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The Pelorus

Spring 2013
Serving Division Twelve of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

In This Issue:
First Quarter 2013 Performance. Addressing the dangers of green laser use. Loggerhead Sea Turtle Preservation. Updates from area Flotillas and Auxiliary Aviation.

US COA S T GUA RD A UXILIA RY


D i s S t p r r i i c n t g 7 E d i D t i i o v i n s i 2 o 0 n 1 3 1 2

2013 Mission Hours Status Our current status on mission hours as of 25 April. A breakdown by each otilla. Page 25-26

Protect Our Life Savers Discussing the dangers posed by green lasers being pointed at aircraft and rescue helicopters. Page 4-5

Loggerhead Sea Turtles The Loggerhead Sea Turtle is the State reptile of South Carolina and one of our most beautiful of sea life. Page

FROM THE COMMANDER


Hello Division 12: The primary boating season is almost upon us. There are activities and challenges that we will have to work with due to the sequestration and our budgetary limitations. We will not be able to participate in everything we like to or have participated in normally in past years. But, what would life be without challenges? Division 12 will do our best with the resources available to us. We have in the past and Im sure we will continue to do the same in our current environment. AUXINFO, as of 24 March 2013, indicates that Division 12 has dedicated nearly 8,873 hours of service in 2013. This is good for the rst quarter of the year. Im sure the numbers are higher. But we are still gathering and entering the report data from our Al Crothers
Division Twelve Commander

members. So, please get your reports to the FSO-IS ofcers for input in a timely Please see the article which manner. Our boating public, the U.S. Coast Guard, and our membership (us) expect it. addresses the danger of green It is more important now with the current budget scrutiny laser use. This has become a and cuts. major issue in certain parts of Sequestration and effects on Fuel budget, C-Schools, and that we work to educate the other area of concern will continue until further notice. The following was provided from Dave Fuller, our DCAPT, with regards to what folks are asking about. Continued on Page Nine
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the nation and it is imperative public on the dangers of this. Dont Shine Lasers at Our Life Savers!

TA BLE O F C O NTENTS
In This Issue
The Division Commanders Report Report from the Vice-Commander First Quarter Mission Hours Reports Birthdays of Famous Coast Guard People Protect Our Life Savers Loggerhead Sea Turtle Preservation A Message on Everyday Ethics Citadel Detachment Report State Liaison Report Staff Ofcer List & Contact Info Flotilla Reports The Inland Lakes (12-1, 12-3) Charleston (12-8, 12-12) Page 12 Page 14 Page 2, 9-10 Page 8 Page 27-28 Page 8 Page 4-5 Page 13 Page 6-7 Page 11 Page 23-24 Page 29-30

US Coast Guard Mascots


As I was watching Coast Guard Florida the other day they showed the shipmates of Station Marathon going to animal rescue to adopt a dog. They mentioned that most stations have a mascot (usually a dog) but stations have been known to have cats, birds, and, in Alaska, a black bear. In the photo above is Buccaneer onboard a patrol boat off the coast of Alaska as he enjoys an afternoon snack. The photo shown below is Bear who was the

East Cooper & Georgetown (12-6, 12-10) Page 15 Division Staff Ofcer Reports Auxiliary Aviation Page 16-17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 26 Page 18 Page 19 Page 5 Page 20 Page 17 Page 18 Page 18 Page 22, 25 Page 21 Communications Services Communications Systems Diversity & Inclusion Human Resources Information Systems Marine Safety Operations Publications RBS Visitation Member Training

mascot of Coast Guard Station Kenosha from 1990 to 2000. A pure-bred Chocolate Lab, he was well-known by the area schoolchildren who would see him when taking an annual eld trip to the station.

