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Flotilla
10-13 News
05/09/2012 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes
for April activity for our May meeting have
been posted.
4/18/2012 - Awards from
our February and April meetings and the District D-Train
conference have been posted to our
Flotilla Awards
page.
04/10/2012 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes
for March activity for our April meeting
have been posted.
03/12/2012 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes
for February activity for our March meeting
have been posted.
02/07/2012 -
Our PE page has been
updated with more spring classes. Proctors are always needed
and welcome to help out. Contact Pat or the lead instructor
if you can assist.
02/07/2012 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes
for January activity for our February meeting
have been posted.
01/17/2012 - Re Launch of Division
10 Web site. Division 10 has re-launched
their web site at a new location
http://wow.uscgaux.info/?unit=014-10
Please update any favorites links you might have and take
a look at the new image for the best division in 1st southern.
You can also use a more familiar
http://a01410.wow.uscgaux.info which will automatically
re-direct you to the above site. You will need your
Auxiliary ID and password to get to the secure sections
of this site.
01/09/2012 - Becoming Qualified.
Are you wondering what it takes to get qualified
in in the various programs in the Response area: Surface
Operations, Air Operations or as a TCO in Tele Communications?
Qualification guides and information can be found
at this link.
12/13/2011 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting
minutes
for our December Holiday flotilla meeting
have been posted. Minutes from the November meeting and
Staff officer reports for November activity. Additional
staff officer reports are still coming and will be consolidated
and updated to the web as they arrive.
11/8/2011 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes for
our November flotilla meeting have been posted. Minutes
from October meeting and Staff officer reports for October
activity. Additional staff officer reports are still
coming and will be consolidated and updated to the web as
they arrive.
10/11/2011 -
Updated Staff officer reports document has
been posted.
10/3/2011 -
The Bitter
End newsletters for August and September have been posted.
10/3/2011 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes for
our October flotilla meeting have been posted. Minutes from
September meeting and Staff officer reports for September
activity. Additional staff officer reports are still
coming and will be consolidated and updated to the web as
they arrive.
9/20/2011 -
Boatlift - 9/11 Ten-Year Anniversary Short Film
This is a documentary short film about the remarkable
sea evacuation that occurred during 9/11, the largest of
it's kind ever. Narrated by Tom Hanks, Directed by Eddie
Rosenstein, Produced by Eyepop Productions.
http://www.tomhanks-online.com/media/video/detail/572/boatlift-9-11-ten-year-anniversary-short-film
9/14/2011 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes for our September
flotilla meeting have been posted. Minutes from
August meeting and Staff officer reports for August activity.
08/03/2011 -
The Bitter
End newsletter for July has been posted.
7/29/2011 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes from
our July flotilla meeting have been posted.
07/27/2011 - The document
detailing the D1SR training qualitications for ICS training
has been posted per
DIRAUX memo "ICS Qualifications -027/11".
Link has also been added to
our member training page.
07/27/2011 -
The Bitter
End newsletters for May and June have been posted.
6/18/2011 - New Uniform
regulations for coast guard have been posted,
see copy of email "HONORING OUR PROFESSION; OF UNIFORM BOARD
NO. 44 023/11" from the district commodore.
As members of team coast guard we will follow suit with
these new regulations. Watch your email for specific
dates for compliance. In the Auxiliary we will typically
have a longer period of time before we have to conform to
these new uniform standards. Remember part of the
pledge you took when joining the Auxiliary "to wear the
uniform proudly and correctly"
6/7/2011 - Awards from
our May meeting (and Division meeting) have been posted
to our
Flotilla Awards page.
6/6/2011 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes for
our June flotilla meeting have been posted.
5/10/2011 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes for
our May flotilla meeting have been posted.
05/09/2011 - Boats are in the
water. Crews and Coxswains are needed starting
the weekend of May 13th, contact Pat.
04/13/2011 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes for
our April flotilla meeting have been posted.
04/04/2011 - Boats Launch This
month - The count down to boat launch continues
and help is needed to get our facilities ship shape for
the new boating season. The facilities are at the
Earl residence at 1419 Union Valley Road, West Milford.
Plan to meet around 9:30 AM on Sunday April 17 to begin
the process of uncovering, cleaning, waxing, launching.
