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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 66, established April 1951, is chartered and meets at Mathews County Volunteer Rescue Squad facility in Mathews Virginia on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Within the Auxiliary structure, the Flotilla is in “Peninsula” Division 6, of the 5th District, Southern Region (5SR).

ABOUT THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed, all-volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard. The Auxiliary was created by an Act of Congress in 1939 and has grown to over 26,000 members who daily support the Coast Guard in all its non-military, and non-law-enforcement missions. We have members and units in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. Globally, the USCG Auxiliary contribute to the over 4.5 million volunteer hours per year and complete nearly 500,000 missions – a true force multiplier for the Coast Guard!

Flotilla 66 is more than recreational boating safety, we regularly serve alongside and partner with our active-duty shipmates serving as communications watchstanders at the unit, uninspected passenger vessel inspectors, training resources for air and sea operations, numerous duties related to environmental protection and homeland security, and even as chefs! In fact, we have a member of our Flotilla who is a crewmember certified to serve on Coast Guard small rescue boats.

In 2024, Flotilla 66 completed over 1536 underway hours while on over 91 patrol missions, 5 Boating Safety Classes certifying 63 Students, 34 program visits, 67 hours underway on active-duty vessels acting as crew, and undertook 13 Search and Rescue missions. We also performed 144 vessel safety checks throughout Mathews, Middlesex and Lancaster Counties, including Auxiliary facility and paddle craft inspections, contributing to a notable rise in boating safety awareness within the District where, according to the Virginia Division of Wildlife Resources, boating incidents, injuries and fatalities have been the lowest in 10 years.

Flotilla 66's-member training officer, trained, mentored and certified 3 new crew members along with 6 coxswains and 6 crewmembers with their annual required underway tasks thus increasing our response capability by 25%.

In working directly with our active-duty shipmates, the Flotilla 66 also assisted in 13 search and rescue missions, provide 272 hours of watch standing at Station Milford Haven, 8 hours/month classroom instruction and training of newly assigned active duty member, 292 hours of chaplain support within the District, 67 hours underway on active-duty vessels as crew when many of the Flotilla patrol hours were working side by side with active-duty members assisting in training patrols, achieving their qualifications and maintaining currencies.  This now more than ever, is essential to the safety of the boating public in view of Station Milford Haven’s scheduled mission status, where active-duty hours were reduced 78%.  Additionally, Flotilla 66 assisted Milford Haven’s Aids to Navigation Team and Sector Virginia Waterway’s Management in completing 98.2% of all Private Aids to Navigation required for inspection in 2024. 

We pride ourselves on being a very productive and active flotilla and would be honored to have you join us as a new member.