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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Coast Guard
		The Coast Guard is part of the Military of the United States, although in peacetime is under the direction and control of the United States Department of Homeland Security and not the United States Department of Defense.
		The Marine Police was thus restructured and renamed as the Police Coast Guard, one of the few law enforcement organisations in the world to combine water policing and coast guard duties while remaining as a policing unit.
		The Philippine Coast Guard (Tanod Baybayin ng Pilipinas) is the coast guard of the Philippines.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Coast-Guard (3816 words)

	Touch of heroism
		The Indian Coast Guard were particularly proud for the seizure of the hijacked vessel and the apprehension of all the international hijackers of MV Alondra Rainbow as this was the first such recovery in the history of international maritime efforts against international high sea piracy.
		The Coast Guard has to be on its toes throughout and its men and their families fight the battle of living under perpetual uncertainty.
		One of the duties entrusted to Coast Guard by the Government of India is pollution response and control, and safety of the environment.
	www.godrej.com /gstory/change/mayjune/touch_heroism.htm (2527 words)

	Indian Coast Guard
		The Indian Coast Guard [Bharatiya Thatrakshak] was constituted as the fourth armed union of India, on 19 August 1978, under the Coast Guard Act.
		While protection of the high seas is vested with the Indian Navy, the area between 10 and 30 nautical miles from the shore is under the charge of the Coast Guard and from shore to five nautical miles with the coastal police as well as the Coast Guard.
		The Coast Guard has also seen a sharp increase in piracy on the high seas, smuggling contrabands, search-and-rescue operations and to prevent 'possible' covert transfers of weapons of mass destruction and thus additional personnel and equipment will be needed to effectively carry out its duties.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /NAVY/Link1.html (986 words)

	Jobs & Careers: Special supplement of The Tribune, Chandigarh, India. Feature page
		So, the Coast Guard is a force additional to the Navy, handling not the defence of the sea frontier, but the protection of Indian waters and the maritime resources within the jurisdiction of the coastal economic zone.
		Another important duty of the coast guard is to provide protection to fishermen and their families and to assist them at sea when in distress.
		For non-gazetted posts in the coast guard, matriculates within the age group of 17-22 years, are eligible for recruitment as Naviks in the general duty branch, whereas candidates within the age of 22 years, with a diploma in mechanical, electrical electronics, or aeronautical engineering after matric level are recruited as Yantriks.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2006/20061108/jobs/main5.htm (983 words)

	Barge-Ship Collison Spills Oil off India's Tourist Coast
		Indian Coast Guard and other officials in the western tourist region of Goa are struggling to cope with a large oil spill that leaked into the sea after a pre-dawn collision.
		Indian Coast Guard officials said they managed to plug the oil leak by four this morning but not before an estimated 110 metric tons of heavy fuel oil spilled into the sea.
		The Coast Guard said they visited the spill at eight this morning to assess the damage, and by early afternoon were flying sorties to disperse the oil with chemicals.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/mar2005/2005-03-23-04.asp (623 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Devastating spill feared
		But with weather preventing even Coast Guard cutters from nearing the wrecked freighter, and with forecasts calling for 20-foot seas and 40-knot winds today, Alaskan officials already were preparing for a long, drawn-out cleanup.
		The Coast Guard transported an oil-containment boom to Dutch Harbor, and a small cutter-like vessel called a buoy tender was steaming toward the island's west side late in the day.
		The Coast Guard dispatched a C-130 plane which was expected to give the rescuers a better shot at least at finding the missing Filipino and Indian crew members.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002115204_freighter10m.html (1248 words)

	Freshersworld.com : Indian Coast Guard, Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, Defence Jobs
		Indian Coast Guard is an Armed forces of India and, ICG is not a part of the Indian Paramilitary Forces.
		The Coast Guard is the principal agency for enforcement of provisions of all national enactment in force in the maritime zones of India and provides following services to the Nation and marine community.
		The Coast Guard was to become responsible for the policing of over 2.01 million square kilometres of ocean, with the stated objective of providing offshore security, marine environmental security, coastal security, marine safety, scientific assistance and national defence.
	www.freshersworld.com /defence/coast_guard.htm (707 words)

	Indian Coast Guard Aviation
		Proposals to set up a Coast Guard service were first taken seriously in the early 'seventies, when a committee was set up to examine the problem of seaborne smuggling and the feasibility of establishing such a service.
		Coast Guard personel immediately began relief operations in the remote Andaman Islands from Port Blair, and in the regions of Chennai and Mumbai on the mainland.
		The Indian Coast Guard is commanded by the Director General at Coast Guard Headquarters, New Delhi.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/aa-asia/india/india-cg-home.htm (790 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The Indian Coast Guard is an armed force of India and is not a part of the Indian Paramilitary Forces.
		This coast guard was modelled on the lines of the British (HMCG) and American (USCG) coast guards.
		In 2006, the Indian Coast Guard conducted exercises with Japanese and Korean counterparts.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Indian_Coast_Guard (683 words)

