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{{short description|Coast guard of the Philippines}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=June 2009}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname        = Philippine Coast Guard
| nativename        = {{lang|fil|Tanod Baybayin ng Pilipinas}}
| abbreviation      = PCG
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| governingbody     = [[Government of the Philippines]]
| governingbodyscnd = [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation]]
| motto             = ''"Saving Lives"''
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| formed            = {{bulleted list|{{start date and age|1967|10|10}} <br />{{small|(as the Philippine Coast Guard)}}|October 26, 1905 – December 19, 1913 <br />{{small|(as Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation)}}|October 17, 1901 – October 26, 1905 <br />{{small|(as Bureau of Navigation)}}}}
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| employees         = 26,803 (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Department of Budget and Management]] |title=Staffing Summary Fiscal Year 2024 |url=https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Staffing/STAFFING2024/STAFFING-SUMMARY-2024.pdf |access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>
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| constitution1     = Coast Guard Law of 2009 (Republic Act 9993)
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| headquarters      = National Headquarters Philippine Coast Guard, [[Port Area, Manila]], [[Philippines]]
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| chief1name        = {{nowrap|[[President of the Philippines|Pres.]] [[Bongbong Marcos]]}}
| chief1position    = [[Commander-in-Chief]]
| chief2name        = [[Jaime Bautista]]
| chief2position    = [[Secretary of Transportation (Philippines)]]
| chief3name        = CG [[Admiral]] [[Ronnie Gil Gavan]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Marcos picks Gavan as new Philippine Coast Guard commandant|date=2023-10-19|access-date=2023-10-22|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/marcos-jr-picks-ronnie-gavan-new-philippine-coast-guard-commandant/|website=rappler.com|first=Bea|last=Cupin}}</ref>
| chief3position    = [[Commandant|Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard]]
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The '''Philippine Coast Guard''' ('''PCG'''; {{langx|fil|Tanod Baybayin ng Pilipinas}}) is the third<ref name="TarrielaTheDiplomat2017">{{Cite news |last=Tarriela |first=Jay Tristan |date=December 20, 2017 |title=Why the Philippines Needs to Develop Its Coast Guard |language=en-US |work=The Diplomat |url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/why-the-philippines-needs-to-develop-its-coast-guard/ |access-date=2021-08-29}}</ref> armed [[uniformed service]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Philippine Coast Guard Law of 2009 |url=http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/republic_acts/ra%209993.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830040356/http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/republic_acts/ra%209993.pdf |archive-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> of the country attached to the [[Philippines]]' [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation]],<ref name="TarrielaTheDiplomat2017" /> tasked primarily with enforcing laws within Philippine waters, conducting maritime security operations, safeguarding life and property at sea, and protecting marine environment and resources; similar to [[coast guard]] units around the world. In case of a declaration of war, the Coast Guard shall also serve as an attached service of the [[Department of National Defense (Philippines)|Department of National Defense]].<ref name=":0" />

It currently maintains a presence throughout the [[archipelago]], with thirteen Coast Guard Districts, fifty-four CG Stations and over one hundred ninety Coast Guard Sub-Stations, from [[Basco, Batanes]] to [[Bongao, Tawi-Tawi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/content/?page_id=13|title=Mission – Pulse of the Maritime Environment · Philippine Coast Guard — News<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=June 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701191328/http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/content/?page_id=13|archive-date=July 1, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
=== Colonial era history ===
The Philippine Coast Guard is the oldest and only humanitarian armed service in the Philippines. Its beginnings could be traced back to the early 20th century when coast guarding was related to the protection of the customs services of the country and in patrolling the coastlines and harbors.

When [[History of the Philippines (1898-1946)|the Americans came in 1898]], one of the first steps that the military government undertook was the reopening of [[Port of Manila|the port]] and customs facilities of [[Manila]]. Soon after, the civilian Insular Government, through the [[Philippine Commission]], enacted a law on October 17, 1901, that created the Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, which was placed under the Department of Commerce and Police. The Captain of the Port was designated as Bureau Director.<ref name="AR02">{{cite journal |year=1902 |title=Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation |journal=Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War |pages=243–244 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |url=https://archive.org/details/reportphilippin01goog/page/n330/mode/1up |access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref>

Recognition of the difficulty of administering such a vast island area without reliable government transportation resulted in the requirements to establish a transportation system for government services. The resulting report recommended purchase of 21 small steamers to establish 21 circuits supporting communication between provincial capitals and coastal towns as well as prevent smuggling and landing contraband. The average circuit would be . {{cvt|651|mi| nmi km}}. The vessels required should be all weather{{clarify|date=February 2019}} of about {{cvt|140|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} in length capable of {{cvt|10|knots|mph km/h}} with light armament. Two small stern [[paddle steamer]]s were recommended for river use on the Cayagen River and the [[Rio Grande de Mindanao]] and connected lakes.<ref name="AR01">{{cite journal |year=1901 |title=Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation |journal=Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War |pages=66–69 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |url=https://archive.org/details/reportphilippin04goog/page/n128/mode/1up |access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> The bureau concentrated its early days on the contracts for the fifteen vessels with the result ten were to be built by Farnham, Boyd & Company in [[Shanghai]], China and five by [[Uraga Dock Company]] in [[Uraga, Kanagawa|Uraga]], Japan.<ref name="AR02" /><ref name="AR03">{{cite journal |year=1903 |title=Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation/Bureau of Vessels |journal=Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War |pages=12–15, 173–181 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |url=https://archive.org/details/reportphilippin01goog/page/n330/mode/1up |access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref>

The ten Chinese contracted cutters were ''Balabac'', ''Basilan'', ''Busuanga'', ''Corregidor'', ''Luzon'', ''Masbate'', ''Negros'', ''Palawan'', ''Polillo'', and ''Tablas''. The five Uraga cutters were to be [[USC&GS Marinduque|''Marinduque'']] and [[USC&GS Romblon|''Romblon'']], which were delivered, and ''Bohol'', ''Cebu'', and ''Jolo'' which were cancelled after serious deficiencies were found on delivery of ''Marinduque'' and ''Romblon''. The China built cutters began arriving in Manila by mid 1902 and were found to generally meet requirements. The Uraga built cutters, arriving in January and April 1903, had serious defects, to the extent the inspector in Japan was dismissed for negligence, and costly negotiations led to cancellation of the three others that were in process of completion. Five additional cutters were ordered from China, those being ''Leyte'', ''Mindanao'', ''Mindoro'', ''Panay'', and ''Samar''.<ref name="AR03" />

The lighthouse service was placed under the Bureau. In 1902, the Coast Guard fleet of 15 steamers from China and Japan was established and were assigned for the lighthouse service inspection trips of top government officials, for transport to Culion Island, for patrolling against illegal entry of aliens, and for troop movement of the Philippine Constabulary.

[[File:USC&GS Marinduque.jpg|250px|thumb|''Marinduque'' as USC&GS survey vessel.|left]]

The Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation was abolished on October 26, 1905, and the Bureau of Navigation took over its functions. The Bureau of Navigation was authorized to create a commissioned and enlisted service, and to adopt its own manual of court martial patterned after the US Navy.

Subsequently, however, the Bureau was also abolished on December 19, 1913, and the organization and its functions were transferred to the Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Public Works until the establishment of the Commonwealth Government.

=== Postwar era history ===
After gaining independence from the United States shortly after the end of [[World War II]], the Philippine government transferred some of the coast guard functions, such as the revenue cutter and lighthouse services, to the Philippine Naval Patrol, which eventually became the [[Philippine Navy]]. A Coast Guard unit was activated within the Philippine Navy to implement these functions.

On August 6, 1967, the Philippine Congress enacted Republic Act 5173 of the Philippine Coast Guard Law, which made the PCG a major unit of the Philippine Navy under a flag officer. The PCG was activated on October 10, 1967, and its coast guard functions were transferred from the navy proper.