Secretary Records

Vessel Safety Examinations

P RO TEC T O UR LIF E S A V ERS


crew being blinded by lasers. The Federal Aviation Administration has reported an increase in such incidents of more than 900% since 2005. This is quite an alarming trend. Below are just a few examples of what has been an ongoing safety issue: A rescue helicopter from Charleston was responding to a distress signal reported off the coast near Garden City, SC. Just before 02:00, as they were preparing to begin their search, a green laser was directed at the aircraft. This temporarily blinded the pilots, who had to abort their search and land immediately. The crew was then grounded for vision testing, with one crew member having to be grounded until the following afternoon due Dont Shine Green Lasers at Our Life Savers As anyone who has watched the hit series Coast Guard Alaska and Coast Guard Florida is well aware; rescue response time is imperative in an emergency situation, and can mean the difference between life and death. When faced with a crisis, minutes can seem like hours as one tries to remain calm, maintain composure and avoid panic in the face of calamity. The response time of rescue teams such as re ghters, police ofcers, and the US Coast Guard are critical. The use of green lasers has become an increasing problem nationwide for the US Coast Guard as well as Police Departments and private aircraft. Laser pointers, intended for civilian use in conference rooms, building inspections, optical surgery, and industrial uses are increasingly being used as weapons which pose a major threat to aviation safety and have hindered the ability of air and boat crews in their response time to distress signals. As recently as August of last year, there have been three incidents along the Grand Strand between Georgetown and North Myrtle Beach involving the improper use of green lasers. Nationwide, over a twenty-year time frame, there have been nearly 3,000 reported incidents of pilots and air to direct exposure. With the helicopter crew unable to continue their search, a boat crew had to be dispatched from Station Georgetown. However, due to the distance, the boat crew did not arrive until sometime later, while another air crew from Savannah wasnt on scene until the next morning. Meanwhile, the source of the distress signal was never found. This was one of three similar incidents over a three-week time span. The pilot of an incoming 757 into Logan International Airport in Boston was hit with a laser as he prepared his aircraft for landing. This caused temporary blindness in his left eye, and left him with no choice but to turn control of the aircraft over to the First Ofcer. Thankfully, the First Ofcer was not exposed to the laser and was able to safely land the plane. If both pilots had been blinded this would have resulted in a major loss of life. Upon landing in Boston, the pilot had to undergo vision exams and was grounded for a minimum of 24hours. In Maui, Hawaii, a Coast Guard HC-130H Hercules was practicing landing approaches into Kahului Airport. After being hit with a laser, the ight crew had to abort their mission and return to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point on Oahu. Continued on Following Page
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P RO TEC T O UR LIF E S A V ERS


In Corpus Christi, Texas, a Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon was forced to make an emergency landing when ight crew members were injured from a green laser which was pointed directly at the aircraft. As was the case in Boston, the crew had to be grounded for testing before being cleared to y again. There have also been hundreds of incidents of lasers being pointed at police cars, helicopters, and law enforcement ofcers, many of whom assume they are being targeted by gunmen. Man pleads guilty in Federal Court, Admits he aimed a Pointing lasers at any aircraft not only puts the lives of the ight crew and passengers in danger, it endangers those on the ground as well. When a rescue team is forced to end a search-and-rescue to land their aircraft, those in distress are unable to receive help until other crews arrive at the scene. As shown in recent cases along the South Carolina Grand Strand, this can take hours, and, for those in peril at sea, can mean the difference between life and death. The improper use of lasers is also a Federal offense, with penalties of up to ve years in prison and nes well above $10,000. For additional information, please visit one of the links listed to the right. If you witness someone in the act of laser pointer at aircraft. FBI -Dallas Division Lasers under re by rescue ofcials, local leaders. Myrtle Beach On-Line Making A Point About Lasers Federal Bureau of Investigation Green Lasers Halt Coast Guard Air Searches US Coast Guard Press Release aiming a laser at an airplane or helicopter, please call 911 and report it.

Marine Safety
Rick Bankert, SO-MS Reports have been few from our Marine Safety Flotilla Ofcers. Flotilla 12-04 has been showing successful activity with the USCG Sea Partners program: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/ cg544/seapartners.asp

There is a training manual to help better understand the program at the following link: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg544/docs/Sea %20Partners%20Training%20Guide.pdf Hopefully the warmer weather will bring more Marine Safety activity along with more detailed otilla updates.

