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Coast Guard

  • Coast Guard Auxiliary for Feb. 23, 2012

    Many of you may not know the significance of Feb. 15. For members of Flotilla 12 it is a day we celebrate the birth of one of our cherished members. The year I will leave up to your imagination.
    Mark Rosen joined the Auxiliary on Jan. 8, 1991, in Tampa. He quickly immersed himself and learned all he could as well as imparted his vast knowledge to all who were willing to listen, and some who were not so willing, but knew they needed to listen.

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  • Coast Guard Auxiliary for Feb. 16, 2012

    It was hard to believe it was February as the week set out, but Saturday the 12th as I awoke in the early hours of the morning to drive over to Destin for the Winter Division Business Meeting it was definitely feeling wintery!

    As I arrived along with Tim Ashley, our Division finance officer, we headed up to the meeting area to mingle before everyone had to get down to business.

    Normally Duane would have been with us also, but he was under the weather.

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  • Coast Guard Auxiliary for Feb. 9, 2012

    It is hard to believe we are already into February and yet it feels like spring!

    This is the time of year when things begin to really pick up for us in Flotilla 12. We are already thinking about Springtime Tallahassee, the start of boating season, and many other activities we participate in.

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  • Coast Guard Auxiliary for Feb. 2, 2012

    It is hard to think about boating with this latest cold spell we are having as I write this, but soon we will all be wondering where the winter has gone.

    With one of the primary missions of the Coast Guard Auxiliary being that of public education (PE), our Flotilla staff Officer for PE has been hard at work preparing for an exciting year.

    Last year, the Auxiliary struggled nationally to have a successful PE program. The down economy and everyone trying to save where they can, class enrollment was minimal.

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  • Coast Guard Auxiliary for Jan. 26, 2012

    As promised last week Mark Rosen has sent in a part two for the rules of the road! As the details and questions continue to surround the Costa Concordia, one thing is completely clear, there are rules to follow and when those rules are broken, there are consequences.

    It all began back in 1972 in the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, and became the International Navigational Rules Act in 1977 under President Ford.

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  • Coast Guard: Jan. 19 edition

    By CAROLYN BROWN TREADON

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  • Coast Guard Auxiliary for Jan. 12, 2012

    For those of you who know Sherrie Alverson, you know surprising her is not an easy feat. As many of are aware, Sherrie has made the very hard decision to retire from the Coast Guard Auxiliary after serving for more than 40 years!

    With the many commitments Sherrie has going on in her life, trying to pin her down to a day that we could honor her and her service was difficult at best but, alas, we found that the day of our meeting she would be able to come. The week before, an e-mail went out inviting anyone in Division 1 and beyond to attend to honor Sherrie.

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  • Coast Guard Auxiliary for Jan. 5, 2012

    As I thought about what to write on this week, I was surfing a bit online and saw some great pictures taken by our Flotilla commander’s wife Phyllis Asztalos of the Shell Point Yacht Club Regatta on Jan. 1st.

    With her permission, I am sharing a few with you.

    Also, as is tradition, Duane and I host a Polar Bear Pool Party on Jan. 1 of each year. This year marked our fourth annual dip. We were a bit lucky this year as the pool had only dipped down to 62 degrees with the warm weather we have had over the last few weeks.

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  • Coast Guard Auxiliary Report: Dec. 29

    By CAROLYN BROWN TREADON
     

    I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and are preparing for a very Happy New Year!  With the new year approaching, it is critical that everyone who will be going out on the water be reminded of a few of the basic safety measures that can make a real difference without taking a lot of extra time.  This is especially true with the unseasonable warm weather we have been getting.

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  • Coast Guard Auxiliary for Dec. 15, 2011

    A note from Sherrie Alverson:

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