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M e e t i n g s : T h i r d W e d n e s d a y - C l a r e n d o n C o . E m e r g e n c y S e r v i c e C o m p l e x , C o m m e r c e S t . , M a n n i n g

USCG AUXILIARY

THE INLAND SEAFLOTILLA 12-1 LAKE MARION, SC

N e w s l e t t e r

Lake Marion is the largest lake (171 Sq. Mi./110,000 acres) in South Carolina, centrally located and with territory within five counties. The lake is referred to as South Carolina's Inland Sea. Combined with Lake Moultrie and the upper Cooper River, our responsibility exceeds 250,000 acres.

FLOTILLA COMMANDER John R. Owen, FC 12-1

Thanks to all members of Lake Marion Flotilla 12-1 for your valuable time and efforts in support of the USCG mission and assistance to our boating community. Although winter has slowed down the lake traffic, Flotilla 12-1 continues to make our presence known with several patrols in our Area Of Responsibility (AOR). March looks like a full month of activities: 8 March –

Sumter Baptist Temple Sportsmen’s Banquet; 9 March – About Boating Safely Class, Santee; 16 March – Charting Class, Station Charleston; 22 - 24 March – Palmetto Sportsmen’s Classic, Columbia. ! Boating season is fast approaching. Please get out and make a presence at local marinas, bait shops, docks, ramps, and landings.! Flotilla Goals for 2013: We have six Program/Operational Areas that are used as a measurement of our success as a Flotilla. These areas are (2012 numbers in parenthesis): Number of PE Graduates (40); Number of VE’s (292), Number of Program Visits (97); Member Training Hours (16); Coxswain Operational Hours (171); and Number of Members (26). Our 2013 success will be demonstrated by meeting and exceeding the 2012 numbers. By our commitment and teamwork, we can easily obtain these goals.

Congratulations to Perry and Joe for successful Coxswain re-certifications and to Willie upon obtaining his DHS-USCG-USCGAUX Identification Card. Ω

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FLOTILLA VICE COMMANDER VFCJoe Newman, VFC 12-1

As winter begins to wind down, for many folks this is the time for early spring cleaning. Some will pull the boat out from under cover, or simply pull off the tarp, or drag the leaf blower out to blow out the winter's accumulation. As folks begin to ready their equipment for our long recreational boating season,

it's a great time for them to ready themselves as well. What better way than a day spent at the About Boating Safely course? Please encourage your friends, neighbors, coworkers, Church members and any others--if they haven't already taken the ABS course--to spend a day learning more about safe boating. It's fun, educational and could save a life. Ω

FEBRUARY MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

Newest member Willie Hanton receives his member ID card.

Perry Moses III receives his coxswain three year re-qualification certificate.

Steve Rodvansky receives the COMO Certificates of Excellence Boating

Safety & Watch Standing and his five year membership award.

HUMAN RESOURCES John R. Owen, FC 12-1

Last month’s visitor, Harvin Bullock, is busy completing the application process and hopefully we’ll get his paperwork sent off soon. Congratulations to Willie on getting his ID card. Willie, you are on your way now! Please remember to inform potential members to access the National HR website and the AUX HELP site – they are valuable recruiting tools!! Ω

Santee Cooper is moving ahead in replacing faded and missing Day-Markers. They now have in-house capability to make Day-Markers. Santee Cooper will provide our flotilla with the locations of all Day Markers on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie. Ω FC comment: Great news!

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS/MARINE SAFETYRichard Phillips

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L e a r n t o r e c o g n i z e symptoms of hypothermia. They are listed here in order of severity.

1. Shivering slurred speech, blurred vision

2. Bluish lips and fingernails

3. Loss of feeling in extremities

4. Cold, bluish skin5. Confusion6. Dizziness7. Rigidity in

extremities8. Unconsciousness9. Coma10. Death

OPERATIONSJoe L. Livingston, IPFC

Over the last several weeks your OPS group has mounted patrols into lower Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, the Tailrace Canal, the Cooper River, and the East Branch Cooper River. These patrols, on Flotilla 12-1 facility Master Chief, COMO Jay Dahlgren coxswain, were conducted “OPS normal”.

