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Introduction
The Coast Guard's Performance Plan illustrates the broad range of services
that the Coast Guard provides to the American public. These services
greatly enhance our nation by improving economic vitality, maintaining law
and order, ensuring safe and efficient maritime transportation, protecting
natural resources, and contributing to citizen morale and confidence. The
multimissioned character of the Coast Guard provides a unique national
resource that strives to live up to its motto, "Semper Paratus - Always
Ready" - in accomplishing its missions. The Coast Guard is a flexible
force ready to respond in any national emergency. Yet everyday, its
capital equipment and personnel are productively employed in delivering
services to the public. U.S. taxpayers receive a double benefit: an
effective defense force and crisis-response provider, as well as a
cost-effective service that enhances national security and delivers vital
services in its daily operations.
This performance plan establishes what the Coast Guard intends to achieve
with the funding levels contained in the FY99 budget. Taken as a whole,
the plan describes the linkage between our mission, strategic goals,
performance goals, strategies/activities, and budget request.
Mission
The United States Coast Guard is a multimissioned maritime service and one
of the Nation's five Armed Forces.
Our mission is to protect the public, the environment, and U.S. economic
interests - in our ports and waterways, along our nation's coast, on
international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support
national security.
Strategic Goals
The Coast Guard has established a general goal for each of its major
outcome areas:
Safety: Eliminate deaths, injuries, and property damage associated with
maritime transportation, fishing, and recreational boating.
Protection of Natural Resources: Eliminate environmental damage and
natural resource degradation associated with maritime transportation,
fishing, and recreational boating.
Mobility: Facilitate maritime commerce and eliminate interruptions and
impediments to the economical movement of goods and people, while
maximizing recreational access to and enjoyment of the water.
Maritime Security: Protect our maritime borders from all intrusions by
halting the flow of illegal drugs, aliens, and contraband into this
country through maritime routes; preventing illegal fishing; and
suppressing violations of federal law in the maritime region.
National Defense: Defend the nation as one of the five U.S. Armed Forces.
Enhance regional stability in support of the National Security Strategy,
utilizing our unique and relevant maritime capabilities.
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