US Coast Guard Auxiliary D1NR-02-08
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary is the volunteer component of Team Coast Guard. Flotilla D1NR-02-08 is home ported in Portsmouth Harbor, covering all of New Hampshire and Southermost Maine.
Coast Guard Auxiliary members volunteer their time to support all Coast Guard missions, excluding law enforcement and military duty.
Auxiliary members perform public boating safety education, conduct search-and-rescue patrols on our own vessels and aircraft, conduct vessel safety checks, stand watch in the station communication tower, perform marine safety and environmental protection missions, and augment the Coast Guard in logistics and planning, boat crew,and many other missions which directly impact the safety of our community and environment, on the water, ashore and in the air.
Description:
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary is the volunteer component of Team Coast Guard. Flotilla D1NR-02-08 is home ported in Portsmouth Harbor, covering all of New Hampshire and Southermost Maine.
Membership is open to any US citizens who are 17 years of age or above.
As volunteers, members commit as much or as little time as they are able, and can not be "called up" to involuntary duty or sent out of the area, unless they volunteer for a mission such as an environmental or natural disaster, and are trained in the mission needed there.
Members get as much from the Auxiliary as they put in. Opportunities to train for real missions which positively impact their communities are endless, and often the hardest part of being an Auxiliarist is to decide which programs to participate in. At the same time, opportunities are available for members who work non-traditional or varied schedules, since there is no minimum time commitment, and every program has it's own unique scheduling needs.
Auxiliarists come from all walks of life, all occupations, prior military service, retired civilian or military, high school and college students, working men and women. Membership is open to all regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender or any other label.
History:
The US Coast Guard was formed in 1939 by act of congress. Since that time, Auxiliarists have supported their country, their community, and the environment through boating safety education, vessel safety checks, direct support of local Coast Guard units and missions, and patrol missions on the water, in the air, and on shore.
Contact person: Tom Raynor, Flotilla Commander, (phone), (email)
Address:
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25 Wentworth RdNew Castle, NH 03854(See a map) |
Web Site: http://www.uscgauxnh.org
Directions:
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Activities occur on various Seacoast waterways. |
Miscellaneous Information
| Name of Executive Director (or equivalent) if not listed above: |
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Tom Raynor
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| Type of organization |
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Nonprofit other than 501(c)3
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| Is your organization a Health and Human Service agency? |
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No
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| Last updated on October 2, 2009 |
