An introduction to the Coast Guard, the Auxiliary & Division 7

August 2010

Some of our local activities

The US Coast Guard40,000 active duty

8,100 reservists7,000 civilians

33,000 auxiliarists

250Auxiliarists in Division 7

170Active, Reserve & Civilians

Many major waterside facilities

Numerous major ports

Narrow fairways

Cold water and unexpected weather

Critical environmental habitat

Critical highways, bridges, pipelines…

Year round boating, angling & events

Significant history of natural disasters

ThousandRegisteredVessels*

Our world of work

80+Million citizens

2.25Thousand

Kayakers** & 66K Canoeists

66Port calls to

Columbia River Ports

2500

Recreational boating safety education

Recreational boating safety: public outreach & marine dealers

Recreational boating safety: Vessel examinations

Surface Operations

Air Operations

Communications

Augmenting at Sector Portland & Station Portland

…and much more

Situation report

Division 7 service area

• 45% of Oregon population• 9% of Washington population• Division 6 are our primary collaborators

= our Flotillas (5) = Flotilla detachments (2)

Division 7: Where we are

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ZIP Codes with Auxiliary Division 7 Members – as many as 12 Auxiliarists in our most populous ZIP code

Division 7 01Aug2010• 257 members• Recreational Boating Safety YTD 2010

– Within 50 VSCs of 2009 total (reported)– 120% of 2009 Program Visits– 150% of 2009 ABS graduates

• Continued strong operations programs• Seeing progress on communications• Three members currently deployed in support

of Deepwater• Need to continue to focus on recruiting,

retention and readiness to sustain execution

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