	Indian Coast Guard information - Search.com
		The Coast Guard is responsible for the policing of over 2.01 million square kilometres of ocean and the area under its control includes nearly 1,200 islands and a coastline of 7517 kilometres.
		This coast guard was modelled on the lines of the British (HMCG) and American (USCG) coast guards.
		An interim Indian Coast Guard was set up on February 1, 1977 equipped with modern weaponry and quick sea craft with the help of Indian Navy.
	www.search.com /reference/Indian_Coast_Guard (547 words)

	Indian Armed Forces \| Indian Jawan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Though a paramilitary force, the Indian Coast Guard is not a part of the Indian Paramilitary Forces and acts an independent entity.
		The Indian Armed Forces have participated in several United Nations peacekeeping operations and are presently the second largest troops contributor to the peacekeeping force.
		Indian officials argued that India's refusal to sign the treaty stemmed from the treaty's fundamentally discriminatory character; the treaty places restrictions on the non-nuclear weapons states but does little to curb the modernization and expansion of the nuclear arsenals of the nuclear weapons states.
	www.indianjawan.com /node/2 (416 words)

	Indian Coast Guard \| Indian Jawan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This coast guard was modelled on the lines of the British and American coast guards.
		The Indian Coast Guard was setup on 1 February 1978 equipped with modern weaponry and quick sea craft.
		The coast guard relies on a variety of seafaring vessels equipped with modern detection facilities.
	www.indianjawan.com /node/6 (386 words)

	e-Gurukul.com : Professions Alphabetical List Education Worldwide: Coast Guard, Indian Coast Guard, Service in Coast ...
		The Coast Guard was formed within the Indian Navy on 1 February 1977 to respond to smuggling and poaching by foreign vessels, as well as to contribute to marine pollution control, performing the same border control functions for the Navy as the Border Security Force does for the Army.
		Service in Coast Guard is not merely an employment, it is where you play the most important role of protecting the national interests of your motherland.
		The life of a Coast Guard officer is a happy mix of many things: hard work, professionalism, risk and adventure and the opportunity to move around and visit different placed within India and abroad and to meet a variety of people.
	www.e-guru.org /education-resources-guide/professions-list/career-fields-guide-encyclopedia/coast-guard.htm (587 words)

	Defenceindia : Indian Coast Guard : Air Stations/Squadrons
		Indian Coast Guard Air Enclave (ICGAE), Goa is Co located with Naval Air Station Hansa and accommodates 800 Squadron(ICG) which was the first air squadron of the Coast Guard and was commissioned on 22 May 1982 with two Chetak Helicopters.
		Indian Coast Guard Extensive Flying Unit (ICGEFU) is presently operating from the premises of ICGAE (Goa).
		Coast Guard Air Squadron 747 was activated on 22 Apr 2002 within the premises of Naval Base Kochi.
	www.defenceindia.com /defenceind/indian_coastguard_airstations.html (662 words)

	Coast Guard to be modernised: Antony
		The Centre is working out a schedule for replacing ageing platforms and systems of the Coast Guard in the forthcoming Annual Acquisition Plans, Defence Minister A K Antony said on Tuesday.
		In such a scenario, it is important for the Coast Guard to act in close cooperation with the other wings of our Armed Forces, the defence minister said adding, that 73 coastal state police stations will soon be set up for better vigil along the country's vast coastline.
		The defence minister said that the government is aware of the need for acquiring new aircraft and surveillance equipment for the Coast Guard for it to perform its multifarious role effectively.
	ia.rediff.com /news/2007/may/22coast.htm (267 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		But the Indian Coast Guard director-general, A.K. Singh, is an officer of the rank of vice-admiral in the navy while the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency chief is an officer of the rank of commodore.
		The talks between the coast guard and the maritime security agency in New Delhi coincided with the talks between the officials of the two countries being held in Islamabad today on the Munabao-Khokhrapar rail link.
		A coast guard official said ?it (the memorandum of understanding) could still take time because of protocol issues that need to be sorted out?.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041204/asp/nation/story_4084902.asp (487 words)

	Feature
		The air wing of Coast Guard is operated from four stations and six air units.
		Since its inception the Coast Guard is actively pursuing its tasks and has made its deterrent presence felt in Indian waters among the international maritime community.
		The Coast Guard won accolades from the International Maritime Organisation and the maritime community for its anti-piracy operations.
	pib.nic.in /feature/feyr2000/fmay2000/f020520001.html (820 words)

	esiksha.com - Coast Guard
		The Indian coast guard, also known as 'Bharatiya Tatrakshak', was constituted as an armed force of the Union under the Ministry of Defense, on 19 August 1978.
		Of the coast guard operates fixed-wing aircraft from shore air stations for purposes of surveillance of the exclusive economic zone.
		Moreover, helicopters are also embarked on coast guard offshore patrol vessels for purposes of local surveillance and the performance of search and rescue missions at sea.
	www.esiksha.com /sciences/coastguard/coastguard.asp (281 words)

	Indian Coast Guard
		The Indian Coast Guard is a paramilitary outfit created to guard the country's vast coastline.
		This coast guard was modelled on the lines of the British and American coast guards.
		The Indian Coast Guard was setup on February 1, 1978 equipped with modern weaponry and quick sea crafts.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/i/in/indian_coast_guard.html (284 words)

