Greetings from Flotilla 9-8 In Chapel Hill, NC

Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month unless announced otherwise meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Optional member training at 6:30 PM

Guests are Always Welcome!  

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed, all-volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard.  The Auxiliary is the only volunteer organization in the country mandated by Congress (back in 1939), and has grown to over 32,000 members who daily support the Coast Guard in all its non-military and non-law enforcement missions.

Auxiliary members conduct safety patrols on local waterways (such as Jordan Lake), assist in Search and Rescue, teach boating safety classes, conduct free vessel safety checks for the public, provide boating safety literature to dealers as well as many other activities related to recreational boating safety. 

The Coast Guard considers the Auxiliary its primary resource for recreational boating safety outreach and prevention, and each Coast Guard district around the nation has established a senior officer and staff to provide tight liaison and coordination between the active-duty Coast Guard and the various Auxiliary units in that district. In many inland portions of the country, where the majority of U.S. recreational boating occurs on lakes and rivers, the Auxiliary is the sole Coast Guard presence!  Our Flotilla is proud to serve Chapel Hill's recreational boating community by assisting boaters on our lakes, providing free safety checks of boats, teaching DNR-certified boating safety classes, and meeting the public in many venues to provide information on water safety.

But the Auxiliary is more than recreational boating safety; we regularly serve alongside our active-duty shipmates serving as communications watch standers, uninspected passenger vessel inspectors, training resources for air and sea operations, numerous duties related to environmental protection and homeland security, Health service providers in coast guar clinics, emergency response support and even as chefs!  In fact, there are nearly two dozen "qualifications" open to Auxiliarists willing to put in the time and training.  Collectively, Auxiliarists volunteer over 4.5 million hours per year and complete nearly 500,000 missions – a true force multiplier for the Coast Guard!