Division 13 Report

Division 13 Report

Beginning with the March, 2006 District Board Meeting, Division Captain Reports will be available as PDF files. This prevents a duplication of effort on the part of the CS Staff in presenting the reports.

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DCP 13 report to the District Commodore for September, 2007 (PDF will open in a new window).

DCP 13 report to the District Commodore for January, 2007 (PDF will open in a new window).

DCP 13 report to the District Commodore for June, 2006 (128k PDF will open in a new window).

DCP 13 report to the District Commodore for March, 2006 (145k PDF will open in a new window).

06 January 2006

From: Brendan P. Earls, DCP-13

To: Commodore C. Sferra

Via: Hal Marschall, RCO SECT LIS/S

Subject: January District Board Report

It gives me great pleasure to wish the District Board and all the members of Team Coast Guard a Healthy and Happy New Year from the Officers and Members of Division 13, “THE ONES TO WATCH.”
The year 2005 was an eventful and productive year for Division 13 and it people. My predecessors had many notable accomplishments with missions and programs they planned and executed in 2005. It is my fervent wish to continue their fine work and perhaps to go forward on their accomplishments in Member Training, recruitment and retention as well as other missions.
Two Thousand and Six will witness the continuation of a program that is very near and dear my heart. In the past it was referred to as “The AP Class,” “The New Member Class” and “The Sunday Morning Class”. As a work in progress it has proved to be successful and well accepted. Going forward this ten session course will be referred to as “The Division 13 Boot Camp” it is open to prospective members, AP members and new members. The course explores many and various topics with special focus on the needs of our newest team members. There is no text for this program. The sessions introduce them to the Station, the boats, enlisted personnel and their jobs; it provides opportunity to get to know their peers from neighboring flotillas and establish friendships. This only touches on the eclectic range of class experiences that are included in the sessions which are presented by a variety of speakers.
Division 13 intends to gear up training to provide opportunity for participation in the District SAR-X this June. Flotillas will be requested to form teams and get onboard this fun and fellowship event. It dovetails with our usual Division crew training which has enjoyed so much success.
Winter Operations continue and patrols will be scheduled as weather permits.
A Budget meeting, FC/VFC meeting as well as a DIV Staff meeting are in the works.
The Division 13 Change of Watch Dinner Dance is scheduled for February 11, 2006. This annual event should kick off our year in great style and good fellowship.
Division 13 wishes all the District Officers and Staff an enjoyable and productive year. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any assistance to you or your staff.
End of Report

Respectfully submitted,

Brendan P. Earls, DCP-13

27 February 2005

From: Hal Marschall, DCP-13
To: Commodore C. Sferra
Via: Richard Mullare, RCO GRUMOR
Judy Romanowski, D-AA
Mary Lou Wood, DSO-SR
Subject: March District Board Report

1. On January 8 a meeting of incoming flotilla commanders and vice commanders was held to discuss roles and expectations for the coming year. The meeting was broad in scope cover goals and objectives for the 2005 watch as well as, key initiatives covering recruitment and retention.
2. Member training continues to be a major effort in 2005. The division has completed a NavRules workshop, started an AUXCOM and AUXSAR class and scheduled AUXWEA for April. A Vessel Examiner and Program Visitor workshop was given to interested members.
3. Division staff officers have been requested to meet with their flotilla counterparts to review their programs for 2005 and to establish a working relationship to improve communication between all levels.
4. Division Crew training started in January on alternating Saturday/Sundays and we have 18 members enrolled. Crew training is also being offered on the flotilla level with an additional 10 candidates.
5. RFO winter operations are underway, weather permitting.
6. 2005 budget was passed at the February Division Meeting.
7. Recruitment and Retention (R&R) Committee is developing power point presentations to be given at basic boating courses and other recruiting venues. Target date for the boating presentation is 15 March. The committee is also working on a marketing program to “get our story” to non traditional audiences.
8. Created a staff position to manage the Emergency Response Plan.
9. The 2005 Division Response Plan is in its final draft stages and will be presented to the Division Board at the March Division Board Meeting.
10. The Division Steering Committee meets monthly to help manage the goals and objectives of the division.
11. The 2005 Change of Watch was a big success. CDR. John Felker, CDR. John Healey, BMCM Thomas Botzenhart, Officer in Charge Jones Beach, BMC Andrew Coppola, XPO Jones Beach, Thomas Venezio, VCO 1SR, Gail Venezio, RCO Sector NY-Northern and Richard Mullare, RCO GRUMOR joined over one hundred members and guests at the Change of Watch.
12. End of Report.

