maritime areas of responsibility. Coast Guard missions are conducted by the Maritime Trident

of Forces: Shore-based Forces, Maritime Patrol Forces, and 

Deployable Specialized Forces. Operations are enabled

through command and control, intelligence, and mission 

support functions. The Coast Guard's broad range of skills,

tools, and assets are fully utilized to meet the array of potential 

threats and challenges to U.S. interests in the maritime 

domain.

EXecuting te missio

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The Coast Guard’s overarching strategy is to increase maritime border security through a layered security 

system that begins beyond the country’s physical borders. This approach begins with foreign port 

assessments to gauge effectiveness of port security and antiterrorism measures. Offshore, the major cutter 

fleet responds to potential threats, maintaining a presence and the ability to launch aircraft and boats, and to 

stage deployable specialized forces in adverse weather conditions. This offshore capability works to identify 

or stop threats well before they approach our shores. The Coast Guard’s planned fleet of National Security 

Cutters (NSCs) and Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) will continue to meet these challenges. Additionally, Coast 

Guard C-130s and Maritime Patrol Aircraft provide broad surveillance capability. Screening and targeting 

systems provide critical information regarding vessels, crews, passengers, and cargo destined for the United 

States. To address potential threats approaching our coasts, Coast Guard helicopters and patrol boats such 

as the new Fast Response Cutter (FRC), provide the ability to monitor, track, interdict, and board vessels. In 

our ports, the Coast Guard patrols our waters and critical infrastructure, conducts vessel escorts, and inspects 

vessels and facilities. The Coast Guard’s mix of cutters, aircraft, and boats allow the Coast Guard to maximize 

its unique authorities through the entire maritime continuum - from overseas to the critical ports within our 

homeland.

Layered secur

“Proficiency in craft, proficiency in leadership, disciplined 

initiative—these are the anchors upon which we will hold 

fast” 

Each Coast Guard member, whether active duty, reserve, auxiliarist, or civilian, 

receives tailored attention to their specific professional development needs, 

based on their assigned position and experience, to ensure a workforce that is 

fully capable to perform the jobs and tasks for each unique Coast Guard mission. 

A typical career progression includes accession level training, apprentice 

training leading to designation in a particular specialty or rating, positionspecific advanced and specialty training, and various continuing education and 

professional development programs. 

This progression provides competent performers to support their immediate 

team and unit requirements. However, the ultimate goal and path to achieve 

mission excellence is proficiency. The Coast Guard and its members share 

responsibility in a continuous pursuit of proficiency through repeated practice 

and repetition to maintain highly perishable operational skills.

proficiency

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy

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Aviation Logistics Ce

The Aviation Logistics Center (ALC), located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, is 

the hub for Coast Guard aviation support, including depot level maintenance, 

structural engineering, spare parts warehousing, and information service needs. 

Aviation depot level maintenance is the total overhaul of an airframe. ALC is the 

central point for all other aircraft maintenance and repair activities, including 

fleet support for minor repairs and routine maintenance through technical 

publications and a call center.

Shore Infrastructure Logistics 

Shore facilities are a vital component of the Coast Guard’s operational 

capability and readiness. The Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center (SILC) is 

located in Norfolk, Virginia, and provides sustainable Shore Infrastructure and 

Base Operations support for Coast Guard’s buildings and facilities. The SILC is 

responsible for enterprise-wide support services throughout the complete lifecycle of shore facilities, ranging from design, construction, maintenance and 

repair and demolition.

A major ongoing recapitalization project is the transition from the HU-25 Guardian to the HC-144A Ocean Sentry 

aircraft. The HU-25 entered the Coast Guard aircraft fleet in 1982 and has over 500,000 flight hours. In addition 

to the lives saved and drugs interdicted, highlights of the HU-25’s service to the Nation include use in the first 

Gulf War, when the Guardian was activated in response to deliberate oil pollution by the Iraqi government, and 

providing much of the initial airborne command and control during Hurricane Katrina. There are 8 remaining 

operational HU-25s that will be decommissioned in 2014.

transitioning from the HU-5 TO HC

The transition between airframes progressed in 2012 with the early delivery of the twelfth, thirteenth, and 

fourteenth HC-144A’s – all of which were assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod. The Ocean Sentry 

significantly upgrades existing surveillance capabilities, has an endurance of more than ten hours, sophisticated 

command and control systems, and the capability to aerially deliver search and rescue equipment (such as rafts, 

pumps, and flares). Construction of a new hangar at Air Station Cape Cod to accommodate the new HC-144As 

was completed in November 2012.

Seaman Grace Baldwin

Named after Coast Guard enlisted heroes, the Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRC) are replacing the aging 

Island-class 110-foot patrol boats. The Island-class patrol boats were built in the late 1980s, part of the fleet 

completed a mission effectiveness project to replace obsolete components, and are at the end of the 15 year 

service life. The Coast Guard selected a "parent-craft" design for the Sentinel Class patrol boat to ensure that the 

operating force receives new patrol boats, capable of performing the required missions, as quickly as possible. At 

154-feet in length, the FRCs are capable of deploying independently to conduct missions previously conducted 

by the Island-class patrol boats, including port, waterways and coastal security; fishery patrols; search and rescue; 

and national defense.

transitioning from the Island Class

Boat to Fast Response Cut

Public Affairs Specialist 2nd Class Patrick Kelley

Surface Forces Logistics C

The Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC), located in Baltimore, Maryland, 

provides the Coast Guard’s surface fleet and assets with maintenance, 

engineering, supply, and information services that enable Coast Guard mission 

execution. SFLC has a workforce of 1,935 military, civilian, and contractor 

professionals assigned in locations that range from Kodiak, Alaska to San 

Juan, Puerto Rico, and Honolulu, Hawaii to Portland, Maine. The SFLC uses a 

prioritization scheme to ensure that the most critical operational needs of the 

service are met.

