The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is the civilian volunteer arm of the United States Coast Guard, 34,885 men and women who donate their time and expertise to support the Coast Guard and improve boating safety. Since its creation by Congress in 1939, the Coast Guard Auxiliary has served as the civilian, non-military component of the Coast Guard. Today, the volunteer men and women of the Coast Guard Auxiliary are active on the waterways and classrooms in over 2,000 cities and towns across the nation. Each year, Auxiliarists save almost 500 lives, assist some 15,000 recreation vehicles, and teach over 6,000 boating and water safety courses.

      Auxiliarists are probably best known for educating the public through their boating safety classes and Vessel Safety Checks. Yet, they have done much more, and their responsibilities continue to grow since passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996. The Authorization Act assigns the Auxiliary the role of assisting the Coast Guard in performance of any Coast Guard function, duty, role, mission or operation authorized by law.

      Auxiliarists usually use their own boats, aircrafts and radios in carrying out Coast Guard operational missions, they first offer their assets as facilities to the Coast Guard and upon acceptance, become U.S. Government property while on active missions or operations.

      Auxiliarists wear the same uniform as the Coast Guard, but with modified colors (silver instead of gold). Auxiliarists wear rank similar to that of the Coast Guard to. But, the structure of ranking is different, they do not use military titles. To learn more about the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Email Us to contact a member of the Bayville - Glen Cove Auxiliary unit.

 

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