Respectfully Submitted,
H.M. (Hal) Marschall, DCP-13

06 January 2005
From: Hal Marschall, DCP 13
To: Commodore C. Sferra
Richard Mullare, RCO GRUMOR
Via: Judy Romanowski, D-AA
Mary Lou Wood, DSO-SR
Subject: January District Board Report

1. On behalf of the members of Division 13, I want to wish the District Board and all the members of Team Coast Guard a Happy and Healthy New Year.
2. 2004 was a busy and productive year for Division 13 as indicated by the year end results listed below:
Operation Missions # Hours
Safety- 321 1833
Regatta- 02 11
Chart- 21 54
MEP- 62 174
CG Ops Support- 172 1038
Total 578 3110
Assists 14
Lives saved 00
Property Value $369,000
Training
MT Sessions 373 1389
New BQ 27 New BCQP 29
New IQ 03 New VE 04
New IT 07 New AX 04
New MDV 07
New SC Spec. 17
Specialty Courses
ADMIN 23 COMMS 69
PATROLS 60 NAV 17
SAR 23 SEAMANSHIP 45
WEATHER 26
Public Affairs # Hours
Appearances 38 201
Submitted articles 52 475
Publications 18 231
Public Education #
PE Classes 159
Multi-L courses 28
Vessel Examinations
VSC’s Given 1349
Fishing Exams 38
MD Visits 393
3. Division Assets/ Resources
Surface Facilities 57 Instructors 64
Radio Facilities 28 VE Examiners 57
Crew 55 Prog. Visitors 22
Coxswains 36 ATON Verf. 36
Watch standers 03 Station Cooks 02
4. The Division established an “AP” class for all new members in 99 status. The intent is to get the pending member involved during the enrollment process. The group met on Sunday mornings where classes were drawn from the Auxiliary Manual. The cadre published the course agenda on the Division web page and our classes averaged 10-12 “AP” members each week. We will continue the program during 2005.
5. The SO-MT organized a crew trainee academy again in 2004 with good success. Each lesson was given on alternating Saturday/Sundays to offer the flexibility needed to meet members scheduling needs.
6 RFO-winter operations recertification completed in December and we currently are scheduling patrols as weather permits..
7. 2005 Division goals and objectives established and will be discussed at the incoming FC/VFC meeting on 8 January.
8. 2005 planning is underway for member training. AUXWEA, NAV Rules, crew and coxswain academies will begin during the 1st quarter of 2005. Additional planning is underway for the remaining 3 quarters.
9. A draft of the 2005 budget will be presented to the division bridge on 8 January.
10. The division Emergency Response Plan is currently being updated and will be presented to the board at the February meeting.
11. End of Report.

Respectfully Submitted,
H.M. (Hal) Marschall, DCP 13

03 January 2004
From: DCP 13
To: Commodore N. Kerigan (1SR)
Via: Judy Romanowski, D-AA
Subject: January District Board Report

1. On behalf of the members of Division 13, I wish the District Board and all the members of Team Coast Guard a Happy and Healthy New Year.
2. 2003 was a busy and productive year for Division 13 as indicated by year end results listed below:
Marine Patrols- 3901 CG Admin Support- 1062
CG Op. Support- 10 Com. Vessel Safety- 132
Marine Safety- 95 Member Training- 1137
Aux. Radio Net- 50 SAR- 132
Marine Dealer Visits-173 Public Affairs- 897
Public Education- 1094 Vessel Safety Checks- 713
3. Flotilla 13-08 de-chartered effective 31 December 2003. The members of the flotilla transferred to other flotillas in Division 13 or other Divisions within the Auxiliary.
4. Division Assets/Resources
Facilities- 49 Coxswains-39
Crew- 51 Vessel Examiners-52
Instructors- 59 ATON Verifiers- 33
Marine Dealer Visitors- 13 Watch standers- 3
5. Division goals and objectives established and will be discussed at the incoming FC/ VFC meeting on 6 January.
6. Crew/Coxswain training scheduled to begin in January and run throughout the winter.
7. Emergency Response Plan for the division has been updated and will be distributed at the FC/VFC meeting on 8 January.
8. Division 13 developed a new website and submitted to National for approval.
9. 2004 Division calendar published on website and will be distributed at the FC/VFC meeting in January.
10. 3 TCT classes are scheduled for the 1st quarter of 2004.
11. Operations Workshops scheduled to be completed by 30 April.
12. RFO- Winter training will be completed by the end of January. The division currently has 2 facilities in the water and 12 qualified crewmembers.
13. End of Report.

Report for June 21 Division 13
Richard Mullare DCP 13
This Quarter has been productive with most flotillas finishing up their spring PE programs However there are still Two more courses planned for
June and Three more in the setting up stages for this summer. There will still be more classes set up as we receive requests from organizations.

We currently have 18 members finished with their shore tasks for Crew and 8 members Finishing there shore sides for Coxswain. Their training for on
the water tasks is now underway. Our SAR season got of to a good start thanks to the Mustangs that we got from DIRAUX. All the Mustangs are size XL so we could not distribute them to the personal with the most hours on the water as they were intended so we have them stored at the Station and issue them to those who need them to do the assigned patrols. With the water being so cold this year we are still using the Mustangs as of this weekend (6/1/03).
We have increased membership substantially this year and have had good Member Retention.

