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===Search and rescue=== The U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue (CG-SAR) is one of the Coast Guard's best-known operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Response-Policy-CG-5R/Office-of-Incident-Management-Preparedness-CG-5RI/US-Coast-Guard-Office-of-Search-and-Rescue-CG-SAR/|title=U.S. Coast Guard Office of Search and Rescue (CG-SAR)|website=dco.uscg.mil|access-date=9 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316131352/http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Response-Policy-CG-5R/Office-of-Incident-Management-Preparedness-CG-5RI/US-Coast-Guard-Office-of-Search-and-Rescue-CG-SAR/|archive-date=16 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''National Search and Rescue Plan'' designates the Coast Guard as the federal agency responsible for maritime SAR operations, and the [[United States Air Force]] as the federal agency responsible for inland SAR.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-o/g-opr/nsarc/NSARC%20-%20Natl%20SAR%20Plan%20(2007%20-%20Final).pdf |title=National Search and Rescue Plan (USA) 2007 |publisher=Uscg.mil |date=22 June 2012 |access-date=3 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624184210/http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-o/g-opr/nsarc/NSARC%20-%20Natl%20SAR%20Plan%20(2007%20-%20Final).pdf |archive-date=24 June 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> Both agencies maintain [[Joint Rescue Coordination Centers|rescue coordination centers]] to coordinate this effort, and have responsibility for both military and civilian search and rescue.<ref name=NSARC1>{{cite web|title=National Search And Rescue Committee|url=http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg534/NSARC.asp|work=U.S. Coast Guard Office of Search and Rescue|publisher=U.S. Coast Guard|access-date=26 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217001611/http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg534/NSARC.asp|archive-date=17 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The two services jointly provide instructor staff for the National Search and Rescue School that trains SAR mission planners and coordinators. Previously located on Governors Island, New York, the school is now located at [[Training Center Yorktown|Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown]] at Yorktown, Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Training Center Yorktown, VA|url=https://www.forcecom.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/FORCECOM-UNITS/TraCen-Yorktown/|access-date=12 May 2021|website=forcecom.uscg.mil}}</ref>
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