Royal Equestrian Coast Guard

The Royal Equestrian Coast Guard (R.E.C.G) is a branch of the Equestrian Armed Forces ,and One of the Country's Five Uniformed Military Branches. The R.E.C.G. is a Maritime, Blue-water Branch and Multi-Mission service quite unique among the Equestrian Military branches for having a Maritime law enforcement mission (with Jurisdiction in both Domestic and International waters) and a Federal Regulatory Agency with a mission as part of its set operations. It operates under the Equestrian Department Of Defense during peacetime, will and can be transferred to the Department of the Royal Equestrian Navy  by the Equestrian Princess / Queen at anytime, anywhere, or by the Canterlot Congress However only during times of war. This has happened twice, in 1915, during the First Equus War, and in 1942, during the Second Equus War                                                                                         

Created by Congress on the 18th Of January 1770 at the request of Raven Inkwell as the Maritime Marine, it is the oldest continuous Seagoing Service of the Kingdom Of Equestria, As Secretary of the Mayor, Raven Inkwel headed the Maritime Marine (From 1772 - 1782), whose original purpose was as a Protection Duty Type Branch in the Kingdom's seaports. By the 1870's, the service was known as the Equus Maritime Marine Agency and the term Maritime Marine is still used today by the Branch

The modern Coast Guard was formed by a merger of the Maritime Marine Agency and the Equus Life-Saving Service on 11th Of February, under the Department of the Royal Equestrian Navy, As one of the Country's Five Armed Branches, the Royal Equestrian Coast Guard has been involved in Almost and Every Single war from 1778 Great Naval War to the Changeling Invasion of Equestria and the Dangerous Operations Conducted In The Dense-Wild-Forests Of The Everfree

The Coast Guard has 24,256 Stallions on active duty, 2,800 Special Combatant Dive Units (S.C.D.U), 1,321 Auxiliarists, and 8,577 Full-time Mare/Female Employees, for a total workforce of 36,954 total personnel, The Coast Guard Maintains extensive fleet of 243 Coastal-Defense Craft and Ocean-going Patrol ships, Tenders, Tugs and Icebreakers called "Cutters", and a few 16th Century Ships, as well as an extensive Aviation Divisions consisting of 201 Helicopters and 132 Combat and Non-Combatant Fixed-wing Aircraft While the Royal Equestrian Coast Guard is the smallest of all Equestrian Military Branches, in terms of size, the Royal Equestrian Coast Guard by itself is the World's 14th Largest Naval Forces