Maintenance & logistics sup

Coast Guard Yar

Subordinate to the SFLC, the Coast Guard Yard is also located in Baltimore, 

MD. The 625 employees of the Yard’s workforce represent an invaluable 

pool of experience, expertise, and craftsmanship. The Coast Guard Yard 

is responsible for construction, repair, and renovation of vessels and aids 

to navigation. It is also the Coast Guard’s only internal source for original 

design, forging, machining, and manufacturing essential to sustaining the 

Coast Guard’s fleet of in-service cutters and boats.

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FY 2014

Budget Prioritie

BUILD essential coast g

capability for the natio

Sustaining recapitalization at an acceptable rate is essential 

for the long term viability of the Coast Guard. The condition 

and serviceability of the Coast Guard’s in-service surface fleet, 

the aging of fixed and rotary wing air assets, and the projected 

timelines to replace these assets require continued investment 

in surface and air recapitalization programs to maintain the 

capability to operate. To strengthen DHS’ layered security 

approach offshore, the FY 2014 budget provides for the 

acquisition of the seventh National Security Cutter and two Fast 

Response Cutters, and continues to invest in pre-acquisition 

activities for the Offshore Patrol Cutter and Polar Icebreaker. 

The budget also continues sustainment and conversion work 

on fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, procurement of cutter 

boats, and investment in Command, Control, Communications, 

Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 

(C4ISR) systems. Surface Ass

The budget provides $743.0 million for surface assets, including 

the following surface asset recapitalization and sustainment 

initiatives: • National Security Cutter (NSC) – Provides funding for the 

seventh NSC; NSCs will replace the aging fleet of High 

Endurance Cutters, first commissioned in 1967. The 

acquisition of NSC-7 is vital for performing DHS missions 

in the far off-shore regions, including the harsh operating 

environment of the Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, and the Arctic.

• Fast Response Cutter (FRC) – Provides funding to procure 

two FRCs. These assets replace the aging fleet of 110-foot 

patrol boats, and provide the coastal capability to conduct 

Search and Rescue operations, enforce border security, 

interdict drugs, uphold immigration laws, and enhance 

resiliency to disasters. 

• Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) – Supports continued initial 

acquisition work and design of the OPC. The OPC will 

replace the Medium Endurance Cutter to conduct missions 

on the high seas and coastal approaches.

• Polar Ice Breaker (WAGB) – Continues funding for preacquisition activities for a new Coast Guard polar icebreaker. 

This cutter will provide continued heavy icebreaking 

capability to the nation for missions in the Arctic and 

Antarctic following the projected end of service life of the 

POLAR STAR on or about 2022.

• Cutter Boats – Provides continued funding for production 

of multi-mission cutter small boats that will be fielded on 

the Coast Guard’s major cutter fleet beginning with the NSC.

• In-Service Vessel Sustainment – Continues to fund 

sustainment projects on 140-foot ice breaking tugs (WTGB), 

225-foot seagoing buoy tenders (WLB), and the training 

Barque EAGLE (WIX). 

• Survey and Design – Builds upon previous years to continue 

multi-year engineering and design work for multiple cutter 

classes in support of future sustainment and acquisition 

projects.

Air Asset

The budget provides $28.0 million for the following air asset 

recapitalization or enhancement initiatives: • HH-65 – Continues modernization and sustainment of the 

Coast Guard’s fleet of HH-65 helicopters, converting them 

to MH-65 Short Range Recovery (SRR) helicopters. The 

modernization effort includes reliability and sustainability 

improvements, where obsolete components are replaced 

with modernized sub-systems, including an integrated 

cockpit and sensor suite. 

• C-130H – Funds sustainment of avionics systems on 

existing C-130H aircraft. The Avionics 1 Upgrade (A1U) 

installations on C-130H aircraft enhances the capability of 

the C-130H fleet by replacing aging/obsolete equipment, 

and updating avionics to comply with Communications 

Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) 

requirements.

Other z)$59.9M 

The budget provides $59.9 million for asset recapitalization, 

including the following equipment and services: • Command, Control, Communications, Computers, 

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) – 

Provides design, development, upgrades, and assistance on 

the FY 2014etre

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The Coast Guard's FY 2014 Budget continues the

critical balance between investment in current 

operations and recapitalization. The FY 2014 Budget 

strategically allocates resources to best mitigate 

current and long-term operational risks, while 

investing in new cutters, boats, aircraft, systems and 

infrastructure necessary to ensure the viability of the Coast Guard in the future. The Coast Guard's FY 201

budget priorities are: • Build essential coast guard Capability for the nation • strengthen reso

operational stwardshi

• sustain the most critical

front-lne operatis

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Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) billets associated with 

the decommissioning of two WHECs.

