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Flotilla 10-13 News
12/19/2008 - O
Department Operations Workshop and TCT Refresher for
2009
The Operations (Response) Department has posted resource
documents and slides for the 1 hour 2009 TCT
Refresher course on the O-Dept website at
www.auxodept.org. This refresher session is a
required currency maintenance for all coxswains, crew,
and PWOs for 2009 and must be completed by 31 December
2009. This session consists of 3 documents, a
facilitator resource guide, a participant guide and a
PowerPoint presentation. Also posted is the 2009
Operations Workshop. This consists of 2 documents, a
PowerPoint presentation and a facilitator reference
guide. This is an optional but highly recommended
workshop for 2009. This workshop may be a requirement at
the local level. Check with your SO/FSO-OP.
12/19/2008 -
December Flotilla Meeting Minutes have been posted.
12/01/2008 - USCG Clarifies Auxiliary Marine Safety
Missions.
The Auxiliary continues to
provide a great service to the active duty force
including many duties related to marine safety.
ALCOAST 5058 clarifies roles Auxiliarists can fill
as marine inspectors and the eligibility of
Auxiliary members to earn the CG-MSSEP
qualification.
http://www.uscg.mil/announcements/alcoast/ALCOAST50508.txt
11/20/2008 -
November Flotilla Meeting Minutes have been posted.
Awards from the November
Flotilla and Division meetings have also been
posted.
11/12/2008 -
Revised regulations notice regarding inflatable
PFDs has been
posted to
the National
Surface Operations page.
11/11/2008 - NOAA’s
1,000-plus U.S. coastal and Great Lakes nautical charts
are viewable here on-line. Each chart is
up-to-date with the most recent Notices to Mariners
corrections. Notices for this link also posted on
PE, General Public, and Useful links pages of this site.
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/OnLineViewer.html
11/10/2008 - TO: ALAUX
From: CHDIRAUX Subj: AUXILIARY UNIFORM ITEMS -33/08
notice posted to our
Uniform page
11/07/2008 -
Notice posted to our
Uniform page on alternate source for ribbons.
10/27/2008 -
TO: ALAUX - [CHDIRAUX-L] FEMALE OVERBLOUSE DRESS SHIRT
-29/08. The Female
Overblouse Dress Shirt is available for ordering through
the Coast Guard Uniform Distribution Center (UDC).
See our Uniform Page
for more details.
10/19/2008 -
The September 25th,
October 2nd, 9th and 16th editions of
The Bitter End have been posted.
10/14/2008 -
October Flotilla Meeting Minutes have been posted.
10/03/2008 - ORION Flair Product Alert -
Orion Safety Products, manufacturer
of the Skyblazer hand-launched red aerial flare (“Skyblazer”),
has received a report indicating the safety sleeve on
the Skyblazer may become detached from the launch tube
body during ignition.
Click here
to see their announcement for details.
09/20/2008 -
The Auxiliary Modernization Plan Presentation details
the reasoning and the principles behind the Coast Guard
Auxiliary reorganization to align with the changes in
the Coast Guard structure. Changes include the
renaming of titles at the district and Division level
and consolidation of some SO positions, the role of ASC
(Auxiliary Sector Coordinator), etc. There are NO
CHANGES at the Flotilla level.
09/29/2008 -
The September 11th and
September 18th editions of
The Bitter End have been posted.
09/24/2008 - September Flotilla Meeting Minutes have been posted.
09/18/2008 -
Awards page updated with awards
from September Flotilla and Division meetings.
09/15/2008
- Publication Posted The
August
edition of the Bilge Blower has been posted.
09/10/2008
- Carbon Monoxide article, Boating Safety Hotline, and
recall campaigns -
BSC 86: is a periodical the CG publishes on occasion as
needed (85 was the last one in spring 07).
There's a good article on Carbon Monoxide poisoning,
information regarding the Boating Safety Hotline
termination (the number is again owned by the CG but no
longer in use) and some great information on recall
campaigns. Please ensure the widest dissemination to
the boating public. [Source:ALAUXDIST1SR, FM: CDR E.