=== Contemporary history ===
The civilian nature of the PCG functions led to the separation of the Coast Guard from the Philippine Navy on March 30, 1998, by virtue of Executive Order 475 signed by President Fidel Ramos. The Order effectively transferred the PCG from the Department of National Defense to the Office of the President, and eventually to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on April 15, 1998, by virtue of Executive Order 477.

These executive orders provided inter alia that the PCG shall continue to be the agency primarily responsible for the promotion of safety of life and property at sea and the protection of the maritime environment as mandated under the Philippine Coast Guard Law and Presidential Decrees 600, 601, 602, and 979, as a mended.

The transformation of the PCG into a non-military organization has a tremendous impact and significance. Its civilian character has allowed it to receive offers of vessels, equipment, technology, services, cooperation and other needed assistance from other countries, something which would not be readily offered to a military agency.

With enactment of Republic Act 9993, also known as the Coast Guard Law of 2009, as well as its implementing rules and regulations, the PCG has been vested with the necessary authority and responsibility to perform preventive measures in ensuring the safety of merchant vessels. The new law also strengthened PCG's authority to meet new challenges and increasing demands for marine resources, technological advancement and climate change. Further, the law has defined the PCG's rightful niche in the bureaucracy as the premier maritime agency and its vital role in nation building.

====Religion====
The [[Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage]] is officially the [[Patron saint|patron]] of the PCG. Its head [[chaplain]] Fr. Lowie Palines received from [[Antipolo Cathedral]] Parish Priest-Rector Fr. Reynante "Nante" Unidad Tolentino, ACSP President, his requested 2 [[replicas]] of the Marian image.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Hermoso|first1=Christina |title=Philippine Coast Guard to bring 2 images of Our Lady of Peace & Good Voyage to WPS|url=https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/6/philippine-coast-guard-to-bring-2-images-of-our-lady-of-peace-and-good-voyage-to-wps |accessdate=July 7, 2024 |publisher= [[Manila Bulletin]]|date=July 6, 2024}}</ref> The PCG will hold processions thereof in all its headquarters. The second image will also be permanently installed by Bishop [[Oscar Jaime Florencio]] of the [[Military Ordinariate of the Philippines]] at [[Thitu Island|Pag-asa Island]]'s Catholic chapel.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Ong |first1=Ghio |title=PCG sends Virgin of Antipolo to Pag-asa Island|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/06/2368136/pcg-sends-virgin-antipolo-pag-asa-island |accessdate=July 7, 2024 |publisher=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=July 6, 2024}}</ref>

==Organization==
[[File:Ships are in formation in support of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Philippines 2012..jpg|thumbnail|Coast Guard patrol vessel BRP Pampanga (SARV 003) in formation in the [[Celebes Sea]] during joint military exercises with the [[Philippine Navy]] with the [[United States Coast Guard]] and the [[U.S. Navy]], July 2012]]The Philippine Coast Guard is led by the [[Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard]], and directly reports to the [[Secretary of Transportation (Philippines)|Secretary of Transportation]] in maritime law enforcement, and also reports to the [[Secretary of National Defense (Philippines)|Secretary of National Defense]] in wartime. The Commandant is assisted by the Deputy Commandant for Administration and the Deputy Commandant for Operations, both holders of the rank of Vice Admiral, and the Chief of Coast Guard Staff, who holds the rank of Rear Admiral.

==Leadership==
*[[Commander-in-Chief]]: [[President of the Philippines|Pres.]] [[Bongbong Marcos]]
*[[Secretary of Transportation (Philippines)|Secretary of Transportation]] (SoTr): [[Vince Dizon|Vince Dizon]]
**Undersecretary for Maritime, DOTr: Elmer Francisco U. Sarmiento
*Presidential Adviser on the West Philippine Sea: Sec. [[Andres Centino|Andres C. Centino]]
*Commandant, Philippine Coast Guard (Comdt, PCG): CG Admiral Ronnie Gil L. Gavan
*Deputy Commandant for Administration: CG VADM Rolando Lizor N. Punzalan
*Deputy Commandant for Operations: CG VADM Victor T. Dela Vega
*Chief of Coast Guard Staff: CG RADM Hostillo Arturo Cornelio 
*Spokesperson, Philippine Coast Guard: CG Algier Ricafrente

===Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard===
The Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard is the service branch's highest ranking officer who serves as the overall head of the entire Philippine Coast Guard. The position is usually held by a [[four-star rank]] of [[Admiral]] and has full authority, command and oversight of the entire service branch. The commandant has full control on the Coast Guard's operational command and is responsible for the Coast Guard's activities, policies, and administrative functions, which includes the service branch's maritime policies, maritime environmental protection, maritime search-and-rescue missions and even counter-terrorism operations. The commandant is also responsible for maintaining the coast guard's situational preparedness and gives both guidance and direction to all coast guard units, which includes all coast guard commands, stations, and units. The commandant is also tasked to lead the coast guard's long-term strategic planning strategies towards meeting its future needs and visions, which includes the coast guard's modernization plans, asset acquisition plans, and strategic doctrines to meet the service branch's roles. The commandant is also in charge for disaster preparedness missions and deployments for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations and for boosting collaborations and partnerships with other service branches such as the [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]], the [[Philippine National Police]] and other uniformed services for security preparations, as well as forging partnerships to foreign coast guard counterparts. 

The commandant also reports directly to the [[Secretary of Transportation (Philippines)|Secretary of Transportation]] for transportation-related and peacetime matters, and only reports to the [[Secretary of National Defense (Philippines)|Secretary of National Defense]] for maritime security-related matters and wartime matters, and works in collaboration with the [[National Security Council (Philippines)|National Security Council]]. Upon the signing of the Republic Act No. 12122 on February 18, 2025, the commandant will serve their tenure on their post under a fixed 3-year term and will only be terminated if the commandant's term expires or under the [[President of the Philippines|President]]'s pleasure.<ref name="Republic Act No. 12122">{{cite web |title=Republic Act No. 12122 |url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2025/ra_12122_2025.html |website=lawphil.net}}</ref><ref name="Marcos Jr. approves law granting 3-year term for PCG chief">{{cite news |title=Marcos Jr. approves law granting 3-year term for PCG chief |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/19/marcos-jr-approves-law-granting-3-year-term-for-pcg-chief-1810}}</ref><ref name="PBBM inks law fixing PCG commandant’s term">{{cite news |title=PBBM inks law fixing PCG commandant’s term |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php/articles/1244390 |work=www.pna.gov.ph |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Marcos signs into law bill setting PCG commandant’s term to 3 years">{{cite news |last1=Sarao |first1=Zacarian |title=Marcos signs into law bill setting PCG commandant’s term to 3 years |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2036027/marcos-signs-into-law-bill-setting-pcg-commandants-term-to-3-years |work=INQUIRER.net |date=19 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

The commandant is assisted by three deputies in their post; namely the Deputy Commandant for Operations, who supervises all Coast Guard operations and functions; the Deputy Commandant for Administration, who is in charge of managing administrative functions and even assists in human resource management, personnel management and resource maangement; and the Chief of Coast Guard Staff, who assists the commandant in overseeing the coast guard's staff functions and commands. The Deputy Commandants for both Operations and Administration holds the three-star rank of [[Vice Admiral]], while the Chief of Coast Guard Staff holds the two-star rank of [[Rear Admiral]].

