MONTHLY MEETING DATE & NOTICE ... PAGE 2

ADM. ... PAGE 4

THIS MONTH IN CG HISTORY ... PAGE 8

NAV'S CORNER ... PAGE 18

PICTURED: U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat escorting the Carnival Victory from Key West, Florida. Heightened security measures were taken after a man jumped overboard from the Victory a few days prior. Photo taken by A. Niquette. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 3 ...... ABOUT THE AUXILIARY PAGE 4 - 6 ...... ADM. VIVIEN CREA PAGE 7 ...... COMMAND CORNER PAGE 8 - 15 ...... STAFF OFFICER REPORTS PAGE 16 ...... ANNIVERSARIES PAGE 17 ...... THIS MONTH IN CG HISTORY PAGE 18 - 19 ...... NAVIGATOR'S CORNER PAGE 20 ...... AV-PQS TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT PAGE 21 ...... PII

THE NEXT FLOTILLA MEETING IS 23 JAN 2019 AT STATION TYBEE AT 1900.

There will be NO meeting on this date if the government shutdown continues on to the date. If this is the case, all Auxiliarists will be kept informed.

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USCG Auxiliary Association …………...... ……………………. https://www.cgauxa.org/auxa/ Auxiliary Food Service ...... ……. http://www.uscga-district-7.org/Auxchef.html USCG Aux District 7 …………...... ………. http://www.uscga-district-7.org/ Navigation (Wiki Overview) …...... ……. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation#Loxodrome Navigation (Detailed) ………………………...... ……………………… https://bit.ly/2df3LhP USCG Auxiliary Member Courses (Online & Classroom) ………...…………………. https://bit.ly/2J1d7fD USCG Auxiliary Member Courses (Continued) ………..…...... ………… https://bit.ly/2xxRl1E Light List, LNM, GPS, and MORE! ...... https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightlists Google Earth Pro …………………...... ………….. https://earth.google.com/download-earth.html Free Chart Plotter & Charts ………...... ………………………………………https://opencpn.org/

Have you checked our Flotilla website lately? There’s tons of info! http://www.savannahaux.org ABOUT THE AUXILIARY Who we are and what we do.

The Coast Guard Auxiliary (USCG Aux) is the uniformed auxiliary service of the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The Auxiliary exists to support all USCG missions except roles that require "direct" law enforcement or military engagement. As of 2015, there were approximately 32,000 members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Established by Congress in 1939 under title 14, §§ 23 of the U.S. Code, the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is (Always Ready). We invite you to learn more about who we are and what we do to be "Semper Paratus."

The Auxiliary operates in:

- Safety and Security Patrols - Search and Rescue - Mass Casualty or Disasters - Pollution Response & Patrols - Homeland Security - Recreational Boating Safety - Commercial Fishing and Vessel Exams - Platforms for Boarding Parties - Recruit for all service in the Coast Guard

In addition to the above, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary operates in any mission as directed by the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard or Secretary of Homeland Security. Our mission is to promote and improve Recreational Boating 1. Bandwagon Safety, to provide trained crews and facilities to augment the 2. Team Building Coast Guard and enhance safety and security of our ports, waterways, and coastal regions, and to support Coast Guard operational, administrative, and logistical Requirements.

PAGE 3 Lt. Cmdr. Vivien Crea walking beside President while hand-cuffed to the “” briefcase. Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

T H E C O A S T G U A R D I N S P I R E C O L L E C T I O N

B Y : A N D R E W N I Q U E T T E VIVIEN CREA —AVIATOR, LEADER AND TRAILBLAZER FOR WOMEN IN THE MILITARY

V I C E A D M I R A L C R E A S H A T T E R E D G L A S S C E I L I N G S A N D S E T A N E W P R E C E D E N C E O F W O M E N S E R V I N G I N T H E M I L I T A R Y .

Written by William H. Thiesen, Ph.D.

"You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life, and the procedure, the process, is its own reward." – Pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart’s quote best describes the endeavors of a modest Coast Guard officer whose groundbreaking accomplishments have gone largely unnoticed by her service and her country. In 2006, the U.S. Senate confirmed Vivien S. Crea as the 25th vice commandant of the United States Coast Guard. With that, Vice Admiral Crea became the first woman to hold the second highest post in the service and the highest position achieved by a woman in the U.S. military. During her tenure as second-in- command, she would also serve as the Coast Guard’s Chief Operating Officer and Agency Acquisition Executive and, occasionally, as acting commandant. Official Coast Guard photograph of Vice Crea grew up in a military family and pursued education throughout her career. She Commandant Vivien S. Crea was born in 1951 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; spent her formative years in and in dress blue uniform. U.S. South Korea; and graduated from the American High School in Seoul in 1968. In Coast Guard Collection. 1972, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Texas. During her career, she would also earn master’s degrees from Central Michigan University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Sloan Fellow. Her educational background would serve her well as a leader, mentor and teacher to countless service members.

