Flotilla 2-7 Member Training
Coast Guard Auxiliarists serve in a variety of missions after training and qualification. Training materials and Flotilla member mentors are readily available.
Surface Operations
Trained in boat handling, search and rescue, towing and navigation; Auxiliary Coxswains and Crew regularly patrol our area of operation to offer boating safety advice and to assist boaters in distress.
Other safety and regatta patrols support the Special Olympics, swimming and paddle sports events and community July 4th celebrations.
Auxiliarist Rick Bogden prepares his facility Pursuit to get underway on Lake Tobesofkee with crew Boyd Ellison and John Sprague-Williams.
Lighthouse Keeping
Qualified as Assistant Lighthouse Keepers, Wendy Clayton and Dave Kisner return yearly to Boston Light. It's more than an Auxiliary mission for Wendy; it's a family career. Her father, Horace Smith (USCG, retired), was a Lighthouse Keeper in Maine.
First Aid & CPR
Recognizing that emergencies may require Auxiliarists to provide care for injuries and sudden illness until medical professionals arrive, Flotilla 2-7 members regularly complete First Aid and CPR training and practice their skills.
Public Appearances
Auxiliarists share the boating safety information in a variety of venues--safety booths at outdoor festivals, seminars with marine industry professionals, radio public service announcements, courtesy vessel examinations and boating information boxes located at marine partner businesses.
October 2014 Division Meeting
AUX-FS Tom Brender grills a barbeque luncheon
Auxiliarist Wendy Clayton assists with food preparation
Auxiliarist Kim Duford earns her second Auxiliary Sustained Service Award
Newly elected Division Vice Commander John Sprague-Williams and Division Commander Pat McMenamin are sworn in to leadership positions by District Captain-North Dave Fuller. Immediate past Division Commander Nan Ellen Fuller observes.
