Citadel Detachment
Citadel Detachment group photo: 2012
With the official establishment of the Flotilla 12-8A Citadel Detachment in 2008 came the privilege of being one of the first Coast Guard Auxiliary University Programs in the Nation. The Citadel is one of the few schools in the nation that has this type of program on its campus.
About Us
- We are a group of cadets interested in furthering our cadet career by being involved with the operational side of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
- Upon graduation, we are interested in attending Coast Guard officer candidate school, direct commission, active duty enlistment, reserve enlistment or continuing with the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
- We believe in the Coast Guard's core values of honor, respect, and devotion to duty.
- We were officially established with the Coast Guard Auxiliary on campus in the spring of 2008.
About the US Coast Guard Auxiliary
When you join the Coast Guard Auxiliary, you could find yourself saving lives, protecting the environment from polluters, guarding our shores from terrorists, and much more. That is our job 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. That's life in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. We do much more than just train. We train and perform. Since 1939 the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary has safeguarded our Nation’s maritime interests in the heartland, in the ports, at sea, and around the globe.
We protect the maritime economy and the environment, we defend our maritime borders, and we save those in peril. This history has forged our character and purpose as America’s Maritime Guardian — Always Ready for all hazards and all threats.
Today’s U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, with nearly 32,000 men and women, is a unique force that carries out an array of responsibilities touching almost every facet of the U.S. maritime environment.
The Coast Guard's motto is Semper Paratus,
meaning "Always Ready."
The overarching mission of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is to contribute to the safety and security of our citizens, ports, waterways and coastal regions. We will balance our missions of Recreational Boating Safety and Coast Guard Support with Maritime Homeland Security and other challenges that emerge as a result of our growing understanding of changes required in the post-9/11 era.
On any given day, on average, Auxiliarists throughout the United States will do the following:
- Complete 62.5 safety patrols
- Complete 6.2 regatta patrols
- Perform 10.2 vessel assists
- Assist 28 people
- Save 1 life
- Save $341,290 in property
- Participate in 100 operational support missions
- Participate in 48.7 administrative support missions
- Complete 13.4 recruiting support missions
- Educate 369 people on boating safety
- Perform 299 vessel safety checks
- Attend 70 public affairs functions