PAGE 4 After graduating from college, Crea wished to pursue a career in environmental protection. She sought work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, but those agencies had to enforce a hiring freeze in 1972. She decided to pursue her environmental interest through the U.S. Coast Guard and was among the first women selected to attend the service’s Officer Candidate Schoolin Yorktown, Virginia. In 1973, she received a commission in the Coast Guard Reserves, one of the first women to do so since World War II. That same year, the Naval Flight School in Pensacola, Florida, opened to women and, within two years, Crea found herself among the first women admitted to that school. At Pensacola, she earned her wings and, in April 1977, the service designated Crea a Coast Guard aviator, the second female to do so. A year later, the Coast Guard transitioned her from the Reserves to permanent active-duty officer status.

Vice Adm. Vivien Lt. Crea began her aviation career in fixed-wing aircraft, flying four-engine C-130 “Hercules” Crea honored as the turboprop transports. At Air Station Barber’s Point, Hawaii, she became the service’s first “Ancient Albatross,” female aircraft commander and flew long-range C-130 patrols over the vast Pacific. She next the longest-serving served at Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where she became the first female active-duty aviator in mission commander and flew C-130 runs for the and the U.S. Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard counter-drug deployments. She next transferred to Washington, D.C., to fly the Collection. commandant’s Gulfstream II jet, but she served there only briefly before receiving a non- aviation assignment at the White House. In 1987, then Cmdr. Crea transferred to Air Station Borinquen in , where she became Coast Guard aviation’s first female operations officer and played a vital role in the air station’s exchange of H-130 air frames for HU-25 “Guardian” Falcon jets.

During the 1990s, Crea received higher leadership positions in aviation. In 1992, Crea became the first woman to command an air station when she took over Air Station Detroit. While there, she flew HH-65 Dolphin helicopters on Great Lakes missions. In 1996, then Capt. Crea received her second air station command at Air Station Clearwater, Florida, the service’s largest air station at that time. There, she oversaw nearly 600 personnel, 12 HH-60 helicopters and seven C-130s. In 2008, the service would recognize her as the “Ancient Albatross,” the longest-serving active-duty aviator. She is the first and only woman to receive that recognition.

Crea broke gender barriers not only for aviation, but also for the U.S. military. In 1984, then Lt. Cmdr. Crea became the first woman from any military agency to serve as the Presidential Military Aide. For three years in this position, she coordinated military support for President Ronald Reagan whenever he traveled; and carried the highly sensitive “nuclear football,” a briefcase carrying launch codes and communications gear WASHINGTON, D.C. – CG Vice to allow for remote nuclear strike capability. In 1994, Cmdr. Crea became the first Commandant, Vice Adm. Vivien Crea and female executive assistant to the commandant and, in 1998, then Capt. Crea served as MCPO Thomas McCook review the Law of August 4, 1790, 1st Congress Session the Coast Guard’s first female chief of the Office of Programs and Budget. II Chapter 35 1790, during a private showing at the National Archives, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. During the tour Crea was not only a tested pilot and capable officer, but also a gifted leader. In 2000, a small group of Coast Guard she was promoted to flag officer and became the first female admiral in the Coast Headquarters staff were allowed a chance to view documents from various Guard. In her initial flag assignment, Crea served as the Coast Guard’s first female events in Coast Guard history. U.S. Director of Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer. In 2002, Rear Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Kip Wadlow. Adm. Crea became the first female district commander when she took charge of the First Coast Guard District in . Her command oversaw Coast Guard operations in the Northeastern United States from the U.S.- border to Northern . PAGE 5 In 2004, Crea received a third star and assumed command of the Coast Guard’s Atlantic Area. In this post, Vice Adm. Crea served as the operational commander for Coast Guard activities in an area spanning five Coast Guard districts, covering over 14 million square miles of the Eastern and Midwestern United States and extending into the Caribbean Sea and over to Europe and the Middle East. Her command oversaw 33,000 military personnel and civilian employees, and 30,000 Coast Guard Auxiliarists; and she served concurrently as commander of Coast Guard Defense Force East. Throughout her career, Crea realized that her trailblazing efforts came with “some pressure, because I don’t want to screw up for other women who come along.”

In early 2006, the service selected Vice Adm. Crea to fill the position of vice commandant of the Coast Guard. In that position, she would not only serve as second-in- command of the service, but as acting commandant whenever the commandant was sick, on leave or somehow indisposed. As vice commandant, she was keenly aware of the WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of example she set. In an interview late in her career, she commented “I’m very, very aware Homeland Security Janet Napolitano congratulates Coast Guard Vice Adm. of the extremely qualified women with tremendous potential right behind me.” In all of Vivien Crea for a job well done during the her leadership positions, Crea mentored those under her watch, especially women Coast Guard Vice Commandant Change of Watch Ceremony at Coast Guard making their way in a male-dominated service. Telecommunications and Information Systems Command, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. Crea, who was relieved as Coast Vice Commandant Vivien Crea overcame numerous obstacles to reach the highest level Guard Vice Commandant by Vice Adm. of any female in the U.S. military. When she reflected on breaking so many gender , was awarded the Department of Homeland Security barriers, she stated, “It just means I’m getting old. I was one of the first women to be Distinguished Service Medal for her integrated into the Coast Guard . . . so I’m kind of leading edge in terms of seniority.” service as Vice Commandant. U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Kip When Crea retired in August 2009, her service awards included the Defense Superior Wadlow. Service Medal, the (four awards), Coast Guard Commendation Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal. At her change of watch ceremony, Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. , commented “She made history that was very little noticed . . . she became the first female vice service chief in the history of the United States and in the entire world.”