03/09/2011 -
PE page updated with new boating classes.
Proctors are always welcome contact the Lead instructor
or Pat if you can help out.
03/09/2011 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes for
our March flotilla meeting have been posted.
03/03/11 - Special Notice To Mariners
for Sailing Vessels and Yachts in High
Risk Waters.
The USCG Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety requests
has issued the
attached notice regarding Piracy off the coast of
Somalia and Eastern Africa.
2/18/2011 -
Awards
page has been updated (AGAIN) with awards from
the February Division 10 meeting and with some corrections
to the Division COW award postings.
2/18/2011 - Special Note: We have
just learned that Auxiliarists can no longer purchase Uniforms
over the counter at the Uniform Distribution Centers (e.g.
Woodbine). You can still use the store at
a Coast Guard station or of course through the mail from
the UDC.
[Posted 18Feb3011, Source: Gus Formato, FC]
2/13/2011 -
Awards
page has been updated with awards from the
Division 10 Change of watch and our February Flotilla meeting.
2/12/2011 -
Special edition of Over the Bow with
registration information for the annual D1SR District awards
and training conference March 25-27, 2011.W February, 2011.
1/24/2011 - New Form 7003 - Offer
of Use. A new
ANSC 7003 Vessel Facility Inspection and Offer of
Use Form has been posted in the
Forms section of the National Web Site
and is available for immediate use. Important: The
previous version of the 7003 Form is obsolete and should
no longer be used.
1/11/2011 - Help Wanted.
Job postings for national staff officer position
can be found on the National Help Wanted page at
http://dev02.cgaux.org/members/wantads/announce.php.
The 2 most recent postings are for the Response department
we need a Webmaster and a Branch Chief for Safety.
Contact Bruce Pugh if you meet the requirements and are
interested.
1/2/2011 - Happy New year to all.
But before we close out the old year, get those
hours into Pat for 2010. We are now OVER 34,600 hours
for 2010. That's an 18% increase or over 5,000 hours
above last year. Outstanding, and thank you all for
your dedication and service to the Coast Guard, the Coast
Guard Auxiliary, and the Department of Homeland Security.
11/28/2010 - We are now
tracking to just over 26,500 hours for 2010. We are
still short of last year's 29,000 hr mark, get those hours
into Pat ASAP. For a brief video on the 7029 form
changes for 2010 and a
reminder of why they are important click here.
11/28/2010 - A link for
a
Boating Safety Basics presentation
from National has been posted to our
useful links page.
11/11/2010 -
Awards
given out at our November meeting and from
the November Division meeting have been posted.
Updated Staff officer reports have
been posted.
11/07/2010 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes for
our November meeting have been posted.
11/01/2010 -
Our Flotilla
awards page has been updated with awards given
out over the summer. BZ to all. If I missed
an award you were given please drop me a note at
DVC_OE@YAHOO.COM
10/17/2010 - The Leaves
are turning and we've only got a couple more days for patrol
before we pull the boats for the season. Remember
we need help at the lake on October 30 and 31. We
are also closing in on the end of another very busy year
for the flotilla. Please make sure you get all your
hours into Pat ASAP. We are currently at just over
23,900 hours, last year we had over 29,000. Can we
break the 30,0000 mark this year by December 31? Annual
totals for 10-13 can be found in the table at the bottom
of our staff officer
page.
10/17/2010 -
The Bitter
End newsletter for October 11th has been posted.
10/17/2010 -
Updated Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes
have been posted.
10/08/2010 -
The Bitter
End newsletter for October 4th has been posted.
10/07/2010 -
The Bitter
End newsletter for September 27th has been posted.
10/07/2010 -
Meeting minutes from September for our October meeting have
been posted. Remember you will need a userid and
password to access this section of our web site. Contact
me at dvc_oe@yahoo.com
if you have forgotten the access codes.
Also take note of the change in meeting
time for October. We will meet at the Larkin House
at 1800 hours.
09/26/2010 -
The Bitter
End newsletter for September 20th has been posted.
09/22/2010 -
The Bitter
End newsletters for September have been posted.
09/22/2010 - Flotilla
10-13 Standing Rules have been approved. Click
here to view the PDF document.
09/07/2010 -
The Bitter
End newsletter for August 30th has been posted.
09/07/2010 -
Our Useful Links page
has been updated with a link to the Coast Guard Civil Rights
Manual (COMDTINST M5350.4C).
09/07/2010 -
YouTube video with Admiral Bob Papp and his wife
on the Ready Coast Guard program on family preparedness.
You may also want to look ad book mark the news page of
our National Incident Management Division on
the Response Department web site.
09/07/2010 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes from August for
our September meeting have been posted. Remember
you will need a userid and password to access this section
of our web site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com if
you have forgotten the access codes.
08/31/2010 -
The Bitter
End newsletters for August 16th and 23rd have been posted.
08/15/2010 -
The Bitter End newsletters for August 2nd and 9th
have been posted.
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The July edition of UpTop
in Operations the
news letter of the response Department is now available
at this link. Topics for this month include: How
to earn the Award of Excellence, ICS requirements for Response
programs, Auxiliary Sector Coordinators, SAR response Boat
and New name contest for UpTop.
08/02/2010 -
The Bitter End newsletter for July 26th has been
posted.
07/24/2010 - The
Bitter
End newsletter for July 18th has been posted.
07/16/2010 - The
Bitter
End newsletters for the 2010 season have been posted.
07/13/2010 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes from July for
our August meeting have been posted.
Remember you will need a userid and password to access this
section of our web site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com if
you have forgotten the access codes.
Also take note of the change
in meeting day for Next month's meeting - Thursday August
5th
6/17/2010 - There is a new SAR
Incident Form
An updated version of the CG-4612 Auxiliary SAR Incident
and MISLE Case Data Entry Report form has been posted to
the Auxiliary National Website Forms page. The new
form has been improved to better capture data for MISLE
entry.
Click HERE for the new form.
6/10/2010 -
Our Awards Page
has been updated with the Awards from our June
meeting.
Our Facebook page has been updated with pictures
from Fleet week and Wyckoff Memorial Day parade.
6/7/2010 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes from Junefor our
May meeting have been posted. Remember
you will need a userid and password to access this section
of our web site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com
if you have forgotten the access codes.
5/19/2010 - Lots going
on in May and June, be sure to keep checking our
calendar page.
Also,
staff officer reports from April have been updated
with some late arriving reports.
5/18/2010 - The May edition
of UpTop in Operations the
news letter of the Response Department is now available
from our department News page. Topics and articles
for this month include Come-Upon rules for towing, new DVC
introduction, patrol safety, and electronic navigation.
5/14/2010 - Updates have
been posted to PE
and Calendar pages
for events discussed at our Flotilla meeting this week.
Also posted are
awards from the Flotilla meeting and
the March District Conference.
5/10/2010 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes from April for
our May meeting have been posted. Remember
you will need a userid and password to access this section
of our web site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com
if you have forgotten the access codes.
4/13/2010 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes from March for
our April meeting have been posted. Remember
you will need a userid and password to access this section
of our web site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com
if you have forgotten the access codes.
3/8/2010 -
Staff officer reports and Meeting minutes from February
for our March meeting have been posted.
Remember you will need a userid and password to
access this section of our web site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com
if you have forgotten the access codes.
2/9/2010 - The End of an Era.
The Loran-C navigation system has been officially
shut down as of this month. The Loran-C system served
the 48 continental states, their coastal areas, parts of
Alaska and neighboring countries. Dedicated Coast Guard
men and women have done an excellent job running and maintaining
the Loran-C signal for 67 years, 8 months and 24 days. It
is a service and mission of which the entire Coast Guard
can be proud.
2/8/2010 - The Special
January 2010 edition of Over the Bow is on the District
Web Site. This issue has the details and registrations
for the Training/Awards Conference to be held in March
2010.
http://www.d1south.org/StaffPages/OTB.php
2/8/2010 -
Meeting minutes from December (no minutes from January COW)
for our February meeting have been posted.
Remember you will need a userid and password to
access this section of our web site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com if
you have forgotten the access codes.
2/7/2010 -
Staff officer reports from January for our February meeting
have been posted. Remember you will need
a userid and password to access this section of our web
site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com if
you have forgotten the access codes.
2/3/2010 -
Our Awards
Page has been updated with the Awards from
our Change of Watch in January. BZ to all.
01/28/2010 - Eratta Sheet.
All BS&S instructors.
Here is the link to the latest list of errors in the Boating
Skills & Seamanship 13th edition book. Print this
off and bring a copy to review with your classes
01/28/2010 - New Record.
Flotilla 10-13 broke the 29,000 hour mark for volunteer
hours in 2009, up from just over 25,00 hours in 2008.
Once again we are the top flotilla in the nation in hours.
BZ to all who contributed AND
submitted your paperwork to show it.
Click
here for the detail report from AuxInfo
01/14/2010 - Worksheet for 99
form.
Here is an Excel spreadsheet that should be helpful
in tracking and recording your 7029 hours throughout
the year. Right click on the link above and select
"save target as' to copy it to your local PC. Instruction
are on the first tab and in pop up comments on any column
heading that has the little red triangle in the upper right
corner. Just hover you mouse cursor over the column
headings.
01/04/2010 - New 99 Form now Available.
There is a new 7029 form for "non-mission" hours
for 2010, please use this version and recycle any old forms
you may have.
This new form is not yet up on National so use this
like for now.
12/23/2009 - The
TCT refresher session materials for 2010 is now
available from the National Response web site at this link.
See the December 2009 what's new posting. This workshop
is required by National for currency in
the operations area. Watch this page and our
calendar page
for dates that this workshop will be given.
12/21/2009 - The
Operations Workshop for 2010 is now available from
the National Response web site at this link.
See the December 2009 what's new posting. This workshop
is optional at the National but is required for all operations
qualified members of 10-13. Watch this page and our
calendar page
for dates that this workshop will be given.
12/09/2009 - The latest
edition of
eBeacon is available at this URL
12/08/2009 -
Staff officer reports and meeting minute notices have been
posted for November 2009. Remember you
will need a userid and password to access this section of
our web site. This ID and password will be changing
in December. All 10-13 members will be contacted by
eMail in December with the new access codes. If you
have problems accessing the site contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com if
you have forgotten the access codes.
11/12/2009 -
***NJ ABS Instructors***
Attention all NJ ABS instructors, the latest edition
of the ABS slides have been posted to the web. These
slides have been updated by Gus and approved by the State
of NJ for use in awarding the NJ Boating Safety Certificate.
If you are teaching the ABS class in NJ these are the slides
you should use. If you recently got a CD from Gus,
you may only want to pull down Chapter 5 to get the additional
slide (#21 in the new deck) on the NY PFD Law for cold weather
boating. See our
member training page for the URL to
this page or here is the direct link
http://64.20.46.230/BoatingSlides.asp#ABSNJ.
To get copies of the slides on your
PC. Right click on the link for each chapter and select
"Save Target as" to copy it to your machine. This
will take some time as these are large files some with pictures
and graphics. Be patient.
Contact me if
you need the access userid and password to
this page. This page also has the enhanced baseline
ABS slides if you are teaching outside of NJ, slides for
BS&S, as well as other instructor aids.
11/12/2009 - CONGRATULATIONS
to Gus Formato and Michele Rollino our new Flotilla
Commander and Vice Flotilla Commander for 2010.
11/10/2009 -
Staff officer reports and meeting minute notices have been
posted for October 2009. Remember you will need
a userid and password to access this section of our web
site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com if
you have forgotten the access codes.
10/26/2009 -
**** IMPORTANT ****. Flotilla
10-13 dues for 2010 are now past due. You
know who you are out there. Please get your check
(made out to USCG Aux Flotilla 10-13) for $38 to our FSO-FN,
ANNIE MAGLIANO 631 HENMAR DRIVE LANDING, NJ 07850.
10/23/2009 - Division 10 Election
Results - Claud Macchieraldo of Flotilla 10-02
has been elected Division 10 Commander for 2010 and our
own Bob "BB" McHugh has been elected Division 10 Vice Commander
for 2010. Congratulations to both Claud and Bob.
10/13/2009 -
Staff officer reports and meeting minute notices have been
posted for September 2009. Remember you
will need a userid and password to access this section of
our web site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com if
you have forgotten the access codes.
10/13/2009 - The
Bitter
End newsletter for Sept 9th has been posted.
10/05/2009 -
UpTop In Operations (the
National Newsletter of the Response Department) - September
2009 has been posted. The September issue includes:
National Preparedness Month, Semper Paratus part II, Warm
Weather Patrols, 3 & 6 Minute Rules, Automated SAR Patterns,
Puget Sound OPS Call Out, Conducting a Successful Callout,
The Service Mark.
9/12/2009 - The
Bitter
End newsletters for August 30th and Sept 7th have been posted.
9/10/2009 - As announced
at our September Flotilla Meeting elections of officers
for FC and VFC for 2010 will be held at our November 2009
meeting. Here is brief is the notice form FC Bob McHugh:
This notice is provided IAW ARTICLE 7 of
flotilla "Standing Rules" that were approved on 12
January
2004. IAW ARTICLE 7.3; a request for
written
letters of intent by members interested in running
for elected office was made at the meeting by the undersigned..
ARTICLE 7.3 provides for a fixed date for submission,
not less than TWO (2) weeks from the call.
A suspense date of 21 October 2009 is established for
transmittal to FC. Election requirements for FC
and VFC are found in COMDTINST M16790.1F (AUXMAN) appendix
D, and CG 5421, 30 Jul 09, which will be available at
the flotilla meetings. If additional requirements
are received from higher level they will be furnished
ASAP.
ARTICLE 7.4 provides for nominations from the floor
during the election provided ALL provisions of ARTICLE
7.4 are met. It will be the responsibility
of those members seeking office or those sponsoring
them to insure they meet all requirements for election.
9/10/2009 - Awards from
our summer meetings have been posted to
our Awards
Page.
9/9/2009 -
Staff officer reports and meeting minute notices have been
posted for August 2009. Remember you will need
a userid and password to access this section of our web
site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com if
you have forgotten the access codes.
09/02/2009 - Info on
new life jacket law has been posted to
our public information page.
This impacts ALL boats under 21 feet in the State of NY
between Nov1 and May 1 each year.
09/01/2009 - As a part
of the restructuring of the Coast Guard Auxiliary National
Organization, the Operations (Response) Department has been
renamed the Response Department.
Former Operations Department Chief, David Elliot (formally
from 10-13, BZ Dave, congratulations), has been promoted
and is the new Assistant National Commodore for Response
and Prevention. Robert Shafer has been named the Director
of the Response Department and COMO Gary Taylor has been
named Deputy Director. For further information on
the restructuring of the National Organization, click here:
http://auxpa.org/weblog/blogs/
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08/31/2009- The
Bitter
End newsletters for August 16th and 23rd have been posted.
08/20/2009 - Fall class
schedule for BS&S, ACN and ABS classes have been posted
to our PE page.
Lead instructors are in place but additional help is always
appreciated. Contact the lead instructor or Pat if
you can help out. Even just being there to hand out
stuff and answer questions can be a big help to the instructor.
You need hours EVERY year as proctor or lead instructor
to maintain your IT certification, now it your change.
And it's fun too.
08/20/2009 - Coming Soon
from the Training department. We are in the
process of installing a member training calendar link on
the 1SR District site in the MT section.
Members who wish to take various training courses can view
courses being given by the divisions.
08/14/2009 - the new
eBeacon is available for your reading pleasure located here:
http://www.cgauxa.org/ebeacon/Beacon-Summer2009v1%202.pdf
08/14/2009- The
Bitter
End newsletter for August 9th has been posted.
08/12/2009 - The latest
editions of the
Bitter
End newsletters through August 2nd have been posted.
08/12/2009 -
Staff officer reports and meeting minute notices have been
posted for June and July. Remember you
will need a userid and password to access this section of
our web site. Contact me at
dvc_oe@yahoo.com
if you have forgotten the access codes.
07/29/2009 -
Latest edition of the Bitter End has been posted
07/17/2009 -
All issues of the Bitter end through July 12th have been
posted to our web pages.
See
News Archives
for events prior to June 2009
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8/10/2006
-
HOT WEATHER UNIFORM AUTHORIZED -
Cut off those ODU Pant legs!
See
News Archives
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.
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