====List of Commandants====
The list shows the following officeholders who served as the commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard since its foundation in 1967.
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| order             = 1
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Geronimo M. Cabal, AFP
| officeholder_sort = Cabal, Geronimo M.
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 10 October 1967
| term_end          = 30 November 1968
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1967|10|10|1968|11|30}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG">{{cite web |title=Former Commandants of the PCG |url=https://coastguard.gov.ph/index.php/transparency/about-us/commandants-of-the-pcg |website=coastguard.gov.ph}}</ref>
}}
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| order             = 2
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Dioscoro E. Papa, AFP
| officeholder_sort = Papa, Dioscoro E.
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 30 November 1968
| term_end          = 31 March 1970
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1968|11|30|1970|03|31}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
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| order             = 3
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Leovigildo L. Gantioqui, AFP
| officeholder_sort = *
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 31 March 1970
| term_end          = 14 July 1971
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1970|03|31|1971|07|14}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 4
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Gil S. Fernandez, PN (MNSA)
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 14 July 1971
| term_end          = 20 September 1972
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1971|07|14|1972|09|20}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 5
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Ernesto R. Ogbinar, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 20 September 1972
| term_end          = 27 March 1976
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1972|09|20|1976|03|27}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 6
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Simeon M. Alejandro, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 27 March 1976
| term_end          = 1 August 1980
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1976|03|27|1980|08|01}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             =7
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Brillante C. Ochoco, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 1 August 1980
| term_end          = 9 December 1985
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1980|08|01|1985|12|09}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 8
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Libertad L. Lazo, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 9 December 1985
| term_end          = 26 February 1986
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1985|12|09|1986|02|26}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Ferdinand Marcos]] <br /> [[Corazon Aquino]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 9
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Carlito Y. Cunanan, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 26 February 1986
| term_end          = 29 March 1988
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1986|02|26|1988|03|29}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Corazon Aquino]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 10
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Pio H. Garrido, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 29 March 1988
| term_end          = 10 April 1990
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1986|02|26|1988|03|29}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Corazon Aquino]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = *
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Captain
| officeholder      = Rodolfo J. Simon, PN (MNSA)
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 10 April 1990
| term_end          = 17 April 1990
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1990|04|10|1990|04|17}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Corazon Aquino]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 11
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = Carlos L. Agustin, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 17 April 1990
| term_end          = 2 December 1993
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1990|04|17|1993|12|02}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Corazon Aquino]] <br /> [[Fidel Ramos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 12
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Rear admiral
| officeholder      = Dario T. Fajardo, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 2 December 1993
| term_end          = 17 October 1994
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1993|12|02|1994|10|17}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Fidel Ramos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 13
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Rear admiral
| officeholder      = Arturo Y. Capada, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 17 October 1994
| term_end          = 8 September 1997
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1994|10|17|1997|09|08}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Fidel Ramos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = *
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Captain
| officeholder      = Julito M. Casillan II, PN (GSC)
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 8 September 1997
| term_end          = 10 October 1997
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1997|09|08|1997|10|10}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Fidel Ramos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 14
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Rear admiral
| officeholder      = Manuel I. De Leon, AFP
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 10 October 1997
| term_end          = 1 June 1998
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1997|09|08|1998|06|01}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Fidel Ramos]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 15
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Vice admiral
| officeholder      = Euceo E. Fajardo, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 1 June 1998
| term_end          = 9 February 2001
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1998|06|01|2001|02|09}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Fidel Ramos]] <br /> [[Joseph Estrada]] <br /> [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 16
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Vice admiral
| officeholder      = Reuben S. Lista, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 9 February 2001
| term_end          = 4 November 2003
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2001|02|09|2003|11|04}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 17
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Vice admiral
| officeholder      = Arthur N. Gosingan, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 4 November 2003
| term_end          = 9 November 2006
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2003|11|04|2006|11|09}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 18
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = Damian L. Carlos, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 9 November 2006
| term_end          = 27 September 2007
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2006|11|09|2007|09|27}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 19
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = Danilo A. Abinoja, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 27 September 2007
| term_end          = 31 May 2008
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2007|09|27|2008|05|31}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 20
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = Wilfredo D. Tamayo, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 31 May 2008
| term_end          = 19 April 2011
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2008|05|31|2011|04|19}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] <br /> [[Benigno Aquino III]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 21
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Vice admiral
| officeholder      = Ramon C. Liwag, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 19 April 2011
| term_end          = 24 January 2012
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2011|04|19|2012|01|24}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Benigno Aquino III]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 22
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Vice admiral
| officeholder      = Edmund C. Tan, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 24 January 2012
| term_end          = 14 December 2012
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2012|01|24|2012|12|14}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Benigno Aquino III]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = *
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Rear admiral
| officeholder      = Luis M. Tuason Jr., PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 16 July 2012
| term_end          = 14 December 2012
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2012|07|16|2012|12|14}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Benigno Aquino III]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 23
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = Rodolfo D. Isorena, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 14 December 2012
| term_end          = 26 October 2015
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2012|12|14|2015|10|26}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Benigno Aquino III]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 24
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Rear admiral
| officeholder      = William M. Melad, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 26 October 2015
| term_end          = 20 December 2016
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2015|10|26|2016|12|20}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Benigno Aquino III]] <br /> [[Rodrigo Duterte]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/><ref name="26th PCG Commandant retires from the Coast Guard Service">{{cite web |title=26th PCG Commandant retires from the Coast Guard Service |url=https://coastguard.gov.ph/index.php/news/news-2017/147-news/news-2017/1652-26th-pcg-commandant-retires-from-the-coast-guard-service |website=coastguard.gov.ph}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = OIC
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Commodore
| officeholder      = [[Joel Sarsiban Garcia|Joel S. Garcia]], PCG, Ph.D., HD, Al-Haj
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 20 December 2016
| term_end          = 15 January 2018
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2016|12|20|2018|01|15}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Rodrigo Duterte]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/><ref name="Meet PCG's New Officer-in-Charge – The Maritime Review">{{cite web |title=Meet PCG's New Officer-in-Charge – The Maritime Review |url=https://maritimereview.ph/meet-pcgs-new-officer-in-charge/ |website=maritimereview.ph}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 25
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = Elson E. Hermogino, PCG
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 15 January 2018
| term_end          = 24 October 2019
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2018|01|15|2019|10|24}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Rodrigo Duterte]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/><ref name="Duterte promotes Coast Guard chief to admiral">{{cite news |title=Duterte promotes Coast Guard chief to admiral |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/202046-duterte-promotes-coast-guard-commandant-elson-hermogino-admiral/ |work=RAPPLER |date=8 May 2018}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 26
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Joel Sarsiban Garcia|Joel S. Garcia]], PCG, Ph.D., HD, Al-Haj
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 24 October 2019
| term_end          = 1 June 2020
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2019|10|24|2020|06|01}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Rodrigo Duterte]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/><ref name="Joel Garcia is new Coast Guard chief">{{cite news |title=Joel Garcia is new Coast Guard chief |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1828695/manila/local-news/joel-garcia-is-new-coast-guard-chief |work=SUNSTAR |date=22 October 2019 |language=English}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 27
| image             = 27cpcg.png
| military_rank     = Coast Guard Admiral
| officeholder      = [[George V. Ursabia Jr.]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 1 June 2020
| term_end          = 8 September 2021
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2020|06|01|2021|09|08}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Rodrigo Duterte]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/><ref name="Joel Garcia is new Coast Guard chief">{{cite news |title=Joel Garcia is new Coast Guard chief |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1828695/manila/local-news/joel-garcia-is-new-coast-guard-chief |work=SUNSTAR |date=22 October 2019 |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Duterte names Ursabia as new PCG chief">{{cite news |title=Duterte names Ursabia as new PCG chief |url=https://ph.news.yahoo.com/duterte-names-ursabia-pcg-chief-071002513.html |work=ph.news.yahoo.com |language=en-PH}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 28
| image             =DCO 2.jpg 
| military_rank     = Coast Guard Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Leopoldo Laroya|Leopoldo V. Laroya]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 8 September 2021
| term_end          = 10 February 2022
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2021|09|08|2022|02|10}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Rodrigo Duterte]]
| ref               = <ref name="Former Commandants of the PCG"/><ref name="Joel Garcia is new Coast Guard chief">{{cite news |title=Joel Garcia is new Coast Guard chief |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1828695/manila/local-news/joel-garcia-is-new-coast-guard-chief |work=SUNSTAR |date=22 October 2019 |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Duterte names Ursabia as new PCG chief">{{cite news |title=Duterte names Ursabia as new PCG chief |url=https://ph.news.yahoo.com/duterte-names-ursabia-pcg-chief-071002513.html |work=ph.news.yahoo.com |language=en-PH}}</ref><ref name="Laroya is new PH Coast Guard chief">{{cite news |title=Laroya is new PH Coast Guard chief |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1152970 |work=www.pna.gov.ph |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bloodline: New PCG commandant is a third-generation uniformed officer">{{cite news |title=Bloodline: New PCG commandant is a third-generation uniformed officer |url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/09/20/bloodline-new-pcg-commandant-is-a-third-generation-uniformed-officer/ |work=Manila Bulletin}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = OIC
| image             = 
| military_rank     = Coast Guard Vice Admiral
| officeholder      = Eduardo D. Fabricante
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 10 February 2022
| term_end          = 28 February 2022
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2022|02|10|2022|02|28}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Rodrigo Duterte]]
| ref               = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/02/11/tugade-appoints-new-coast-guard-oic/|title = Tugade appoints new Coast Guard OIC| website=[[Manila Bulletin]] | date=February 11, 2022 }}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 29
| image             =PCG Artemio Abu.jpg 
| military_rank     = Coast Guard Admiral
| officeholder      = [[Artemio Abu|Artemio M. Abu]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 1 March 2022
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2022|03|01|2023|10|29}}
| alt_officeholder  = [[Rodrigo Duterte]] <br/> [[Bongbong Marcos]]