HU-25 Aircraft Retirement

Retires the eight remaining HU-25 aircraft assigned to Coast 

Guard Air Station Corpus Christi, TX; Aviation Logistics Center, 

Elizabeth City, NC; and, Aviation Training Center, Mobile, AL. 

This will allow for the transition to HC-144A aircraft.

HC-130 Aircraft Retirement

This initiative eliminates funding and personnel associated with 

two HC-130H aircraft. The newly acquired HC-130J aircraft will 

provide increased operational reliability. Cosolidate  A

) -$5.1M 

(-28 FTE)

The Coast Guard will consolidate air facilities and reduce 

operating expenses to include the closure AIRFACs at 

Charleston, SC and Newport, OR. The Search and Rescue 

response times within the AIRFAC areas of responsibility will 

remain within national standards. Ente

Continuing implementation of the Department-wide efficiency 

review of 2009, the budget proposes administrative and 

programmatic efficiencies to improve service delivery, while 

continuing investment in Coast Guard activities that provide 

the highest return on investment. • Enterprise-wide Efficiencies -$52.7M (-53 FTE)

The Coast Guard has identified efficiencies and 

cost reductions in the areas of support personnel 

(commensurate with workforce reductions of this and prior 

years); technology application and leveraging; vehicle fleet 

mix optimization; travel and administration reductions; 

consolidation within leased real estate; planned real estate 

divestiture; reduction of funding for civilian temporary 

hires, awards, and incentives; and other efficiencies.

Pro

The budget proposes targeted reductions in several base 

program areas. These base adjustments recognize changes in 

requirements for selected activities and prioritizes sustainable 

investment in recapitalization programs. • Coast Guard Headquarters Staffing -$6.7M (-53FTE) 

Reflects the anticipated reduction in Coast Guard 

Headquarters personnel as a result of the existing hiring 

freeze and normal workforce attrition.

• Intelligence Program -$1.5M (-14FTE) 

Scales intelligence activities across the Service by 

consolidating analysts at Areas and Districts; consolidating 

IT support positions at headquarters; and eliminating the 

24/7 call-in maritime watch at the El Paso Intelligence 

Center (EPIC).

• Port State Control Examinations -$1.7M (-20 FTE)

Reduces Port State Control personnel by limiting 

C4ISR hardware and software of new and in-service assets.

• CG-Logistics Information Management System – Continues 

development and deployment to Coast Guard operational 

assets and support facilities.

• Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS) – 

Completes deployment of the permanent transceive system 

to recapitalize the existing interim NAIS capability in 58 

ports and 11 coastal areas.

Shor Uits and 

$5.0M 

The budget provides $5.0 million to recapitalize shore 

infrastructure for safe, functional, and modern facilities that 

support Coast Guard assets and personnel: • Specific Project – Completes Phase One of Base Miami Beach 

waterfront facilities. 

• ATON Infrastructure – Maintains transportation safety on 

Federal waterways through construction and improvements 

to short-range aids and infrastructure to improve the safety 

of maritime transportation. 

Pesonnel an

(818 FTE)

The budget provides $115.2 million for pay and benefits for the 

Coast Guard’s acquisition workforce. 

Strengthen resource and operational steward

The FY 2014 budget decommissions two High Endurance 

Cutters (WHECs) that are being replaced by more capable 

National Security Cutters. The Coast Guard will also consolidate 

regional assets where overlapping capabilities exist by closing 

Air Facilities in Newport, OR and Charleston, SC. The 2014 

budget ensures that our resources are aligned to our Nation's 

highest priorities in a manner that balances key investments 

for the future with sustaining essential investment in today's 

missions and capabilities that provide the highest return on 

investment. Ass

In FY 2014, the Coast Guard will make targeted reductions to 

prioritize front-line operational capacity and invest in critical 

recapitalization initiatives. High Endurance ter (WHEC) Decommi

The FY 2014 budget decommissions the fifth and sixth 

High Endurance Cutters (WHECs). National Security Cutters, 

including the seventh NSC which is fully funded in this budget 

request, replace the aging HEC fleet. Cutter Shoreside Support Pe

Reduces WHEC Maintenance Augmentation Team (MAT) and 

Public Affairs Specialist 2nd Class Bruce Pimental

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examination activities aboard some foreign flagged vessels 

assessed as lower risk.

• Coast Guard Training -$43.2M (-153 FTE) 

Leverages web-based distance learning and reduces 

schoolhouse throughput. Specialty and technical training 

schools will group into centers of expertise. Educational 

benefits will be focused on enlisted personnel who are 

pursuing an initial undergraduate degree. Reduces 

accessions and support staffs as well as operational 

and maintenance funds at the Coast Guard Academy, 

Leadership Development Center, and Officer Candidate 

School commensurate with anticipated reduction in outyear accession projections based on reduced workforce 

levels.

• Other Targeted Program Reductions -1.2M (-26 FTE)

The Coast Guard will make targeted reductions to Auxiliary 

Program Management, the International Port Security 

Program, and District Drug and Alcohol Program Inspectors 

(DAPI). Routine DAPI functions will shift to Coast Guard 

Marine Inspectors and Investigators.

