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See the Yukon Coastie Trip of 2010 below.
Class Flyers Samples.
For those Flotilla's that would like to make flyers announcing their classes like those flyers in the samples above, please use the following links. For example, if you wanted to build an ABS flyer, open the link to the ABS Class flyer which is a jpeg file and copy it. Then place it in an open Word document and stretch it out to fit the page. Now insert a text box from Word into the document into the open area and fill in the class info. Then print it off.
| About Boating Safety |
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| Boating Skills and Seamanship |
| GPS for Mariners |
| How to read a Nautical Chart |
| Paddle Smart |
| Weekend Navigator |
| Suddenly in Command |
Resources for PA and PB Officers
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The PA toolkit is a collection of presentations, documents, and tools given to graduates of the AUX-12 class to aid in their Public Affairs job. The collection is over 110 MB in ZIP format and cannot be downloaded separately. Please review the README.TXT file for details of the collection. The files can be downloaded individually here. |
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Here is a copy of the Publication Officers Guide released in 2008 rel 2. The 29 page document goes into producing, sending, and what and what not to put into your unit publication |
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Very useful guide to show new and existing PA officers available tools to help them promote the Coast Guard Auxiliary. |
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Great presentation on each member's role in PA. |
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A Dept Policies and Procedure documents. |
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This 44 page Boating Safety presentation is designed to show boaters the details covered in a boating safety class in a condensed slide deck. Great for posting on a website or presenting to a group of boaters. The deck is available in PPT or PDF formats. |
Auxiliary Directory of Services The "Directory of Services" of the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is designed to help the reader become acquainted with the capabilities of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and its members. It contains a history, list of core missions, list of State Liaison Officers, Maps and Charts of Districts, and a list of Coast Guard Directors of Auxiliary. 2000 edition. In Adobe Acrobat format. |
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Essential information about contracts for elected officers. Covers leases, liability, laws, force majeure, cancellation, identification, signing, and more. In Adobe Acrobat format. |
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Latest and greatest Informational Boating Safety Exhibit Guide. Contains the latest photos and some wording changes as we close in on more effective exhibits. |
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The National Staff Application, with step-by-step instructions, in Adobe Acrobat format. |
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The Auxiliary Manual serves as the primary policy guide for every Auxiliarist. As such, the Manual outlines the authority and responsibility for Auxiliary administration, and governs the conduct, duties, and responsibilities of all Auxiliarists. This guide is intended to help new members understand the basic organization and policies of the Auxiliary until the member receives his own copy of the Auxiliary Manual. In Adobe Acrobat format. |
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The essential 60-page "Public Affairs Guide." Covers overview, print media, broadcast media, public appearances, static displays, photography, National Safe Boating week, and so much more. In Adobe Acrobat format. |
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The sixteen page color "Public Affairs Manual" in Adobe Acrobat format. Covers intro, policy statement, department organization, goals, resources, contacting the media, the press release, the new release, features, the press conference, and more. In Adobe Acrobat format. |
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The "Public Affairs Manual" is published to provide instruction and primary policy guidance for the conduct of the public affairs programs for the Coast Guard. |
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A "Primer in Public Service Announcements" in Adobe Acrobat format. Covers "what is...," criteria, tracking, value, disadvantages, distribution, media, and hints on increasing effectiveness. In Adobe Acrobat format. |
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A three page guide to setting up at the boat show. Includes contracts, fees, equipment, electrical, displays, publicity, and more. In Adobe Acrobat format. |
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The course objective is to provide instruction in theory, concepts, and policies of public affairs, community relations, and media communications to include print and broadcast journalism |
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The United States Army Correspondence Course Program offers courses in many subject areas, including journalism and public affairs. |
Coast Guard Institute The Coast Guard Institute offers courses in many subject areas, including search & rescue, marine science technician, port operations, map reading, basic mathematics, ice observer, honors and ceremonies, navigation rules, and Public Affairs Specialist. |
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An Adobe Acrobat version of the color note pad used at NACON 2001 in Portland, Oregon. Features the new "America's Volunteer Lifesavers" logo. In Adobe Acrobat format. |
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The ultimate toolkit for those involved in Auxiliary public affairs. Includes public affairs overview, PA Handbook, Style Guide, several PowerPoint presentations, several Public Service Announcements, and more. Compressed in standard ZIP format. Large 9MB file. |
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Kodak's Digital Learning Center offers step-by-step directions for how to use digital pictures. Explains current technology as it relates to digital imaging. Features a series of online digital training courses. Contains tools to help build upon your understanding of digital imaging. |
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Contains information about video production, including a desktop video handbook, an engineering primer, how to edit videos, how to adjust back focus, and VCR first aid. |
