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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, why would they ever deploy overseas?[/quote]

I was shocked to find out that the USCG does deploy overseas. From my understanding, they work with Navy ships in areas that have piracy issues. The Navy can't board boats or ships from other nations because it is seen as an act of war. So they send in Coast Guard personal.

And FYI- if you get into IT in the USCG you might be stationed in West Virginia.

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And in time of war, the USCG is subordinate to the USN and seeing combat isn't out of the question. The USCG's sole Medal of Honor recipient died at Guadalcanal. It's not a nice, safe job like some of the PP's have implied. Can be, usually is, but it's still one of the armed forces and its reputation as a joke is a bit problematic when it hides the actual risks.[/quote]

The CG is never, even in times of war, subordinate to the Navy.  In the old days the CG was housed in the Department of Transportation.  In times of was CG would be moved to Department of Defense.  That is no longer the case.  CG, even in times of war, stays in Homeland Security.

That is completely different from missions.  War or peace the CG is often assigned to the Combatant Commands and performs much the same work as the Navy.  On those assignments they may be part of a Navy task force and take orders from the Navy.  They also deploy with Port Security Teams and in the Horn of Africa have been under US Marine Corps command.

It is an armed force of the United States.  Main missions are search and rescue and Homeland Security but they fight --- were in Iraq right from the start.

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