During her career, Crea never asked for preferential treatment or special recognition. Like a true Coast Guardsman, all she wanted was a fair shake. Throughout, Crea earned the respect not only of women in the Coast Guard, but all service members who came to know her. She was a humble member of the long blue line who led the way for women in the Coast Guard and America’s armed services.

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J A N U A R Y M E S S A G E S F R O M T H E F L O T I L L A 1 0 - 2 C O M M A N D T E A M

Phillip Deloach Flotilla Commander

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas & New Year. For me, it was the Christmas four day blitz of family gatherings, traveling & a lot of eating. Come Christmas Day. when it comes to a close. we are drained & weary. The New Year is our relax & reboot. I spend this holiday sitting by a nice crackling campfire roasting oysters with gladness that the Christmas hustle & bustle is over. Now that we are beginning a New Year of 2019, we are at the moment grounded due to the shutdown. However, we still can conduct activities through emails & phone calls. Online training & courses can still be taken as well. Hopefully the shutdown will get resolved soon and we can get back underway conducting business, missions, and operations. I look forward to serving Flotilla 10-2 as Commander for 2019.

Christopher Poulos Vice Flotilla Commander

Welcome to 2019. I hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday. I’m looking forward to a good year of service as Vice Flotilla Commander. I know we have a lot of work ahead of us to keep our Flotilla moving in the right direction, but I feel with the team of staff officers we have, and with the support of the Flotilla, we can not only meet but exceed any of the goals we have set. Some of those goals are to continue growing our Flotilla through recruiting and mentoring of new members, maintaining and growing the programs we have, and by encouraging members to become more involved in those programs.

PAGE 7 S T A F F O F F I C E R R E P O R T S

D E C E M B E R R E P O R T S O F F L O T I L L A S T A F F O F F I C E R A C T I V I T I E S

Don Funderburk Flotilla Staff Officer - Navigation Services (FSO-NS)

This month’s Newsletter and Staff Report issue is a Team effort of our IPFSO/SO-NS Bill Thom, and me as a “Re-Tread” former “-NS” Staff Officer. In my continued effort to support the future “TEAM COAST GUARD”, I have asked my former AFSO-PB Andrew Niquette to be my AFSO-NS in 2019, and he has accepted the challenge. While in principle I do not like the idea of “DOUBLE DUTY OFFICES”, I strongly believe in multi-skill MENTORING, and am hopeful that we can find other Auxiliary members to assist us in our continuing support of future Staff Officer progress by selecting and mentoring others. Even if you are not an experienced Staff Officer, you might well benefit from asking a member that you respect to be your mentor to help you grow into a staff position! We continue to meet at ANT TYBEE every Tuesday (except during the Government shutdown) in support of whatever they want us to do, which includes a wide variety of activities, depending on the USCG staffing status. (They need training and promotion qualification skills too!) I look forward to working with another old friend of mine; Mark Ratliff as the new SO-NS(07-10). Mark has already indicated we will have an AV-PQS class early this spring. “Grandfathered in” AV’s and new candidates can benefit from this class which we compress into a one-day event, presently anticipated in March, with hopefully another in the Fall. Keep an eye on the www.Savannahaux.org schedules. Our recent activity has been a December 2018 request from the Miami OFFICE OF NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (CG-NAV) to review, update and report ownership of all PRIVATE AIDS TO NAVIGATION in District 7. Selection of a point-of-contact by 15 January 2019. We have worked with the Aids to Navigation team Tybee and assigned all of the 153 PATONS under their responsibility to re-confirm all of the PATONS ownership through each of the four Flotillas FSO-NS in Division 10 10 through the chain of Leadership in their individual Area of PAGE 8 Responsibility to make that determination.

Don Funderburk Flotilla Staff Officer - Navigation Services (FSO-NS)

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We have supplied them with our present list of PATONS with the Owners of record identified. To accomplish that Herculean updating task, I have worked with the new SO-NS (07-10) to assign those responsibilities to each FSO-NS, or an alternate in Division 10. In Savannah Flotilla 10 2, in addition to working with the ANT Tybee and Miami DPW team, plus researching the files at ANT Tybee, we have solicited all Program Visitors to coordinate with their Marina Owner teams to confirm with the Marina owners, their ownership of specific PATONS, as well as asked all AV’s to search their memory and help us to identify actual verified ownership. Of course this is being hindered by the Government shutdown, which prevents our research travel. Despite the challenges, Flotilla 10 2 has made a significant dent in the research validation with many changes identified already, however completion is still indefinite. Because of the Government shutdown that does not prevent us from using our phones and emails to make progress, we have already received excellent response from owners. We will also include the traditional “letterhead US mail requests” continuing need for current PATON ownership follow-up.

