Overview*

The United States Coast Guard is a military, multimission, maritime service and one of the nation’s five Armed Services. Its mission is to protect the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interests – in the nation’s ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support national security. 

Today, the Coast Guard will: 

• Save 11 lives 
• Assist 192 people in distress
• Protect $2.8 million in property 
• Interdict 14 illegal migrants at sea 
• Conduct 106 search and rescue cases 
• Seize $10.7 million  worth of illegal drugs 
• Respond to 20 oil and hazardous chemical spills 
• Board and inspect 138 vessels

Alameda, Calif. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Ted L. Mund apprehends his instructor Petty Officer 3rd Class Brad D. Hatzenbuhler during Marine Safety and Security (MSST) 91105's handcuffing drills. MSSTs provide numerious port security services to ports around the country. USCG Photo by Petty Officer Brian N. Leshak.

GITMO, Cuba - A boat crew from MSST 91110 escort the Cutter Forward out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of a 24-hour security presence the MSST is providing on the waters of Guantanamo Bay. USCG photo by PA3 Donnie Brzuska

Los Angeles, Calif. - The Marine Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91103, Los Angeles, visited a local elementry school, and gave 4th, 5th and 6th grade classes a hands-on demonstration of bomb-locating dog training. USCG photo by PA3 Louis Hebert

Cape Disappointment, Wash. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Fred Bettencourt installing a circuit card for the new Nortel Networks Option IIC telephone PBX for a telephone system upgrade for Station Cape Disappointment. USCG photo by PA3 Anthony Juare

Santa Rita, Guam - Coast Guard 3rd Class Petty Officer Zach Stout mans a sound-powered telephone during a refueling operation on board the 378-foot Coast Guard Cutter Mellon (WHEC 717). The Seattle, WA-based Mellon is making a brief stop in Apra Harbor, Guam, to take on fuel prior to returning home after deploying with units of the U.S. and allied navies for Exercise CARAT 2004. USN photo by PH2 Class Nathanael T. Miller

Juneau, Ak. - Military personnel take an increase amoount of incoming calls in the Coast Guard Command Center here today. A crisis center has been set up in response to current national security concerns. The Coast Guard men and women remain prepared Coast Guard missions as needed. USCG photo by PA3 Christopher Grisafe

Seattle, Wash. - Chief Petty Officer John Moss, public affairs specialist (D13 ipa) and Coast Guard Auxiliarist Andy King. Moss and King are making preparations for the filming of "Behind Closed Doors with John Lunden" at Station Seattle. USCG photo by PA2 Sarah Foster-Snell

Alameda, Calif. - U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Affairs Officer Anne Trembley of Weare, NH giving a press briefing, while being videotaped by Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Brandon Brewer, at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, CA. USCG photo BY Joseph P. Cirrone, USCGAUX

New London, Conn. - Coast Guard Lt. Richard Hartley, Coast Guard Academy Public Affairs Officer, documents the homecoming of one of America's famous tall ships, the Coast Guard's very own Barque Eagle. The Eagle departed New London; nearly four months ago for this year's summer training cruise. USCG photo by PA1 Sarah Foster-Snell

Pascagoula, Miss. - Billy Ross, veteran welder at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, welds the initials of Meryl Chertoff onto a placard today to authenticate the keel of the Coast Guard's first national security cutter, in construction here. Chertoff (at left), the cutter's sponsor, is wife of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, also in attendance at the ceremony. The ceremony to authenticate the keel confirms the keel is "truly and fairly laid" for the first of this class of highly-capable, technologically-advanced, multi-mission cutters for the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Niemi

Pascagoula, Miss. - Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff fields media inquiries today at the conclusion of a keel-laying ceremony for the Coast Guard's first national security cutter. The ceremony involved Chertoff's wife Meryl (at left), the cutter's sponsor, inscribing her initials on a placard to be displayed aboard the cutter. The ceremony to authenticate the keel confirms the keel is "truly and fairly laid" for the first ship of this class of highly-capable, technologically-advanced, multi-mission cutters for the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Niemi

Pascagoula, Miss. - Meryl Chertoff, wife of Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, initials a placard today that will be displayed aboard the Coast Guard's first national security cutter being constructed at the Northrop Grumman shipyard here. The ceremony to authenticate the keel confirms the ship's keel is "truly and fairly laid" for the first ship of this class of highly-capable, technologically-advanced, multi-mission cutters for the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Niemi

New York, NY - Seaman Operations Specialist Jason Dailey, sector operator at the Vessel Traffic Center at Coast Guard Activities New York, Staten Island, N.Y. monitors vessel traffic in the New York Harbor. USCG photo by PA2 Mike Hvozda.

