NEW USCG BASE SAN JUAN, BASE DETACHMENT BORINQUEN SUPPORT COAST GUARD MISSIONS When Adm. Karl Schultz assumed the duties as the 26th Commandant of the Coast Guard, one of his early action items specifically mandated establishing a new command in Puerto Rico to perform all mission support functions there. As Atlantic Area Commander, he was keenly aware of the unique challenges to conducting operations and mission support functions in an
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overseas location that is effectively the United States’ southernmost border. This early action item came to fruition in April 2019 with the establishment of USCG Base San Juan, Puerto Rico, followed closely by the establishment of Base Detachment Borinquen at the Coast Guard Air Station in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
