Office of Air and Marine

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The Office of Air and Marine was a U.S. Customs and Border Protection component responsible for using aircraft and marine vessels to secure the nation’s borders and interdict illegal activities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Office of Air and Marine canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government organization
federal law enforcement agency component
collaboratesWith Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
surface form: U.S. Border Patrol

United States Coast Guard
surface form: U.S. Coast Guard

state and local law enforcement agencies
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolvedInto U.S. Customs and Border Protection
surface form: CBP Air and Marine Operations
employerOf air interdiction agents
aviation enforcement officers
marine enforcement officers
marine interdiction agents
focusesOn border surveillance
counter-narcotics operations
counter-terrorism support
homeland security
hasMainFunction air interdiction
border security
interdiction of contraband
interdiction of human smuggling
interdiction of illegal drugs
marine interdiction
support of law enforcement operations
surveillance and reconnaissance
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
jurisdiction U.S. coastal waters
U.S. land borders
approaches to the United States
legalAuthority U.S. customs laws
U.S. immigration laws
federal criminal statutes related to smuggling
mission to detect, interdict, and prevent acts of terrorism and smuggling along U.S. borders
to support other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies
operatesIn air domain
maritime domain
parentOrganization United States Department of Homeland Security
surface form: Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
partOf U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Border Patrol and Air and Marine Operations structure
replacedBy Air and Marine Operations
sector border protection
homeland security
law enforcement
usesEquipment aircraft
fixed-wing aircraft
helicopters
marine vessels
patrol boats
unmanned aerial systems

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Air and Marine Operations predecessor Office of Air and Marine