Publications & Training

“Seek to understand before you seek to be understood”

Communication is the art of exchanging information and having it understood. In the Coast Guard Auxiliary an important "communicator" is the unit Publications Officer.
A successful unit at any level can be traced to a well-informed membership. A well-informed membership can be traced to a successful publication. The Publications Officer may communicate through the written word via newsletters, magazines, bulletins, internet, email, brochures, newspapers and letters.
These documents are most commonly produced by computer publishing methods, and many are distributed by use of the Internet.