USCG

Maritime grp.

• 'Semper paratus' is its motto: Abbr.

• Fifth branch of the armed forces: abbr.

• Adm.'s employer, maybe

• American org. which hunts pirates

• Cutter insignia

• Deepwater Program org.

• Dept. of Homeland Security branch

• Dept. of Transp. branch

• Drug interdictors: Abbr.

• First responders to an SOS

• Govt. maritime gp.

• Govt. shore patrol

• Grp. that patrols shores

• Homeland Security org.

• Its academy is in New London, Conn.

• Its motto is Semper paratus: Abbr.

• Its motto is Latin for Always prepared: Abbr.

• Mariner rescue gp.

• Maritime patrol org.

• Maritime search-and-rescue gp.

• Mil. branch in The Guardian

• Mil. branch in the Dept. of Homeland Security

• Mil. branch that performs rescues at sea

• Naut. law enforcers

• New London grp.

• New London-based org.

• Ocean rescuers: Abbr.

• Org. with boats

• Org. with cutters

• Rescuers on the briny: abbr.

• S O S responder: Abbr.

• Seaboard gp.

• Seagoing rescue org.

• Search and Rescue org.

• Shore defense grp.

• Shore patrol grp.

• Shore patroler: Abbr.

• Shore-patrolling gp.

• Shoreline guardians, initially

• Shoreline-protection inits.

• SOS first responders

• SOS respondent

• SOS responder, often

• SPAR's org.

• Sponsor of New London acad.