ALL HANDS - PART 2

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary in Colorado conduct Maritime Observation Mission Patrols on boats, PWCs and paddle craft on lakes and reservoirs.

 

Photo: US Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Nick Ameen. Franz Azuolas, a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist, handles a line during helicopter operations training off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Aug. 7, 2013.

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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Robert Colby and Lee Rieser guarding perimeter around burning oil tanker Jupiter on Sept. 16, 1990 on the Saginaw River at Bay City, Michigan. Colby and his wife, Jean, took five members of Jupiter's crew aboard their 21-foot console and provided first aid. They were awarded the Coast Guard's Gold Livesaving Medal for their valiant service.

hoto: U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary members spent the weekend of April 23-24, 2022 attending culinary training aboard the Barque Eagle at Coast Guard Station New London, Connecticut. The Auxiliary Culinary Assistance (AUXCA) program enhances mission readiness by providing food service support to active duty and auxiliary units.

Photo: PA3 Veronica Bandrowsky Auxiliarist David Martinez of Flotilla 21 aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Point Brower. Martinez and other Auxiliarists took turns as In-port Officer of the Day of the 82-foot cutter at Station San Francisco on Sept. 3, 2002.

Photo: US Coast Guard Auxiliarist Victor Connell, a physician, examines an active-duty member at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma.

On shore patrol in Colorado. No job too small for hard-working auxiliarists.

Photo: U.S. Coast Guard Michael Kappas (foreground) and Rusty Pumphrey, along with other auxiliarists, augmented U.S. Coast Guard active duty and reserve members during Hurricane Harvey in September 2017.

Photo: U.S. Coast Guard Chief Tom Sperduto U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Anthony Schwally on radio watch at Long Island's U.S. Coast Guard station Eatons Neck on Jan. 10, 2007.

"Clean, Drain, Dry" just doesn't apply to kayaks, canoes and other vessels, but to personal equipment too. District 8 Western Rivers Paddlecraft Coordinator Darrel Kerr demonstrates at Cherry Creek Reservoir in Colorado

Auxiliarist Linda Parker installed as vice commander of Denver Flotilla 084-o1-04 in 2022. District 8 Commodore Jeff Geddes presenting.

Military Child Month is celebrated in April.