South Pacific - Petty Officer Jose Rivera teaches Seaman Amy Canny how to read a radar on the bridge of the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon. Petty Officer Rivera is an operations specialist and deals with radar devices onboard. USCG photo by Petty Officer Brian N. Leshak.

Yorktown, Va. - A Coast Guard port security specialist (PS) operates a 25-foot transportable port security boat (TPSB) during Coast Guard Missions Day at Reserve Training Center Yorktown. PS's are responsible for safeguarding vital ports of commerce, worldwide, from terrorism and other maritime crimes. USCG photo by PA2 Jacquelyn Zettles

Long Beach, Calif. - Petty Officer Meghan A. Fischer, a Marine Science Technician, uses new equipment to inspect a container as part of the annual Multi-Agency Strike Force Operation in Long Beach Harbor. The multi-gas meter checks containers for flammable and oxygen rich or depleted atmospheres. USCG photo by PA3 Dave Hardesty

Buzzards Bay, Mass. - Bryan Nystrom, Marine Science Technician 3rd Class, surveys the southwestern shore of the bay looking for patches of oil that may have washed ashore. More than 14, 000 gallons of oil was released into the bay by a Bouchard Transportation owned barge. USCG photo by PA2 Matthew Belson

Kodiak, Alaska - Lt. Danielle Wiley, supervisor, Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak, records measurements reported to her by Marine Science Technician 1st Class Mike Caldwell and Lee Robbins, owner, during a vessel stability test aboard the catamaran Gemini in St. Herman Harbor Monday. USCG photo by PA3 Sara Raymer.

Umm Quasr, Iraq - Coast Guard Health Service Technician 2nd Class Elizabet Y. Fitueroa, 22, of Santa Ana, Ca., assigned to Port Security Unit 311, treats British Staff Sergeant Jason S. Brookes, of the Commander Royal Engineers, at the Medical Clinic in Umm Quasr, Iraq. Fitueroa is working in the clinic with military medical personnel from several different countries and is providing medical treatment to military personnel as well as Iraqi prisoners of war. USCG photoby PA1 Tom Sperduto

North Arabian Gulf - Health Service Technician 1ST Class Ben R. Mulkey, of Port Security Unit 313, out of Tacoma Wa., inventories medical supplies in the self-made medical center on the Mina al Bakr oil terminal in the North Arabian Gulf off the coast of Iraq. USCG photo by PA1 Tom Sperduto

Kodiak, AK - HS2 John Workman, HS3 Bill Brouhard, HS2 Ramon "Marti" Martinez, HS3 Erik Logan, HS3 Shannen Barnes, HS2 Shaun Robinson, are Aviation Medevac Specialists at Rockmore King Clinic at Coast Guard Intergrated Support Command Kodiak, Alask. USCG photo by PA2 Keith Alholm

Yorktown, Virginia - Gunner's Mate (GM) students at Reserve Training Center Yorktown take aim on the firing range. Gunner's Mate (GMs) are the Coast Guard's small arms weapons specialists. GM is one of the oldest ratings. The rating was formally established in 1797. As a member of this rating personnel work with everything from pistols, rifles and machine guns to 76MM weapons systems. GM's perform maintenance on all ordnance/gunnery equipment: mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic. USCG photo by Telfair H. Brown

Camp Lejeune, NC - Coast personnel from Maritime Safety and Security Team 91106 participate in riot shotgun training with the gunner's mates of the Special Missions Training Center here as part of the MSST's three-week initial stand-up training package. USCG photo by PA3 Zachary A. Crawford

Portsmouth, Va. - Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Richard Young (l) and Seaman Apprentice Ken Rose adjust a .50 caliber automatic weapon as the cutter Bainbridge Island steams past Norfolk Navy base as it heads home to Sandy Hook, N.J. USCG photo by PA2 Matthew Belson

Kodiak, Alaska - Seamen Electronics Technician Matt Gross closes a gate on a transmitter at Loran Station Kodiak at Narrow Cape on Kodiak Island. Gross is part of a 7-person crew that keeps the station functioning 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Photo by PA1 Keith Alholm

Seattle, Wash. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremiah Flynn and Petty Officer 1st Class Billy Rogers are discussing the wiring diagram of a 47-ft. small boat while they attempt to diagnose an electronic discrepancy. The petty officers are part of the Maintenance Assist Team from the National Motor Life Boat School in Ilwaco, Wash. USCG photo by PA2 Sarah Foster-Snell