SUSTAIN the most critical

guard operation

The FY 2014 budget sustains the most critical frontline 

operations, including maintaining search and rescue coverage, 

protecting critical infrastructure and key resources, supporting 

safe navigation, safeguarding natural resources, protecting the 

environment, detecting and interdicting drugs and individuals 

attempting to enter the United States illegally, and supporting 

the Nation's foreign policy objectives. 

Adustment fo FY 20

(-306 FTE)

The adjustment captures the $57.0 million net impact of 

initiatives funded under the FY 2013 Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013.

Annalization of FY 

(108 FTE)

The budget provides $19.7 million to provide full-year 

resources to continue critical FY 2013 initiatives in 2014.

Pay & Allow

The budget provides $43.9 million to fund the civilian pay raise 

and maintain parity with DoD for military pay, allowances, and 

health care. As a branch of the Armed Forces of the United 

States, the Coast Guard is subject to the provisions of the 

National Defense Authorization Act, which include pay and 

personnel benefits for the military workforce. 

Opratig

Asets  $64.7M (213

The budget provides a total of $64.7 million to fund operations 

and maintenance of shore facilities and cutters, boats, aircraft, 

and associated C4ISR subsystems delivered through acquisition 

efforts. Funding is requested for the following assets and 

systems: 

• Shore Facilities – Funding for the operation and 

maintenance of shore facility projects scheduled for 

completion prior to FY 2014.

• Response Boat-Medium – Funding for operation, 

maintenance and support of 30 RB-Ms as well as personnel 

for maintenance support requirements and instructors to 

support fleet training requirements.

• Rescue 21 (R21) – Funding for the support of the R21 System 

as well as maintenance of Coast Guard leased and owned 

towers, Western Rivers communications sites, and encrypted 

communications for over-the-air-re-key (OTAR).

• FRC – Operating and maintenance funding for FRCs #10-12 

and funding for personnel to operate and maintain hulls 

#11-12, homeported in Key West, FL, as well as the first two 

San Juan, PR hulls (FRCs #13-14).

• NSC -- Operating and maintenance funding for NSC #4 to be 

homeported in Charleston, SC. The initiative also provides 

personnel to operate NSCs # 4-5.

• HC-144A MPA – Operating and maintenance and personnel 

funding to operate and support aircraft #16-17 that will 

be assigned to Air Station Corpus Christi, TX. Also funds 

maintenance of the first 17 Mission System Pallets (MSPs)—

the sensor package for each operational HC-144A.

• Manned Covert Surveillance Aircraft (MCSA) – Operating, 

maintenance, and personnel funding to operate and 

support the first aircraft which is planned to operate out of 

Miami, FL and provide an additional 1,000 hours of maritime 

surveillance capacity.

• Air Station Corpus Christi Transition – Provides funding for 

the transition from operating HU-25 aircraft to operation of 

HC-144A aircraft.

Financil Systems Modernization  $29.5M • Provides funding to support 

Service Improvement Initiative (FMSII) for Coast Guard and 

Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This initiative 

will plan, prepare, configure, test, and migrate the Coast 

Guard’s and TSA’s financial management system (FMS) 

including the financial, contract, and asset accountability 

management systems to a shared service provider (SSP).

TABLE 1: Appropriati

TABL 2: FY 2014 Net Discretionary Budget Authority - Breakout by Statuto

Coast Guard Missi ($000) FY 2012

Revised Enact

FY 201

Annualized

FY 201

Reques

FY 2012 +/

FY 201

Search and Rescue $945,716 $927,836 $872,833 ($72,883)

Marine Safety $675,434 $579,392 $623,113 ($52,321)

Aids to Navigation $1,272,787 $1,451,690 $1,277,515 $4,728 

Ice Operations $117,406 $116,909 $107,933 ($9,473)

Marine Environmental Protection $246,453 $240,668 $233,557 ($12,896)

Living Marine Resources $878,691 $870,424 $845,152 ($33,539)

Drug Interdiction $1,364,153 $1,275,878 $1,148,969 ($215,184)

Migrant Interdiction $640,767 $610,482 $582,504 ($58,263)

Other Law Enforcement $179,292 $164,932 $132,004 ($47,288)

Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security $1,757,107 $1,825,868 $1,680,572 ($76,535)

Defense Readiness $518,800 $514,683 $531,535 $12,735 

Net Discretionary: Excluding Supplementals and Transfers $8,596,606 $8,578,762 $8,035,687 ($560,

Mandatory $1,768,792 $1,850,132 $1,800,294 $31,50

OSLTF Contribution [$45,000] [$45,000] [$45,000] --

Overseas Contigency Operations (OCO) Funding (P.L. 112-74) $258,000 $258,000 --- --

Rescission of unobligated balances pursuant (P.L. 112-74) [$37,800] [$37,800] --- --

Proposed DoD OCO Transfer --- --- [$227,033] --

DoD transfer puruant to P.L. 112-74 $63,500 $63,500 --- ($63,500)

Rescission of unobligated balances pursuant to P.L. 112-74 ($5,004) ($2,577) --- $5,004 

Rescission of ACI personnel ($879) --- --- $879 

Transfer of OE funds for Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) $1,328 --- --- ($1,328)

Technical Adjustment 0.612% CR Increase --- $8,592 --- --

Hurricane Sandy Supplemental (P.L. 113-2) --- $274,233 --- --

Proposed rescission of unobligated balances --- --- ($42,000) ($42,000)

Transfer of funds for Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) to AC&I ($1,328) --- --- $1,328 

Total Budget Authority $10,681,015 $11,030,642 $9,793,981 ($887,0

1

 The Coast Guard budgets by appropriation rather than by individual missions. The Coast Guard projects resource allocations by mission through the use of an activity-based costing 

system. Actual allocations will vary depending on operational environment and mission need.

