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Flotilla 10-5 Members:

Please remember to send a brief “Assignment to Duty” email or text to your respective Flotilla Staff Officer before you leave to go to a Coast Guard or Auxiliary activity. 

If you are injured during an authorized activity, or on your way to or from it, you may be entitled to benefits.  To have the best chance of receiving benefits, you should be able to show evidence of assignment to duty prior to the incident.

For the performance of many kinds of authorized activities, Auxiliary unit-level awareness will satisfy assignment to duty concerns.  Auxiliarists should, as a minimum, attempt to tell their immediate Auxiliary program manager, in advance, of their intent to perform an activity (an advance verbal or e-mail notice of intent, even if not acknowledged, is sufficient).

Examples: 

·      To the FSO-VE: “I will do a VSC at Southport Marina tomorrow morning.”

·      To the FSO-PV: “I am going to do five PV visits in Southport at 1300 on March 20.”

·      To the FSO-PA:  “I will be manning the PA tent at the OI Craft Fair.”

·      To the FSO-PE:  “I am going to Brunwick Electric at 1000 on 1/6 to teach ABS.”

If you’re not sure whom you should notify, send the message to the VFC or FC. 

Do not send an Assignment to Duty message about attending a regular flotilla meeting.

Flotilla elected and appointed officers are authorized to perform the activities required for the proper supervision and administration of their respective offices as described in the Auxiliary Manual and in any associated letter of appointment.  Officers performing such duties and activities are considered to be assigned to duty.

For more details and examples, see the memo,  Assignment to Duty: What Every Auxiliarist Needs to Know.  In addition, Chapter 5 of the Auxiliary Manual has a thorough discussion of Assignment to Duty.