Memphis, Tenn. - Coast Guard members from Group Lower Mississipi, Marine Safety Office and Electronic Support Detachment Memphis participate in a City of Memphis Storm Water Program along with the Insituform Technologies, Inc. to conduct a morning clean up of the Wolf River Harbor. USCG photo by YN2 Sam Rich

Yorkyown, Va. - Electrician 's Mate students work on an electrical project in class at Electrician's Mate school located at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown in Virginia. USCG photo by Telfair H. Brown

At Sea - Electrician's Mate Chief Richard Zampella prepares to enter the engine room of the Coast Guard Cutter Cuttyhunk (WPB-1322). USN photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin

Arabian Gulf - Electrician's Mate 1st Class Steven A. Pacheco operates the propulsion system control panel onboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell (WHEC 719) as the cutter heads toward a refueling stop during Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA1 John Gaffney

Yorkyown, Va. - DC (Damage Controlman) students work on a welding projects in class at Damage Controlman School located at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown in Virginia. USCG photo by Telfair H. Brown

Umm Qasr, Iraq - Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Henesy, Damage Controlman 2nd Class Brian Callon, and Chief Petty Officer John Bannow of U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 203 take sounding measurements during a dockside inspection of a 250-foot container ship suspected of oil smuggling with conflicting claims of registry. LEDETs are considered specialists in vessel boardings and shipboard investigations. LEDET 203 was deployed to the North Arabian Gulf to assist coalition forces as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA1 Matthew Belson

Northern Arabian Gulf, Iraq - Damage Controlman 2nd Class Brian Callon of Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 203 and Quartermaster 3rd Class Sean O'Malley of the USS Chinook (PC-9) scan for contacts as they patrol the waters off the Khawr al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT) onboard the patrol craft's 24 foot rigid hull inflatable boat. USCG photo by PA1 John Gaffney

Neah Bay, Wash. - Seaman Sam Chea of the Coast Guard Cutter Cuttyhunk (WPB-1322) maneuvers the ship's rigid-hull inflatable boat as Machinery Technician 2nd Class Mike Aarstad, Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Tom Zolzer and Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Seth Evans hang on for a wide turn on the strait of Juan De Fuca, Wash. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin

Aboard CGC Acacia - Coast Guard Seaman Jimmy Allen, Seaman Daniel Nietling and Seaman Apprentice Nicholas Cimarossa observe Chief Boatswains Mate William Miller as he demonstrates how to use a reaving line hook on a third class buoy aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Acacia. A reaving line hook is used to place a line through the bail of a buoy so that the hoisting hook may be easily latched on to pull the buoy out of the water. Acacia is a 180-foot sea going buoy tender built in 1944 home ported in Charlevoix, Mich. USCG photo by PA1 Paul Roszkowski

Arabian Gulf - Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Emil Smith, 20, watches a cargo dhow as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Adak patrols the waters of the Northern Arabian Gulf. The Coast Guard has deployed four 110-foot patrol boats to the region to support U.S. Navy 5th Fleet and coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Maritime Interception Operations to stop illegal oil smuggling and to search for terrorists. USCG photo by PA1 Matthew Belson

Arabian Gulf - Chief Machinery Technician Chuck Bratcher, of Big Fork, Mont., assists with the vibration signature analysis in the engine room of Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell, underway in the Arabian Gulf. The analysis is used to check the overall condition of the main diesel engines by mapping the vibrations at various segments. USCG photo by PA3 Kyle Niemi

Yorktown, Virginia - Machinery Technician (MK) "C" students at Reserve Training Center Yorktown works on ships diesel engines in class. The largest rating, MK offers opportunities for assignment at every Coast Guard cutter, boat and shore station. They train as a technician, manager and leader. They are knowledgeable in all areas of machinery operation and maintenance from internal combustion engines (gas/diesel gas turbines) to environmental support systems (heating/ventilation/air conditioning), hydraulics, basic electricity and areas of hazardous material recovery and control. USCG photo by Telfair H. Brown

Kodiak, Alaska - Lt. Matt Jones, Supervisor Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak, interviews Richard Tyson, skipper of the fishing vessel Provision about the engine room fire that occured earlier that day. A fire broke out in the boats engine room about 6 a.m. The crew quickly discharged the fixed Halon fire fighting system which extinguished the fire saving the boat. USCG photo by PA1 Keith Alholm

Sand Island, HI - EM1 Roque Duenas, NESU Honolulu, performs preventive maintenance on the secondary conning station console aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut. USCG photo by PA2 Sarah Foster-Snell

Bellingham, Wash - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Todd Deal (Station Bellingham), navigates a 47-foot motor life boat off the jetty in Bellingham. USCG photo by PA1 Sarah Foster-Snell.