2

 FY 2012 Revised Enacted and FY 2013 Annualized CR include $258M/872 FTE for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) appropriated directly to the Coast Guard. FY 2014 Request 

(Total Budget Authority) does not include OCO funding, which is anticipated via a transfer from DOD.

Appropriation ($000) FY 20

Enacte

FY 201

Annualized

FY 201

Reques

Operating Expenses (OE) $6,755,254 $6,796,596 $6,755,383

Environmental Compliance and Restoration (EC&R) $13,500 $13,583 $13,187

Reserve Training (RT) $134,278 $135,100 $109,543

Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements (AC&I) $1,461,541 $1,476,016 $951,116

Alteration of Bridges --- --- ---

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) $27,779 $27,949 $19,856

Health Care Fund Contribution (HFC) $261,871 $201,610 $186,602

Sub-total (Discretionary Funding) $8,654,223 $8,650,854 $8,035,

Retired Pay $1,440,157 $1,440,157 $1,452,150

Boating Safety $113,199 $120,895 $109,464

Maritime Oil Spill Program $213,423 $289,000 $238,600

Gift Fund $2,013 $80 $80

Sub-total (Mandatory Funding) $1,768,792 $1,850,132 $1,800,

OSLTF Contribution [$45,000] [$45,000] [$45,000]

Overseas Contigency Operations (OCO) Funding (P.L. 112-74) $258,000 $258,000 ---

Rescission of unobligated balances pursuant (P.L. 112-74) [$37,800] [$37,800] ---

Rescission of unobligated balances pursuant to P.L. 112-74 [-5004] ($2,577) ---

Rescission of ACI personnel [-879] --- ---

Transfer of OE funds for Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) $1,328 --- ---

Hurricane Sandy Supplemental (P.L. 113-2) --- $274,233 ---

Proposed rescission of unobligated balances --- --- ($42,000)

Transfer of funds for Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) to AC&I ($1,328) --- ---

Sub-total (Transfers and Supplementals) $258,000 $529,656 -$42,

TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS $10,681,015 $11,
2013 Posture Sta

TABLE 3: Operating Expenses FY 202 revised enacted to fy 2014 TA

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Appropriations ($000) FY 2014 Requ

Vessels $743,000

Survey and Design - Vessel and Boats $1,000

In-Service Vessel Sustainment $21,000

National Security Cutter (NSC) $616,000

Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) $25,000

Fast Response Cutter (FRC) $75,000

Cutter Boats $3,000

Polar Icebreaking Vessel $2,000

Aircraft $28,00

HH-65 Conversion/Sustainment Projects $12,000

Long Range Surveillance Aircraft (C-130H/J) $16,000

Other $59,93

Program Oversight and Management $10,000

Systems Engineering and Integration $204

C4ISR $35,226

CG-LIMS $1,500

Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS) $13,000

Shore and ATON $5

Major Shore, ATON and S&D $2,000

Minor Shore $3,000

Personnel and Management $115,1

AC&I Core $439

Direct Personnel Costs $114,747

SUB-TOTAL $

Rescissions (Note 1) ($42,000

TOTAL $909

Note (1): The FY2014 President's Budget includes proposed rescissions totalling $42 million in unobligated prior year 

balances from P.L. 111-83, P.L. 112-10, and P.L. 112-74.

Department of Homeland Security

U. S. Coast Guard

Operating Expenses

FY 2012 to FY 2014 Budget Change

(Dollars in Thousands)

Pos. FTE Amount

FY 2012 Revised Enacted 1, 2 49,644 48,890 $ 6,755,254

Adjustments-to-Base

Transfers to and from Other Accounts

DHS Management for St Elizabeths Security - - (2,800)

OCFO for Financial Audit Clearinghouse Database - - 2

USM OCAO for Shared Services - - 76

Transfer Follow-On 22 22 -

Total Transfers 22 22 (2,722)

Adjustments for FY 2013 Initiatives (727) (306) 57,022

FTP/FTE From FY 2012 Actual to FY 2014 Budget (203) 365 -

Increases

Annualization of Part Year Funding - 108 19,746

Mandatory Personnel Entitlements

Annualization of FY 2013 Military Pay Raise - - 9,014

FY 2014 Military Pay Raise - - 15,563

FY 2014 Civilian Pay Raise - - 5,837

FY 2014 Military Allowances - - 13,528

GSA Rent and Security - - 1,501

Operating and Maintenance Funds for New Assets

Shore Facility Follow-On 2 1 2,760

Response Boat - Medium (RB-M) Follow-On 15 8 3,125

Rescue 21 (R21) Follow-On - - 4,095

Fast Response Cutter (FRC) Follow-On 106 53 12,904

National Security Cutter (NSC) Follow-On 146 106 19,838

Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) Follow-On 31 31 13,880

Manned Covert Surveillance Aircraft (MCSA) Follow-On 12 3 2,495

Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi Transition 21 11 5,607

DHS Headquarters Consolidation Follow-On - - 5,150

Base Re-Allocations (Non-Add)