Andrew Niquette Flotilla Staff Officer - Publications (FSO-PB) Division Staff Officer - Publications (SO-PB) Asst. Flotilla Staff Officer - Navigation Services

I am honored and humbled to be appointed as the FSO-PB, AFSO-NS, and the SO-PB for Division 10. Throughout 2018, my goal was to highlight the important work our Flotilla does to serve our nation, and I am eager to increase that momentum though 2019 and beyond. As the new SO-PB for our Division, I will be publishing the Division Newsletter every quarter, reflecting on the work of the 4 Flotillas in Division 10 and the overall accomplishments of the Division. As a reminder, all staff articles are due to FC Deloach, VFC Poulos, and myself by the 6th of every month. This ensures that Phil is completely updated with the work our FSOs are doing, and that those reports can be reflected in "Now Hear This!". As always, additional articles, topics, tips, and comments are deeply appreciated. My goal for 2019 is for our Flotilla and Division to have the most robust Publications effort in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Let's make it happen! PAGE 9 Candi Deloach Flotilla Staff Officer - Human Resources (FSO-HR)

Earlier in December (after the last newsletter publication) my family and I had the privilege of going to Yorktown, Virginia to the Training Center to see their program as a new class of Coasties got pinned to the rank of BM3 after finishing A-School. One of the Coasties was our adopted kiddo, Sabrina Vasquez, who is from VA. We got to see her parents and meet her brother as well. BM2 Ashley Valine from station Tybee came to help her dad pin her and we all got together for a big family lunch afterward. While there, we got to see Ethen Smith, who was still at A-School, and Trent Williams who was at Tybee, but is now stationed near Virginia. Phillip, Kelsey, and I were lucky enough to get to stay on base at the training center which was wonderful as there are deer just wandering around. On Saturday following the program, we hung out with Sabrina for a while before she left for her new station in Indian River, Delaware. We saw a movie, had fun at an arcade, and spent quality time together.

Sabrina and Kelsey at BM2 Trent Williams, BM3 The ATON garden at the the arcade having fun. Sabrina Vasquez, training center in BM2 Ashley Valine, and Yorktown. Kelsey.

Sabrina (right) receiving Ethen Smith, Ashley Valine, an award. Sabrina Vasquez, and her dad before the program. PAGE 10 Bill Walter Flotilla Staff Officer - Communication Services (FSO-CS)

Joint update with Walt Reppenhagen below:

Walt Reppenhagen Webmaster

3 UPS 1. A plan is being put into place to transition from our custom website http://www.savannahaux.org to our new WOW site http://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=070-10-02 2. The old website will remain functional for some time to accommodate those applications which cannot be transferred to a site like WOW. Company newsletters are3 .e Ossuern Wtiaelb imn absutieldri, nWg arletl,a wtiiolln rsehmipasi nw aitvha iylaobulre in the background after the employees, customers ort reavnesni tpiorons ipse ccotmivep lceltien atss .a Enn ogcacgainsigo nanadl c onsultant. professionally-made com pany newsletters have the power to inspire loyalty and repeat busine3s sD. OGWet NinS touch with the people who matter to your business by maki1n. gT choem npeawn yW nOeWws ilse tdtaetras dorniev eonf ythousr many of the enhanced applications priorities. on our old WEB site will not transfer so we shall have to keep the old site linked in order to keep many of them available. This may incur some Flotilla expense in the future although it is thought to be within reason. 2. An AFSO-CS is still being sought. 3. The government shutdown curtailed most Flotilla activity although staff officers continued to work from home via their computer work stations to create schedules and reports.

SUMMARY: Very little activity and no regular meetings occurred during December. Happy New Year.

Phil Deloach Flotilla Staff Officer - Public Affairs (FSO-PA)

Things are at a slow due to the Holiday season. We are set to attend the Annual Savannah Boat Show in March at the trade center. Anyone interested in assisting please let me know. Thanks to all the members that assisted in 2018 at events.

PAGE 11 Chris Poulos Flotilla Staff Officer - Public Education (FSO-PE)

We held a VHF Net on 06 December 2018 at 1930, We had some good participation. And we learned where we have holes in our coverage area, and where coverage is spotty at best. Once we are allowed to do things again, I will schedule a VHF field day. I had one scheduled for 12 January 2019, but I don’t know that it will happen at this time. When we have it, I would like all TCO’s to participate. As this will be a good training opportunity for those TCO’s that aren’t as active as some. We continue to have members participate in the Tuesday night HF Net. We also continue to have members who stand watch in support of Coast Guard Station Tybee. I would like to encourage our new members to look at becoming TCO's. If anyone has or knows of a trailer or camper that could be donated to the flotilla for use as a communications trailer/emergency command center please let me or the FC know. IfC aonmypoanney hnaews aslneytt reards iaor ee qeussipenmtieanl tin t hbeuyil dairneg n roetla utisoinsgh aipnsd w witohu yldou lirk e teom dpolnoyaetes s, uccuhst aosm VeHrsF o rra edvioens opr oHspF ercatdivioe sc olier nCtBs. rEandgioags,i nagn dan FdR S(GMRS rpardoiofess, stihoenya lwlyo-muladd eb ec ogmrepaatnly anpewprselectitaetresd h. aIfv es ot hpel epaoswee gre tto i nin cspoinreta ct wloityha lmtye a. nWd er ehpaevaet ab utsoitnaels os.f G9e rta idni oto fuacchil iwtiieths wthhei cphe obprleea wksh od omwantt etor ftoou yr olaunr db uasninde fsisv eb ym moabkilien gf accoimlitpieasn.yW nee wcuslrertetnetrlsy o hnaev oef 1y7o mure mbers qpuraiolirfiiteides a. s TCO's. I encourage everyone to take a TCO course and get certified. If you're in terested please let me know. Once qualified you can get your own VHF radio, and we can have better coverage in our AOR. I'd like to also encourage all our member to go to our flotilla Facebook page, Savannah Coast Guard Auxiliary. Please like it and share it with everyone you know. Any TCO member can become a mentor to you. If anyone has questions on becoming TCO or once qualified having a radio facility in your home or in your vehicle please let me know.

