Coast Guard Investigative Service

“The nation 's critical infrastructure provides the essential services that underpin American society and serve as the backbone of our nation 's economy, security, and health” (DHS, 2016). It’s the power in our homes, the water we drink, the food we eat, the transportation that moves us and goods we sell and buy, and…

The Maritime Incident Response Team (MIRT) was the first organization of its kind in the United States ports (Port of Virginia, 2016). Partnerships with the Virginia Maritime Association, Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads, and the Navy Fire Fighting School led to the establishment of the Maritime Incident Response Team. By having this type of capability in the Port of Virginia, it provides the opportunity for all stakeholders to implement training…

during, and after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. I would give them an F on…

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is made up of a combination of three different United States’ programs. The first program was the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The second was the U.S. Revenue Marine (Cutter) Service. The third and final program was the U.S. Lifesaving Service. All three were combined in 1913 creating the USCG we know today. I will now discuss each of the three U.S. programs that helped create the USCG. The earliest beginnings of the USCG happened in 1789 when the Department of…

Abstract Stephen Flynn believes that there are goals of homeland security that are crucial to America’s bureaucracies and he senses that the country is wasting the chance to really protect the United States. Stephen discusses two crucial mistakes that he feels America has made and the first mistake is that he discusses is how homeland security is separated from national security. The two key intelligence agencies are not communicating. The second issue, he discusses is how our infrastructure is…

concern as they do terrorist events. When it comes to natural disasters, many people including officials believe prior to a catastrophic event that it will not happen here, or it will not happen to me (Kunreuther, 2006). I reside on the New Jersey coast line and even though the risk of hurricanes is possible, the threat is not as high as in other areas such as Florida. People in my area do not prepare accordingly or believe the hurricane threat is a risk to consider…

The United States Coast Guard describes the undertaking as “...one of the greatest in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard (“Bernard C. Webber, USCG”, 1).” The United States Coast Guard is a merger of five Federal agencies that were once independent, but with overlapping responsibilities. These agencies are the Revenue Cutter Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Steamboat Inspection Service, the Bureau of Navigation, and the Lifesaving Service ("U.S. Coast Guard History", 1). Since this is the…

Putting ourselves in the shoes of a captain of a 200-foot Coast Guard cutter with a crew of only 16 can be hard to imagine. As the role of the captain, everyone looks to you in direction of what needs to be done upon an emergency case. It is important characteristic as the captain to analyze each possible outcome of your decisions before the final one could be made. During the Coast Guard Cutter Decision, when there’s potential yet not definite chance of finding survivors after a reported plane…

The U.S. Customs & Border Protection is responsible for maintaining border security. Their primary duty is keeping terrorists and their weapons away from the U.S. homeland. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services only responsibility is overseeing lawful immigration into the United States. The issuance of visa’s and passport is not part of their duty, but remains a responsibility of the U.S. Department of State. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also known as ICE is responsible for…

The Department of Homeland Security is an appropriate organizational design for several essential elements which are transferring immigration and naturalization service, border patrol, U.S. customs service, animal and plant health inspection service, U.S. Coastguard, and transportation security administration. The intelligence community mission is to supply the homeland security enterprise with timely intelligence information that is needed to protect, safe, resilient, and secure the United…