U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
| United States Coast Guard Reserve | |
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Seal of the United States Coast Guard Reserve.
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| Active | Civilian reserve: 1939–1941 Military reserve: 1941–present |
| Country |
 United States of America
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| Branch |
 United States Coast Guard
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| Role | Maritime homeland security, domestic and expeditionary support to national defense, and domestic, natural or man-made, disaster response and recovery. |
| Size | 7,600–8,100 |
| Part of |  U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| Motto(s) | "Professionalism, Patriotism, Preparedness!" |
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Director of Reserve and Military Personnel Directorate, Rear Admiral Kurt B. Hinrichs, USCGR |
The United States Coast Guard Reserve is the reserve component of the United States Coast Guard. It is organized, trained, administered, and supplied under the direction of the Commandant of the Coast Guard through the Director of Reserve and Military Personnel.
The mission of the Coast Guard Reserve is stated in the Reserve Policy Statement issued in 2004:
The U. S. Coast Guard must be prepared to respond to a wide range of contingencies at home and abroad in accordance with the authorities and responsibilities vested in the Service by law. The Coast Guard Reserve is an accessible pool of talent that enhances the depth and breadth of our readiness for these 21st-century challenges.
Reservists provide critical skills and experience that are vital to our ability to lead, manage and coordinate the national response to acts of terrorism, disasters or other emergencies in the maritime region. Accordingly, the core strategic purpose of the Coast Guard Reserve is to maintain the competencies to perform three prioritized functions:
(1) Maritime Homeland Security; (2) Domestic and expeditionary support to National Defense; and, (3) Domestic, natural or man-made, disaster response and recovery.
Foremost, the Coast Guard Reserve must be ready for call-up at any time to provide surge capacity during such contingencies. Training, including normal drill periods and two-week annual active duty, will focus on building and honing the skills and knowledge required for these mobilization duties.
Secondly, by virtue of full integration into shore-based units, reservists are available as an augmentation force for the continuum of traditional Coast Guard missions. Their employment in day-to-day operations should be structured to complement mobilization readiness requirements.
Every commander, commanding officer, officer-in-charge and program manager of units where reservists are permanently or temporarily assigned is expected to provide leadership and oversight to keep those reservists trained and accessible for mobilization. Individual reservists have an equal stake in acquiring and keeping current the competencies they must bring to contingency duties.
The United States Coast Guard Reserve was originally established on 23 June 1939 as a civilian reserve. This civilian reserve was renamed the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary on the passage of the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary Act of 19 February 1941 and the military reserve commenced operations at that time.
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