Jay Gleeson Flotilla Staff Officer - Operations (FSO-OP)

12 Patrol orders issued to support Air Station, Boat Station, MSU. 3 were canceled (1 coxswain change, 2 Govt. shutdown) Two Coxswains/Facility Owners went into REYR on 12/31. (Glenn/Black Pearl and Poythress/ Angel 3)

No SAR cases run or called out. NO QE missions scheduled. PAGE 12 Paul Poteralski Flotilla Staff Officer - Program Visitor (FSO-PV)

I hope everyone had a safe and joyous holiday season, and wish all a wonderful year to come.

3 UPS 1. 29 visitations were reported for December 2018. 2. We have 270 total visitations for 2018. This surpassed our total of 236 visitations for 2017.

GOALS for 2019 1. To continue with a 2% increase in Program Visitations over last year. 2. To qualify two members as Program Visitors.

George Scuorzo Flotilla Staff Officer - Vessel Examination (FSO-VE)

All was quiet for the month of December with the holidays, rainy days, and shutdown of the government, therefore, no activity was reported. Going into the New Year 2019, our 2019 VSC SCHEDULE was put together and sent out to all VEs and logged into our website. Also, distribution of 2019 decals will occur at our next Flotilla meeting. Please order from our FSO-MT and any 7012 forms you may nee, including:

-PADDLE RESPONSIBLY CHECK -List booklets and Paddle Tip Reflector Kit

VEs, please remember to fill out form 7038 (RECREATIONAL VESSEL EXAMINATIONS) and form 7029 (MEMBER ACTIVITY WORKSHEET). On your VESSEL SAFETY CHECK 7012, please fill in all boxes with clear answers. Our first VESSEL SAFETY CHECK schedule day is March 9th (Saturday) at Kings Ferry.

Any member interested in becoming a EXAMINER, please let me know. I will help you achieve this goal.

PAGE 13 Dick Luettich Flotilla Staff Officer - Information Systems (FSO-IS)

I am submitting a Year 2018 Summary report fully aware that it will be a new year (2019) when our Flotilla members will be reading it. I specifically call your attention to item 13 which again calls to every member’s attention that a number who have had hours reported by others are not submitting a Form 7029 (Member Activity Form). Remember, if you have participated in a Public Affairs, Training Workshop, on the water Patrol, etc. and those hours have been reported by others you still should be reporting your prep or travel time on the 7029 form. I also note that these members are travelling to and attending Flotilla meetings which time should be reported. My goal for the coming year is to have 100% participation in reporting hours by our active members.

I have summarized many of the activities for Flotilla 10-2 for the Year Company newsletters are2 0es1s8e. nTthiaisl irne pbuoirltd isn gs irmelialatrio tnos hthiposs we iothf pyaosutr years. In some instances I employees, customers orh eavveen ipnrdoiscpaetcetdiv (ein c iltieanlitcss.) E an cgoagminpga rainsdo n with Year 2017 activities. professionally-made com1p. aFnloy tnilelaw 1s0le-t2t ehrasd h 5av6e ( 6th0e) pmoewmerb teor si nosrp 3ir0e. 4% (33%) of the Division 10 loyalty and repeat businetsost. aGl eotf i n18 t4o u(1c8h0 w) mithe mthbe epreso. ple who matter to your business by makin2.g T choims pyaenayr Fnleowtisllleat 1te0r-s2 ohnaes ocfo ynoduurc ted 133 member training hours or priorities. 26% of the Division total of 507 hours. (last year we conducted 205 hours of the Division total of 570 hours) 3. We have conducted 161 hours (146) Public Affairs hours or 24% (35%) of the 674 (405) Division hours. 4. Under Public Education we have conducted 122 hours (75 hours) of instruction out of 212 hours (230 hours) or 57.5% (33%) of those conducted by the Division. 5. In the area of Operations Flotilla 10-2 has recorded 1826 hours or 42.3% of the Division total of 4312 hours. Our Surface Facilities conducted 161 (150) missions and our Air Facilities 35 missions. (In Year 2017 we conducted 1534 hours or 29% of the 5646 hours in the Division) 6. Flotilla 10-2 has 13 (12) qualified Crew members or 45.4% of the Division total of 28 (26) and we have 10 qualified Coxswains or 50% of the 20 in the Division. Two (2) of our Coxswains are QEs and the only two in the Division. 7. We have 5 or 33.3% of the Division 15 Surface Facilities, 3 or 100% of the Division Air facilities, and 9 or 22.5% of the Division 40 radio facilities. (Last year we had the same numbers of all recorded facilities) 8. In the area of Vessel Safety Checks we have conducted 134 checks or 23% of the Division’s total of 582. This was accomplished by 10 Examiners or 28.6% of the 35 Divisions Examiners.

