The United States Coast Guard Reserve , established in 1939 as a civilian reserve, is the military reserve component of the United States Coast Guard. It is organized trained, administered, and supplied under the direction of the Commandant of the Coast Guard thru the Director of Reserves and Training. The reserve provides highly trained and well qualified personnel available for active duty in time of war and national emergency, and as needed. Its personnel are trained to perform the gamut of operations as performed by regular active duty coast guard personnel. They undertake one weekend drill a month and may perform up to 30 days active duty a year.
US Coast Guard Reserve (http://www.uscg.mil/hq/reserve/reshmpg.html)
Law Enforcement Detachment 103 of the CoastGuard's Pacific Area Tactical Law Enforcement Team made the first drug seizure while under the operational control of the newly established Deployable Operations Group.
TACLETs are one of six existing CoastGuard deployable, specialized forces recently aligned under the DOG.
The primary missions of the TACLETs are maritime law enforcement and combating terrorism.
The legal basis for the CoastGuard is Title 14 of the United States Code, which states: "The CoastGuard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times." During wartime, the CoastGuard reports to the Department of Defense.
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