EV ERYD A Y ETH IC S
Rev. Dr. Phillip Poole, LL
"Have you taken mandatory ethics training?" Dilbert's manager asks the popular comic strip engineer one day. Without missing a beat, Dilbert turns from his cubicle's computer and responds, "No, but if you say I did, then you'll save some money on training, which you can spend to decorate your ofce." Obviously taken with this suggestion, the manager says, "Luckily, I haven't taken the training myself." Dilbert adds, "I hear it's mostly common sense anyway." The ethics Dilbert is talking about might be called ever yday ethics. Having just completed my denominations quadrennial Clergy Ethics training a few weeks ago in Winston-Salem, NC, I would suggest to you that the moral aspects of our day-to-day living are more direct, persistent, and urgent than any of todays national moral issues of immigration, gun control, and health care reform, which we might be at ease discussing at the dinner table. Ethics is about how we ought to act in relationships and how we should live out our lives. Ethics asks us to consider whether our actions are right or wrong. It also asks us to look at our own character traits such as integrity, honesty, faithfulness, and compassion and how they play out in our everyday lives. Here are a few examples of this that came across my desk last month: Is it right to keep my mouth shut when I know a neighbor's child is getting into real trouble? How should I decide when it's time to put my parent in a nursing home? Do I release software I know isn't really ready? When's the right time to "let go" of my child? Is it right to be chronically late for meetings You see, everyday ethics evoke our genuine concern, and sometimes they require our immediate action. We lack the authority to settle those aforementioned issues, and often we can maintain a comfortable distance between them and us. That distance, and the comfort because I'm busy? Do I laugh at a sexist or racist joke? How ought I to love my spouse in the rst year of marriage; in the 60th year? How many times have we asked ourselves: Is that the way I should treat someone else? Is that the way someone else should treat me? Because we have the ability to be critical of our own behavior, we have the ability to develop codes and norms to guide our behavior. Those moral norms and codes, plus our own set of virtuous character traits, are what I mean when we talk about ethics. that comes with it, diminishes when we make ethics part of our everyday reection. I challenge you to ask yourself, How am I doing at the art of being human? Intimately, the art of being human is at the heart of human relationships.

EV ERYD A Y ETH IC S
Oh, Mom, what I do won't really make a difference. Dad, I just didn't know what to do. Grandma, my friends won't like me. I won't get invited to anybody's home. I just know I'll never date again. Likely, you would advise your children to stay on the right path. Put like this, I believe ethical behavior seems easier to achieve. But we still confront a practical obstacle, much as anti-smoking public service announcements did years ago. Research showed these ads were tremendously successful in getting people to Despite our many differences, we all share these everyday questions; this is the common "stuff" of human living and interactions. We also share a hunger for ethical approaches to these questions. A Times-Mirror survey released a few years ago showed that, for the rst time in a decade, Americans named ethics, or rather a decline in ethics, as one of the most important problems facing the United States, after crime, healthcare, and jobs. Most people would indeed like to live an ethical life and make good ethical decisions, but there are stumbling blocks to ethical behavior. Consider these lines of thought: My small effort won't really make a difference. People may think badly of me. It's hard to know the right thing to do. My pride gets in the way. It may hurt my career. It just went by too quickly. There's a cost to doing the right thing. Now, how would you respond if your own children were the ones making these excuses for their behavior? Gods love, recognize their addiction and want to kick the habit. The problem was that the ads didn't teach people how to do it. I suggest that we all need to seek our own interpersonal spiritual reection on ethics so that little decisions dont turn into big ethical dilemmas.

Phil

V IC E C O M M A N D ERS REP O RT
Change of watch planning has been well organized and we will all enjoy the courtesy, protocol and our traditional great fun in Myrtle Beach. Afterwards, we elected folks have a daunting, but welcomed responsibility to maintain the Divisions established good course, offer improved opportunities and tackle the issues that will surely come our way. Division 12 is an incredible volunteer organization with unparalleled patriotism, talent, experience, member credentials and maturity. Both the USCG and the recreational boating public are constantly vocal in their appreciation of your dedication and service. In addition to all of our commitments, I plan to focus on the need for recruiting new members as a key element to preserve our strengths and to support the benets of our membership maturity. There are many good reasons given for the overall reduction in volunteer interest across America. The American public is changing, our national security network is under constant attack and the supporting role of the Auxiliary is receiving unparalleled key support requests from the USCG to help them in fullling their port security Semper Paratus John Murphy VCDR mission. I personally can not think of any reason an invited boating friend that is patriotic and a qualied candidate would not want to join any Flotilla in Division Twelve. Spreading the welcome mat for new membership growth represents a serious patriotic challenge to all of us. As a start, please bring a potential member to your next Flotilla meeting. Of course, remember to empathize the fun we have in addition to our serious business. John Murphy
Vice Division Commander

