A Coast Guard Information Systems Technician adjusts cables inside a server room at the Telecommunication and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) Jan. 24, 2013. U.S. COAST GUARD / Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith

DefenseScoop reports,

The Coast Guard’s cyber unit is petitioning the Department of Defense to become part of the Pentagon’s cyber army.

What does the Coast Guard get out of this?

Sources indicated it could make the Coast Guard’s Cyber Command eligible for funding designated for the cyber mission force and expand their role when acting in a Title 10 capacity, which is the portion of the law that deals with the armed forces.

What does Cybercom get?

The Coast Guard has always been an asset to the cyber force given its unique law enforcement and port authorities. It can perform roles and missions outside the bounds of the DOD.

In summary:

The Coast Guard is “already teammates with us and they already come to our meetings, all those kind of things, but they will be officially part of the cyber mission force, which is exciting because we can use the authorities that they have on, say like port security,” Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny, special assistant to the director Air National Guard for Cybercom, J5, said at a conference in early June.