▁Georgia . ▁The ▁vessels ▁had ▁been ▁don ated ▁by ▁Ukraine ▁and ▁Turkey , ▁in ▁varying ▁states ▁of ▁se aw orth iness . ▁Georg ian ▁Coast ▁Guard ▁Day ▁is ▁celebrated ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 6 ▁of ▁each ▁year . ▁ ▁Im mediate ▁support ▁for ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Coast ▁Guard ▁came ▁by ▁way ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Georgia ▁Border ▁Security ▁and ▁Law ▁En for cement ▁( GB S LE ) ▁Program , ▁managed ▁by ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Custom s ▁Service ▁with ▁invol vement ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Coast ▁Guard . ▁ ▁Georg ian ▁mar itime ▁personnel ▁had ▁begun ▁to ▁attend ▁technical ▁and ▁officer ▁training ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁an ▁initi ative ▁that ▁then ▁expanded . ▁The ▁first ▁infrastr ucture ▁assistance ▁project ▁to ▁be ▁completed ▁was ▁the ▁surve ill ance ▁rad ar ▁station ▁at ▁the ▁termin us ▁of ▁the ▁Su ps a ▁oil ▁pipeline ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁Coast ▁Guard ▁deployed ▁a ▁Long ▁Term ▁Training ▁Team ▁to ▁Georgia ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁based ▁in ▁Pot i . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁five ▁years ▁the ▁team ▁offered ▁training , ▁ment oring ▁and ▁maintenance ▁for ▁the ▁Georg ian ▁Coast ▁Guard ▁personnel ▁and ▁infrastr ucture . ▁Two ▁ 4 0 - foot ▁Sea Ar ks ▁and ▁two ▁US CG ▁s ▁were ▁transferred ▁to ▁Georgia . ▁Ar riv ing ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁the ▁ex - ▁and ▁ex