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United States Coast Guard
The
United States Coast Guard
(
USCG
) is a branch of the
United States Armed Forces
and one of the country's seven
uniformed services
. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the U.S. military branches for having a
maritime law enforcement
mission (with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters) and a
federal
regulatory agency
mission as part of its mission set. It operates under the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
during peacetime, and can be transferred to the
U.S. Department of the Navy
by the
U.S. President
at any time, or by the
U.S. Congress
during times of war. This has happened twice, in 1917, during
World War I
, and in 1941, during
World War II
.
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