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Coast Guard deployable specialized forces assigned to the Coast Guard Maritime Security Team – East stow a fast rope during training with a U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter aircrew from the Helicopter Sea Combat – Squadron 11 (HSC-11) while underway aboard Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder (WPC 1127) on the James River in Newport News, Virginia, Oct. 22, 2025. Coast Guard DSF personnel conducted boarding team delivery and fast-rope training with HSC-11 to increase interoperability and enable team member qualification. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)

May 6, 2026

Coast Guard to establish new command for deployable specialized forces 

 Coast Guard Special Missions Command will oversee specialized forces as they face increased demands and new challenges 

Petty Officer 1st Class Ali Blackburn, D17 Public Affairs Detachment Kodiak, Alaska, hold her 16-month-old daughter, Quinn, Aug. 8, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Feb. 2, 2022

Cutter and overseas deployment deferrals for 12 months postpartum 

Policy expands deployment options for Coast Guard personnel and their families 

Family members of the Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Los Angeles-Long Beach 91103 hold 'welcome home' signs as they wait to embrace their loved ones as they return from a six-month deployment May 22, 2010. . The unit was deployed to provide maritime force protection to the Joint Task Force aboard the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

April 29, 2021

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