Birthdays of Famous Coast Guard People


Buddy Ebsen: Actor. Best known for his role as Jed Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies and as the lead in Barnaby Jones. He served as damage control ofcer and later as executive ofcer on the Coast Guard-manned Navy frigate USS Pocatello, which recorded weather at its weather station 1,500 miles west of Seattle. Birthday in April. Carlton Skinner: First civilian governor of Guam and advocate for the integration of the armed forces. Carlton Skinner served with the US Coast Guard during the Second World War where he was Commander of the USCGC Sea Cloud. Birthday in April. J.D. Power: Founder of the marketing rm JD Power & Associates. Following graduation from College of the Holy Cross in 1953, Power served four years as a line ofcer aboard a Coast Guard icebreaker in the Arctic and Antarctic. Birthday in May. Jack Dempsey: Professional Boxer, Served with the Coast Guard Reserve during the Second World War. Jack Dempsey assisted with the physical education program, and made numerous appearances at hospitals and War Bond drives. Born in June.

F RO M TH E C O M M A N D ER
The Coast Guard will place priorities in Operations for reimbursable orders, this should only be done as a last resort. SAR missions and other essential activities. There is some Whether on reimbursable orders or under non-reimbursable latitude built in for local Operational Commanders to make orders, we always want our members protected and authorized decisions as to what constitutes essential activities. While by those orders. We DO NOT want our members on patrols there has been no reduction in fuel or SAMA money allocated for the Auxiliary, we have been operating under CR without the protection and authorization that orders provide. Doing a patrol without orders effectively makes them Good

that expires on 31Mar2013. DIRAUX budget guidance to all Samaritans and they are operating without the authority or OIA's has been to operate within their allotted budget model protection of the Coast Guard. As to the effects on C Schools, and as we approach the expiration of the CR, we have all priority 3 and 4 C-Schools are cancelled for the remainder limited funds to get us through the end of the month. The OIA's have appropriately scrutinized 5132's to maximize AUX patrols and coverage. I/we expect that when we get our nal budget, we will be funded at the same rate as last year, NOT at a reduce amount. Please pass to your ofcer's and Flotilla Commanders to continue to work with the current SAMA/FUEL balances for each AOR and can assist in scheduling patrol efforts. Therefore, we must continue to check with the OIA to start a patrol without rst checking. Certain training patrols, QE missions, and other essential patrols will continue to be authorized and funded. There could be some routine MOM NACON will continue as planned on the dates previously announced, but fewer members will receive travel orders. This Your Aviation members should work with the Aviation chain of leadership to determine their eligibility to attend a remaining C School. As you already know, travel budgets are severely restricted, and we hope this is only temporary. cannot reschedule our postponed Leadership Workshops in Savannah and St. Augustine, at this time. We are working on a plan to get around this limitation and I will let you know as soon as we have something concrete to announce so you can determine if the patrol requested is approved. Please do not make your plans. of 2013. This includes all Auxiliary C-Schools with the exception of a couple of the Aviation C-Schools.

OIA's to maximize patrol efforts. The OIA's/AUXLO's have Because we have no guidance on travel after April 1, we

patrols that may or may not be authorized. This is at the will likely only affect those members on National Staff and option of local Operational Commands. The overriding possibly some DSOs. There will be more information available message was to do what is necessary to retain readiness and later on NACON. For now, District 7 D-Train remains on the to conduct essential Operations. Dont ask for orders just to same dates as originally planned, but it is likely that fewer spend the day on the water. Always try for reimbursable members will be receiving orders for the Training Conference. orders rst, but if they are rejected AND your crew wishes to conduct a mission under non-reimbursable orders, they are free to ask the OIA if this is an option. The AUXCHEF Program, as a casualty of the sequester, funding of travel for this program is being treated the same as Keep in mind that we WANT our members to be C-Schools. Again, we hope this is temporary, but not reimbursed for the use of their vessels. If approved by the guaranteed. This program is alive and thriving, and is in a OIA and the members decide they wish to pursue non- p e r i o d o f ch a n g e. Continued on Following Page More information will be available later.

