The Coast Guard is one of five United States military establishments and falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard has served since1967 protecting the ocean, as well as the marine life. There have been many acts passed since the Coast Guard has been established within the Department of Transportation. Those acts have caused the Coast Guard grow within many aspects causing them to branch out all over the U.S. their impact is local, regional, national and international. The Coast Guard has over 15 recruiting locations in North Carolina, including: Atlantic Beach, Buxton, Camp Leujune, Elizabeth City, and Wilmington North Carolina. The North Carolina sector has oversight of operational Coast Guard Missions
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Coast Guard with 42,000 men and women on active duty. This force carries out a range of civil and military responsibilities touching almost every aspect of the U.S. maritime environment (About Us). The U.S. Coast Guard also employs USCG officers, enlisted members, reserve, and civilian workers. To become an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard you must first successfully graduate from the Coast Guard Academy, or successfully completing officer’s Candidate School. About 300 High School Graduates enroll yearly, leaving four years later with a Bachelor of Science degree and commission as an Ensign, or junior officer. As for enlisted members of the Coast Guard you must complete the ASVAB, be a high school graduate, a background check will be obtained to check for any criminal or civil offences. A physical exam is also required by the government to determine that you are physically and mentally eligible to join. The Coast Guard reserves are specially trained people who work side by side with active duty members. They serve one weekend out of the month, and two weeks out of the year. This allows people to serve without being active duty. Civilians in the Coast Guard work along with military personnel to save lives and enforce the …show more content…
The M.S.T was bound together by the government helping with pollutants in the ocean. One oil spill recorded at the time of the Strike Force being known to take action was 1968 at the Tanker Ocean Eagle (Schlesinger, 79). Ocean eagle had over two million gallons of oiled spilled into the ocean the M.S.T helped clean it up (Schlesinger, 79). In the process of them cleaning up the oil spill they helped the wild life cleaning up over 500 pelicans that were caught in the spill (Schlesinger, 78). M.S.T. the marine science technicians have played an extremely important role in many recent national and world wide issues. One of the current events they have been involved in is the issue of “Fracking”. The American term “Fracking” comes from the process of drilling for oil near lake, rivers, and even human homes. When the process of fracking is over it usually leaves oil spooling over in the water supply. This harms the wildlife and even the humans the in environment where fracking occurred, this is where the marine science technicians step in. Marine science technicians are trained to purify and secure a safe environment after a main source of water is contaminated. A Marine Science Technicians job is a very tedious and difficult job, but those who choose to do the job vow to protect all people and wild life from being affected by a natural or manmade disaster that can affect the water we need for
Coast Guard with 42,000 men and women on active duty. This force carries out a range of civil and military responsibilities touching almost every aspect of the U.S. maritime environment (About Us). The U.S. Coast Guard also employs USCG officers, enlisted members, reserve, and civilian workers. To become an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard you must first successfully graduate from the Coast Guard Academy, or successfully completing officer’s Candidate School. About 300 High School Graduates enroll yearly, leaving four years later with a Bachelor of Science degree and commission as an Ensign, or junior officer. As for enlisted members of the Coast Guard you must complete the ASVAB, be a high school graduate, a background check will be obtained to check for any criminal or civil offences. A physical exam is also required by the government to determine that you are physically and mentally eligible to join. The Coast Guard reserves are specially trained people who work side by side with active duty members. They serve one weekend out of the month, and two weeks out of the year. This allows people to serve without being active duty. Civilians in the Coast Guard work along with military personnel to save lives and enforce the …show more content…
The M.S.T was bound together by the government helping with pollutants in the ocean. One oil spill recorded at the time of the Strike Force being known to take action was 1968 at the Tanker Ocean Eagle (Schlesinger, 79). Ocean eagle had over two million gallons of oiled spilled into the ocean the M.S.T helped clean it up (Schlesinger, 79). In the process of them cleaning up the oil spill they helped the wild life cleaning up over 500 pelicans that were caught in the spill (Schlesinger, 78). M.S.T. the marine science technicians have played an extremely important role in many recent national and world wide issues. One of the current events they have been involved in is the issue of “Fracking”. The American term “Fracking” comes from the process of drilling for oil near lake, rivers, and even human homes. When the process of fracking is over it usually leaves oil spooling over in the water supply. This harms the wildlife and even the humans the in environment where fracking occurred, this is where the marine science technicians step in. Marine science technicians are trained to purify and secure a safe environment after a main source of water is contaminated. A Marine Science Technicians job is a very tedious and difficult job, but those who choose to do the job vow to protect all people and wild life from being affected by a natural or manmade disaster that can affect the water we need for