Deployable Specialized Forces 25 25 [55,637]

Military FTP and FTE Transfer to Civilian [91] [91] [8,262]

PPA Funding Technical Transfers - - [67,817]

Total Increases (572) 405 192,065

Decreases

Termination of One-Time Costs - - (29,049)

Part Year Management Annualizations - (311) (45,611)

Asset Decommissionings and Retirements

Two High Endurance Cutters (WHEC) (368) (184) (14,195)

Cutter Shoreside Support Personnel Reduction (19) (10) (809)

Eight HU-25 Aircraft (71) (36) (9,371)

Two HC-130 Aircraft (58) (29) (7,722)

Air Facilities Charleston, SC and Newport, OR (55) (28) (5,081)

Management Efficiencies (101) (53) (52,725)

Programmatic Reductions (450) (252) (54,199)

Total Decreases (1,122) (903) (218,762)

Total Adjustments-to-Base (1,672) (476) (29,419)

2014 Current Services 47,972 48,414 6,725,835

Program Changes

Program Increases

Financial Systems Modernization - - 29,548

Total Program Changes - - 29,548

2014 Request 47,972 48,414 6,755,383

2012 to 2014 Total Change (1,672) (476) 129

1

 Includes 872 military FTE for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO).

2

 Excludes $258 million provided to the Coast Guard for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) Funding (P.L. 112-74).
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foreign poaching of U.S. fish stocks and ensured compliance 

with international living marine resource agreements. Detected 

160 incursions and interdicted 24 vessels.

MA

The Maritime Prevention program reduces personnel casualties 

and property losses, minimizes security risks, and protects 

the marine environment. The following statutory missions 

contribute to the Coast Guard’s Maritime Prevention program:

 Ports, Waterways and Coastal Secur

 Marine Safe

 Marine Environmental Protect

IN 2012 THE COAST GUARD...

• Conducted over 11,600 annual inspections of U.S. flagged 

vessels inspected and certificated in accordance with 46 

Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) § 2.01.

• Performed over 6,100 inspections at facilities to ensure 

compliance, identifying over 1,600 deficiencies of safety, 

security and environmental protection regulations.

• Conducted 4,600 marine casualty investigations.

• Conducted more than 10,000 Port State Control and 

Security examinations on foreign flagged vessels, including 

examinations of ballast water for elimination of aquatic 

nuisance species, testing of oily water separators to prevent 

oil from being discharged in the ocean and other pollution 

prevention and vessel safety activities.

• Completed over 25,575 container inspections, identifying 

more than 2,600 deficiencies that led to 1,186 cargo or 

container shipments being placed on hold until dangerous 

conditions were corrected.

• Conducted over 9,100 fishing vessel and 1,500 towing vessel 

examinations, ensuring vessels were in full compliance with 

regulations and safety requirements.

• Administered the National Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) 

Program where state law enforcement conducted over 1.8 

million hours of on-water RBS operations, checked over 

1.7 million vessels for carriage compliance, issued boating 

safety education certificates for over 450,000 individuals and 

issued over 99,000 safety citations and 275,000 warnings.

• Conducted over 49,000 recreational vessel boardings, 

issued 12,000 citations and visited 1,150 recreational boat 

manufacturers to provide education and ensure compliance 

with Federal regulations.

• Conducted over 7,800 voluntary commercial fishing vessel 

(CFV) dockside safety examinations, issued over 4,200 

CFV safety decals and completed over 6,400 at sea CFVs 

compliance boardings.

• The Coast Guard exhibited international leadership through 

the International Maritime Organization (IMO) response to 

COSTA CONCORDIA grounding: the Coast Guard was a key 

participant in IMO efforts to develop lessons learned from 

the vessel major marine casualty.

The Coast Guard's value to the nation is rooted in 

responsibilities accrued over more than two centuries of 

service committed to operations in the maritime domain. Coast 

Guard missions are organized into six programs that align with 

the Department of Homeland Security's missions, national 

priorities, and the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review 

(QHSR) goals. The initiatives in the Coast Guard’s FY 2014 

Budget are crucial to the effective achievement of Department 

of Homeland Security mission priorities. Each program is 

explained below and the table on page 45 provides a listing of 

the six Coast Guard DHS programs and their relationship to the 

Coast Guard’s 11 statutory missions. 

MR

Maritime Security Operations encompass activities conducted 

to detect, deter, prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks and other 

criminal acts in the maritime domain. It includes the execution 

of antiterrorism, response and recovery operations and 

related preparedness activities such as the establishment and 

oversight of a maritime security regime and maritime domain 

awareness. The following statutory mission contributes to the 

Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Operations program:

 Ports, Waterways and Coastal Secur

IN 2012 THE COAST GUARD...

• Conducted 11,628 security boardings of small vessels in and 

around U.S. ports, waterways and coastal regions.

• Conducted approximately 49,000 waterborne patrols near 

critical maritime infrastructure and security zones in American 

ports.

• Escorted approximately 5,000 high-capacity passenger 

vessels, naval vessels and ships carrying dangerous cargoes.

• Conducted 1,424 boardings of high interest vessels 

designated as posing a greater-than-normal risk to the U.S.

