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The Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection Partnership
Securing an evolving maritime supply chain.
by LCDR DAN SOMMA U.S. Coast Guard
Branch Chief, Cargo and Facility Security MS. JEN CLIMENHAGA
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Cash-strapped after the revolution, the new government established the U.S. Customs Service in 1789. Because post-Revolutionary War smuggling was still alive and well, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton championed the construction of 10 revenue cutters in 1790.
Tis Revenue Cutter Service was the predecessor to the modern U.S. Coast Guard, and while customs opera- tions now fall under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the relationship established to protect the nation more than 200 years ago continues.
Inspection of a Merchant Ship by Gil Cohen
Grandfather of the Coast Guard by Agnes Davis www.uscg.mil/proceedings Winter 2011–2012 Proceedings 11
Defining the Supply Chain