  Mates, warm weather is on the way and will be here before we know it, but for now water and air temperatures are still cold enough to quickly cause hypothermia in anyone unfortunate enough to go overboard while boating. Using the proper PPE while on the water is always important but during cold weather, and while water temperatures are still low, cold weather PPE and wearing a life jacket is essential to remaining safe while on the water. Even when rescue may be only minutes away you can be in a life threatening situation when you suddenly find yourself in cold water without the proper protective equipment. Insulated float coats, insulated flotation coveralls, cold water immersion suits, and even just simple life jackets can literally make the difference between life and death under these circumstances. Even as we approach warm weather please continue to pass the word about hypothermia to friends and neighbors and encourage them to boat safely and boat smartly in cold water. Help educate them about the dangers of hypothermia and the proper use of cold water PPE. ----- Oh, and set the example by using this equipment yourself. Remember the old adage – “The life you save may be your own”! Ω

“Who has the stern watch?”

12-1 FACILITIES

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We had only one mentoring session with our coxswain trainees during February due to the MT being out of town for a week. We continue to work on Navigation by solving several problems concerning set and drift. We hope to begin our on water training shortly but the weather has not been kind to us recently with most weekends either cold or wet or both.                We presented the new sexual harassment powerpoint at our February flotilla

meeting and will present the one hour TCT powerpoint at the March meeting. We are planning to have the VE review program for April and will have sessions on radio communications and completion of the AuxData forms later in the year. Ω

MEMBER TRAININGPerry Moses, III

DIVERSITYJohn R. Owen, FC 12-1

March is Women’s History Month. We celebrate the past and ongoing achievements of Women and especially the achievements of Women in the USCG and USCG-AUX. The photo at the right is of Rear Admiral Sandra Strosz, Superintendent of the USCG Academy. Admiral Strosz is the first woman to lead a US Service Academy. Ω

SECRETARY/RECORDS - INFORMATION SYSTEMS Bob Young

√ FC called meeting to order√ Staff reports received by VFC√ PB reminder March articles√ VE passed out 2013 decals

√ IS reminder that DSO-IS still inputting 7029’s until he gets the appropriate clearance. Reminded all the importance of submitting the 7029s each month. If a member has difficulty with the form, please notify him and he can assist/instruct you either by email or telephone √ DV reports March is women’s history month√ MT report covering on going coxswain training√ OPS report of 12-1’s patrols to date and upcoming training√ PA reports meetings with newspapers, et al, on March ABS√ PE reported on March ABS class and enrollments to date√ FC reminded all to check and update ID cards if necessary; covered District Strategic Plan & goals for ’13√ FSO-MT presented the annual one hour Sexual Harassment Workshop

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E. WritingJust a suggestion: You should not make your email recipients read through long lines of their previous email to find your two-sentence reply. Delete all the other background (to include the long list of previous recipients) or explanatory information originally sent and leave only the pertinent questions and/or answers, along with your responses.You could

also cut the pertinent questions and paste them into a new email, accompanied by your responses. Include enough of the original message to provide a context for your response. You need not include the entire message, but do include the relevant part to remind your reader of the pertinent issues or questions. Further, although numerous addresses were sent the original message, unless they are pertinent to your reply, please delete all but those you wish to read your reply. Ω

PUBLICATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES COMO Jay Dahlgren

VE We received our allotment of VE decals and they were distributed at

our flotilla meeting on 20 February. We look forward to a successful 2013. Members were informed about the printable coupons which are intended to assist those boaters that have experienced failed vessel safety checks to bring their vessels up to boating safely rules. Ω

MA We have received some additional material and it will be made available at each flotilla meeting. Anyone looking for handout material that we don't stock or that is out of stock please contact me and I will submit the order. My last order only took 10 days. Ω

