Organizational structure
Five regional districts commands run day-to-day operations. Atlantic Area is responsible for coordinating and deploying cutters, aircraft, pollution response equipment, and thousands of personnel between districts when major events occur. After major disasters, Atlantic Area assists districts by ensuring resources, equipment, and personnel are surged to impacted areas for rescue and recovery efforts, while also ensuring other Coast Guard operations throughout the region continue.[1]
Under LANTAREA are the Coast Guard's Northeast, East, Southeast, Heartland and Great Lakes Districts.[1]
LANTAREA deploys cutters to areas within their control to combat transnational organized crime, to prevent, deter, detect and interdict illicit smuggling efforts.[1]