| ref               = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/03/02/business/maritime/duterte-names-artemio-abu-pcg-commandant/1834764/amp|title = Duterte names Artemio Abu PCG Commandant| website=[[The Manila Times]] |date = March 2, 2022}}</ref>
|term_end=19 October 2023}}
{{Officeholder table|order=30|officeholder=[[Ronnie Gil Gavan]]|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1212144|title = Gavan is PCG's new commandant| website=[[Philippine News Agency]] |date = October 19, 2023}}</ref>|military_rank=Coast Guard Admiral|term_start=20 October 2023|term_end=Present|timeinoffice={{ayd|2023|10|29}}|alt_officeholder=[[Bongbong Marcos]]}}{{Officeholder table end}}
{{notelist}}

===Ranks===
The Philippine Coast Guard ranks are:<ref>{{cite journal |title=Philippine Coast Guard Basic Training Manual |date=2019 |url=https://issuu.com/cgetdclddc/docs/pcg_basic_training_manual |access-date=15 February 2021 |publisher=Philippine Coast Guard Education Training and Doctrine Command |location=Annex D-E}}</ref>
;Commissioned Officer
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;Non Commissioned Officer/Enlisted
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===National Headquarters Command Group===
*Office of the Commandant
*Office of the Deputy Commandant for Administration
*Office of the Deputy Commandant for Operations
*Chief of Coast Guard Staff
**Secretary of Coast Guard Staff

===Coast Guard Central Directorial Staff===
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Human Resource Management, CG-1
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Intelligence, CG-2
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Operations, CG-3
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Logistics, CG-4
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for International Affairs, CG-5
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Comptrollership, CG-6
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Civil Relations Service, CG-7
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Maritime Safety Services, CG-8
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Marine Environment Protection, CG-9
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Ships and Aircraft Engineering, CG-10
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Maritime Communications, Weapons, Electronics and Information System, CG-11
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Education and Training, CG-12
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Maritime Security Services, CG-14
*Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Strategic Studies and Modernization, CG-15

===Support Services===
*Legal Service
*Legislative Liaison Affairs
*Medical Service
*Nursing Service
*Dental Service
*Chaplain Service
*Command Center
*Public Affairs Office
*Headquarters Support Group
*Office of the Command Master Chief Petty Officer
*Project Management Office
*Real Estate Management Office
*Special Service Office
*Adjutant Office
*Receiving Station
*Gender and Development

===Functional Commands===
*Maritime Safety Services Command
*Marine Environmental Protection Command
*Marine Security and Law Enforcement Command
*K9 Force
*Security and Border Protection Service
*Sea Marshall Group
*Investigation and Detection Management Service
*Surface Patrol Force
*PCG i-ACT

===Coast Guard Districts===
The Coast Guard Districts are responsible for securing their respective locations, while launching maritime safety operations, humanitarian assistance, maintaining law enforcement and environment security within their respective area of operations.
*Coast Guard District Northeastern Luzon
*Coast Guard District Northwestern Luzon
*Coast Guard District National Capital Region – Central Luzon
*Coast Guard District Southern Tagalog
*Coast Guard District Palawan
*Coast Guard District Bicol
*Coast Guard District Eastern Visayas
*Coast Guard District Western Visayas
*Coast Guard District Central Visayas
*Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao
*Coast Guard District Northeastern Mindanao
*Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao
*Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao
*Coast Guard District Southern Mindanao
*Coast Guard District Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

==Units==
[[File:Philippine Coast Guard BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-3801).jpg|thumb|Philippine Coast Guard BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-3801)]]
[[File:BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) Arrival 01.jpg|thumb|Philippine Coast Guard welcomes the arrival of BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) at the Port Area, Manila]]
The Philippine Coast Guard's functional command units include:
*The Maritime Security Command (MARSECOM) - responsible for overall territorial patrol, surveillance and law enforcement operations of the PCG.
*Marine Environmental Protection Command (MEPCOM) - responsible for overall maritime environmental enforcement, protection and control through maritime monitoring and enforcing maritime regulation operations.
*Maritime Safety Services Command (MSSC) - responsible for overall maritime surveillance for the safety of ships, navigational surveillance and ensures maritime freedom of navigation.

The PCG used to be with the [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]] under the Philippine Navy before it was transferred to the Department of Transportation. The PCG is considered the fourth armed and uniformed service of the country primarily tasked with enforcing all applicable laws within the Philippine waters, conducting maritime security operations, safeguarding of life and property at sea and protecting the marine environment and resources.

Due to the [[2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing]] incident in 2004, the PCG activated the [[Task Force Sea Marshals]] a composite team from the PCG, AFP and [[Philippine National Police]]. These Sea Marshals ride on board the passenger ferries traveling to and from [[Manila]] and other ports, and maintain a security presence aboard these ferries.

===Coast Guard Aviation Force===
[[File:The Cessna Grand Caravan EX of the Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Force (CGAF).jpg|thumb|Cessna Grand Caravan EX of the Philippine Coast Guard]]
[[File:PCG Airbus H145 Tail No. CGH-1452.jpg|thumb|Philippine Coast Guard's Airbus H145 helicopter]]
The Coast Guard Aviation Force (CGAF), then known as Coast Guard Air Group was formally activated on May 18, 1998, during the incumbency of Commodore Manuel I de Leon PCG as Commandant, Philippine Coast Guard. Accordingly, Commander Noel O Monte PCG was designated as its first Commander holding office at the former PADC Hangar Nr. 3, Domestic Airport Complex, Pasay.

