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Detroit is home to an International Border with Canada, and open to waterways that are highly active with boating events and social activity. Additionally, throughout Southeast Michigan there are hundreds of inland lakes where the boating public comes out each weekend with friends and family to relax and enjoy the waters.
When you join the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, you could find yourself on patrol saving lives and property, assisting in marine safety and environmental protection, radio watchstanding, educating the public in boating safety and much more. That’s what our members do. We don’t 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. Members from all walks of life bring their training and experience as a member of the uniformed volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard.Our main goal is recreational boating safety and education, while acting as a force multiplier in support of Coast Guard authorized missions.
Today’s U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, with nearly 26,000 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.
There is no other uniformed volunteer service that falls under the US Department of Homeland Security. It is a chance to be a part of Team Coast Guard, and to contribute to something big.
It is an honor to serve our country, at a time when Homeland Security is of the greatest importance.