Operations Department: This department manages the Boat Crews and the Coast Guard’s Operations Center. The crews are comprised of both small boat and cutter size vessels that operate within the maritime zones of Antigua and Barbuda. However, there are occasions when vessels have to be deployed overseas in support of the Regional Security System (RSS) missions and CARICOM by extension. In support of Coast Guard’s assets when they are at sea is the Unit’s operations center that is manned on a 24/7 basis, and monitors all maritime activity and keeps watch on various maritime related emergency channels.

Administration Department: The management of the Unit’s Registry, Stores and catering are the main responsibilities of this department. The department is responsible for the management of outgoing and incoming correspondences which entail logging, disseminating, and filing communiqué in accordance with acceptable Force and Unit standards. Its responsibilities also involve procurement and other logistic requirement pertaining to the Unit. Further, the Administrative Department is responsible for providing the Coast Guard with three square meals on a daily basis.

Engineering Department: This department is the technical arm of the unit. It is primarily comprised of individuals who are trained in diesel and outboard engines engineering. As a result of the smallness of the Unit, the Coast Guard has found it necessary to cross train its personnel in other technical areas such as welding, electrical, air conditioning and refrigeration, and shipwright. As a result, the department is adequately equipped to maintain the Coast Guard’s vessels through a stringent maintenance programme.

Training: The Training Department is charged with the responsibility of ensuring that Coast Guard personnel are adequately trained and prepared for the duties that they are expected to perform. As a result, the department on an annual basis process individuals to attend various courses that are sourced locally, regionally and internationally. It also hosts a number of in-house training initiatives on a regular basis to maintain currency of individuals in their respective skill sets.

Regulating Department: The Regulating Department is the Coast Guard’s hub for the maintenance of discipline and professionalism at the highest level in accordance with the Commanding Officer’s intent. This department is also responsible for the security of bases and the promulgation of duties and other daily orders.

Reserves: The Coast Guard Reserves are instrumental in supporting the Coast Guard from time to time especially during the periods when the Unit’s operational demand is high. As such, the Reserves are broken down into both seagoing and non-seagoing elements to the Coast Guard to be optimally efficient in the execution of its missions.

ABDF Coast Guard Base that is located at Deepwater Harbour is the Coast Guard’s main facility. It houses the Unit’s Headquarters and provides accommodation for a significant number of Coast Guard personnel. The Boathouse (decommissioned) accommodated the Coast Guard’s engineering department where they operated a workshop where all major vessel repairs were carried out. Coast Guard Station English Harbour is located on the South Coast at English Harbour and it is strategically located to provide much needed coverage to the South Course particularly as it relates to safety and security to the yachting sector and other users of the sea operating in that area.