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ORGANIZATION: USCG Auxiliary Division 053-02
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45 people are interested
During these troubled times, the United States Coast Guard is stretched thin. Your civilian volunteer help is needed in radio communications, engineering, crew, office assistance, and in so many other areas. If you're interested in donating your skills to help the U.S. Coast Guard, you can do so by joining the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. At that point, you'll receive the necessary training and become a critical component of "Team Coast Guard".
Indeed, anytime you volunteer to help at a local Coast Guard Unit, you relive active duty personnel to do those things only they can. And, remember, in order to be a part of this needed endeavor you must be a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
An Act of Congress in 1939 created the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary as the volunteer civilian component of the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard Authorization Act, passed October 19, 1996, authorizes Coast Guard Auxiliary Personnel is to "assist the Coast Guard, as authorized by the Commandant, in performance of any Coast Guard function, duty, role, mission, or operation, authorized by law." Presently this Act of Congress is saving the taxpayers an estimated 200 million a year.
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About USCG Auxiliary Division 053-02
Location:
700 Robbins st, philadelphia, PA 19111, US
Mission Statement
The overarching mission of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is to contribute to the safety and security of our citizens, ports, waterways and coastal regions.
We will balance our missions of Recreational Boating Safety and Coast Guard Support with Maritime Homeland Security and other challenges that emerge as a result of our growing understanding of changes required in the post-9/11 era.
Description
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the civilian component of Coast Guard Forces. Founded in 1939 by an Act of Congress as the US Coast Guard Reserves and re-designated the Auxiliary in 1941. The 31,000 volunteer members (men and women) donate thousands of hours in support of Coast Guard missions.
The Coast Guard does more than just Search and Rescue, and with the exception of direct law enforcement and military action, the Auxiliary is there, side by side, working with regular and reserve Coast Guard units, every step of the way. We're found in every part of the United States, not just where Recreational Boating is found. Here's some more information, written by a retired Chief Petty Officer, now a member of the Auxiliary.
The National Organization is broken down along the lines of the Coast Guard Districts (some districts are further sub-divided for ease of administration). Districts are then sub-divided into Divisions, with these units further sub-divided into Flotilla's. The Flotilla is the mainstay of the Auxiliary, and every member must belong to a Flotilla.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
All over philadelphia and suburbsphiladelphia, PA 19119
DATE POSTED
September 30, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 17