D. Young, SUBJ: Miscellaneous Topics - 008/08]
09/10/2008 - Reminder on New Titles for Division and
District offices.
New Titles Debut - As detailed at the District
Conference in March, the new titles for certain District
and Division elected offices have made their debut on
the D1SR website.
District Vice
Commodore (VCO) beomes District Cheif of
Staff (DCoS)
Rear Commodores (RCO) become District
Captains (DCapt)
Division Captains (DCP) become Division
Commanders (DCdr)
Division Vice Captains (VCP) become Division
Vice Commanders (DVCdr)
You'll see the new titles on the
appropriate staff pages.
09/10/2008 - CG 6505
Family Support - The Coast Guard Foundation has
established a "Family Disaster Relief Fund" to provide
emergency assistance to the families of the CG HELO 6505
crewmembers who were killed on the evening of
04-September when their CG helicopter crashed during a
training mission in Hawaii. Commander Thomas Nelson,
Lieutenant Commander Andrew Wischmeier, Aviation
Survival Technician First Class David Skimin, and
Aviation Maintenance Technician Second Class Joshua
Nichols made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their
country. Contribution information follows below for the
three different ways to contribute.
The Coast Guard Foundation was
founded in 1969 to provide funds for the needs of the
Coast Guard Academy and its cadets that are not covered
by federal operational funding. In 1986, the foundation
expanded its operations to all Coast Guard members and
their families.
To make a secure donation to the
Family Disaster Relief Fund,
please go to
http://www.cgfdn.org/contributeform.php. Select
"Disaster Relief Fund" if you would like your gift to be
directed to the families. In the "in memory of"
box, please note the following: "Family Disaster Relief
Fund".
To make a donation to the
Fallen Heroes Scholarship Fund,
which provides college scholarships to the children of
Coast Guard members who perish in the line of duty,
please go to
http://www.cgfdn.org/contributeform.php. Select,
"CGF Scholarships" if you would like your gift to be
directed to the Fallen Heroes Scholarship Fund. In
the "in memory of" box, please note the following:
"Fallen Heroes Scholarship Fund".
Mail-in contributions may also
be sent to the Coast Guard Foundation Office at 394
Taugwonk Road, Stonington, CT 06378. Please make
reference on the memo line or include a note indicating
the fund to which your gift will be directed.
This incident serves as a
heartbreaking reminder of the dangers our CG heroes face
every day and why the Foundation does what it does to
serve and support them and their families. Please keep
the crew, their families and the entire Coast Guard in
your thoughts and prayers. Semper Paratus.
[Source:ALAUXDIST1SR ,FM: CDR E.D. Young SUBJ:
Miscellaneous Topics - 008/08]
09/09/2008 - District Elections! -
The District Board Meeting at Fort
Wadsworth kicked off the 2008 election season in First
Southern. National Commodore - elect Nick Kerigan was
back with us, as National Area Commodore Atlantic East -
elect, and current District Commodore Tom Venezio
presided. All six elected offices on the District Board
were up for election this year. For full results, click
on the link below, where you can also follow the
Division Elections as they get going in the next few
weeks.
D1SR Election Results
09/02/2008 - The 49th
annual Recreational Boating Statistics report in now
available see our PE page
for details and link. There are some
interesting stats that can be useful in your Boating
Safety Classes this fall.
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08/29/2008 -
The August 29th edition of
The Bitter End has been posted
08/28/2008 - At this time the new Coast
Guard Telecommunications Manual (COMDTINST M200.3) has not been authorized for
Internet release and is therefore not yet available on the CG Directive
system web site. If you are interested in obtaining a copy this manual (in
electronic form) it may be obtained from your local commands, who may
download it via the CG intranet system. The TQS (TeleCom
Qualifications Standards) manual will
reference pieces of numerous other documents and manuals. To
access the full text of these
additional reference materials, click
here for the URL links to
these other related documents.
08/26/2008 - ALCOAST 394/08
regarding National Preparedness
Month - Readiness begins at home.
