Flotilla 53 Depoe Bay received the Flotilla Meritorious Award at DTrain in Gig Harbor, WA on 28SEP19.  Photo Credit: Deborah Heldt Cordone, USCGAUX PA3/DSO-PA.
 

Elections: Division 5 held its annual meeting and election on October 13, 2018 at Sector North Bend. Attending members enjoyed fellowship night dinner at Captain's Choice and Saturday lunch at Tai Dynasty. During the meeting on Saturday, Active-duty guests, from Sector North Bend, included USCG CDR Guerrero, LT Collier, and Chief Petty Officer Pasquier. Saturday training  included Social Media and the Auxiliary, presented by Deborah Heldt Cordone, PA3 (DSO-PB/SO-PA) and Diversity presented by Donna Cox, BC-DPN, Branch Chief-Diversity Pacific North. Several awards were presented during the meeting.

Elections were held with the following results:
Division Commander: Thomas Divis (Newport Flotilla 53)
Vice Division Commander: Steve Mathis(Brookings Flotilla 56)

 Above: Tom Divis (Newport Flotilla) receiving DCDR shoulder boards. 

 Below: Steve Mathis (Brookings Flotilla) receiving Vice DCDR shoulder Boards.                                                                   Photos by Deborah Cordone, PA3     

 

 

26JUL18: Crew members from around Division 5 came aboard 76 ft. AUXFAC MISS LINDA for training with Coast Guard STA Coos Bay and Air STA North Bend on the Central Oregon Coast. In the morning, we conducted two boat training, and in the afternoon, HELO OPS. MISS LINDA is a 125-ton Oceanographic Research Vessel owned by Bob Pedro, USCG Auxiliary. This was her first time out as a training platform in several years. Jerry Evans, FL51 Auxiliarist, performed Coxswain duties while underway. For more photos, visit here .

Photo: 26JUL16. Aboard MISS LINDA at the Charleston Marina Complex right after lunch. Taken by Deborah Cordone, PA3. More photos to be edited and supplied to DIV5 members in the near future.

Photo: 26JUL16. MISS LINDA conducting HELO OPS with MH-65D from AirSTA North Bend. Photo Courtesy of Andrew Cordone.

 DIVISION 5 SAFE BOATING WEEK ACTIVITIES SUMMARY MAY 2018 

Above Photos by Louise Messer, USCGAUX FL54

 Division 5 Training Conference 2018!

Over the weekend, D13's Division 5 held a successful Southern Area Regional Training Conference in Newport, Oregon. USCG Auxiliary members traveled from throughout the District to attend the informative classes held on Saturday, April 14, 2018. The agenda included a Division Staff meeting, Friday night fellowship dinner, Saturday morning kick-off meeting, Saturday fellowship lunch and the following classes: TCT, OPS Workshop, Marine Safety, Paddle craft, PV/VE, AUXInfo/Forms, First Aid/CPR, and NAV Aid Verifier. Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Molloy, Commander Station Yaquina Bay, was the guest speaker for the kick-off meeting. Pam C-K, D13 DSO-NV, traveled all the way from San Juan Islands to teach the NAV Aid Verifier class. Nationally recognized paddle craft expert Tom Murphy (FL53) taught a section on paddle craft and demonstrated paddle craft safety in the hotel pool.

Monarch Hotel and Conference Center 

 February 23-25, 2018

Saturday Boarding Meeting 24FEB18 

 Saturday Night Dinner and Awards 24FEB18

Photo Credit: Deborah Heldt Cordone, USCGAUX PA3 and USCGAUX Como Daren Lewis.

Division 5 Change of Watch 

Driftwood Shores Resort and Conference Center, Florence OR. 

January 13, 2018 

Above:  DCDR Singler accepts the Division 5 helm from Curt Lundine, officially assuming Division Leadership. Below: Various images from the Division COW. Photos By Deborah Heldt Cordone, USCGAUX PA3.