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Tips about your video camera, including planning, lighting, audio, shooting, editing and packaging videos. |
New Full Page Stock Ads USCGAUX Recruiting {1321 kb PDF} |
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Various size black & white Auxiliary recruiting ads for newspapers or magazines in Adobe Acrobat format. |
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Various size color Auxiliary recruiting ads for newspapers or magazines in Adobe Acrobat format. |
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The very popular "Water 'n Kids" coloring book in Adobe Acrobat format. |
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A basic guide to getting noticed by the media and going through the media relations process. Topics include getting started, getting help, getting to know the media, developing a good media list, what is newsworthy, developing the media materials, writing tips, securing coverage, at the event, interviews, measurement, evaluation, and wrap-up. There are sample press materials and a glossary of terms. |
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This is the State Department, International Information Programs site. The contents include what a press office does, the job of the press officer, the press office at work, the communications plan, message development, tools of the press office, press releases, media advisories, fact sheets, interviews, press conferences, crisis communications, event planning, ethics: codes of conduct, and a photo shoot checklist. |
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Provides online press release services for businesses and journalists. Included are tips for press release writing and effective media relations, press release basics, electronic press releases, and a section called "If a Journalist Calls..." |
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Offers advice on how to become a better journalist. Included in the resource section are links to more than 200 journalism publications, web sites, and organizations. There is also a back-to-basics guide to journalism, and information on color theory as it applies to news design. |
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A free on-line resource of books, featuring is the World Fact book 2001, Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Rogett's New Thesaurus, American Heritage Book of English Usage, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and Strunk's Elements of Style. There are links to a long list of reference books, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Also includes a easy search index by author, subject, or title. |
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Extensive links to dictionaries. Foreign language dictionaries, including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and 260 more. Grammar dictionaries. The top ten specialty dictionaries in English, including business, computing, cooking crafts, finance, genealogy, humor, law, medicine, sports, and more. |
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This newsroom contains extensive links to references, including 1400 U.S. and World newspapers, breaking news coverage guide, news wires, network news, weather, search engines, photo search, research, law resources, politics, government directories, law enforcement, travel information, aviation, white pages, yellow pages, area codes, zip codes, maps, time/zones, international white pages, yellow pages, and international calling codes. |
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A reference site that includes reference tools, including almanacs, calculators & conversions, census & demographics, dictionaries and thesaurus, encyclopedias, maps, quotations, style and writing guide, facts search desk, top news, breaking news, weather, help and advice. Other subjects include philosophy, social sciences, language, applied science, history, and geography. |
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Online translation software, allowing translation between any combination of English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and more. |
Accidents Press Release Templates Eight Word 95 text files relating to Marine Accidents. Includes Accident Reporting, Boats and Power Lines, Causes of Boat Sinkings, Night Accident Study, Propeller Accidents, Small Boats, and others. Compressed in standard ZIP format. |
Alcohol Press Release Templates Four Word 95 text files relating to Alcohol and Boating. Includes Booze and Boating, CG Proposes New Blood Alcohol Concentration Standards, Liquor's Quicker on Water, and others. Compressed in standard ZIP format. |
Auxiliary Recruiting Press Templates Seven Word 95 text files relating to Auxiliary Recruiting. Includes Help wanted, Invite to meeting, Recruit Air Ops, We Need You, and others. Compressed in standard ZIP format. |
Auxiliary Press Release Templates Three Word 95 text files relating to the Auxiliary. Includes AUX History PR, Aux saves $200 Mil, and Coastie is Coming. Compressed in standard ZIP format. |
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This is the home page of "Writer Magazine." Included are the current, next, and previous issues of the magazine. Also sections about ethics and syntax, a writer's forum, and links to Internet resources and organizations for writers. |
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"Guide for Written Communication", prepared by Professor E. Wertheim of the Human Resources Group at the College of Business Administration of Northeastern University. The contents include pre-writing, appropriate persuasion strategy, effective introductions, organizing facts and ideas, coherence, tone, clarity, and readability. There is a link to a general writing reference: "Strunk and White's Elements of Style." |
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Maintained by Professor of English, Charles Darling, for English courses at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut. A guide to grammar and writing includes word & sentence level, paragraph level, essay & research paper level, and PowerPoint Presentations. There is a link to the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary. |
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Here is a copy of the CG Auxiliary Diversity Policy in PDF format. It is also available on the NACO website. |
Yukon River Coastie
This is the Yukon River Coastie trip. Auxiliarists bring Coastie to villages along the River in jet boats to deliver the safe boating message to the children of the Yukon.
