Coast Guard

Coast Guard
Seal of the Coast Guard
Group Details
Also Known As	The Coast Guard
Status	Inactive
Affiliation	Federal Government
Leader	Varied
Members	Varied
Former Members	N/A
Main Location	Varied
Appearances
Seasons	Season 2
First Seen	Unseen
Last Seen	Unseemn
Associated With
Local and State Government

The U.S. Coast Guard is a branch of the U.S. Military. During peacetime, it is under the Department of Homeland Security. During war, it is transferred to the Department of Defense under the U.S. Navy.

Seal of the Coast Guard

Pre-Apocalypse

The coast guard had responsibility for coastal defense, enforcing maritime law, intercepting boats suspected to be carrying drugs, contrabands, and illegal immigrants, and for preforming search and rescue missions.

Post-Apocalypse

It can be assumed that the coast guard was involved in some way in the initial stages of the outbreak. However, in the Season 2a opening episode Monster, the coast guard sent out a message stating that it could no longer carry out its search and rescue missions anymore and that they could no longer provide assistance to people on air, sea or land. It is unknown whether this was due to loss of personnel to the infected, loss of personnel through desertion or simply loss of equipment.

Trivia

• It is possible that part of the reason the Coast Guard could no longer aid civilians was due to the loss of equipment. In Season 2a, while aboard The Abigail, the survivors come across a boat that has been sunk by heavy machine gun fire. The damage to the boat suggests .50 caliber rounds - the same caliber used for the mounted machine guns aboard U.S. Coast Guard ships to bring down smuggler boats. Since the Coast Guard stated they were no longer operational, then pirates must have gotten hold of their hardware. It's also possible that the boat was destroyed by the Mexican Military, the Flotilla that was patrolling the border between Mexico and the U.S.