MAR

The Maritime Law Enforcement program preserves America’s 

jurisdictional rights within our maritime borders and 

suppresses violations of U.S. federal law on, under and over 

the high-seas. The Coast Guard is the lead federal maritime law 

enforcement agency for enforcing national and international 

law on the high-seas, U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

contiguous zone, territorial seas, and navigable inland waters. 

The following statutory missions contribute to the Coast 

Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement program:

 Drug Interdicti

 Migrant Interdicti

 Living Marine Resour

 Other Law Enforcem

IN 2012 THE COAST GUARD...

• Removed 107 metric tons of cocaine and 56 metric tons of 

marijuana bound for the United States; interdicted 70 vessels, 

and detained 352 suspected drug smugglers.

• Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETs) 

deployed for 1,632 days in FY 2012 and accounted for 34 

percent of all cocaine removals.

• Interdicted 2,955 undocumented migrants attempting to 

illegally enter the United States.

• Encountered over 108 domestic significant fishery violations 

during boardings of over 6,400 U.S. vessels.

• Patrolled the U.S. EEZ boundary areas to reduce the threat of

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Public Affairs Specialist 2nd ClassPatrick Kelley

Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith
update oil spill contingency plans for the Arctic region.

• Established an International Maritime Organization 

sponsored multilateral forum with Cuba, the Bahamas and 

other northern Caribbean nations that are initiating oil 

exploration operations in their deep water environments 

to ensure protection of U.S. waters from adverse impacts 

should spills occur.

• Established an Incident Management and Preparedness 

Advisor position at each Coast Guard District to coordinate 

regional federal, state, local, and tribal interagency 

preparedness and contingency planning. These advisors 

serve as the District Regional Response Team co-chairs 

and FEMA Regional Interagency Steering Committee(s) 

to coordinate pollution and all incident/all hazard type II 

incidents.

• Conducted over 400 contingency-based exercises, with the 

majority of these exercises focused on anti-terror, oil and 

hazardous material release, or mass rescue operations.

P

The Defense Operations program utilizes the Coast Guard's 

unique authorities and capabilities to support the National 

Military Strategy. Specific objectives include defending the 

homeland, promoting international security, deterring conflict, 

and winning our Nation’s wars. The eight mission elements 

that comprise the Coast Guard’s Defense Operations portfolio 

are: Maritime Interdiction Operations; Combating Maritime 

Terrorism; Port Operations Security and Defense (to include 

maintaining a Title 10 Reserve force and providing Aids to 

Navigation support for battle-space preparation); Military 

Environmental Response Operations; Coastal Sea Control 

Operations (including providing DoD the only assured surface 

access in ice-covered and ice-diminished waters); Maritime 

Operational Threat Response (MOTR); Rotary Wing Air Intercept 

Operations; and Support for Theater Security Cooperation 

Initiatives. The following statutory mission contributes to the 

Coast Guard’s Defense Operations program:  Defense Readine

IN 2012 THE COAST GUARD ... • Continued the deployment of six patrol boats and their 

supporting and command elements to U.S. Central 

Command (CENTCOM).

• Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, the first National Security 

Cutter, and elements of the Coast Guard’s Deployable 

Specialized Forces (DSF) participated in Rim of the Pacific 

(RIMPAC) exercise, the world’s largest multi-national 

maritime exercise, with 22 nations participating in 2012. 

The purpose of the exercise is to enhance interoperability 

of the combined RIMPAC forces and improve war fighting 

competencies.

• Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, the second National Security 

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Response Activities

Maritime Law Enforcement

Drug Interdiction

Migrant Interdiction

Living Marine Resources

Other Law Enforcement

Maritime Prevention

Ports, Waterways and Coastal Security 

Prevention Activities

Marine Safety

Marine Environmental Protection 

Prevention Activities

Maritime Response

Search and Rescue

Marine Environmental Protection 

Response Activities

Defense Operations Defense Readiness

Marine Transportation System 

Management

Aids to Navigation

Domestic Ice Operations

• The International Port Security Program assessed the 

effectiveness of anti-terrorism measures in over 175 port 

facilities in 55 of our maritime trading partners. 

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The Maritime Response program mitigates the consequences 

of marine casualties and disastrous events. The Coast Guard 

minimizes loss of life, injury and property loss by searching for 

and rescuing persons in distress in the maritime environment. 

Coast Guard preparedness efforts for all threats and all hazards 

ensures incident response and recovery resources are fully 

ready and capable to minimize impact of disasters to people, 

the environment and the economy. The following statutory 

missions contribute to the Coast Guard’s Maritime Response 

program:  Search and

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IN 2012 THE COAST GUARD ... • Responded to 19,790 Search and Rescue incidents, saving 

3,560 lives and protecting $77 million in property.

• The Coast Guard coordinated the two-year NSARC effort 

to develop and promulgate the first ever U.S. Land SAR 

Addendum. This interagency Federal SAR guidance, 

comparable to the Coast Guard Addendum, provides 

detailed guidance to Federal SAR agencies for land SAR 

operations.

• Received 12,421 pollution reports, of those reports, 3,349 

warranted an investigation.

• Participated in numerous joint spill response exercises with 

other countries including Canada, Mexico, Russia and the 

EcoCanal 2012 exercise in Panama.