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Dick Luettich Flotilla Staff Officer - Information Systems (FSO-IS)

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9. As for RBS Visits we conducted 270 visits or 24% of the Division total of 1120 visits. This was accomplished with 7 Marine Dealer visitors or 25% of the Division total of 28 visitors. (Last year we conducted 246 visits with 7 qualified visitors). 10. The total 99 mission hours (7029 Member Activity Log) was 7688 hours (8136 hours) or 22.8% of the Division total of 33,680 hours. (We recorded 7927 hours 0r 26.6% of the Division total of 29,777 hours). 11. All hours reported for Division 10 was 43364 with Flotilla 10-2 reporting 11922 hours or 27.5% (last year Division hours reported were 40,425 with Flotilla 10-2 reporting 12,674 or 29%). 12. 36 of our Flotilla members or 64.3% have recorded hours this year while only 29 or 51.8% have submitted a Form 7029. (This compares to Company newsletters aret heess seanmtiael ains lbausitld yienagr r)e. lationships with your employees, customers or1 e3v. e7n m permosbpecrst iwveh col iheandts .s oEmngea ghiongu rasn ddi d not submit a 7029, with one professionally-made combpeainnyg n ae wStsalefftt Oerfsf ihcaevre. the power to inspire loyalty and repeat busineTssh.i sG reetp ino rtto wucahs wdeitvhe tlhoep epdeo upslien wg htoh em Uatntietr S ummary Data report from to your business by makinAgU cXoDmApTanAy a nse owfs 3le1t Dteercse omneb eorf 2y0ou18r . I. as FSO-IS Officer for Flotilla 10-2, priorities. do not want this report to be interpreted as a criticism of an officer or member of the Flotilla. It is written in an effort to give our Leadership and Staff Officers as well as our members an indication of our strengths as well as indicate areas the Flotilla may wish to strengthen its programs or efforts.

Don Funderburk Asst. Flotilla Staff Officer - Publications (AFSO-PB)

I am grateful to have had the privilege of once again retiring from the position of FSO-PB, and additionally truly blessed to be able to take up a new Staff Position. I am particularly pleased this year to be able to pass the FSO-PB mantel on to a trained and dedicated member of our Flotilla, Andrew Niquette. As our 2018 AFSO-PB and my mentee, Andrew has provided dramatic improvements to our Newsletter in 2018, which has allowed us to feel good enough to submit a Newsletter for National Competition. We have consistently received high praise from Chain of Leadership levels as high as our Immediate Past Commodore Judith Hudson. With the continued support of our Staff Officers, Cox’n, Crew, active Auxiliary members and USCG active duty members that diligently support us, we look forward to another dynamite New Year! Bravo Zulu to the entire “TEAM COAST GUARD” in our varied areas of responsibility. PAGE 15 T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S C O A S T G U A R D A U X I L I A R Y ANNIVERSARIES Provided by: Rosemary Bond

We congratulate these Auxiliarists of Flotilla 10-2 on their milestones of service to the United States and the Coast Guard.

N A N C Y H A S T I E : 4 D E C - 9 Y E A R S K E I T H J E R V I S : 1 7 D E C - 2 5 Y E A R S D O N F U N D E R B U R K : 2 6 D E C - 1 7 Y E A R S H A L M A R S C H A L L : 3 1 D E C - 2 0 Y E A R S J A N E H A M I L L : 6 J A N - 2 7 Y E A R S J O Y C E B E L L F I E L D : 1 4 J A N - 1 2 Y E A R S J O E F O O T E N : 3 0 J A N - 5 Y E A R S

PAGE 16 THIS MONTH IN COAST GUARD HISTORY J A N U A R Y

Provided by: Andrew Niquette

1 JAN 1808 T H E L A W P A S S E D B Y C O N G R E S S I N 1 8 0 7 P R O H I B I T I N G T H E I M P O R T A T I O N O F S L A V E S I N T O T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S W E N T I N T O E F F E C T O N 1 J A N U A R Y 1 8 0 8 . T H E R E V E N U E C U T T E R S E R V I C E E N F O R C E D T H E L A W O N T H E H I G H S E A S .

1 JAN 1946 T H E C O A S T G U A R D , W H I C H H A D O P E R A T E D A S A S E R V I C E U N D E R T H E N A V Y S I N C E 1 N O V E M B E R 1 9 4 1 , W A S R E T U R N E D T O T H E T R E A S U R Y D E P A R T M E N T , P U R S U A N T T O E X E C U T I V E O R D E R 9 6 6 6 , D A T E D 2 8 D E C E M B E R 1 9 4 5 .

