NOTICE: A lapse in appropriations has occurred. Military members will continue to report for duty as per normal operations. Excepted and exempt civilian employees will report to work as usual. Managers and supervisors of non-exempt/non-excepted civilian employees must begin conducting orderly shutdown on the next scheduled workday. FAQs and resources regarding the lapse operations will continue to be posted here and the internal lapse site. 

Maritime Response Program

The Coast Guard is the Nation's maritime first responder. We search for and rescue persons in distress, alleviate human suffering, and mitigate marine casualties and other disastrous events. The Maritime Response program also mitigates pollution and damage to the marine environment through incident response operations. Our all-threats and all-hazards preparedness efforts ensure incident response and recovery resources are fully ready and capable of scalable mobilization in coordination with and support of local, state, tribal, federal, and private sector partners. Additionally, we also provide these same services in support of U.S. interests during international incidents.

Maritime Law Enforcement Maritime Response Maritime Prevention Maritime Transportation Maritime Security Defense Operations