Search and rescue remains one... - U.S. Coast Guard Heartland

Value to Nation: Across the Coast Guard’s range of missions, our men and women are dedicated to keeping Americans safe and delivering on the Nation’s historic investment in the Service. We continue to surge resources to control, secure, and defend 31,000 miles of U.S. maritime borders — where defense of America begins. As America’s maritime counter-drug leader, we are combating foreign terrorist organizations, cartels, and transnational organized crime by disrupting and interdicting illicit drug