F RO M TH E C O M M A N D ER
Later this year, members participating in this program will likely be referred to as Food Service instead of AUXCHEF guidance given previously that AUXCHEFS could only practice their skills at Coast Guard Galleys has been events, stations, galleys, AUX events, etc. More revised guidance will be coming soon from the AUXCHEF chain of leadership. The Spring Division meeting is at the Mt. Pleasant Water Works Public Meeting Room on 13April. The address is 1619 Rie Range Rd; Mt. Pleasant, SC. The remaining 2013 It seems that the division is on re with Member division meetings are 13 July and 12 October. They are also Training activities. It is a good thing and an easy way to upgrade or maintain your knowledge and skills. It is also other activities due to the weather, sequestration, and uncertain direction. Keep up the good work. It will be worth Guard. Thank you for your Time and Service. Paddle sports are growing in our area. It may be an ideal time to shift gears in our organization to see what we can do to help our boating public with the sport. We have always been power boating centric. Limited budgets and reduced discretional spending is pushing the boating public in a new direction. It may be a time to consider the trend ourselves and take the Paddle Sports training within our own units. Who know it may increase the interest of a few to pursue it further and help teach the same course to the public. It is also another way to continue to increase our member training and public education efforts. Safe boating is a full time and all year process. Although, the ofcial National Safe Boating Week is near, May 18-24, 2013. This is when we spend the extra time emphasizing the topic. I hope everyone is putting plans together, visiting your local representatives, and preparing for the events that will occur.
Above Photo: ROTC Awards Ceremony. Pictured from left is Alan Miles, Margaret LaRiviere, Dwaine Harris, Alexandra LaRiviere, Paul Berka, and William Singletary.

We have been asked to start regular Everbridge drills to get everyone used to the system. I plan to utilize the system to comfortable with it. It will certainly make it easier for us to use and utilize in the event of an emergency if you are

to more closely align with active duty designations. Some send out meeting reminders and notications so you can get

changed. They are now authorized to perform their duties at comfortable with the system and response process.

scheduled for the Mt. Pleasant Water Works Public Meeting Room. All of the general meetings are scheduled for 1000 with

works to ll in time when we have limit on operational and the Commanders Call at 0900. I look forward to seeing you at meetings, classes, and other

it for yourselves, our boating public, and the U. S Coast functions. It is a pleasure to serve with you.

Semper Paratus; Al Crothers, DCDR 12

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M I L I T A R Y C O L L EG E OF SOU T H CA ROLINA D e t a c h m e n t

TH E C ITA D EL

ROTC Awards Ceremony

Check out our new website.

Make sure to check out the photo on the previous page. Make sure to check out the new website for The Citadel Congratulations to Alexandra and Margaret. Detachment at www.citadeluscgaux.org

The Citadel Detachment welcomes the New Year with optimism as they jump back into the new semester. We are currently on the forefront in developing new policies and curriculum for the Auxiliary University Program. This curriculum will feature lessons on boat crew tailored for student Auxiliarists who intend on continuing a career into active duty. This is just one example of the several improvements the Unit will be making to improve the students competence and knowledge on the water. Last month the Cadets were honored to host Part A of the Auxiliary Leadership and Management School (AUXLAMS). The Cadets along with several other auxiliary members from around the area will wrap up Part B this month! This was the rst instance where a University Detachment hosted an Auxiliary C School. The Cadets enjoyed hosting the class and hope all who participated enjoyed their time on campus! Along with AUXLAMS the Cadets conducted their last training weekend at FLETC. They will focus on the various missions of the Coast Guard and work out several scenarios which pertain to the most frequent of these missions. This month is lled with new experiences and plenty opportunities to learn more to facilitate the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Auxiliary! The Cadets would like to thank all those who help with the Units training, both active duty and auxiliary!!! Thanks! Semper Paratus, Margaret LaRiviere
Above Photo: Auxiliary Leadership and Management School (AUXLAMS) held at The Citadel.
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Cadet LaRiviere

TH E INLA ND LA KES
12-3, Lake Murray
Jerry Ruschkofski, FC The water level is back up to summer levels and on some days the weather is good for boating activity and on other days it is not. So what I am trying to say is the Boating Season is not ofcially started yet for Lake Murray. Flotilla 12-03 has been focusing it's efforts on Public Education and Public Affairs. We have a PE Class scheduled for April 13 in downtown Chapin, SC at the old rehouse and the student list continues to grow. Bill Lindsay and Don Davis are getting more advertisement out through local news media. We have also participated in the Columbia Boat Show at the State Fairgrounds and at the Palmetto Sportsman's Classic Show which was also held at the State Fairgrounds in Columbia. Great job everyone! We have completed the annual TCT Class and have had

Flotilla 12-1, Lake Marion & the Inland Sea


John Owen, FC Flotilla 12-1 has been busy during the rst quarter of 2013. Safety Patrols were completed during January and February on Lakes Marion and Moultrie, as well as, through

the locks and on the Upper Cooper River. Our rst ABS classes on Operational Commands. Operations is awaiting course for 2013 was a success with 15 graduates. A PA event what impact the Sequester Budget Cuts will have on our was conducted at the Sumter Baptist Temple Sportsmans activities. Plans are being made for National Safe Boating Week activities. Our monthly newsletter, the Lake Murray Mariner is always looking for articles about Auxiliarists, stories of interest, and photographs. Your articles dont have to be long; just make Banquet with approximately 150 attendees. Of special note, FC John Owen and FSO-PE Ellen Newman conducted a Waypoints Program to 75 outstanding students at Dorchester Academy in St. George.

