Coast Guard
Shoreline military service
The Coast Guard is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and coastal defense.
Unlike other military branches, it operates under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime: She enlisted in the Coast Guard after college.
The Coast Guard intercepted the smuggling vessel. (Lowercase coast guard refers to any nation's maritime patrol force.)
- cutterOne who severs
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- water rescueExtracting someone from drowning
- man overboardAlert for fallen sailor
- rough seasTurbulent ocean conditions
rescue · homeland · icebreaker · ice patrol · lifeboat · life jacket · helicopter · uniform · sailor · disaster relief · interdiction · drug bust · border security · emergency beacon · mayday · distress signal · lifesaving · vessel
Coast Guardblue-water navy
Forces for far seas
naval fleet · aircraft carrier group · expeditionary force · ground forces · Army
Coast Guardpirates
Maritime thieves and raiders
smugglers · drug runners · poachers · rum runners · Somali pirates