On January 22, 1999, after eight months of existence, PCGAG acquired its first aircraft, a [[Britten-Norman Islander|BN Islander]] from the Philippine National Oil Company – Energy Development Corporation (PNOC – EDC). After six months of intensive inspection and rehabilitation, it was commissioned into Coast Guard service on June 26, 1999, as PCG–251. In June 1999, the first helicopter, a [[MBB BO-105]]CB was acquired from PADC and commissioned with the tail number PCG–1636. Another aircraft, a [[Cessna 421]]B "Golden Eagle" was acquired without cost from the [[Bureau of Soils and Water Management]] sometime in the early part of 2000. However, due to budgetary constraints, the aircraft rehabilitation is not yet completed to date. In the same year, another BN Islander with the tail number PCG–684 was acquired. It was commissioned and activated in June 2002 after it underwent rehabilitation. On March 30, 2001, the helm of the CGAG was transferred to Captain Lino H Dabi PCG. In search of a bigger home for its growing inventory, on November 21, 2002, with the support of [[Pantaleon Alvarez]], the [[Secretary of Transportation and Communications (Philippines)|Secretary of Transportation and Communications]], the [[Manila International Airport Authority]] allowed CGAG to occupy its present location. Extensive renovation work was undertaken to make the hangar suitable as the nerve center of all Coast Guard Air Operations. On March 28, 2003, the CGAG acquired another BO – 105C helicopter from PADC and was commissioned into the service as PCG – 163 during the Group's 5th Founding Anniversary.

With the intense need to have the capability to extract survivors from water, the said helicopter was fitted with a rescue hoist through the courtesy of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Another significant milestone unfolded in the history of the group when PCG leadership was turned over to Vice Admiral Arthur Gosingan PCG. Through the endorsement of the CGOF Commander, Rear Admiral Damian Carlos PCG in recognizing the importance of the air unit in coast guard operations and their outstanding accomplishments granted the aviators their most aspired yearning of their careers by approving the group's position paper on the Command Pilot Rating. This enabled aviators to have an equal opportunity with officers that acquired a Command at a Sea Badge to assume positions of higher responsibilities in the Coast Guard hierarchy.

===Coast Guard Special Operations Force===

The Philippine Coast Guard's Special Operations Force (CGSOF) is the [[special forces]] unit of the Philippine Coast Guard, founded in 1972. The CGSOF performs underwater operations, domestic [[counter-terrorism]] and other law enforcement operations. Some of their notable deployments and accomplishments include the operations to the [[Laoag International Airlines Flight 585]] crash at Manila Bay, the aftermath of the [[2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing]], the Search and Recovery operations to the ill-fated [[M/V Princess of the Stars]] incident,<ref>[http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2004/03/01/MAIN200403013680.html Number of missing passengers rises.] Retrieved on June 21, 2007.</ref> and the [[Battle of Marawi]].

===Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary===
The Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA) is the civilian support group of the Philippine Coast Guard. Although a volunteer, civilian organization, the PCGA uses a military structure for organizational purposes. Like other volunteer sea rescue organizations around the world, it performs non-military and non-police activities in support of its national navy or coast guard. This endeavor includes [[search and rescue]], [[environmental protection]], [[disaster relief]], [[community service]], and marine safety.

The ranks of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary follow those of the Philippine Coast Guard.<ref name="609th Squadron - PCGA Ranks">{{cite web|title=Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary Ranks|url=http://www.pcga609boracay.org/about-us/|website=Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary 609th Squadron|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>

Operation Brotherhood Montessori Center has a few officers that serve as Leadership Training teachers and CAT teachers from this Coast Guard branch.

=== Philippine Coast Guard Officers' Basic Education and Training Center ===
Like the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)'s Officer Candidate Schools (OCS) of [[Philippine Army]], [[Philippine Navy]] and [[Philippine Air Force]], the Philippine Coast Guard also has [[Philippine Coast Guard Officers' Basic Education and Training Center]] (PCGOBETC)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB04161.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603170634/http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB04161.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> that serves as officer candidate school of PCG officer aspirants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=63 Coast Guard officer graduates 11-month training, new batch took oath|url=http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/index.php/11-news/2494-63-coast-guard-officer-graduates-11-month-training-new-batch-took-oath|access-date=2020-07-06|website=www.coastguard.gov.ph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Coast Guard Officer's Course Class 16-2015|url=http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/index.php/11-news/1048-pcg-congratulates-new-graduates-of-coast-guard-officer-s-course-class-16-2015|access-date=2020-07-06|website=www.coastguard.gov.ph}}</ref> Officer Candidates taking the Coast Guard Officers' Course (CGOC) become Probationary Ensigns (P/ENS) and after graduation, they will be commissioned as regular officers in the organization.
[[File:Philippine Coast Guard Officers Basic Education and Training Center.png|center|170px|alt=|Official logo of PCGOBETC]]

==Ships in service==

===Major maritime assets===
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|-
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:9%;" |Picture
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:17%;" |Class
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |Type
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! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"|Patrol vessels
|-
| [[File:BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) Arrival 01.jpg|center|100x100px]]|| [[Teresa Magbanua-class patrol vessel|''Teresa Magbanua''-class]] || {{JAP}} || Multi-role response vessel || [[BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701)|BRP ''Teresa Magbanua'']] <br /> [[BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702)|BRP ''Melchora Aquino'']] || Two 97-meter vessels built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mangosing |first=Frances |date=January 23, 2023 |title=PH to acquire 5 patrol vessels from Japan |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1719718/ph-to-acquire-5-patrol-vessels-from-japan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230217023024/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1719718/ph-to-acquire-5-patrol-vessels-from-japan |archive-date=February 17, 2023 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=Inquirer.net}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Philippine Coast Guard BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-3801).jpg|center|100x100px]]|| [[BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301)|''Gabriela Silang''-class]] || {{FRA}} || Offshore patrol vessel || {{ship|BRP|Gabriela Silang|OPV-8301|6}} || One 83-meter OPV equipped with helipad built by OCEA of France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZMnt75Kldg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/NZMnt75Kldg |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Gabriela Silang OPV Handed Over to Philippine Coast Guard by OCEA|website=philstar.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:BRP EDSA returning to port after routine patrol.jpg|center|100x100px]]|| [[San Juan-class patrol vessel|''San Juan''-class]] || {{AUS}} || Search and rescue vessel || BRP ''San Juan''<br /> BRP ''EDSA II''<br />BRP ''Pampanga''<br /> BRP ''Batangas'' || Four 56-meter vessels equipped with helipad and built by [[Tenix]].<ref name="Status of the PCG Tenix boats">{{cite web |url=http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=9995.30 |title=Status of the PCG Tenix boats |publisher=Timawa.net |access-date=January 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719041122/http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=9995.30 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[File:BRP Malabrigo pre-delivery.jpg|center|100x100px]]|| [[Parola-class patrol vessel|''Parola''-class]] || {{JAP}} || Multi-role response vessel ||{{ship|BRP|Tubbataha|MRRV-4401|6}}<br />{{ship|BRP|Malabrigo|MRRV-4402|6 }}<br /> {{ship|BRP|Malapascua|MRRV-4403|6}}<br /> {{ship|BRP|Capones|MRRV-4404|6}}<br /> {{ship|BRP|Suluan|MRRV-4406|6}}<br /> {{ship|BRP|Sindangan|MRRV-4407|6 }}<br /> {{ship|BRP|Cape San Agustin|MRRV-4408|6}}<br /> {{ship|BRP|Cabra|MRRV-4409|6}}<br /> {{ship|BRP|Bagacay|MRRV-4410|6}}<br /> {{ship|BRP|Cape Engaño|MRRV-4411|6}}<br /> ||  Ten 44-meter vessels built by [[Japan Marine United]]
|-
| [[File:BPR Nueva Vizcaya 2.jpg|center|100x100px]] || [[Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat|''Ilocos Norte''-class]] || {{AUS}} || Search and rescue vessel || BRP ''Ilocos Norte''<br />BRP ''Nueva Vizcaya''<br />BRP ''Romblon''<br />BRP ''Davao del Norte'' || Four 35-meter vessels built by [[Tenix]].
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"|Patrol boats / Patrol crafts
|-
|-
| [[File:PCG_FPB110_MK2.jpg|center|100x100px]] ||[[FPB 110 PCG class]] || {{FRA}}  || Fast patrol boat  ||    || Forty 35-meter patrol boats to be built by OCEA of France. 20 units each in France and Philippines.
|-
| [[File:BRP Kalanggaman (FPB 2404).jpg|center|100x100px]] ||[[Boracay-class patrol boat|''Boracay''-class]] || {{FRA}}  || Fast patrol boat  ||  {{ship|BRP|Boracay|FPB-2401|6}}<br />{{ship|BRP|Kalanggaman|FPB-2404|6}}<br />{{ship|BRP|Panglao|FPB-2402|6}}<br />{{ship|BRP|Malamawi|FPB-2403|6}}  || Four 24-meter patrol boats built by OCEA of France.
|-

! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"|Support vessels
|-
|[[File:MV Susitna - Catamaran Ice Breaking Ferry for Alaska.jpg|center|100x100px]]
|
|{{USA}}
|Transport / Hospital ship
|[[Knik Arm ferry|BRP Amelia Gordon]]
|The Philippine Red Cross handed over its multipurpose ship M/V Amazing Grace to the Philippine Coast Guard during an official turnover held last 30 January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendoza |first=John Eric |last2=jvicente |date=2025-02-05 |title=PCG first-ever hospital ship to be named after ex-Sen. Gordon’s mother |url=https://www.inquirer.net/427678/pcg-first-ever-hospital-ship-to-be-named-after-ex-sen-gordons-mother/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Inquirer.net |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:BRP Corregidor Scale Model - WOCE-WOSAS.jpg|center|100x100px]]
|''Corregidor''-class
|{{JAP}}
|Buoy tender
|BRP ''Corregidor'' (AE-891)
|Built by Niigata Engineering in Japan through a soft loan. Commissioned on February 3, 1998, and is currently in active service.<ref name="Geocities">{{cite web |title=PCG Ships and Auxiliaries |url=http://www.geocities.ws/kalasagnglahi/content13.html |access-date=May 3, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:USCGC Sundew - 9 July 2004.jpg|center|100x100px]]|| [[USCG seagoing buoy tender|''Balsam''-class]] || {{USA}} || Buoy tender || BRP ''Kalinga'' (AE-89) || Ex-USCG Balsam-class navigational aid tender, [[USCGC Redbud (WLB-398)]] built by Marine Iron and SB Corp. Refitted in Cavite Naval Yard in November 1995. Equipped with a helicopter platform and an ice-breaking bow.<ref name=Geocities/>
|-
| [[File:TB_Habagat_1.jpg|center|100x100px]]|| ''Habagat''-class || {{JAP}} || Medium-size ocean tugboat || BRP ''Habagat'' (TB-271) || 
|-
|}

===Minor maritime assets===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:9%;" |Picture
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |Type
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |In Service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:58%;" |Notes
|-
| [[File:PCG_Yamaha_HPB1202.jpg|center|100x100px]] || {{JPN}} || [[Motorboat#Military Application|12-meter High Speed Interceptor Craft]] || 2 || 2 Yamaha High Speed Boat 1202 provided by Japan, to be used by Special Operations Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/PhilippineCoastGuard.Official/posts/2045723175540336 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/100003080216325/2045723175540336 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Tanod Baybayin|website=www.facebook.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:PCG_Japan_15m_fast_boat.jpg|center|100x100px]]
|{{JPN}}
|[[Motorboat#Military Application|15-meter Patrol Speed Boat]]
|1
|1 Patrol Speed Boat provided by Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philippine Coast Guard gets new fast boat from Japan |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/11/11/1967866/philippine-coast-guard-gets-new-fast-boat-japan |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>
|-
|
|{{PHI}}
|[[Motorboat#Military Application|12-15-meter Seacraft High Speed Response Boat]]
|3 (+37)
|40 Seacraft High Speed Response Boat ordered from Dynacast Shipbuilding - Dynamic Power Joint Venture. The first 3 units were delivered in October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=12-15-meter Seacraft High Speed Response Boat Acquisition Project of the Philippine Coast Guard |url=https://www.phdefresource.com/2020/02/12-15-meter-seacraft-high-speed.html}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:PCG_Defiant_32.jpg|center|100x100px]] || {{USA}} || [[Defender-class boat|10-meter Response Boat – Small]] || 4 || Acquired via US FMS Program. Additional units scheduled for delivery.
|-
| [[File:Philippine_Coast_Guard_Boat_Monitoring_USS_Mobile_Bay.jpg|center|100x100px]] || {{PHI}} || [[Bass boat|Aluminum V-shaped hull boat]] || 320 || Used in search-and-rescue and disaster response. 300 ordered in an earlier contract, another 20 units delivered by Pacificfortia Marine Technologies in October 2018.
|-
| [[File:2011-09-25_Bonn_DLRG_Rettungsboot_Cassius_01.JPG|center|100x100px]] || From multiple suppliers || [[Rigid-hulled inflatable boat]] || 93 || Used in search-and-rescue and disaster response. 81 units ordered earlier, another 12 units made by Trenton USA delivered in October 2018.
|-
| [[File:Cruz_Roja_Gran_Canaria_3541.JPG|center|100x100px]] || From multiple suppliers || [[Inflatable boat|Rubber boat]] || 50 || Used in search-and-rescue and disaster response
|}

===Unmanned surface vessels===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:9%;" |Picture
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:17%;" |Model
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |Type
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |In Service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:30%;" |Notes
|-
|
|[https://web.facebook.com/coastguardph/posts/pfbid0EarNhiBAYcUSkRc5dCc48RXD4UpoM5CzaDtTVoDtSbEJ4m72HhHEQjYfN5sypvbYl#DOTrPH Shanaka 93 Class USV]
|[[United Nations]]
|[[Unmanned surface vehicle]]
|1 
|Uncrewed Surface Vessel (Unmanned Surface Vessel) is equipped with multiple surveillance sensors to collect MDA information. The USV has self-righting capability and can remain loitering out at sea or navigate on a predetermined plotted course.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macairan |first=Evelyn |title=PCG to deploy unmanned vessel in Mindanao |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/10/23/2394530/pcg-deploy-unmanned-vessel-mindanao |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>   
|}

