Editing United States Coast Guard (section)

==Coast Guard Reserve==
[[File:USCG TPSB.jpg|thumb|right|A USCG [[Port Security Unit]] boat patrolling in [[Umm Qasr]], Iraq in 2003]]
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The [[United States Coast Guard Reserve]] is the reserve military force of the Coast Guard.<ref name=14USC704>{{cite web |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title14/pdf/USCODE-2011-title14-partII-chap21.pdf |title=14 USC PART II—Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary |year=2011 |website=[[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]] |access-date=9 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102131517/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title14/pdf/USCODE-2011-title14-partII-chap21.pdf |archive-date=2 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Coast Guard Reserve was founded on 19 February 1941. The Coast Guard has 8700 reservists<ref name="uscg.mil"/> who normally drill two days a month and an additional 12 days of active duty each year, although many perform additional drill and active duty periods, to include those mobilized to extended active duty. Coast Guard reservists possess the same training and qualifications as their active duty counterparts, and as such, can be found augmenting active duty Coast Guard units every day.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

During the [[Vietnam War]] and shortly thereafter, the Coast Guard considered abandoning the reserve program, but the force was instead reoriented into force augmentation, where its principal focus was not just reserve operations, but to add to the readiness and mission execution of every-day active duty personnel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Challenges at many levels: Holistic view of readiness allows Army to meet new demands |url=https://www.army.mil/article/233273/challenges_at_many_levels_holistic_view_of_readiness_allows_army_to_meet_new_demands |access-date=19 July 2022 |website=www.army.mil |date=2 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

Since 11 September 2001, reservists have been activated and served on tours of active duty, to include deployments to the [[Persian Gulf]] and also as parts of Department of Defense combatant commands such as the [[United States Northern Command|U.S. Northern]] and [[United States Central Command|Central]] Commands. Coast Guard [[Port Security Unit]]s are entirely staffed with reservists, except for five to seven active duty personnel. Additionally, most of the staffing the Coast Guard provides to the [[Navy Expeditionary Combat Command]] are reservists.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2021 |title=Assessing the Health Readiness of Coast Guard Reservists: Results from Coast Guard Reserve Respondents to the HRBS |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.7249/ig149.7 |doi=10.7249/ig149.7|s2cid=241884762 }}</ref>

The Reserve is managed by the Assistant Commandant for Reserve, Rear Admiral James M. Kelly, USCG.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral James M. Kelly |url=https://www.reserve.uscg.mil/News/Article-View/Article/2656440/rear-admiral-james-m-kelly/ |website=United States Coast Guard |access-date=31 August 2021 |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831193201/https://www.reserve.uscg.mil/News/Article-View/Article/2656440/rear-admiral-james-m-kelly/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>