Food Service Specialist 3rd Class Sonja N. Dyer, 21, of Litiz, Pa. polishes the brass around the wheelhouse like thousands before her. She is just one of the 60 permanent crewmembers tasked with maintaining the CGC Eagle year round.

Antarctic Ocean, Antartic - Crewmember dresses for the weather on his way to the Antartic aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star. Since the late 1970s, these 400-foot mammoths of the Coast Guard fleet, based in Seattle, Wash., have been traveling north and south for their primary mission of scientific and logistical support in both Polar Regions. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO

NOAA Bouy Jacksonville, Fla. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Brad Cervi (BM3) looks at a National Oceanic and Atmosheric Administration (NOAA) weather buoy 20 miles off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla., USCG photo byPA3Bobby Nash

Auxiliary Cold Weather Patrol Washington, DC - Coast Guard Auxiliarist Mike Lambertson (l) passes information forward to the Coxswain (boat operator), after he and Auxiliarist Ken Rubin (r), aboard Coast Guard Auxiliary Vessel 24999, placed a bridle and towline into the water, in anticipation of taking Coast Guard Vessel 255037 in tow, during a cold weather training session on the Washington Channel, near the Annacostia River. USCG photo by Joseph P. Cirone, USCGAUX

People: Kodiak, AK - Seaman Biard McNeil and Seaman Brad Johnson work on the hull of the Coast Guard Cutter Storis doing the 3 P's of hull preservation, preparation, priming and painting. Coast Guard seaman and fireman are the entry level positions of the Coast Guard and are usually responsible for doing most of the hard undesirable jobs on board cutters and shore stations. Their hard work is responsible for keeping the Coast Guards oldest cutter, commissioned in 1942, looking like it is brand new. USCGphoto by PA2 Keith Alholm

Aids To Navigation: Honolulu, HI - Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) deck crew begin to service the 18,000-lb. Hotel buoy. After eight hours of labor which included surfacing, painting, replacing two-60-lb. batteries and solar panels, the buoy was re-set to its station one mile off Honolulu Harbor. Serviced bi-annually, the 35-ft. safewater buoy is the largest in the Hawaiian Islands. USCG photo by PA2 Sarah Foster-Snell

Aids To Navigation: Jacksonvile, Fla. Petty Officer 1st Class Red Rankin (BM1), in the yellow hardhat, gives hand signals to the crane operator. The signals help to safely lower a sea buoy into the ocean from the deck of the CGC Maria Bray. USCG photo by PA3 Bobby Nash

MEDEVAC Victim: Saint Paul, Alaska - Coast Guard aircrew members Aviation Survival Technician 3rd Class Patrick Roach and Aviation Machinist 2nd Class John Neff administers medical attention to Troy Cook, age 22, of Mentone, Calif., after he was hoisted onboardan HH-60J helicopter after Cook's arm was crushed while operating a crab pot launcher. USCG photo by PA1 Keith Alholm

People: Frankfort, Mich. - Petty Officer 2nd class, Kevin Cook, handles the lines aboard the 30-foot boat at Station Frankfort, Michigan. USCG photo by PA1 Harry C. Craft III

CGC Midgett: Arabian Gulf - Cooks aboard the CGC Midgett show off their daily work. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett deployed with the USS Constellation Battle Group to the Persian Gulf. The Midgett was the first Coast Guard cutter to deploy to the Gulf with a U.S. Navy Battle Group. Once in the Gulf, the Midgetts primary mission was to enforce the United Nation's sanctions that were in place. USCG photo by PA2 Alice Sennott

CGC Forward - Caribbean Sea - DC1 Lance Manno checks guages in the 110-degree engine room during an engineering watch onboard the Forward.USCG photo by PA3 Donnie Brzuska.

Operation Iraqi Freedom - Arabian Gulf - Chief Machinery Technician Chuck Bratcher, of Big Fork, Mont., assists with the vibration signature analysis in the engine room of Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell, underway in the Arabian Gulf. The analysis is used to check the overall condition of the main diesel engines by mapping the vibrations at various segments. The analysis will be completed aboard all four 110-foot patrol boats assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA3 Kyle Niemi

Machinery Technician (MK) - Yorktown, Virginia - Machinery Technician (MK) "C" students at Reserve Training Center Yorktown works on ships diesel engines in class. The largest rating, MK offers opportunities for assignment at every Coast Guard cutter, boat and shore station. They train as a technician, manager and leader. They are knowledgeable in all areas of machinery operation and maintenance from internal combustion engines (gas/diesel gas turbines) to environmental support systems (heating/ventilation/air conditioning), hydraulics, basic electricity and areas of hazardous material recovery and control. USCG photo by Telfair H. Brown

