 First District Southern Photo Album Pages  Augmentation of Coast Guard Station Eatons Neck
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| Auxiliarists from Division 22 and Division 7 participated in an eight day, round the clock, Station Augmentation exercise at Eatons Neck from April 3rd to 10th. This exercise was in support of the Topoff 3 activities which took place in New London at the same time. All in all 112 Auxiliarists contributed about 3,500 hours between March 9th and April 10th in support of this operation. During the week of April 3 -10 alone, 240 Auxiliarists signed in the Station log book as they reported for duty and contributed over 1400 hours at the Station.
This Auxiliary Response Plan took about sixteen months to develop. The primary goal was to reinforce the concept of “total integration” at the Station level between the Auxiliary and Coast Guard. The program began with one day drills on weekends, and then moved to a weekday 28 hour drill to become familiar with night shift duties, accommodations and determine the level of Auxiliary availability for 24 hour shifts. The next drill was 72 hours, with goals of testing scheduling abilities, firming up assignments and further determining the minimum level of sustainability. The planning and drills culminated in this eight day exercise where the Auxiliary fully augmented Station Eatons Neck. Auxiliarists replaced the Active Duty by filling billets for watch standing, ready boat crews, Officer Of the Day duties, cooking, security, fire response, grounds security, and they completed many maintenance tasks ranging from installing new doors to repairing the furnaces. The Winter Operations Program was also put to use for both Divisions with seven Auxiliary Facilities participating and contributing 620 hours underway or bravo zero at the Station or Norwalk. This exercise also revealed a number of new ways in which the Auxiliary could support a Coast Guard Station as we examined the jobs of the Active Duty while trying to implement this program. Robert Borneman, DCP-22click on images to enlarge |
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| Jim Treacy of Flotilla 07-03 (Maintenance Module) prepares handle for new door being installed. A long list of capital improvements and repairs were completed by Auxiliarists throughout the week. 11 members worked in the Maintenance Module and logged 229 hours of service during the Topoff 3 exercises. Several Auxiliarists bunked at the Station for the week. | Steve Gillespie of Flotilla 22-05 (Galley Module) augmenting the FS1 billet, serving lunch to Jeff Pulchin of 22-05 (Security Module). 9 Galley team members served 3 meals every day for the week and logged 225 hours of service. Rave reviews on the food! |
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Security members completing a beach patrol in
the Stations Gator. 17 members cross trained
in Security and Fire Response. 24hour Auxiliary
sentries were posted at the gate and secured the
grounds during simulated MARSEC III
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Some of the Security team strikes a pose during a briefing with the Commanding Officer of Eatons Neck, CWO2 Mark Davenport (seated). Left to Right – Jim Belici, Bruce Adams, Bob Borneman, Richard Colleter, Sidney Cutler, Richard Hill and Tony Wuestman |
