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United States Coast Guard Auxiliary - Gig Harbor

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ORGANIZATION: United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

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USCG AUX

If you are looking for some adventure in your life, consider joining the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Wherever your interests lie, and whatever life skills you have, chances are that the Coast Guard Auxiliary can offer you an area to serve that will enrich your life in ways you may not have imagined.

The Auxiliary offers you a unique opportunity to make a real difference in your local community and across the country.

We welcome and recognize your past experience, skills and talent. We challenge you to have fun learning new skills and qualifications in company with a very special group of volunteers. The Coast Guard Auxiliary offers a number of opportunities, but the tasks can generally be divided into three service areas:

Recreational Boating Safety

One of the Auxiliary’s primary missions is recreational boating safety. This mission is accomplished by qualified members delivering Public Safety Boating Education training and classes, by providing voluntary vessel safety checks to boaters, by visiting with and educating local marine related industries, and by general outreach to the boating public through boat shows and other public venues and events

Operations and Marine Safety

For those interested in boating, the Auxiliary offers a rigorous level of hands-on training and qualification as boat-crew and coxswain. Qualified Auxiliarists perform regular safety patrol missions in their local area and support local boating activities on-the-water such as regattas, fireworks & fleet visits.

In addition, the Auxiliary works side-by-side with their active-duty USCG counterparts in many other mission areas, including environmental protection, Commercial Vessel Safety Inspections, Port Security and Planning, Licensing and Documentation, and other vital operational roles. Auxiliarists receive training virtually identical to that of their active duty and reserve counterparts.

Mission Support

The Auxiliary needs people with leadership, administrative and technical skills (such as web site design, computer server administration, graphic design, photography, videography, communications, public relations/public affairs, instruction and instructional design, and personnel services) to support those Auxiliarists involved in the recreational boating safety and operations & marine safety missions.

We will be hosting our first meeting on May 15th @ 6:30PM

We will meet each month on the third Tuesday of each month

Location:
Arabella's Landing Marina
In The Lounge Behind The Office
3323 HARBORVIEW DRIVE
GIG HARBOR, WA 98332

If you have questions please contact the detachment leader:

Thomas E. Bliss
USCG Auxiliary
Gig Harbor
email: admin@uscgauxgigharbor.org
website: www.uscgauxgigharbor.org

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About United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

Location:

3323 Harborview Dr, Gig Harbor, WA 98335, US

Mission Statement

The focus of the Gig Harbor Detachment is based on the four cornerstones of the Auxiliary: Member Services; Recreational Boating Safety; Coast Guard Support; and Fellowship. As the Coast Guard continues to receive more tasking and mandates, it looks towards the Auxiliary to assist and fill in the gaps where ever we are authorized by law. As a civilian volunteer organization we bring many skills to the Auxiliary and we provide training where needed in order to provide the best service to the Coast Guard and the boating public. If you are interested in finding out more about the Coast Guard Auxiliary or our flotilla, please join us as a guest at one of our monthly meetings. We meet on the third Tuesday of each month at our Flotilla Base located at Arabella's Landing in the lounge just behind the main office. Parking is on the street, please do not park in the gated parking lot. Need more info? feel free to email admin@uscgauxgigharbor.org

Description

When you join the Coast Guard Auxiliary, you could find yourself saving lives, protecting the environment from polluters, guarding our shores from terrorists and much more. That’s our job - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. That’s life in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. We don’t just train. We train and perform . Since 1939 the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary has safeguarded our Nation’s maritime interests in the heartland, in the ports, at sea, and around the globe. We protect the maritime economy and the environment, we defend our maritime borders, and we save those in peril. This history has forged our character and purpose as America’s Maritime Guardian - Always Ready for all hazards and all threats. Today’s U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, with nearly 32,000 men and women, is a unique force that carries out an array of responsibilities touching almost every facet of the U.S. maritime environment. The Coast Guard’s motto is Semper Paratus, meaning "Always Ready." 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.

CAUSE AREAS

Emergency & Safety
Environment
Sports & Recreation
Emergency & Safety, Environment, Sports & Recreation

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

3323 Harborview DrGig Harbor, WA 98335

(47.3005,-122.608)
 

SKILLS

  • Disaster Response
  • Water Recreation
  • Safety & Disaster Education
  • Public Relations
  • Search & Rescue
  • Human Resources Assistance

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 17
  • Orientation or Training
  • US Citizen

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