Flotilla 12-1, along with 12-3 set up a PA Information sure you include all of the basics. Photographs should always Booth at the Palmetto Sportsmans Classic, State Fair be high resolution images. Please do not compress the image Grounds, Columbia. This event is one of the most largely or crop the photo unless you are an experienced user of one attended outdoor sportsmans shows in South Carolina with of the high-end photo-editing programs. If you have any doubt, just send the image straight from your camera and add 15,000 to 20,000 attendees over 3 days. Thanks to all members of Lake Marion Flotilla 12-1 for a description that includes who and what is depicted in the your valuable time and efforts in support of the USCG photograph, and the name of the photographer. Take a mission and assistance to our boating community. Although

camera with you everywhere. Vessel Examinations, Member winter has slowed down the lake trafc, Flotilla 12-1 Training, patrols, Public Education programs and fellowship continues to make our presence known with several patrols in events are all great photo opportunities. Be proud of our Area Of Responsibility (AOR). Boating season is fast everything that you do for the US Coast Guard and US Coast approaching. Please get out and make a presence at local Guard Auxiliary and demonstrate that with pictures and marinas, bait shops, docks, ramps, and landings. articles.

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LOGGERH EA D S EA TURTLES
Its almost that time of year when the female Loggerhead sea turtles, the Loggerhead being the State reptile and one of the symbols of South Carolina, will come ashore to lay her eggs. These beautiful sea creatures have been on the endangered species list since 1978, but through the conservation efforts of individuals and organizations worldwide, they will hopefully be removed from the list. The United States Coast Guard has played an important role in sea turtle preservation programs nationwide. In Galveston, Texas a number of turtles were rescued and sent to a local rehabilitation facility where they could receive treatment. Once they regained their health, the Coast Guard assisted local organizations in transporting them back to sea. The link below will show you a brief video clip of these events. Recently, a Coast Guard transport plane was used to bring turtles from Cape Cod to Orlando, Florida where they will be treated for injuries, nursed back to health, and tagged electronically before being released into the ocean. By placing a homing device on the turtles shell (completely safe by the way) were better able to understand their migratory patterns and get an estimate of the existing population. Did you know? A group of loggerhead turtles is known as a otilla. The loggerhead can live more than 50 years and can weight in excess of 250 pounds! Their diet includes a wide variety of sea life, including jellysh. As a surfer, this is reason enough for me to help their numbers thrive. Here are a few ways in which you can help preserve these beautiful creatures: Minimize articial lighting during sea turtle nesting season. This includes lights from oceanfront homes as well as the use of ashlights on the beaches. Make sure to avoid areas which have an orange SCDNR sign. These signs mark the locations of turtle nesting areas and many nests contain dozens of eggs. Always dispose of plastic bags, Styrofoam, and avoid using balloons since sea turtles can mistake them for food. If youre staying at the beach and have lawn chairs, umbrellas, or other recreational equipment; make sure to bring it back to your home as you leave. When left on the beach, these can be an impediment to baby turtles as they make their way to the ocean. Support local preservation and rescue organizations. Below are links to the South Carolina Aquarium, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and local sea turtle preservation groups.
Loggerhead nesting area sign posted by SC DNR along Folly Beach.

