A Coast Guard cutter and an HH-65A Dolphin helicopter patrol waters by San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The Coast Guard protects more than 361 ports and 95,000 miles of coastline, America's largest border. Homeland security-especially maritime law enforcement and border control-is the oldest of the Coast Guard's numerous responsibilities and dates back to its founding as the Revenue Cutter Service in 1790A Coast Guard cutter and an HH-65A Dolphin helicopter patrol waters by San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The Coast Guard protects more than 361 ports and 95,000 miles of coastline, America's largest border. Homeland security-especially maritime law enforcement and border control-is the oldest of the Coast Guard's numerous responsibilities and dates back to its founding as the Revenue Cutter Service in 1790. US Coast Guard Art Program 2006 Collection, Ob ID # 200616, "San Francisco Bridge-surveillance," Thomas Picard, oil, 30 x 24