Below you will find the blog that was created by Allie Ferko, LTJG at Sector Anchorage and an Auxiliarist with the Eagle River Flotilla who was one of the members of the Crew on the trip. The blog can be found at http://uscgalaska.blogspot.com/search/label/Yukon%20Coastie
Start at the bottom and read toward the top, this will put you in chronolgical order starting at the beginning of the trip.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
35 Mission Complete (Monday June 14th) - Made it to the Bridge!
Our mission is now complete - we made it back to the bridge!
What a fantastic trip full of adventure, laughs, challenges, mosquitos, beautiful scenery, amazing people, and lots of learning for all involved. Overall the trip was a HUGE success, reaching eight villages, 252 kids, more than 70 adults, and covering 860 miles of the Yukon River.
We sign off today with appreciation and respect for the people living and working on the Yukon River. Thank you to all the amazing folks and new friends we met in Stevens Village, Tanana, Galena, Nulatto, Kaltag, Koyukuk, Ruby, and Rampart - fair weather and great fishing!
33 Last Village of the Trip - Rampart (Sunday June 13th)
Our last village of the trip, Rampart met us with a great surprise. Because fishing season had not begun and most of the village was out of town working a spill at Pump Station 9, we only expected a few children to participate in Coastie's visit. However, we were excited to find that 12 children were, in fact, in the village on Sunday!
Thanks to Elaine Evans, the Tribal Administrator, for making it back from the working the spill to be there for our visit.
Special thanks to Henry Wheel (pictured), one of the last descendants of the original settlers of Rampart for accepting the Yukon Coastie certificate on behalf of Elaine, when she had to return to the spill site prior to our presentation being complete.
29 Ruby (Saturday June 12th)
Welcome to Ruby! Our boats were met at the river bank by a large group of adults and children waiting for Coastie's arrival.
Among those in the reception party, was Emmitt Peters (pictured), also known as the "Yukon Fox", champion of the 1975 Iditarod and one of the mushers who helped shape the race into what it is today. In 1975, he cut six days from the prior race time, turned the Iditarod into a high speed race, and set a record that stood for the next five years. Emmitt has run the 1,100 mile Iditarod race 13 times, consistently finishing in the top 10, and was the last rookie to win the race. In the year 2000, at the age of 59, Emmitt returned to the Iditarod after a 10 year absence.
Joe Wright then kindly drove Coastie, Dean, Nanci, and Allie up to the hall and returned to the river bank to help Chuck, Ray, and Tom fuel the boats and get water.
The children bubbled over with excitement to meet Coastie. You could feel the energy in the room, as they gave Coastie hugs and learned about river safety. Ruby was one of our biggest crowds yet!
Thanks to Joe Wright, Agnes Bergman, and Pat Statesir (Tribal Administrator, pictured being presented certificate) for their assistance and support while the team visited Ruby.
28 Kids Don't Float
Very excited to see state sponsored "Kids Don't Float" stations set up in every village we visited. The program allows children, who may not otherwise have a life jacket, to borrow one from the board.
Friday, June 11, 2010
27 Koyukuk (Friday 11 June)
As we left Kaltag, the clouds in the sky darkened and the rain began. Luckily, by the time we arrived in camp, it cleared long enough for us to eat our meal of pulled pork, rice, and corn on the cob around the campfire. When the rain began again, everyone decided it was about time to hit the hay and get a good nights rest.
Waking to a damp drizzle in the morning, we donned our rain gear, broke down camp, and hit the road. Headed back upriver, we stopped by Nulatto where Paul from the Tribal Council and Larry, the old village VPSO, was gracious enough to lend their trucks to help us refuel the boats.
On the river again, the rain parted enough for us to get a glimpse of the sun as we arrived in Koyukuk to Cynthia Pilot, Tribal Administrator, and a group of children waiting for us on the bank of the river. Cynthia was kind enough to bring us the city's truck to transport Coastie up to the Hall where the boys and girls learned lots about wearing life jackets, hypothermia, and ice safety on the river. You could hear the kids all over the village tooting their Coastie whistles!
After our presentation, Cynthia Pilot allowed us to use the Internet in the Tribal Office. Thanks Cynthia!
Barbara Fleming, the Koyukuk city manager, graciously supplied our group with showers and laundry facilities, drove us back and forth from the boats to the facilities, and even took us by the store! Thanks Barbara!
Headed upriver....Next stop, Ruby!!
26 Kaltag (Thursday, June 10)
25 Camp
24 Nulato (Wednesday, June 9)
23 Underway
Friday, June 11, 2010
22 Galena (Tuesday, June 8)
After a quick stop in Ruby to fuel (thanks Ivan!), we made it to Tanana. Charley Green and friends arrived with a truck to pick us up and head to the community center. During the busy summer season in Galena when the weather is nice and bugs are down, most children were taking advantage of open swim at the pool. Several families took advantage of the opportunity to meet Coastie and learn about boating safety. Special thank you to March Runner, Tribal Administrator, for her help in arranging transportation, showers and a fuel pump. After refueling the boats, we headed down river.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
21 Kindness of Strangers
20 On the River again!
Availability of internet is limited and we are too far North to use the satelite for the laptop, so please be patient with our posting schedule. Because of time, we will only be able to load a picture or two at a time.
