coast guard
noun
1
: a military or naval force employed in guarding a coast or responsible for the safety, order, and operation of maritime traffic in neighboring waters
2
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What To Know Using data provided by the Japanese coast guard, a Newsweek map shows where Chinese research vessels were spotted conducting activities in Japan's EEZ since May across the Philippine Sea and the East China Sea, which are marginal seas of the western Pacific.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
There is a lot of red—99 naval and coast guard vessels, to be precise, completely encircling Taiwan during PLA exercises last December.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
In parallel, the Lai administration has also proposed an $18.1 billion special budget package, with $4.9 billion for national resilience supporting the coast guard’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities; disaster relief equipment; and the hardening of shelter facilities.
—Lin Fei-Fan, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2025
An incident between a Chinese navy vessel, left, and a Chinese coast guard ship Monday.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
There is a lot of red—99 naval and coast guard vessels, to be precise, completely encircling Taiwan during PLA exercises last December.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
In parallel, the Lai administration has also proposed an $18.1 billion special budget package, with $4.9 billion for national resilience supporting the coast guard’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities; disaster relief equipment; and the hardening of shelter facilities.
—Lin Fei-Fan, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2025
An incident between a Chinese navy vessel, left, and a Chinese coast guard ship Monday.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Coast guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coast%20guard. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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