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Welcome to the Member Training Department
The role and activities of the Member Training Department have changed noticeably with the advances of on-line training and the new paradigms of learning that evolved as a result of COVID. In-person face-to-face learning is not as prominent as it had been in the past. Additionally, zoom training-sessions and assisted self-learning in the form of narrated power-points and on-line videos have further increased the number of alternatives to traditional member training. This does not mean traditional face-to-face is gone. Traditional classroom training has the advantage of increased fellowship and is more efficient for dealing with some types of hands-on techniques and qualifications and will still be available to deliver the same material that is found on-line. Divisions and Flotillas are encouraged to include brief member training topics before or after their normal meetings.
Member Training includes all training provided in and by the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary for Auxiliary Members. It spans the following directorates:
- Prevention
- Public Affairs
- Public Education
- RBS Outreach
- Response
- Vessel Examination
- Coast Guard Auxiliary - Online Classroom
Member Training Department Staff
We are a team of committed volunteers with a variety of skill sets dedicated to training the members of First Southern. The Department assists in the development and preparation of material for the Staff Officer’s College (SOC), D-Train, and the Leadership Development Academy and assists in the Regional Based Training Programs (RBTs) within the District. If you have topics or programs that you would like to see developed, please forward your requests the ADSO-MTs via the Chain-of-Communication to so we may consider them.
D1SR District Staff Officer for Member Training Department Wesley L. Doody, DSO-MT Email: [email protected] |
Member Training Department Staff
Assistant District Staff Officer for Member Training SNY-North
Division 5, 6, 10, 15, 20
Victor Garcia, ADSO-MT-SNY-N
Email: [email protected]
(C) (201) 247-6617
(H) (973) 772-2943
Assistant District Staff Officer for Member Training SNY-South
Division 2, 4, 11, 12, 14
Joseph M. Antonaccio
[email protected]
(C) (732)513-5727
(H) (732)264-2258
Assistant District Staff Officer for Member Training SLIS-North
Division 7, 24, 25
Joseph Laudano, ADSO-MT-SLIS-N
Email: [email protected]
(C) (973) 752-4767
(H) (973) 857-8851
Assistant District Staff Officer for Member Training SLIS-South
Division 1, 13, 18, 22
Stanley Ginkens, ADSO-MT-SLIS-S
Email: [email protected]
(C) (916) 765-7719