The Director of the Auxiliary is the direct representative of the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard to the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. (Title 14, USC Chapt. 23)

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed volunteer component of Team Coast Guard. Founded in 1939 by an Act of Congress as the US Coast Guard Reserves and re-designated the Auxiliary in 1941. The 28,000 volunteer members (men and women) donate thousands of hours in support of Coast Guard missions.

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CG Birthday and Ethos Messages

The CG birthday message ALCOAST 369/08 and the new Coast Guard Ethos message ALCOAST 366/08 at http://www.uscg.mil/announcements/

"THE GUARDIAN ETHOS"

I AM AMERICA'S MARITIME GUARDIAN.
I SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
I WILL PROTECT THEM.
I WILL DEFEND THEM.
I WILL SAVE THEM.
I AM THEIR SHIELD.
FOR THEM I AM SEMPER PARATUS.
I LIVE THE COAST GUARD CORE VALUES.
I AM A GUARDIAN.
WE ARE THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD.

Posted by Webmaster at 5:52:12 PM on 1 Aug 2008

CG Announcements of Note

The following ALCOASTs should be of interest:

They are all available on the CG Annoucements page: http://www.uscg.mil/announcements/

EPIRB Registrations ALCOAST 336-08

Checked baggage fee ALCOAST 333-08

Leadership Council ALCOAST 330-08

Guardian - Spotlight on Water ALCOAST 321-08
Posted by Webmaster at 9:53:03 PM on 30 Jul 2008

Clarification of CG ICS-210 Training for Auxiliary

1. ICS-210 Initial Incident Commander is a classroom course designed for Single Resource Leader Type 5/Type 4 Incident Commanders. It is a four-hour course based on the ICS-300 course but condensed and focused on initial incident assessment, initial incident management (includes assuming command, organization, and execution), and development and use of ICS forms. Completion of this course by SURLs is a DHS mandate not a CG Headquarters.

2. As per ALAUX 002/07 this course or the full ICS-300 course is required for Auxiliary coxswains, pilots (Aircraft Commander, First Pilot and Co-Pilot), any member in the Trident Program or any other team/task force leader determined by a Coast Guard unit Commander to have a need.

3. Both ALCOAST 042/07 and ALCOAST 106/07 required a completion date of 31MAR08 for all Coast Guard personnel including the Auxiliary. There was concern over the possible limited access for Auxiliary members when the course was first made available. ALAUX 002/07 was issued giving no completion dates but strongly encouraging single resource leaders to take ICS-210 when the opportunity presented. Realizing that the 31MAR08 deadline has come and gone for ICS-210, CG-54212 in cooperation with the Coast Guard's NIMS Program Coordinator and the Office of Incident Management & Preparedness (CG-5331) were able to extend the deadline for course completion until 31MAR09.

4. The new deadline for completion for all applicable Auxiliarists is 31MAR09. Successful completion must be entered into AUXDATA which will be programmed to recognize the 31MAR09 deadline. Operational members who are not compliant with coursework requirements by the deadline will be placed in "REYR" and will not be issued patrol orders.

5. Please direct any questions to your DIRAUX or BMC Russell Woodill of CG-54212 via email.
Posted by Webmaster at 9:21:30 PM on 24 Jul 2008

Electronic BEACON

The latest issue of the eBEACON is now posted. The Coast Guard Auxiliary Association, Inc. (CGAuxA) no longer distributes a paper version of the BEACON. Your Association recommends you save the link to your favorites then view it at any time. They are attempting to post the latest issue every two months.
http://www.cgauxa.org/ebeacon/

Posted by Webmaster at 3:31:33 PM on 12 Jul 2008

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