VESSEL EXAMINATIONS/MATERIALS Ron Cunningham

FOG: We learned a very valuable lesson on a recent 12-1 patrol…wait until the fog lifts. Fog can be considered a cloud at ground level. The processes forming it, however, are usually different from those that form clouds. Fog forms when the difference between temperature and dew point is generally less than 2.5  °C or 4  °F.[1] It is more common when the temperature of the air is around 5 °C or 40 °F. If you believe that fog will be affecting your future scheduled patrol, check with the national weather center BEFORE departing: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ Be patient, it will lift. Ω

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PUBLIC AFFAIRSWilliam Hayes

 March promises to be a busy month for 12-1.  Thanks to Ellen’s hard work,  the first of three scheduled ABS courses of the year will be held on 09 March.  This is a great opportunity to promote the Auxiliary with a captive audience.     Also,   the two scheduled events below are opportunities to man booths and interact with the boating public.   For some this is their only contact and only impression of the Coast Guard and the Auxiliary.  Let us all employ our mantra of

Semper Paratus,  and be ready to promote boating safety and Team Coast Guard. Ω

We've had a good start to the 2013 Public Education mission. We have 3 ABS courses

scheduled for this spring, March 9, April 20 and June 15.  All have been listed with DNR and on the Intent to Teach Website.  We've also contacted six local schools and the Boy Scouts about interest in the program.  Our programs have also been listed in a half dozen local newspapers, plus the Times and Democrat.  Our Instructor preparation is complete. Instructors have volunteered for each chapter and we've prepared a CD for each instructor with the slides and the Instructor Notes. ! We are looking for an enthusiastic response from the public.  Meanwhile, we're going to combine efforts with our Program Visitation efforts to see if the companies will let us post ABS flyers. ! We would like to invite any of your family members who would like to take the About Boating Safely course, free of charge, Saturday, March 9. Please let me know who will be attending. Ω

PUBLIC EDUCATION Ellen Newman

8 March: Men’s Wild Game SupperSumter Baptist Temple2295 Harper Street, Sumter, SC

22 - 23 March: Palmetto Sportsman’s ClassicFairgrounds, Columbia, SC

Atta Girl! (PFD)

Too late for the ABS course?

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COMO JAY

14 February marked yet another early year 12-1 patrol. Our FC, John Owen; Pilot, Richard Behling; and coxswain COMO Jay aboard Master Chief conducted a somewhat unique (first) patrol. We departed from the Navy’s Short Stay in Pinopolis, continued to the Tailrace Canal by way of the locks and patrolled the Upper Cooper River which is 12-1’s responsibility. However, instead of returning at the ‘Key’ (separating the Upper Cooper from the Lower Cooper River), we continued up the East Branch Cooper River to French Quarter Creek which was quite interesting. Our flag was on display to those fishers and other boaters in the area which was a first. While on our return trip, we entered the locks and witnessed a DNR boat conducting a test for sturgeon numbers. He explained that they insert tiny transmitters into those fish enabling the monitoring of their movements into the upper lakes Moultrie and Marion as well as the locks, tailrace and Cooper River. Ω

FRENCH QUARTER CREEK entrance

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FLOTILLA 12-1 NEWSLETTER USCGAUXCOMMUNICATIONS

Joe Newman, VFC 12-1Here is a quick refresher on some of the most common phrases (correct and incorrect) used in official radio communication.Which of the following are correct and acceptable and which are not? What do they mean?"Over and Out""Wilco""Wait One""Stand by""Over to you""Roger""Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan" = Boat in trouble? Radio Break? Urgent Situation? Homeland Security Briefing?" Sécurité, Sécurité, Sécurité"  = Emergency? Radio Break? Safety Information? Homeland Security Briefing?"Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" =  Boat is sinking? Bad injury? Dismasted? Life Threatening Distress?Any of these? (ANSWERS PAGE 10)