We are still qualifying people for winter OPS thanks to the fact that we received an XL dry suit so we should be in good shape for the upcoming
winter season. Our Division meetings have been well attended and our staff has been doing an excellent job. The watch standers program has been going smoothly and we should have some new people qualified soon.

It looks like we will be having another year without a change of Command at Jones Beach and that will make it easier for us to get our jobs done

Division 13 had a good year in 2002, our Recruitment and Retention was ood, our VSC program was Good, our OP's program was well supported, our ember Training program did well Especially in AUX Specialty classes, and ur PE program worked very well. Our goals for 2003 are about a 10% ncrease in VSC, PE, PS, and OP's. our big push will be in Member raining. Our first Crew class went off well and we will be continuing he course through April. We are starting a Training program for Watch tanders and hope to expand the # of watch standers by 50% this year. We ill also try to Qualify another JOOD. e will be working with Station Jones Beach on coming up with a mergency call out system where we will be more able to be of assistance n the event of another 9/11 or the threat of one. We are very lucky to ave an OIC and Exec. who are pro Auxiliary and it looks like we will be aving at least 2 more years of stabile leadership at Sta. J.B. Senior hief Botzenhart was promoted to Master Chief last week and has decided o bring some stability to the Station by staying on.ll in all I expect to have an excellent year at Sta.J.B. and look orward to working with Divisions 1 & 18 o expand Gru-Mor, ability to work as a team. We all feel that this is mportant in the face of all that is going on in the world and I know hat all of our members are going to strive towards this goal .We will be orking with the RCO Gru-Mor to achieve this goal

Everything is progressing smoothly at this point. Our Training for existing Crew & Coxswain at Sta.Jones Beach has been well attended and is utilizing station personal as instructors.

All of our Flotillas are currently teaching PE courses or will be starting classes in the next few weeks.

The Flotillas are also conducting New Member Training, Crew Training And Coxswain Training.

We had 2 weekends of watch standing at our Booth at the Nassau County Boat Show. We had a lot of interest in PE courses and also in People wanting information on the Auxiliary and where they could join.

Our resident Nav Rules expert, Hal Gold will be having a Week long course starting March 25 and as usual it is open to other Divisions and Station Personal.

We are in the process of starting a new Flotilla Which will consist of about 12 new members and a core of existing members.

We are planing an ATONS Verifier course for this month . and a VE course right after that.

We have been holding training sessions at Station Jones Beach utilizing both regular and auxiliary instructors.

We just finished an AUXPAT course with 20 students and we are starting an AUXCOMM course this week.

We have a new flotilla forming now and we should have 12 new members recruited by next week.

Our staff officers have started contacting their counterparts on both District and Flotilla levels. As of our 1st Division meeting on 10January all have made contact. our primary goal will be Training,

We are meeting with the OIC And BM1 at Station Jones Beach to set up training schedule for the Auxiliary members to train with the Station personal so that we are all working together and therefore become more of an asset to the Station when we are needed. We are starting Crew and

Coxswain courses with Division 1 and are continuing to set up AUXOP courses for both Division 1 &13 to attend We are setting up AUX-NAV, AUX-PAT, and AUX-COM We have a tentative class for both Divisions on NavRules. We are setting up spring classes for VE, MV and AN. We have set up comities for Awards, Budget, Good & welfare and for the SAR Rodeo which we are planning for this SAR season.

FROM: Arnold Spielman, DCP 13
TO: William V. Huling, VCO
SUBJECT: DCP 13 Report
VIA: Arthur Albertsen, RCO-GRU-MOR

· As of this date, our seven flotillas have recruited a total of 17 new members.

· June 11th, Division 13 received a commendation from Thomas S. Gulotta, County Executive, County of Nassau stating how much the County appreciates what the Division is doing in regard to making Nassau County a safer place to boat.

· For the first time, our Division participated in a joint exercise with the Bay Consta-bles of Nassau and Suffolk Counties. On June 13th and 14th, the Auxiliary members participating were utilized as target vessel operators for which the Division received a Letter of Commendation from the Town of Hempstead, Department of Con-servation and Waterways.

· On August 19th, the Division gave an eight hour safe boating course to Fire +Rescue Personnel at the Nassau County Fire Service Academy, Old Bethpage.

· The Division also gave a PE course at a local library. These courses were a joint ef-fort on the part of the flotillas (each flotilla furnished an instructor).

· There were 17 multi-lesson courses given for a total of 109 class sessions on flotilla level.

· Starting in September, Membership Training on the Division level will include AUX-COMS and AUXNAV. Invitations will be extended to other Divisions in our Group (space permitting).