==Aircraft in service==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:9%;" |Picture
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:17%;" |Model
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |Type
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |Variant
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" |In Service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:30%;" |Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Fixed-wing aircraft
|-
| [[File:PCG-684 BN-2 Islander Philippines Coast Guard (7350770658).jpg|center|100x100px]]
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander|BN-2 Islander]]
| {{GBR}}
| [[Search and Rescue]]
| BN-2A
| 5
| Tail number: PCG–684, PCG-251, PCG-2169, PCG-4177 and PCG-829.
|-
| [[File:The Cessna Grand Caravan EX of the Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Force (CGAF).jpg|center|100x100px]]
| [[Cessna 208 Caravan]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Search and Rescue]]
| 208EX
| 1
| Plans were also laid out to procure 3 additional units.
Tail number: PCG–2081<ref name="Duterte orders DOTr to procure more air assets for PCG">{{cite news |last1=Galvez |first1=Daphne |title=Duterte orders DOTr to procure more air assets for PCG |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1510544/duterte-orders-dotr-to-procure-more-air-assets-for-pcg |work=INQUIRER.net |date=4 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Helicopters
|-
| [[File:PCG Airbus H145 Tail No. CGH-1452.jpg|center|100x100px]]
| [[Eurocopter EC145|Airbus H145]]
| {{DEU}}
| [[Search and Rescue]]
| H145
| 2<ref name="CG_Helicopter">{{cite web |title=Light to Medium Weight Multi-Purpose Twin Engine Helicopter Acquisition Projects of the Philippine Coast Guard |url=https://www.phdefenseresource.com/2020/10/light-to-medium-weight-multi-purpose.html?m=1 |website=PH Defense Resource |access-date=October 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Philippine Coast Guard becomes Philippines' first H145 operator for parapublic missions |url=https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2018/09/philippine-coast-guard-becomes-philippines--first-h145-operator-.html |website=Airbus |date=September 26, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref>
| 5 additional units planned to be acquired, under a 5-bladed variant, set to complete the Maritime Disaster Response Helicopter Acquisition Project of the Philippine Coast Guard which requires 7 multirole helicopters.<ref name="CG_Helicopter"/>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
|-
| [[File:201201_Trinity.jpg|center|100x100px]]
| [[Quantum-Systems]] [[Quantum-Systems#Trinity Series|Trinity]]
| {{DEU}}
| Aerial Mapping
| Trinity F90+
| 6
| Donated by the German Government in June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PCG acquires 2 free drones from Germany |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/06/10/pcg-acquires-2-free-drones-from-germany/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=Manila Bulletin |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Germany to donate four more drones to PCG |url=https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/11/germany-to-donate-four-more-drones-to-pcg |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Manila Bulletin |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:U_S_Marine_Corps_RQ-20_Puma_4-M-DE476-005_JPEG.jpg|center|100x100px]]
|[[AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma]]
|{{USA}}
|[[Miniature UAV]]
|RQ-20A Puma AE
|5
|Received five AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma drones from the US.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Coast Guard adds Filipino-built drone to aviation force |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/07/19/2282222/coast-guard-adds-filipino-built-drone-aviation-force |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:PCG_eUAV.jpg|center|100x100px]]
|ORPHIR 6 eUAV
|{{PHL}}
|Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle
|
|1
|Gifted by UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP),  the fixed-wing maritime unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) capability, six hours endurance, airbag flotation device for emergency water landing and 5kg payload with multiple maritime sensors. Developed by Philippine company Dodeca Drones,[https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/18/un-office-donates-proudly-pinoy-made-drone-to-pcg]<ref name=":1" /> using the AheadX QP537 eUAV design from China.
|-
|[[File:DeltaQuad VTOL surveillance UAV.jpg|center|100x100px]]
|DeltaQuad Evo
|<small>{{flag|Netherlands}}</small>
|Long range UAS
|Evo
|1
|Donated by Australia.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Macairan |first=Michael Punongbayan,Evelyn |title=Donated Aussie drones to boost Coast Guard capabilities |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/04/09/2434572/donated-aussie-drones-boost-coast-guard-capabilities |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Sypaq_Corvo_PCG_1.jpg|center|100x100px]]
|[[Sypaq Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System|Sypaq Convo]]
|{{AUS}}
|Disposable autonomous drone
|Convo
|4
|Donated by Australia.<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[File:Skydio_X10_in_flight.jpg|center|100x100px]]
|[[Skydio]] [[Skydio#Skydio_X10|X10]]
|{{USA}}
|Short range UAS
|X10
|15
|Donated by Australia.<ref name=":2" />
|}

==Recent acquisitions==

===Disaster Response Equipment for Philippine Coast Guard Project===
The Project ensures that each of the Philippine Coast Guard's 12 Coast Guard District Headquarters will be assigned two Rubber Boats each for Rescue missions. Furthermore, all 63 Coast Guard Stations and the 237 Coast Guard Detachments will have one Aluminum Boat. Also, all 63 Coast Guard Stations will be equipped with one Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB). Other RHIBs and Rubber Boats will be assigned to PCG Special Units and Search and Rescue vessels.

All the 300 Aluminum Boats, 81 RHIBs and 50 Rubber Boats will be equipped with 2 units VHF handheld marine-type Radio, 2 units Operators' Life Vests, 6 units of Common Life Vests, 1 Megaphone and 4 units of Flares.<ref name="dotc.gov.ph">{{cite web |url=http://www.dotc.gov.ph/images/Public_Bidding/Goods/2012/MARITIME/PCG_521M_RescueEquipt/itb-p521%20pcg%20rescue%20equipment0001.pdf |title=Disaster Response Equipment for Philippine Coast Guard Project |publisher=Department of Transportation and Communications |date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101853/http://www.dotc.gov.ph/images/Public_Bidding/Goods/2012/MARITIME/PCG_521M_RescueEquipt/itb-p521%20pcg%20rescue%20equipment0001.pdf |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It is projected to minimize the instances when PCG personnel borrowing boats from fishermen, or other private entities to perform their duties during emergencies. This resulted in delays in the PCG's response time, making rescue operations less efficient.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dotc.gov.ph/images/stories/BidsandAwards/Public_Bidding/Goods/PCGRescueEquipt/itb_152m.pdf |title=DOTC, PCG allocates another Php152M in addition to the earlier PhP521M purchase of Disaster Response Equipment |publisher=Department of Transportation and Communications |date=September 7, 2012 |access-date=July 8, 2014 }} {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Under this same project but under a different public bidding document,<ref name="dotc.gov.ph"/> 15 units of M35 6×6 Trucks and 40 units rubber boats were purchased. 3 units of the trucks and all 40 rubber boat units are currently assigned with the National Headquarters of the PCG. The remaining 12 units of the M35 trucks are assigned to each of the 12 Coast Guard Districts. It is expected to further facilitate timely response to disaster situations.

===Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project (Phase I)===
The Project aims to strengthen and further develop the coast watch/patrol and search and rescue capabilities of Philippine Coast Guard by procuring additional patrol vessels. This will support the PCG in fulfilling its mandate and in complying with the international commitments of the Philippines on maritime safety, security and environmental protection. The vessels are to be deployed in ten PCG Districts Manila, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Puerto Princesa, La Union, Iloilo, San Fernando (La Union), Davao, Legaspi and Cagayan de Oro.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1st-Quarter-2014-ODA-Pipeline-with-Status_1.1.pdf |title=NEDA Official Development Assistance Projects' Status |publisher=National Economic and Development Authority |date=March 1, 2010 |access-date=June 23, 2014}}</ref>

This JICA Project supports PCG, who is responsible of Maritime Safety, to enhance its capabilities to quickly and appropriately respond to coastal maritime incidents, such as search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, etc., by providing Multi-Role Responsive Vessels (MRRVs), thereby increasing the vessel/maritime area rate of each of the 12 districts. The Project is also in line with development policy of the Philippines and assistance strategy of Japan. Therefore, it is relevant that JICA supports the implementation of the Project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/evaluation/oda_loan/economic_cooperation/c8h0vm000001rdjt-att/philippines_131214_01.pdf |title=Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |publisher=JICA |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=June 23, 2014}}</ref>

During Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs visit to Philippines in January 2013, Minister [[Fumio Kishida]] underscored the role of Japan as the Philippines' strategic ally. In the conference, he stressed Japan would provide 10 patrol vessels to the Philippine Coast Guard on a loan basis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neda.gov.ph/ads/press_releases/pr.asp?ID=1404 |title=Acquisition of Multi-Role Response Vessels (MRRVs) |publisher=www.neda.gov.ph |date=November 30, 2012 |access-date=November 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215211056/http://www.neda.gov.ph/ads/press_releases/pr.asp?ID=1404 |archive-date=December 15, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="www.timawa.net/forum">{{cite web|url=http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=30787.msg337541#msg337541 |title=Budget for acquisition of Multi-Role Response Vessels (MRRVs) |publisher=www.timawa.net |date=November 29, 2012 |access-date=November 29, 2012}}</ref> Shinzo Abe confirmed that 10 patrol boats will be swiftly donated to the Coast Guard.<ref>{{cite web |last=Newsss |first=Kyodo |date=October 9, 2013 |title=Japanese PM confirms 10 ships for Philippine coast guard |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/10/09/13/japanese-pm-confirms-10-ships-philippine-coast-guard }}</ref> President Aquino and Prime Minister Abe witnessed the signing of a $187-million (18.732 billion yen) loan for the Philippines' acquisition of multi-role response vessels to boost the capability of its coast guard to conduct maritime patrols.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jica.go.jp/philippine/english/office/topics/news/131216.html |title=JICA and GOP sign agreement for ODA on maritime safety |publisher=Japan International Cooperation Agency |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=July 2, 2014}}</ref>

===Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project for the Philippine Coast Guard (Phase II)===

The project involves the acquisition of two heavy weather, high endurance 94-meter Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), to provide the PCG with vessels with a cruising range capability of 4,000 nautical miles, can be used in Sea-State 6 (wave height of up to 6 meters) in rough sea condition, and are capable to conduct continuous maritime patrol up to 15 days at 15 knots. Each vessel, as claimed by PCG, will enable them to recover as much as 500 passengers in the event of a maritime disaster, as well as provide the country with wider maritime coverage for strategic and national security purposes.
Given these upgraded vessel capacities, the project now costs PhP8 billion and with the NEDA Board approval, are expected to be delivered by 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neda.gov.ph/2016/09/15/neda-board-approves-nine-projects-in-first-meeting-changes-in-the-investment-coordination-committee-icc-review-policies-also-green-lighted/ |title=Acquisition of Two Large Multi-Role Response Vessels (MRRVs) |publisher=www.neda.gov.ph |date=September 14, 2016 |access-date=January 25, 2017}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1093239|title=PCG to receive its biggest ships by 2022|website=Philippine News Agency }}</ref>

=== Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project for the Philippine Coast Guard (Phase III) ===

The NEDA Board approved Phase 3 of the Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project for the Philippine Coast Guard. This project involves the design, construction, and delivery of five units of multi-role response vessels or MRRVs, each with a length of 97 meters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ong |first=Ghio |date=11 November 2023 |title=Coast Guard getting 5 new vessels from Japan |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/11/11/2310524/coast-guard-getting-5-new-vessels-japan |access-date=29 November 2023 |website=Philstar Global}}</ref> This project comes after the agency expressed its desire to gain such number of units in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 March 2023 |title=Philippine Coast Guard's Desire for More Teresa Magbanua-class MRRVs |url=https://www.pitzdefanalysis.net/2023/03/pcg-desire-for-more-teresa-magbanua-mrrvs.html |access-date=29 November 2023 |website=Pitz Defense Analysis}}</ref> It also includes a five-year integrated logistics support.

This will further improve the Philippine Coast Guard’s capability to respond to threats and incidents within the country’s maritime jurisdiction. In particular, the project will enable the Coast Guard to secure important sea lines of communication in the South China Sea, Sulu-Celebes Seas, and the Philippine Sea. It will also help the PCG combat illegal activities and enforce maritime laws in the Philippine waters.

The total project cost is PHP 29.3 billion, which will be financed through an Official Development Assistance or ODA loan from the Government of Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://neda.gov.ph/as-delivered-statement-of-neda-secretary-arsenio-balisacan-at-the-press-conference-on-the-eleventh-neda-board-meeting/ |title=Acquisition of additional Five Large Multi-Role Response Vessels (MRRVs) |publisher=www.neda.gov.ph |date=November 9, 2023 |access-date=November 29, 2023}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

===Philippine Ports and Coast Guard Capability Development Project===
The project aims to strengthen the Philippine Coast Guard's capability to promote safety of life, protect the marine environment and enforce maritime laws through procurement of four brand new 24-meter OCEA FPV 72MKII patrol boats, 20 fast patrol boats, and one 82-meter 270 MKII offshore patrol vessel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neda.gov.ph/?p=2448 |title=NEDA BOARD APPROVES SIX PROJECTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION & AGRICULTURE |publisher=www.neda.gov.ph |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref><ref name="www.officialgazette.gov.ph">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2013/06/27/neda-board-approves-6-projects-on-infrastructure-education-and-agriculture/ |title=NEDA board approves 6 projects on infrastructure, education, and agriculture |publisher=Philippine Official Gazette |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref>

The budget from this project came from the loan balance of a French loan that financed the cancelled Greater Maritime Access Ports Project of the [[Presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo|Arroyo administration]].<ref name="GMA Ports/DOTC/France">{{cite web|url=http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Annex-4-D-Projects-To-Be-Restructured-in-CY-2013.pdf |title=Calendar Year 2012 ODA Portfolio Review |publisher=www.neda.gov.ph |date=April 8, 2013 |access-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref>

===Maritime Disaster Response Helicopter Acquisition Project===
The project involves the procurement of seven Maritime Disaster Response (MDR) helicopters for the Philippine Coast Guard to strengthen and expand their MDR capabilities during maritime incidents and natural disasters and calamities. The project will also involve the training of pilots and technical crew, procurement of mission equipment, procurement of maintenance tools and spare parts for five years, and the construction of hangars for the helicopters and offices for the pilots and technical crew.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aid.dfat.gov.au/countries/eastasia/philippines/Documents/brace-design-annex-3.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213004818/http://aid.dfat.gov.au/countries/eastasia/philippines/Documents/brace-design-annex-3.pdf |archive-date=February 13, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dotc.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&task=download&id=79 |title=Philippine National Transport Plan Executive Summary |publisher=Department of Transportation and Communications |date=March 12, 2010 |access-date=June 23, 2014 }} {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was supposed to be funded by the Credit Agricole of Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/BESF/BESF2014/B15.pdf |title=Table|date=2014|website=www.dbm.gov.ph |access-date=September 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/BESF/BESF2013/B15.pdf |title=Table|date=2013|website=www.dbm.gov.ph |access-date=September 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/BESF/BESF2015/B15.pdf |title=Table|date=2015|website=www.dbm.gov.ph |access-date=September 26, 2019}}</ref>

In addition to the recently acquired [[Eurocopter EC145|Airbus H145]] helicopters, plans were also laid out to acquire 2 units of [[AgustaWestland AW139]] for [[Search and rescue|SAR]] operations.<ref name="PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD GETTING SAME BIRDS AS THE JAPAN COAST GUARD A SMART MOVE">{{cite web |title=PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD GETTING SAME BIRDS AS THE JAPAN COAST GUARD A SMART MOVE |url=https://www.facebook.com/PinoyAviators13/posts/pinoyaviatorsnewsphilippine-coast-guard-getting-same-birds-as-the-japan-coast-gu/1608665945834305/  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/539201296114114/1608665945834305 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|website=Facebook |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Lightweight Multi-purpose Fixed Wing Aircraft Acquisition Project===
The project involves the procurement of one fixed-wing aircraft in order to increase the Coast Guard's aerial responsibilities, such as maritime patrol, search and rescue (SAR), and utility operations. Due to a limited budget, the coast guard has planned to acquire 1 or 2 units of the [[Cessna 208 Caravan|Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX]], with plans laid out to acquire additional units in the coming years as the aircraft is expected to replace the ageing [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander]].<ref name="Lightweight Multi-purpose Fixed Wing Aircraft Acquisition Project">{{cite web |last1=Resource |first1=Philippine Defense |title=Lightweight Multi-Purpose Fixed Wing Aircraft Acquisition of the Philippine Coast Guard |url=https://www.phdefenseresource.com/2021/02/lightweight-multi-purpose-fixed-wing.html |website=Philippine Defense Resource |access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]]
* [[Philippine Army]]
* [[Philippine Air Force]]
* [[Philippine Navy]]
* [[Philippine Marine Corps]]
* [[Philippine National Police]]

==References==

===Citations===
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==External links==
{{commons category|Philippine Coast Guard}}
* {{Official website|http://coastguard.gov.ph}} 
* [http://www.coastguard.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=53 History of the Philippine Coast Guard from Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130819225449/http://dotc.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=47&Itemid=18 Department of Transportation and Communications]

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| West = [[China Coast Guard]] <br /> [[Vietnam Coast Guard]]
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| East = [[Japan Coast Guard]]<br />[[United States Coast Guard]]
| South =[[Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency]]
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