Coast Guard Deployable Operations Group - U.S. National ...

Challenges• 95,000 miles of shoreline• 25,000 miles of navigable waterways• 3.4 million square miles of Exclusive Economic Zone• Approximately 3200 facilities to inspect• 361 ports• 13 million registered recreational vessels• 77 million recreational boaters• Security Plans for 7,600 foreign flagged vessels that make 60,000ports of call each year• 2 billion tons of foreign and domestic freight• Approximately 8 million containers arrive yearly carrying 187million metric tons of cargo• 5 billion barrels of oil imported• and over 8,800 U.S. flagged barges3

Intent• For CG Deployable Specialized Forces:Establish a single command authority torapidly provide Coast Guard, DHS, DoD,DoJ and other inter-agency operationalcommanders adaptable force packagesdrawn from the Coast Guard’s deployablespecialized force units.5

Current Chain of CommandHQ (CG-3)HQ (CG3-RPP)HQ (CG3-RPC)HQ (CG3-RPD)NSFCCLANTAREA (Are)PACAREA (Pre)Strike TeamLANT TACLETPAC TACLET LANT MSST PAC MSST LANT PSU PAC PSU MSRT6

DOG Chain of CommandDOG CommanderDG-3 OperationsDG-33 Current OpsNSFCCLANT TACLETPAC TACLET LANT MSST PAC MSST LANT PSU PAC PSU MSRT7

DOG Mission“…to provide properly organized, equipped, and trained DSFs tosupport CG, DHS, DoD, and interagency operational &tactical commanders as directed.”• Force Manager: Responsible for standardizing, asappropriate, the manning, equipping, and training ofDSF.• Force Provider: Solely responsible for providingoperational commanders with DSF packages. It willcoordinate & execute all DSF deployments.8

Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF)• National Strike Force (NSF)• Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLETs)• Port Security Units (PSUs)• Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSSTs)• Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT)9

Consider a D = d+1 dimensional, ultra-static spacetimeds 2 = dt 2 + g ij dx i dx j ,g ij is the metric on the spatial section MAllowing a mean field value 〈 ¯ψψ〉 = −Nσ(x)/G for thechiral condensate, after bosonization, the partition functioncan be expressed as a path integral over σ:Z =∫[dσ] e iS eff9

TACLET• 2 units / 180 personnel• Drug Interdiction• Maritime Interception Operations• Unit & International Training11

Port Security Unit• 8 units / 1144 personnel• Primarily ExpeditionaryPort Security12

MSST• 12 Units / 924 personnel• Port, Waterway, &Coastal Security• Anti-Terrorism• Special Capabilities13

MSRT• 1 unit / 208 personnel• Counter-terrorism– A rapidly deployable responseunit capable of applyingadvanced interdiction skills in ahostile operational environment14

DSF LocationsMSSTMSSTMSSTMSSTMSSTPSUPSUStrike TeamPSUMSSTTACLETMSSTPSUMSSTStrike TeamMSSTPSU PSUStrike TeamMSRTMSSTStrike TeamPSU PSUMSST MSST15TACLET

Value Added• Common training, tactics, techniques andprocedures developed across unit types• Coordinated administrative, intelligence,operational, logistics, planning, command andcontrol architecture, training, exercise andfinancial functions• Better integration with, and support of DHS, DoD,DoJ and other Federal, state and local partners• Unitary, timely, and reliable force employment formaritime threat and disaster response16

Additional Benefits• Complete understanding and masteryof the inventory of CG and othergovernment agency forces available fordeployable operations• “Community of Interest” established inCG to support long term developmentof individual skill sets17

Tailored Adaptive ForcesDOG C2 Element & Logistics SupportMSRTMSST PSU TACLET NSFAI/FPCBRNEBoat ForcesPWCSLogisticsSecurityLESecurityCBRNEEnv ResponseTAILORED ADAPTIVE DSF18

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