SURFACE OPERATIONS - Flotilla Members perform safety and
aids-to-navigation patrols in the San Francisco Bay Area. Auxiliary vessels
and their crews work under the control of the Coast Guard, and aid in search
and rescue (SAR), marine safety, and other missions. Auxiliary crew members
and Coxswains qualify using the same boat crew training manual as used by
Coast Guard Regulars and Reservists, and must satisfy annual currency
maintenance. Auxiliarists are volunteers.
BOATING SAFETY - Auxiliarists from 04-09 teach classes to members
of the general public and to members of the Auxiliary in the Silicon Valley.
Public classes include boating skills and seamanship (basic power), sailing
fundamentals (basic sail), and basic and advanced coastal navigation.
Auxiliarists also provide voluntary vessel safety checks and conduct other
programs to enhance boating safety.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - Auxiliarists from 04-09 and other
flotillas join Coast Guard active duty and reservists to aid NOAA and NMFS
in managing the San Francisco Bay. Auxiliarists are deployed on Coast Guard
Auxiliary surface and air missions.
COAST GUARD MISSION SUPPORT - Auxiliarists also volunteer to serve
alongside regular and reserve members of the Coast Guard in operational and
administrative programs. Flotilla members serve as radio watch standers, and
have served onboard several Coast Guard vessels and facilities.