COAST GUARD EXCHANGE ANNOUNCES NEW ONLINE STORE AVAILABLE FOR USCG AUXILIARISTS
Thursday, May 16, 2013
As volunteer shipmates, the Coast Guard Auxiliary has been vital in the Coast Guard’s ability to provide safety and security for citizens, ports, and waterways. With nearly 32,000 men and women, the Coast Guard Auxiliary is a unique volunteer organization that carries out an array of responsibilities, touching almost every facet of America’s maritime environment [...]
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National Safe Boating Week Public Service Announcement
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Click on link for audio USCG Auxiliary public service announcement for National Safe Boating Week ~ NSBW2013_30sec
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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary plays key role in success of Black Swan exercise
Thursday, April 25, 2013
FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA — Black Swan…described as the largest mass rescue exercise ever coordinated by the U.S. Coast Guard…took place April 1-5, 2013 on land and sea at the largest island in the Bahamas. Article by Auxiliarist Bill Swank, Public Affairs Specialist Approximately 150 U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists were among nearly 850 representatives of the [...]
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Featured Photo – Auxiliary Air Flight Commander
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Long Island Sound – Somewhere over Long Island Sound, USCG Auxiliary Flight Commander Peter Jensen pilots his Piper Cherokee with his flight crew aboard on a scheduled patrol. Photo by Auxiliarist Sherrye Dobrin, Norwalk, CT.
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Featured Photo – Exercise Black Swan
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA – A lifeboat filled with actors consisting primarily of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary members makes its way to shore as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback stands watch during exercise Black Swan conducted on April 2, 2013. Black Swan is a joint offshore emergency exercise coordinated by the U.S. Coast Guard, [...]
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Featured Photo – Auxiliarist Wilson Santiago
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
When approached by the local Hispanic community of boaters looking for a New Jersey approved safe boating course, the USCG Auxiliary saw a great opportunity to reach out to a population who, although active in the boating community, were not able to successfully obtain a New Jersey Boating Safety Course Certificate. Initial response to the [...]
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Veteran Auxiliarist finds new way to serve USCG
Thursday, April 4, 2013
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Auxiliarist Stu Landau was talking about cooking omelets. This is an unusual subject for someone who, prior to March of last year, acknowledges that he might have had trouble making toast, “if I could find the toaster. I also can now cook boneless pork loin with vegetables,” says the nine-year Coast [...]
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Auxiliary Aviators “get wet” at USCG Academy
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Auxiliary Aviation (AUXAIR) is a USCG Auxiliary operational program. AUXAIR aviators have varied aviation backgrounds and many have prior military experience. AUXAIR aviators volunteer their aircraft for use as facilities, just as surface operators volunteer their boats. All Auxiliary aircraft meet strict U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Aviation Administration requirements. These aircraft are inspected annually [...]
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Auxiliary Chefs, a Basic Ingredient for Team Coast Guard
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
CLEARWATER, Fla – U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Chef (AUXCHEF) students from as far as St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands participated in a three day training session at Air Station Clearwater March 1-3, 2013. In its third year, AUXCHEF was approved as an Auxiliary National Program in January 2009. Article by Auxiliarist Robert A. Fabich, Sr., [...]
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Featured Photo – Auxiliary University Program Aviator
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Auxiliarist Garrett Hendrickson, Auxiliary University Program Class of 2015 at The College of William & Mary. Auxiliarist Hendrickson is a member of Auxiliary Air in Suffolk, Va. and also serves as his units Diversity Officer. Hendrickson has been instrumental in providing William & Mary students opportunities to explore Coast Guard aviation. (USCG Auxiliary photo)
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