This has become a MAJOR problem in the US!  BUT, if so many fish can be caught by just being on a motor boat don't seem like it would be that difficult cutting down the population!  The fish are excellent to eat and quite healthy. With the outrageous cost of fish, this could be fantastic.! Some of you may have read about the "invasion" of Asian Carp that are infesting the Illinois River as well as the Wabash River. If you haven't witnessed the spectacle of these creatures leaping out of the water when "agitated" by the sound or  vibration of a boat propeller, take a look as this video. They are a menace and biologists and state natural resources people are trying to find a way to get rid of them, or, at least, keep them from reaching Lake Michigan. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=x3Bf0WhvsNk&vq=medium

SILVER CARP REACTING TO SOUND VIBRATION OF AN OUTBOARD MOTOR ON THE WABASH IN INDIANA.

Please remember that Auxiliarists serving as Recreational Boating Safety Visitation Program (RBSVPs) shall be in uniform (as appropriate for climate and geographic

location) for their first visit. Uniforms are encouraged for subsequent visits, although civilian clothes are authorized. If you are conducting the visit while on patrol, that uniform is sufficient. Ω

RBSVP PV(Recreational Boating Safety Visitation Program)

Lee Rudd

Old Program Names: Marine Dealer Visitor ProgramMarine DealerMarine Dealer Visitor

New Program Names:Recreational Boating Safety Visitation ProgramProgram PartnerProgram Visitor

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March 2013

Daylight Savings Time

Charting Instruction0830 - 1530 Brass Buckle

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WORDS

One good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are

doing.

ABS 210 Brooks Blvd. Santee

EASTER SUNDAY 7029s to FSO-IS

Flotilla 12-1 Meeting @1900

The Pinopolis Lock at Santee Cooper's Jefferies Hydroelectric Station was the highest single-lift lock in the world at the time of its construction. In it, boats up to 150 feet can be raised or lowered the 75 feet difference between the Tailrace Canal and Lake Moultrie. The lock is open from one half hour after dawn until one half hour before dusk year-round. No lock operations are performed during thunderstorms or when rough water exists. Ω

BOATING SAFELY

Although insured

Remember kiddo

They don’t pay you

They pay your widow.

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FLOTILLA 12-1 NEWSLETTER USCGAUXTHINGS YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE ABOUT OUR WORLD

There are “approximately” 196 countries in the world as of this writing. So while you may consider yourself to be a knowledgeable global citizen, and I am sure you are, given the dynamic and complex nature of our planet there are certain to be at least a couple of facts on this list that you will find surprising. Over the next several months, I will share about 25 things about these countries that you, hopefully, will find interesting. Ω

If you count everything, including

overseas territories, then France

claims the title by covering 12 time

zones. The United States would be

the runner-up with 11 and then

Russia with 9.

Covers the most time zones - France

Most likely to disappear beneath the waves - MaldivesWith all the talks of global

warming and rising sea levels, it is

the residents of the Maldives that

have the greatest reason to fear.

With an average height of around

1.8 meters above sea level their

nation is the lowest on Earth.

“Over and out” is correct. “Over” hands control of the conversation to the other person. “Out” indicates the end of the exchange and is the correct way to sign off.“Wilco” is correct. It means Will Comply.“Wait One” is incorrect. To ask the other party to wait briefly, simply say: “Wait”.To ask the other party for a longer period, say: “Wait Out” and then reinitiate the call later.“Stand by” is incorrect. Use “Wait” or “Wait Out”.“Over to you” is incorrect. Simply say: “Over”.“Roger” is correct. It means I have received your transmission satisfactorily.“Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan” is used to indicate an Urgent situation, but no immediate threat to person or vessel.“Sécurité, Sécurité, Sécurité” means that important Safety Information will follow. For example, navigational warnings or meteorological information.“Mayday, Mayday, Mayday” is used to signify a life threatening emergency.

COMMUNICATION’S QUIZ ANSWERS

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