6 JAN 1934 T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S L I N E S S W A S H I N G T O N C A M E W I T H I N I N C H E S O F R A M M I N G T H E N E W L I G H T V E S S E L N O . 1 1 7 O N T H E N A N T U C K E T S T A T I O N . T H E L I N E R S C R A P E D T H E L I G H T S H I P ’ S S I D E , S H E A R I N G O F F D A V I T S , A L I F E B O A T , A N T E N N A S , E T C . F I V E M O N T H S L A T E R T H E L I G H T S H I P W A S S U N K B Y T H E W H I T E S T A R L I N E R M S O L Y M P I C W H E N I T R A M M E D T H E L I G H T S H I P , K I L L I N G S E V E N O F T H E L I G H T S H I P ' S C R E W .

11 JAN 1755 A L E X A N D E R H A M I L T O N , T H E F I R S T S E C R E T A R Y O F T H E U . S . T R E A S U R Y A N D T H E " F A T H E R " O F T H E U . S . C O A S T G U A R D ,

12 JAN 2010 A S E V E R E E A R T H Q U A K E S T R U C K H A I T I . C G C S F O R W A R D , M O H A W K A N D T A H O M A W E R E T H E F I R S T U . S . A S S E T S T O A R R I V E O N S C E N E A T P O R T A U P R I N C E , W I T H F O R W A R D A R R I V I N G T H E M O R N I N G O F 1 3 J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 0 A N D M O H A W K A R R I V I N G I N T H E A F T E R N O O N . T H E S E U N I T S P R O V I D E D A I R T R A F F I C C O N T R O L F O R M I L I T A R Y A I R C R A F T , C O N D U C T E D D A M A G E A S S E S S M E N T S O F T H E P O R T , A N D F E R R I E D S U P P L I E S A N D I N J U R E D P E O P L E W I T H E M B A R K E D B O A T S A N D H E L I C O P T E R S . O T H E R C O A S T G U A R D A S S E T S B E G A N A R R I V I N G S O O N T H E R E A F T E R T O A S S I S T I N T H E R E C O V E R Y E F F O R T S , I N C L U D I N G T H E C G C O A K A N D A I R C R A F T F R O M A I R S T A C L E A R W A T E R .

15 JAN 1974 T H E F I R S T G R O U P O F W O M E N E V E R E N L I S T E D A S R E G U L A R S I N T H E C O A S T G U A R D B E G A N T H E I R 1 0 - W E E K B A S I C T R A I N I N G A T T H E C O A S T G U A R D T R A I N I N G C E N T E R I N C A P E M A Y . T H I R T Y - T W O W O M E N W E R E I N T H E I N I T I A L G R O U P A N D F O R M E D R E C R U I T C O M P A N Y S I E R R A - 8 9 .

20 JAN 1915 C O N G R E S S P A S S E D T H E " A C T T O C R E A T E T H E C O A S T G U A R D " O N T H I S D A T E I N 1 9 1 5 ( 3 8 S T A T . L . , 8 0 0 ) . T H E A C T C O M B I N E D T H E L I F E - S A V I N G S E R V I C E A N D R E V E N U E C U T T E R S E R V I C E T O F O R M T H E C O A S T G U A R D . P R E S I D E N T W O O D R O W W I L S O N S I G N E D T H E A C T O N 2 8 J A N U A R Y 1 9 1 5 .

29 JAN 1919 R A T I F I C A T I O N O F T H E 1 8 T H A M E N D M E N T T O T H E U . S . C O N S T I T U T I O N O C C U R R E D O N T H I S D A T E . T H E C O A S T G U A R D W A S T A S K E D W I T H T H E P R E V E N T I O N O F T H E M A R I T I M E I M P O R T A T I O N O F I L L E G A L A L C O H O L . PAGE 17 T H I S L E D T O T H E L A R G E S T I N C R E A S E I N T H E S I Z E A N D R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S O F T H E S E R V I C E T O D A T E . J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 9 I S S U E

PTroHvidinEg e ssNentiAal naVvigIatGion kAnowTledOge. R'S CORNER WHAT IF YOUR BOAT GPS FAILS! (Then so will your BOAT CHART PLOTTER!) WRITTEN BY DON FUNDERBURK

How about a few simple ideas that can easily be used, plus helps improve crew training skills? The basic idea is to do as the USCG & USN do, have a crew onboard as “NAVIGATOR”.

The easiest method by far, is to assign the Navigator, equipped with a Hand-Held GPS or GPS capable Smart Phone or IPAD set to read out in DD.mm.m, a handheld radio with a microphone headset, and a place to sit, with waterway visibility, so they can handle the OPS/POSITION Reports without disrupting the normal Cox’n/Crew patrol activities. This allows the rest of the crew to concentrate on the fundamental patrol tasks. Setup your GPS to read out Lat-Lon in a data block on the map display, then simply read out your present Lat-Lon at your present position. Keep track of the waterway name you are in and change the scale to see the nearest ATON, or rocker over to it to identify it. Visually compare ATONS and significant visual local Landmarks as you pass them to use as your present “GEOGRAPHICAL” location. Note that the upper Savannah River begins about 32⁰06’ just above the Talmadge Bridge, where Aid numbers restart counting up from about “2” or “4”, where the “Savannah River ATONS stop about “58”

The second easiest method is to use a “Plastic bagged / water resistant laptop” with the free “OPEN CPN” program downloaded and installed. Under “Tools”, select “Drop Mark at Curser”. Every few minutes, and more frequently as each “OPS and Position“ reporting time nears, and an ATON is on the beam, drop a mark by clicking on your present estimated position. Label the “Properties box” with that time. The properties box will automatically contain that location, just by clicking on it.

