United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and Homeland Security

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Daniel J. Benny, PhD
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. US

Series: Defense, Security and Strategies
BISAC: POL030000
DOI: 10.52305/ZULK2538

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the volunteer organization of the United States Coast Guard. In that role they support the United States Coast Guard in their non-law enforcement and boating safety missions to protect the homeland of the United States. In this timely publication you will explore the brief history of the United States Coast Guard and the origins of the United State Coast Guard Auxiliary as well as their homeland security missions. Through examination of the organization, membership and training requirement of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary you will have an understanding of what it takes to be a member of this patriotic organization and the important role these volunteers play in support of the United States Coast Guard and the homeland security of the nation. Through the United States Coast Guard America’s Waterway Watch program that is run by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, you will learn about the signs of criminal activity and terrorism on or near the nation’s waterways and ports and role of the maritime industry in this effort.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Homeland Security and the Maritime Industry

Chapter 2. United States Coast Guard

Chapter 3. Missions of the United States Coast Guard

Chapter 4. Origins of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

Chapter 5. Organization of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

Chapter 6. Missions of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

Chapter 7. Membership and Training in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

Chapter 8. Homeland Security and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

Chapter 9. America’s Waterway Watch

Chapter 10. Impact of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary on Homeland Security

Chapter 11. Security, Homeland Security, Intelligence and Maritime Security Resources

Appendix A. United States Coast Guard Office of Counterterrorism and Defense Operations Policy (CG-ODO)

Appendix B. US Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard Auxiliary Maritime Domain Awareness Operations Check List

Appendix C. The Impact of the United States Coast Guard Americana’s Waterway Watch Program on Crime at Seaplane Bases

References

Index


Keywords

USCG AUX
USCG
Homeland Security
Maritime Security

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