Coast Guard Investigative Service

Homeland Security is the third largest cabinet department. The department is made up of multiple agencies within, such as, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, US Customs and Border Protection, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration, United States Coast Guard, United States Secret Service, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. On August 5, 2002 President Bush signed the Homeland Security act, stating that “The Homeland Security Act of…

AMO conducts its Homeland security mission with a mix of personnel with unique skills, authorities and technology. Its mission sets are comprised of interdiction, investigation, domain awareness, and contingency operations. AMO conducts law enforcement operations that consist of monitoring, detecting, and tracking potential threats to national security; secures the border; confronts extended border threats; and provides airspace security for high risk areas and national security events.…

Shipmates: For those of you I haven’t had the pleasure of speaking with personally I have recently been designated as LPO. I want to take this opportunity to reach out and address a few things. I realize this is kind of long winded, but I promise to be more concise in the future. First, if you have not already done so please make sure you complete your resume and/or Bio and upload them to the Sharepoint web site by the end of the week. Leadership was adamant about having this completed by…

Applicants must also have one of the following "one year of law enforcement experience, two years public contact, two years of active continuous U.S. military service with an honorable discharge, completed 30 semester or 45 quarter hours of college credit from an accredited college or university( FHP 2014-2016). A physical abilities test must be passed along with height and weight being in proportion. The selection…

others and guide them towards accomplishing organizational and personal goals. This will also enable me to respond to the privilege of being a leader by building trust and honoring the Coast Guard’s core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty. 2. I believe that the most important asset of the Coast Guard is the younger members rising up through the ranks. Helping others attain their personal goals can simultaneously help meet organizational goals. Gaining a qualification helps out the…

Alejandro Lopez Mrs. Gray Math II Honors 14 September 2016 Annie Jump Cannon Annie Jump Cannon was born on December 11, 1863 in Dover, Delaware. Annie Jump Cannon was an astronomer, she had studied physics, mathematics, and astronomy at Wellesley College, she was a good student in mathematics, she went and worked at Harvard Observatory. She became a path that strong women want to follow in science, she discovered 300 variable stars and invented her own system of classification, which became the…

US Army Reserve vs. National Guard for Homeland Security and US Border Protection The recent increase in over 60, 000 unaccompanied children flooding across our southern borders, coupled with the United States inability to stop the smugglers from bring them across, points to some critical weaknesses in our Homeland Security protection. Before terrorist can exploit these weaknesses, America has to find a way to fill the gap. One possible solution to fix these gaps in our security is to use the…

PCS moves were implemented to better meet “(a.) Needs of the Service; (b.) Competencies of the position and the unit’s ability to train to rating.” (Ref. d.) Consequentially, Senior Leaders have limited choices for their next unit; which are often outside of RCD (Reasonable Commuting Distance). Command must eliminate rating designations from reserve E-8 and E-9 billets. 2. Over the last several years, we have seen a move in the Coast Guard’s Senior Enlisted Leadership Roles from that of a…

Homeland Security and the Critical Infrastructures it Protects Homeland security in itself is an over encompassing concept that includes many agencies that "prevent terrorist attacks, defend our borders, enforce immigration laws, secure cyberspace, and ensure resilience to disasters" (United States Department of Homeland Security [U.S. DHS], 2010). The missions of the DHS are critical and vast. I’m going to explain some of the basics of this organization in terms of internal and external…

pose significant risks to the Coast Guard and the National Maritime System (NMS). These operations contain cyber systems crucial…