• Continued to support the response to the remaining 

impacts of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion 

and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Significant removal 

actions have been completed by the Gulf Coast Incident 

Management Team. Out of the 778 miles of shoreline 

that was impacted 304 miles have been signed off by the 

Unified Command.

• Held the Spills of National Significance (SONS) 2012 

Executive Seminar on September 13, 2012 at Coast Guard 

Headquarters in Washington, DC. During the event, the 

Commandant and senior leadership from the DHS, NSS, 

and NRT member agencies discussed selected nationallevel interagency oil spill response policy issues (e.g., SONS 

governance structure, dispersant use, and the alignment 

of interagency messaging) in the context of an Arctic SONS 

scenario in the Chukchi/Beaufort Seas.

• Engaged with Department of Interior, NOAA, the 

Environmental Protection Agency, Alaska Department of 

Environmental Conservation and numerous other federal, 

state, local, native and industry participants to review and 

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Cutter, deployed to Southeast Asia to participate with five 

regional partners in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and 

Training (CARAT) 2012. CARAT is a multinational exercise 

aimed at developing numerous proficiencies including 

maritime interception operations, naval gunnery and 

maneuvering events, and disaster response. Waesche 

crewmembers provided comprehensive training to maritime 

forces of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

• Coast Guard Port Security Units (PSU) deployed to the 

Middle East with Naval Coastal Warfare Squadrons to 

support point defense and harbor security operations in 

Kuwait. 

• Coast Guard PSU and Maritime Safety and Security Team 

detachments continued port security operations in 

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for harbor security and to provide 

force protection.

• Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDET) 

completed two deployments to western Africa in support 

of the African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership, a 

professional exchange with officials from Sierra Leone, 

Cape Verde, Liberia, Gambia and Senegal. Additionally, CG 

watchstanders were embedded in host nation maritime 

operation centers during the entire deployment and 

participated in the first ever AMLEP collaboration between 

two African States (Senegal and Gambia).

• Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Teams deployed on 

four Navy ships in support of USCENTCOM Counter-Piracy 

missions. Working with Combined Task Force 151, CG 

LEDETs conducted training of Iraqi Marines at Umm Qasr 

Schoolhouse for long-term protection of oil terminals and 

trained U.S. Navy VBSS Teams/Allied Forces in boarding 

procedures and maritime case prosecution.

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The Marine Transportation System Management program 

ensures a safe, secure, efficient and environmentally sound 

waterways system. The Coast Guard minimizes disruptions to 

maritime commerce by assessing and mitigating risks to safe 

navigation and by providing waterways restoration capabilities 

after extreme weather events, marine accidents or terrorist 

incidents. The Coast Guard works in concert with other Federal 

agencies, state and local governments, marine industries, 

maritime associations and the international community to 

optimize balanced use and champion development of the 

Nation’s Marine Transportation System. The following statutory 

missions contribute to the Coast Guard’s Marine Transportation 

System Management program:  Aids to Navigation  Ice Operati

IN 2012 THE COAST GUARD ... • Maintained a 97.5% Aid Availability Rate on over 43,400 aids 

to navigation, including almost 25,300 in the U.S. Western 

Rivers System, to ensure the safe transit of $1,729 billion in 

commerce transiting 25,000 miles of U.S. Waterways. 

• Coast Guard Cutter Healy partnered with the Canadian 

Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the high Arctic 

for the fourth year to gather data required to determine 

the Extended Continental Shelf limit. On National Science 

Foundation missions, Coast Guard Cutter Healy supported 

NASA’s study on the affect of climate change on sea ice, 

North Slope mooring maintenance and a winter Arctic 

copepod transect study.

• Ensured no ice-related waterways closures on the Great 

Lakes during the 2011-2012 winter shipping season and 

provided domestic icebreaking assistance in the Pribilof 

Islands and for commercial port facilities in Kodiak.

• Expended the remaining $23 million of the $142 

million appropriated under the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (P. L. 111-5), to alter the Burlington, 

Mobile, EJ&E and Galveston Causeway Bridges. The 

increased horizontal navigational clearance offered by these 

alterations will minimize the risk of allisions. 

• Published the Interim Atlantic Coast Port Access Route 

Study to support planned offshore wind energy initiatives 

ranging from Maine to Florida.

• Collaborated with the Canadian Great Lakes Pilotage 

Authority and the Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee 

to revise the "Memorandum of Arrangements between 

Canada and the United States" for the shared operation of 

pilotage on the Great Lakes.

• Partnered with the Canadian Ice Service to help North 

Atlantic mariners make more than 4,500 safe commercial 

transits through iceberg laden waters.

• Coast Guard Cutter Juniper participated in Operation 

Nanook, a joint multi-national exercise designed to 

demonstrate a visible presence in the Arctic with sea, 

land and air forces while also developing multinational 

capabilities for future operations in the Arctic domain. 

Operation Nanook involved more than 1,100 participants 

from the Canadian Navy, Army, Air and Special Forces.

• Improved energy efficiencies by increasing the use of self 

contained light emitting diodes (LEDs) on red and green 

lighted buoys to 79%, an increase of 11% from 2011 and red 

and green lighted beacons to 33%, an increase of 12% from 

2011. 54% of all lighted buoys and beacons (not including 

ranges, directional, and leading lights) have now been fitted 

with LEDs.

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