South Carolina Sea Turtle Preservation Groups


Cape Island ~ Isle of Palms & Sullivans ~ Folly Beach ~ Kiawah Island ~ Hunting Island ~ Fripp Island SC Aquarium ~ SC Department of Natural Resources

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C H A RL ES TO N
12-8, Charleston
Paul Berka, FC On 14 March the Citadel Detachment had two major events. Cadets Alexandra LaRiviere and Margaret LaRiviere were awarded the The American Legion Scholastic Excellence Award and The American Legion Military Excellence Award respectively at the ROTC Awards ceremony held at the Citadel. Also on the same day the Change Of Watch Ceremony (COW) for the Citadel Detachment took place. Cadets Christopher Zeller and Alexander LaRiviere assumed the positions of Commander and Executive Ofce for the Citadel Detachment. I congratulate both of them. The Flotilla had a great month presenting an ABS Class and a Plotting Course. Both events were held at the Brass Buckle at Station Charleston on March 10th and March 15th. Twelve people attended the ABS Class and twenty-four auxiliary members attended the Plotting Course. Both events were well received by the attendees. On 23 March Joe Fleming, Hank Wolf, Tom Beauchemin and Alan Miles took QE recertication testing on the water. The weather conditions were challenging throughout the day. Everyone, including the QEs, were soaked to the bone. Fascinating Fact If a cork is put into a glass of water, the cork will almost always drift to the side of the glass. There is one simple way, however, to get the cork to oat in the center of the glass (the horizontal center, not the vertical). The reason that a cork drifts to the side of a glass is that it oats to the highest point. Since water "clings" to the glass, the highest point is around the edge of the water. To get the cork to oat in the middle of the glass, all you have to do is ll the glass as much as possible. The water will form a convex shape above the glass, with the highest point at its
Helo Ops with Flotilla 10-1.

12-12, Edisto Beach


Karen Andrews, FC Flotilla 12-12 is doing helicopter operations the third Monday of the month and in Beaufort with Flotilla 10-1 two times per month. The bottom left photo was taken at this event. Three of our members attended the GPS class on January 19th and the plotting class on March 16th. We will have a booth on March 30th for the Art Guild Show.

center. This is where the cork will settle.

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EA S T C O O P ER & G EO RG ETO WN
12-6, Mount Pleasant
Andy Poole, FC Ahoy fellow Division 12 members! Spring is just around the corner and Flotilla 12-6 is already planning for National Safe Boating Week (NSBW). Now is the time to ensure we are ready to get back on the water as well as kick our shorebased support activities into high gear. Ann Graham (FSOMT), our member training specialist, has been busy coordinating coxswain and boat crew classes for our membership, as well as Auxiliary Leadership and Management School (AUXLAMS) courses. March is shaping up to be a very active month for our otilla. There are Vessel Safety Check Blitzs, AUXLAMS Classes, a Public Education Class, Marine Dealer Visits, and underway patrols. If you are looking to get back in the swing of things, sign up for as many of these activities as you desire. Your contributions are always welcome! For more information on 12-6 activities, make sure to check out the otilla calendar on our web-site. Your dedication to Flotilla 12-6 is greatly appreciated. This years National Safe Boating campaign runs from May 18th to the 24th. We will be working with ABC News Channel 4 to run Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on boating safety. Channel 4 will utilize Coast Guard Auxiliary members to record PSAs and run them on the air from May through September. These public service announcements will be broadcasted during prime time and we hope to be doing various other segments with ABC over the balance of the year. We are also supporting the Wear It program, organizing a Charleston River Dogs event, and hosting Sammy the Sea Otter during National Safe Boating Week. If anyone would like to jointly support these events together or have Sammy visit your otilla during NSBW; please contact either myself or our Public Affairs Staff Ofcer. Go Team Coast Guard! F lotilla 12-10 is actively searching for ways to increase membership. As one of our members put it, everyone should want to be part of this organization. Yet with a small population base in our area, we are struggling to nd new members. 12-10 is looking forward to overcoming the challenges of the federal budget crunch. Although the budget crunch affect us all, we hope to maintain a level of activity and participation equal to past years.
Flotilla 12-6 FC Andy Poole preparing for a presentation on Understanding Diversity, part of the new training on Diversity & Inclusion.

12-10, Georgetown
Rick Bankert, FC Georgetown Flotilla 12-10 is preparing for a new year of service on the water, in the classrooms and at public events. Coastie the Safety Boat will be operating as often as possible. We have already had one successful boating safety class.

