[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

A special message to our Coast Guard Auxiliary Members:

As the finest all-volunteer organization in our Nation, I consider each of you an integral part of our Coast Guard. We simply could not meet the challenges we face or conduct the missions we do on a day-to-day basis without your selfless devotion to duty, as was so vividly demonstrated most recently in the Coast Guard’s extraordinary response to the many hurricanes we responded to last year. I sent the following letter to our Coast Guard men and women upon assuming the duties of Commandant. My priorities and dedication outlined in the letter below apply equally to each of you as they do to our workforce. I pledge to you my relentless support for our Auxiliary and will rely upon your continued service to our Nation as we work together to remain Semper Paratus.

Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant

http://www.uscg.mil/comdt/all_hands/auxiliary.asp

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I've volunteered and supported the US Coast Guard,
each and every week,
without missing a single week
(this is week # 246)
since Oct 2001,
by actually training and doing their job on base,
including (but not limited to)
radio watch standing, updating crew training records
and commercial and recreational vessel exams.

My 3000 + volunteer hours of documented
Coast Guard Auxiliary service
since Oct 2001 is documented here AUXINFO

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

For immediate danger to life or property call 911
or US Coast Guard on marine channel 16 VHF-FM LOOK FOR AND REPORT:

• Suspicious waterfront loitering
• Forcible access
• Persons photographing, taping or sketching
• Boaters seeming to be forcibly controlled
• Liquids being poured into reservoirs or lakes
• Apparently dangerous loads and/or cargoes
• Items that appear to be weapons or explosives
• Boats loitering under bridges or by locks or dams
• Diving operations near any critical infrastructure
• Boats or divers in naval protection zones
• Note appearance, size, coloring of individuals
• Note type of boat, car, registration, etc.
• If diving is involved, note color of equipment

Report what you see to
1-877-24-WATCH
(1-877-249-2824)

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Join the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Age 17 and up (No upper age limit)

You needn't own a boat or even be an experienced boater

Boating And Non-Boating Programs

Below is a brief but comprehensive listing of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary's many missions.

Surface (water) Missions

• Safety Patrol - Patrol under Coast Guard orders using an Auxiliary Operational Facility.

• Regatta Patrol - Patrolling organized regattas and boat parades.
  

• Chart Update Patrol - Verifying the accuracy and completeness of information published
  on charts and related navigation publications.
  

• PWC Patrol - Patrolling on a Personal Water Craft (PWC).
  

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Air Operations Missions

• SAR Mission - Search And Rescue call out or the air equivalent to a vessel safety patrol.

• Enforcement of Laws and Treaties - Air support of a Coast Guard law enforcement mission.

• MEP Mission - Air support in the area of Marine Environmental Protection.

• Ice Operations Mission - Air support in the area of ice patrol operations.

• Logistics Mission - Transportation of personnel.

• Training Mission - Training missions involving air operations.

Land-based Operations Missions

• Radio Watchstander - Serving as a qualified watchstander at a Coast Guard or Auxiliary facility.

• Officer of the Day Duties - OOD at a Coast Guard facility either ashore or afloat.

• B-2 Alert SAR Standby - Time spent on stand-by.

• B-0 Alert SAR Standby - Standing by under with an Auxiliary Operational Facility for immediate call out.

• SAR Call Out - Search And Rescue call out involving communication facilities.

• CG Crew Augmentation - Serving as a qualified crew on Coast Guard, not Auxiliary, vessels.

• Enforcement of Laws and Treaties - Providing surface support of Coast Guard law enforcement mission.

• MEP Mission - Surface support for a Marine Environmental Protection mission.

• Auxiliary Radio Net Mission - Maintaining Coast Guard authorized Auxiliary radio nets.

• Aids to Navigation Mission-Federal - Servicing federal or private Aids to Navigation.

• Bridge Administration - Inspecting bridges.

Public Education Missions

• PE Other Than State/Youth - Auxiliary multi-lesson public education classes.

• State and Youth Courses - State public education classes and youth courses.

• MT Instructor Mission - Member training activity, including specialty courses, boats crew training, and basic qualification classes.

Environmental Missions

• Enforcement of Laws and Treaties - Provide support to a Coast Guard law enforcement mission.

• Marine Environmental Protection - Provide support to the Coast Guard in the area
  of Marine Environmental Protection.

Coast Guard Support and Boating Safety Missions

• CG Operational Support - A service provided to operational Coast Guard units
  in support of Coast Guard programs.

• CG Administrative Support - Provide support to the Coast Guard in areas other than operations or recruiting.

• AIM Mission - The Auxiliary's Academy Introduction Mission (AIM).

• Courtesy Marine Examinations - Vessel Safety Checks; Personal Water Craft Safety Checks; Uninspected Passenger Vessel; and Commercial Fishing Vessel.

• Public Affairs Mission - Promoting the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary or Coast Guard Reserve.

• Marine Dealer Visits - Participating in the Marine Dealer Visitation Program.

Agency Support Missions

• Federal Agencies - Provide non-operational support to other federal agencies,
  such as Customs, Corps of Engineers and NOAA.

• State Agencies - Provide support to state agencies, such as the Department of Natural Resources,
  State Police and Marine Patrols.

• Local Agencies - Provide support to local agencies, such as local police, sheriff's offices,
  fire/rescue and Harbormasters.

We Need You -- In the wake of the recent attacks on the United States, the Coast Guard Auxiliary will be called upon to provide essential services to the Coast Guard as they focus more heavily on their military missions.  We will need all the help we can get.  You needn't own a boat or even be an experienced boater, since our missions are wide-ranging.

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[jazusamo]

BTTT!

[El Gran Salseron]

Congrats to the US Coast Guard Auxiliary and to you, sir!

[vigilante2]

HAPPY 67TH ANNIVERSARY

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY

[Knitting A Conundrum]

evening, folks!

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Happy Anniversary to all of you in the "hooligan navy."

[Diver Dave]

Atta-Boy Tonk!

Congratulations and Thank You to all Coast Guard Auxiliary Members!

[Libertina]

Happy birthday Coast Guard! Thank you for your service to our nation.

[DieHard the Hunter]

Goodonya, mate!

"DieHard"