Aids to Navigation: Honolulu, HI - Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) deck crew paints the 18,000-lb. Hotel buoy. After eight hours of labor which included surfacing, painting, replacing two-60-lb. batteries and solar panels, the buoy was re-set to its station one mile off Honolulu Harbor. Serviced bi-annually, the 35-ft. safewater buoy is the largest in the Hawaiian Islands. USCG photo by PA2 Sarah Foster-Snell

A Long Way From Home: Western Pacific - Boatswain Mate 2nd Class Kiel Johanson races the sun to finish a coat of paint on the fantail of the USCGC Mellon. USCG photo by PA3 Mariana O'Leary

Operation Iraqi Freedom: Ash Shuaiba, Kuwait - Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeff Keim, from York, Pa., a member of Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 308 stands next to a bomb shelter painted to advertise Coast Guard Recruiting. MK2 Keim is a recruiter based outof of Richmond, Va., temporarily assigned to PSU 308 during its deployment to the Arabian Gulf. Coast Guard PSUs are comprised mostly of reservists and are often deployed overseas to protect strategic ports used by the U.S. Navy and coalition forces. USCG Photo by PA1 Matthew Belson

Marine Safety: Philadelphia - Petty Officer First Class Todd Wardell, Atlantic Strike Team, and water quality specialist Stephen Brown, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, inspect vessels to determine priority for exiting the Delaware River after an oil spill. The Athos I spilled crude oil resulting in a unified effort to contain and minimize the damage to the environment. USCG photo by PO Mike Lutz.

Search And Rescue: Perdido Key, Fla. - A Mobile, Ala. based HH-65B rescue helicopter drops off a member of a South Florida based Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team on Perdido Key. A member of a South Florida-based Urban Search and Rescue Team prepares her dog to board the aircraft after doing door-to-door searches for people in distress. USCG Photo by PA3 Stacey Pardini.

Alien Interdiction: ET2 Greg Lambrecht helps carry sick female migrant to emergency aid station onboard U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk. USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

JUNEAU, Alaska - Crewmen aboard the fishing vessel Polestar display a banner thanking the Coast Guard for its search and rescue vigilance during the recent fishery openings in the Bering Sea. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Ilwaco, Wash – Petty Officer 1st Class Beth Slade operates a 47-ft motor lifeboat near Peacock Spit. Slade is the only active female surfman in the entire Coast Guard. Official USCG photo By PA3 Jeff Pollinger

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st class Christopher Guilmette, a Coast Guard recruiter out of Providence, R.I. shows his pride for the Red Sox today when he chose to have his re-enlistment ceremony a top the Green Monster in Fenway Park here in Boston. He has served in the Coast Guard for eight years and will now serve six more before completing his Coast Guard career. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Kelly Newlin

Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Kenneth F. Gilmore, a Taunton, Mass. native who is stationed at Marine Safety Office Boston, ensures the safety of extra passengers traveling aboard a Hingham, Mass. commuter ferry for the New England Patriots Super Bowl Parade today. The "roving rally" will carry the world champion players and coaches aboard Boston's Duck Boats. Crowds are anticipated to be in the hundreds of thousands. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Lisa M. Hennings

NEW ORLEANS (Feb. 7)- Coast Guard Fireman Nicholas V. Reyes, 23, of Milwaukee, Wis., mans an M60 machine gun today as he patrols the Mississippi River near the Crescent City Connection during Lundi Gras. The crew from Coast Guard Station New Orleans patrolled the river in a 41-foot small boat in an effort to increase security efforts during the Mardi Gras season. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by PA3 NyxoLyno Cangemi

NEW ORLEANS (Feb. 7) - A boat crew from Coast Guard Station New Orleans patrols the Mississippi River today during Lundi Gras festivities. The Coast Guard was responsible for transporting the king and queen of the Rex and Zulu krewes by boat in order to kick off the Lundi Gras celebration. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by PA3 NyxoLyno Cangemi

NEW ORLEANS (Feb. 7)- Coast Guard Fireman Nicholas V. Reyes, 23, of Milwaukee, Wis., mans an M60 machine gun today as he patrols the Mississippi River during Lundi Gras. The crew from Coast Guard Station New Orleans patrolled the river in a 41-foot small boat in an effort to increase security efforts during the Mardi Gras season. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by PA3 NyxoLyno Cangemi

* Overview taken from the U.S. Coast Guard's Homepage (http://www.uscg.mil)