The security of the Baltic coast was within the responsibilities of the Volksmarine. For that reason the 6th Border Brigade Coast ""Fiete Schulze"" ("6. Grenzbrigade Küste "Fiete Schulze"," headquartered in Rostock), while administratively part of the Border Troops was operationally subordinated to the naval headquarters at Rostock. The Naval Command had an integral staff division, tasked with the command-and-control of the brigade. The 6th Border Brigade Coast consisted of twelve marine battalions and several boat battalions and companies to guard the GDR's relatively small coastline along the Baltic Sea.