19 Tanana (Monday June 7th)
18 Down River!
After a burger cookout and some ice cream, we finalized the gear we were taking down river and refueled the boats. Once we were set to go, the Robinson family, the Grimaldis, and Marie headed back to Fairbanks. Special thanks to all of them for knowledge, support, encouragement, meals, and kindness to us during the planning phase of this trip. Because of them, we feel prepared to get on the river!
The group is now down to the six members of the team - Ray, Chuck, Tom, Dean, Nanci, and Allie. We decided to put some miles behind us, head down river, and find a place to camp.
In the morning, six hours on the river and we had made it to Tanana!!
17 Back to the Bridge
16 First Yukon Village Visit - Stevens Village
15 Landed in Steven's Village
14 Yukon Bridge (Sunday June 7th)
Admiral set the "Coastie" flag and declared the trip officially begun once all three boats had made it to the water.
Admiral Colvin assisted by tending lines!
Loaded Coastie...
13 Made it to the Yukon
12 Two more casualties before we get to the bridge!!
Busted window on Rusty's boat from road rocks.
11 Adventures on the Haul Road
10 Leaving Fairbanks!!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
9 Here's the Plan
Sunday 06 June: Stevens Village
Monday 07 June: Tanana
Tuesday 08 June: Galena
Wednesday 09 June: Nulato
Thursday 10 June: Kaltag
Friday 11 June: Koyukuk
Saturday 12 June: Ruby
Sunday 13 June: Rampart
Track our progress online through Spot Messenger!!
The Operation Yukon Coastie 2010 Spot Messenger public page has been established.Just follow this link to track our progress:
https://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=1PLTOB0mBerrEgQ365ttik8uROQXOiOLa
The password is: YukonCoastie2010
If the link doesn't work, try copying and pasting it to your browser's address bar.
If a dialouge box appears stating "Do you want to view only webpage content that was delivered securely?", click "no".
Saturday, June 5, 2010
8 Last Meeting Before Heading Out
Ray and Carol Miller hosted an amazing dinner meeting for the Fairbanks Flotilla and Yukon team members at their house in Fairbanks on Friday. We gathered to discuss last minute logistical arrangements and receive protocol training from Jo-Ann. Current Commodore Marie Scholle and past Commodore/Arctic Outreach Chairperson Michael Robinson honored the group with their presence and words of encouragement.
7 Our Coastie Operators
. Their village outreach began in the mid 90's with a program called BERT (boating education response team), which was a partnership between the Auxiliary and villages requesting boating and water safety programs. Their combined efforts span the length and breath of Alaska from Eagle to St. Paul and Barrow to Ketchikan. The Yukon Coastie mission is the 15th village outreach project that they have particpated in. Dean and Nanci hold the distinction of teaching the farthest North boating public education course when they visited Barrow in 2008. Their philosophy is "If our message saves one life, we will have fulfilled our purpose". Of special note, Dean enjoys the tradition of sticking his foot in each body of water he visits.
5 Local Knowledge Instrumental to Sucess
Friday, June 4, 2010
4 Trial by Fire
Tom Kane
2 Big Lake
Thursday, May 27, 2010
1 Operation Yukon Coastie 2010
On December 9, 2008, while participating in a static display for the Alaska Tribal and Military Leaders meeting at Elmendorf Air Force Base, the Auxiliary demonstrated the use of "Coastie - The Safety Boat". Coastie is a remote controlled robot boat used by the Auxiliary for youth education and boating safety programs.
Following the demonstration, several community leaders inquired if the Auxiliary could bring Coastie to villages along the Yukon River. Operation Yukon Coastie team members and the D17 Auxiliary Commodore again met with tribal leaders during the 2010annual Tanana Chiefs' Conference in Fairbanks to review goals for Coastie's Yukon River visit.
Yukon villages rely heavily on the river for transportation, using outboard powered boats to travel to fish camps, hunt, fish, gather firewood, and a host of other activities most would do by automobile.
On June 6, 2010, five Auxiliarists and one active duty representative from Sector Anchorage will embark on a ten day, 920 mile boating safety outreach mission named "Operation Yukon Coastie", visiting eight villages Yukon River.
Operation Yukon Coastie is the first of its kind for both the USCG and the Auxiliary. It is an ambitous, logistically challenging initiative designed to share boater safety information within rural Alaska and encourage cooperation and understanding between all involved.