	Military.com
		ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Coast Guard rescue helicopter ferrying crew members from a powerless bulk freighter that was drifting toward shore crashed into the Bering Sea, and six of the aircraft's 10 passengers were still missing in the rough and frigid waters.
		The fuel-laden ship later ran aground in southwestern Alaska and broke in two, and the Coast Guard was responding to a possible spill near a sensitive wildlife habitat.
		The Coast Guard was transporting oil containment boom to the island's Dutch Harbor.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,FL_crash_120904,00.html (686 words)

	'Coast Guard was the first to react'
		Indian Coast Guard Deputy Director General Dr P Paleri is not as surprised as he is saddened by the destruction caused by tsunamis that struck the coast of India on Sunday morning because he had anticipated such an event.
		The Indian Coast Guard was the first organization to react when tsunamis began to hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
		For the most part of the day, ICG staffers were helping ferry dead bodies and supply food packets to the marooned areas.
	in.rediff.com /news/2004/dec/27quake3.htm (411 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Security
		The joint operation Eksath was conducted in the west coast of Sri Lanka off Colombo with the participation of ships, reconnaissance aircraft and helicopters of the Indian Coast Guard and the Off Patrol Vessels and Fast Attack Craft of the Sri Lanka Navy.
		Director General of Indian Coast Guard Vice Admiral A.K. Sing AVSM, NM arrived in Sri Lanka on December 13 to formulate proceedings with regard to the exercise.
		The Indian Vice Admiral called on the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Daya Sandagiri at the Navy Headquarters, Commander of the Army Shantha Kottegoda and Commander of the Air Force Donald Perera at the Army Headquarters and Air Force Headquarters.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/12/17/sec01.html (331 words)

	Florida Lighthouses
		Renovated by the Coast Guard, 1995-97; the original copper lantern roof, removed during that project, was preserved as the roof of a gazebo at the Air Force Space and Missile Museum.
		The original 1° Fresnel lens is on display at the Coast Guard Academy in Groton, CT. This lighthouse replaced an old-style brick tower washed away, along with the island on which it stood, by the great hurricane of 1846.
		The Coast Guard has a historic photo of the former lighthouse (1886-1985), a square 1-1/2 story wood keeper's house with a round lantern centered on the roof.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/fl.htm (6555 words)

	Indian Coast Guard in surveillance pact with U.S., Japan
		The Indian Coast Guard on Jan. 30 said it had entered into a pact with the U.S. and Japan that ensures almost seamless scrutiny of shipping lanes stretching from the Indian Ocean to the western seaboard of America.
		The Coast Guard has also sought powers to inspect all vessels calling at Indian ports or operating in Indian waters to prevent smuggling and damage to environment and to check terrorism, the Coast Guard chief, Vice Admiral Sureesh Mehta, said ahead of the 27th foundation day of the force on Feb. 1.
		The Coast Guard has sought powers to verify the ownership, cargo and seaworthiness of ships before they enter Indian ports, for greater powers to deal with foreign trawlers operating in Indian waters and for closer inspection of container shipments arriving at Indian ports.
	www.indianembassy.org /i_digest/2004/jan_31/coast_guard.htm (551 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala / Kozhikode News : Separate Coast Guard district for Lakshadweep proposed
		The quality of services rendered by the Indian Coast Guard is comparable to that of the U.S. Coast guard, which has a 200-year old history.
		Indian Coast Guard has a bright future too in providing security to the nation, he added.
		He said the setting up of the Coast Guard station at Beypore was part of an expansion programme of the Indian Coast Guard.
	www.hindu.com /2006/07/30/stories/2006073003060300.htm (330 words)

	INDIAN COAST GUARD - Aviation
		The first ICG aviation unit to be commissioned was 800 SQN on 22 May 1982 with two Chetak helicopters at Goa.
		Indian Coast Guard Air Station, Daman is the premier Air Station of the Coast Guard and with all the airfield facilities, Air Traffic Control and other allied Air Traffic Services.
		The request is to be addressed to Director (Aviation), Indian Coast Guard Headquarters by letter/Fax on either of these numbers with a copy to Commander Coast Guard region (West) and ICGAS Daman.
	www.indiancoastguard.nic.in /Indiancoastguard/aviation/aviation.html (1275 words)

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		Indian Coast Guard Eastern region Commander IG Rajender Singh said that the two countries had agreed to cooperate in search and rescue, combating marine pollution and trans-national crimes, exchange of information on rogue vessels, persons and suspects.
		In order to ensure that communications between the Korean and Indian ships were smooth a team of Indian officers were positioned on the Korean ship, Taepyungyang No. 6, while a team from the Korean vessel were on board CGS Sarang.
		The Director General, Intelligence and Investigation, Korean Coast Guard, Superintendent General Cho In Hyun, said that the two countries would draw up a standardised procedure manual to be followed by Coast Guard vessels of both countries during operations.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006070608350400.htm&date=2006/07/06/&prd=th& (408 words)

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