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Coast Guard Atlantic Area
Country United States
Branch United States Coast Guard
TypeArea command
HeadquartersCoast Guard Station Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia
Nickname(s)LANTAREA
Website Official website
Commanders
Commander VADM Kevin E. Lunday
Deputy Commander RADM Laura M. Dickey
Command Master Chief CMC Jeremy P. DeMello

Coast Guard Atlantic Area (LANTAREA) is an area command of United States Coast Guard that oversees all Coast Guard domestic operations east of the Rocky Mountains, including the Caribbean and foreign areas of interest in Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Under LANTAREA are the First, Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Coast Guard Districts. [1]

LANTAREA collaborates with the Coast Guard Pacific Area to respond to national level incidents, including hurricane response and large-scale environmental pollution. They deploy cutters to areas within their control to combat transnational organized crime, to prevent, deter, detect and interdict illicit smuggling efforts. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Atlantic Area of the United States Coast Guard. Retrieved December 21, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.