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Coast guards also enforce maritime law, maintain aids to navigation such as beacons and buoys, and provide other services for the benefit of mariners. Most coast guards are run on military lines and serve as an auxiliary to the national navy. During wartime coast guards are responsible for harbour defense, port security, naval counterintelligence and coastal patrols.
In the United States, the United States Coast Guard is a Federal agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security in peacetimePeace is generally defined as a state of quiet or tranquillity, as an absence of disturbance or agitation (Latin derivation Pax Absentia Belli . Peacemakers (#) are people who have overcome entrenched violence and conflict through their leadership and vis. In wartimeFor other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). War is conflict, between relatively large groups of people, which involves physical force inflicted by the use of weapons. Other terms for war include armed conflict hostilities and police action''. See Lim the coast guard reports to the Secretary of the Navy but does not become part of the United States NavyThe United States Navy USN is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready re.
In IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy., the Coast Guard is a para-military unit. It secures the country's coast, carries rescues and aids shipping.
In the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly coastguard functions are split between three organisations: HM CoastguardHer Majesty's Coastguard is the agency of the government of the United Kingdom concerned with co-ordinating rescue at sea. Ships in distress or the public reporting an accident should make a Mayday call on MF radio, VHF radio channel 16, or by dialling 99 deals with rescueRescue refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of additional injury. Rescue operations often involve technical work, such as use of the " Jaws of Life" or similar hydraulic cutting and spreading tools to remove individu co-ordination and carries out land-based rescues, Trinity House maintains buoys and lighthouses and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution carries out rescues from the sea.