The United States Coast Guard is a military, multimission, maritime service and one of the nation’s five Armed Services. Its mission is to protect the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interests – in the nation’s ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support national security. 

Today, the Coast Guard will: 

• Save 11 lives 
• Assist 192 people in distress
• Protect $2.8 million in property 
• Interdict 14 illegal migrants at sea 
• Conduct 106 search and rescue cases 
• Seize $10.7 million  worth of illegal drugs 
• Respond to 20 oil and hazardous chemical spills 
• Board and inspect 138 vessels