ALCOAST message from RADM Mark J. Tedesco, Director of
Health, Safety, and Work-Life has been posted
with information about the importance of an emergency
preparedness plan for you family. It is just as
important as the training and planning we do to handle
responses to local emergencies. Be a Guardian for
your family as well as the nation.
08/26/2008 - ALCOAST 395/08
regarding Auxiliary Realignment.
ALCOAST message from RADM Sally Brice-O'Hare, Deputy
Commandant for Operations has been posted
detailing changes to the AUXILIARY MANUAL,
COMDTINST M16740.1(SERIES) and to the SECTOR
ORGANIZATION MANUAL, COMDTINST M5401.6(SERIES), SECTION
2.C.
08/22/2008 -
The August 21st edition of
The Bitter End has been posted
08/21/2008 - New
Operations Courses Available on eLearn.
Operations Policy and
Navigation Rules (COLREGS). See our
Member Training
page for details.
08/20/2008 - Update from
our ADSO-MT Paulette Nedrow an earlier web posting
regarding AuxNav was in error. Here is the correct
information:
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AUXNAV
Course
The new Coast Guard Auxiliary Navigation Course,
based on the book, The Weekend Navigator, is now
available and in stock at AUXCEN. Refer to
SpeedGram 2008-01 for details. [Posted: 01 AUG
2008. Source: Robin Freeman, DC-E]
There is no new
AUXNAV course at this time. This recent posting is
from the Department of Education and refers to a new
public education course, not AUXNAV. The posting on
“What’s New” will be re-released to reflect this and
a correction to the Auxiliary e-News will be mailed
in a special edition. yep
The above posting has been withdrawn from “What’s
New” and a new posting will be added that
specifically refers to a new public education course
using Weekend Navigator as a text. Please inform
your members through the chain of communication that
the “What’s New” posting is in reference to a new PE
course, and the AUXNAV course remains the same
(using the Advanced Coastal Navigation text).
Source: Gail Fisher, DC-T
08/18/2008 - August Flotilla Meeting Minutes have been posted,
and the
awards page has been
updated with Awards presented at the meeting
08/15/2008 - Publication Posted The
July
edition of the Bilge Blower has been posted.
08/15/2008 -
The August 14th edition of
The Bitter End has been posted.
08/14/2008 - AUXSAR -
The AUXSAR course is being replaced with a more
comprehensive Search and Rescue course. If you are
in the process of studying the current AUXSAR books for
your AuxOp certification, you have until November 30,
2008 to take the exam. After that you will need to
start over with the new course material. If you
are interested in taking the Old AUXSAR course, please
contact FSO-MT
Henry Uiga
ASAP.
See News
Archives for events prior to July 2008
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02/05/2007 -
SURFACE OPERATIONS POLICY EXAM
- See News Archives for details.
12/10/2006 - After almost 2 years of work, the Surface Ops Standardization
Team (Stan Team) has completed the revisions to the Boat Crew Training Manual. See
News Archives for details.
12/8/2006 - Uniform
Distribution Center now has online ordering of uniforms. See ALCOAST from 27 November 2006.
8/17/2009 -
**** Marine Domain Awareness (MDA) Bulletin from the Waterways Management Division Sector NY ****
8/10/2006 - HOT WEATHER UNIFORM
AUTHORIZED - Cut off those ODU Pant legs! See News Archives
for details.
8/2/2006 - Selected excerpts from the August 1st Auxiliary eNews publication.
See News Archives for details.
7/13/2006 - New location to take the ICS100 exam which is required
for ALL Auxiliarists. See News Archives for details
6/23/2006 - From the 22 June 2006 Auxiliary e-News - National Commodore's
Report to the Commandant - See Old News for details
6/12/2006 - Award of Presidential Unit Citation. For information regarding
the awarding of the Presidential Unit Citation to all members of team Coast Guard for hurricane Katrina service from August 29
to Sept 13 2005, see our Awards page.
6/10/2006 - New Forms for Operational Support (OS) PSI.
See PSI in News Archives for details.
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