USCGA MOTTO: “SEMPER PARATUS”

The Coast Guard is one of the oldest organizations of the federal government established the first Congress in 1790. Until Congress established the Navy Department in 1798, the USCG served as the nation’s only armed force afloat.

“The service received its present name in 1915 under an act of Congress that merged the Revenue Cutter Service, the U.S. Life-Saving Service, and later the Lighthouse Service and the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation by 1942.

“Since 2003 the Coast Guard has operated as part of the Department of Homeland Security, serving as the nation’s front-line agency for enforcing the nation’s laws at sea, protecting the marine environment and the nation’s vast coastline and ports, and saving life. In times of war, or at the direction of the President, the Coast Guard serves under the Navy Department.”

Source:https://www.military.com/coast-guard-birthday/coast-guard-history.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard