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Flotilla Commander
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Flotilla Vice Commander
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FSO-AN (Aids to Navigation)
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FSO-CM (Communications)
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FSO-FN (Financial)
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FSO-IS (Information Serv.)
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FSO-MA (Materials)
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FSO-MS (Marine Safety)
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FSO-CS (Comm. Serv)
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FSO-MT (Member Training)
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FSO-PV (Boat Safety Program Visitor)
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FSO-OP (Operations)
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FSO-PA (Public Affairs)
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FSO-PE (Public Ed.)
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FSO-PS (Personnel Serv.)
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FSO-SR (Sectretary/Records)
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FSO-VE (Vessel Exam.)
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The Auxiliary Operations Program allows members to participate as crew or coxswains on safety patrols, marine events, and regattas. All during the boating season. Safety Patrols are conducted almost every weekend between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and on National Holidays. Flotilla members often train with crew members on Coast Guard patrols in the Casco Bay area.
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The boat house at Station South Portland, ME
From left, RHIB 21', MLB 47' and the UTB 41'
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Members of Flotilla 24 Augment the Crew of
USCGC Shackle, WYTL 65609 |
| The Shackle is one of a fleet of 11 small Coast Guard Tugboats. Shackle is 65 feet long, displaces 72 tons, is 19 feet abeam. She has a single 400hp engine which will cruise her at about 10 knots. A crew of 6 is required. The primary activities of these small harbor tugs are domestic ice breaking, port security, search and rescue, and law enforcement operations in rivers and near shore areas. Each vessel in the fleet is named after a piece of deck hardware, such as Cleat, Bollard, Bridle, Tackle, Chock, Pendant, Line, Wire, Hawser, Capstan and Shackle pictured above. Members of Flotilla 24 and Flotilla 21 have trained on the Shackle to augment her crew on missions in the Casco Bay Area. Current training includes In Port Watch, and underway Navigator and Helmsman. |
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Since its creation by Congress in 1939, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary (the Auxiliary) has served as the civilian, non-military component of the Coast Guard. Today, the 30,000 volunteer men and women of the Auxiliary are active on the waterways and classrooms in over 2,000 cities and towns across the nation.
Each year, Auxiliarists save almost 500 lives, assist some 15,000 boaters in distress, conduct more than 150,000 courtesy safety examinations of recreational vessels, and teach over 500,000 students in boating and water safety courses. The results of these efforts saves taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
WHY JOIN THE AUXILIARY?
• Be Part of the Action & Help Save Lives
Since the recreational boating population in the United States is growing rapidly, the Coast Guard Auxiliary needs a few good men and women like you. As an Auxiliarist, you will have the opportunity to select and participate in one or more of the Auxiliary's major programs. If you feel strongly about the rewards you can get from serving your community, the Coast Guard Auxiliary is the right place for you! Either through on- water Operations, the Auxiliary's Public Education Program, Courtesy Examination Program, Radio Watchstander, Coast Guard Recruiting, Marine Environmental Protection or Coast Guard Administration.
• Increase Your Skills
The Auxiliary and the Coast Guard provide specialized training on all aspects of boating, as well as leadership and administration. Auxiliarists receive valuable training in seamanship and related skills, and enjoy the sense of confidence of knowing that they are better and safer boaters.
• Support the Coast Guard
Auxiliarists provide direct operational and administrative support to many local Coast Guard units. You can wear the Coast Guard Auxiliary uniform and become part of Team Coast Guard. When you qualify through training, you can take part in Search and Rescue operations, stand radio watch at the Coast Guard Station, work with the Marine Safety Office on pollution matters or work in the Recruiting Office.
• Service to Your Community
Auxiliarists aren't paid with money, but with satisfaction. We furnish and maintain our own equipment and can choose to participate at a level tailored to our individual capabilities. We provide boating safety classes for youth and adults and examine recreational vessel for safety equipment to ensure that our neighbors will be safe on the waterways.
• Enjoy Fun & Fellowship
In all activities, enjoy fellowship - the good company of other Auxiliarists at meetings and training sessions, on patrols and other missions, and at ceremonies and social events. One of he Auxiliary's trademarks is good old-fashioned hospitality. Friends, neighbors and interested members of the public are always welcome to attend one of our flotilla meetings. In addition, dedication to boating safety provides the atmosphere for getting together to swap boating experiences and participate in cruises and rendezvous. You'll find a special camaraderie among Auxiliarists that's hard to beat. There's time to relax and have fun at Auxiliary outings, training sessions, patrols, CMEs, classes, and conferences. Auxiliarists make lasting, meaningful friendships. Knowing that you belong to a special group of people and directly participate in helping save lives gives your Auxiliary membership a special meaning.
You can join the Coast Guard Auxiliary by contacting the Flotilla Personnel Services Officer Wayne Hutchins He can answer questions you may have and explain the benefits and rewards of membership. Qualification for membership is a simple process that will quickly have you out on the water providing service to your community and receiving advanced seamanship training available nowhere else. Be certain to sign up for the "Boating Skills and Seamanship" course, which is mandatory prior to on the water training.
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