The third method is to use a local paper chart, preferably an old or surplus folded USCG full sized chart, (even if it’s an assembled “Booklet Chart”), and a paper copy of the local (mini) Light List that we distribute electronically to every Coxswain in January. If Crew want it, we can simply add them to the electronic distribution list, so they can at least print it themselves if they need it.

PAGE 18 Lacking a hand-held GPS, the next method recognizes that typical Aids to Navigation (ATONS) in our AOR are about ½ nm apart on the Savannah River, and typically about 1 nm apart in the sounds and the ICW. That means that with even a “Booklet Chart”, with a visual estimate of where you are as you pass ATONS, if the Navigator keeps track of which ATON you are closest to, you can visually determine and report the location of the nearest ATON, (A Geographic position) and also report DD-mm.m by estimating the fraction of the distance from the last to the next ATON, since 0.1 minute of arc = 0.1 nm because a minute of latitude = 1 nm for Latitude and even less for Longitude.

If you have trouble as the Navigator making the estimate before you are practiced and confident, instead of estimating your fractional distance between ATONS, you might simply inform the station of your situation, and report the DD.mm of the nearest ATON in the Light List. To estimate those tenths of minutes between the ATONS. You could, of course, use tenths of minutes from the seconds of arc from the Light list, remembering that 60“ = 1’, so each 6“=0.1‘. Hence you are reporting within the normally expected reports the USCG routinely requests. You might want to make a copy of a (0.1’ ) = (6“) table. Also keep a copy of the mental calculations table FOR D=ST published in the April 2018 Newsletter.

Let’s remember why the USCG Station wants your periodic reports. …. VERY SIMPLE. …. They want to know where to begin a search pattern to find you if you inexplicably stop reporting your position. So, how good must that position really be? While they ask for routine reports in DD-mm.m format, of about 600 feet, the fact is, they simply want an adequate accuracy to be able to estimate your “Last Known position”, so they can calculate their most likely “Begin Search Pattern” position when you fail to report in. The Navigator might also consider routinely reporting heading and boat speed (C/S) to help the USCG with their SAR planning.

NEXT MONTH: WHY AND HOW TO PLOT LOCAL ROUTES

PAGE 19 AV-PQS TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT

Division Ten will be offering an opportunity for members to complete the majority of the Performance Qualification Standard leading to certification as ATON Verifier (AV-PQS).-. The classroom training is open to members in every membership status (AP, BQ, AX/AX2). However, before you will receive the final certification as an AV, you must:

1) Have completed ICS100 and ICS700 2) Have completed the 4- hour TCT class 3) Have completed all areas of the PQS workbook including- a. Two Day Verifications b. Two Night verifications

After attending the classroom portion, you will have completed the requirements listed in Section One through Section Six. You are responsible for arranging completion of Section Seven (2day,2 night verifications) on your own. Section Seven can be signed-off only by an Approved Verifying Officer. (More details on this process will be given at the class.) Download and read the PQS document before attending class. You must bring your own printed copy of the PQS to class with you. Failure to have your copy of the PQS in class could cause a delay in your certification.

You can download a copy of the PQS from the National Website at: http://pdept.cgaux.org/Documents/Active/NS/Master_NS%20Aid_Verifier_PQS_14JULY2 011.pdf (note: if you try to type the above address, what appears to be spaces are really underline characters)

If interested in attending, please contact : Mark Ratliff, SO-NS10 [email protected] or text /call 843-227-3819

A additional reminder will be sent to registered participants 7-10 days before the class start date. We will have a working lunch. Please bring a lunch and something to drink as there is no food or drink available at the classroom location.

When: March 23, 2019 Where: Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center Classroom 310 Okatie Hwy (SC Hwy 170), Okatie, SC 29909 Uniform of the Day: Civilian Clothes Time: 1000-1700 Working Lunch

PAGE 20 PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION (PII) DISCLOSURE POLICY Disclosing Personal Identity Information outside USCG AUXILIARY password protected sources is strictly prohibited. Refer to: http://5nr.org/downloads/diraux/SAFEGUARDING_PII_2012_AUXSUB.pdf For a training pdf presentation, see http://tdept.cgaux.org/mt/pdf/Privacy_Ind_Learn.pdf Members can find all members PII information you need for contacting any other members, including Staff Officers, by logging into the password protected membership only portion of www.savannahaux.org or https://auxofficer.cgaux.org/auxoff/ Click on: Aux members/ Auxiliary Directory.

No monthly meeting minutes are provided as there was no December Flotilla meeting.

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