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A UX ILIA RY A V IA TIO N
Ron Sain, AAAC, Flotilla 12-2 There was minimal ight activity in the winter quarter. Water temperatures below 70 degrees restrict ights offshore more than gliding distance from the shore. The big event for Auxiliary Aviation is the Annual Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Workshop held January 31 and February 1 at Air Station Savannah on Hunter Army Air Field.Forty-nine auxiliarists from the Divisions that support CGAS Savannah (17,14,12,10,5,4,& 2), two Auxiliarists from Miami, and a large number of Air Station ofcers and enlisted participated in the workshop. The workshop theme for 2013 was Safe and Professional Operations. Aviation team doing water training. Ken Plesser, (12-3), District 7 DSO-AV, stepped up and took the helm and ran the Wo rk s h o p wh e n A AC David Cristol (14-4) was unable due to the u. This was the third time that Ken h a s d e m o n s t r at e d h i s organizational skills and experience to make the Annual Workshop a great learning opportunity. Ken is shown here with LT Frank Minopoli, AuxLo for Air Station Savannah. Friday afternoon was a refresher use of the PPE survival vest, one-man raft, and egress from an aircraft if ditched at sea. Tony Quesada (02-05) and S t eve A l l e n ( 1 0 - 2 ) familiarize themselves with the PPE equipment. Saturdays agenda focused on required aeromedical factors, cockpit resource management, operational briengs by Command Center Chiefs from Sector Charleston and Sector Jacksonville, and technical and administrative topics. A large amount of time was dedicated to familiarization and use of Continued on following page
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Then everyone must swim 25 yards wearing a ight suit and un-inated PFD to simulate a ditching at sea, after which the PFD can be orally inated, and swim another 50 yards and climb into a one person life raft.Pictured here are Jay Byers (12-3) and Al Paglia (12-3) waiting their turns. Jay and Al are partners in the third aircraft in Division 12 to be approved for Coast Guard missions. Jay joins Ken Plesser (12-3) and Ron Sain (12-2) as Air Commanders in South Carolina.

A UX ILIA RY A V IA TIO N
the new EF Johnson encrypted radio. All Air Station Savannah auxiliary air facilities now have encrypted communication ability. Thanks to the hard work of Ken Plesser and new Air Observer, Walter Runck (12-6), the EF Johnson Radio implementation is a resounding success. Shown in the photo on the previous page is Be Moore (12-12) practicing with the Johnson Radio. Division 12 is now well represented in District 7 with th ree ai rc raf t, th ree A i r Commanders, one Co-Pilot, o n e A i r C r e w, f o u r A i r Observers, and another Air Observer candidate well on his way to attaining certication. Above, Ron Sain (12-2) receives the Auxiliary Letter of Commendation from Greg T. Fuller, Commanding Ofcer, Air Station Savannah for recruiting, in-ight training, and mentoring Auxiliary Aviation candidates from Division 12. Auxiliary Aviation gives pilots and aircraft owners the opportunity to contribute their skills and patriotism to a worthwhile mission. All ights are under orders from the Order Issuing Authority (OIA) Air Station Savannah. Participation is open to Auxiliarists who dedicate themselves to safe and disciplined operations, continued education, and Coast Guard Standard Operations Procedures. Shown to the right are Ann Marie Graham (12-6), Ron Sain (12-2), and Bud Shepard (12-4) after completing a Maritime Observation Mission (MOM) at the Mt. Pleasant, S.C. airport. Ron Sain Flotilla 12-2

Operations
Joe Fleming, SO-OP Operations have been at a minimum for patrols due to the current fuel budget issues. AUXLO has requested that we minimize our safety patrols to water training and boating safety. QE testing for boat crew recertication was completed on one of the coldest and wettest day's this year. The weather was rough on all of us, but Im very happy to say that all passed. There are also Public Affairs events coming up. Next month is the Flowertown Festival which is held in Summerville and the South Carolina In-Water Boat Show on Daniel Island. Between the two events, we will have the opportunity to get the message out on safe boating to tens of thousands of people from around the area. Boat Crew training will continue with classroom exercises. Hopefully the weather will warm up in time for on the water training. Although many areas of South Carolina have been under frost warnings, spring weather will be here before we know it.

Above Photo: Ann Marie Graham (12-6), Ron Sain (12-2), and Bud Shepard (12-4) after completing a Maritime Observation Mission (MOM) at the Mt. Pleasant, S.C. airport.

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Human Resources
John Owen, SO-HR Great Job to the Flotilla FSO-HRs! During

Program Visitation
Dwaine Harris, SO-PV Just a reminder that the V-Department link is our source

the period from January to March 20th, of information. From this link you will be able to obtain the 19 individuals requested membership following: information through the E-Responder program and were referred to local otillas for processing. District 7 has developed a recruiting and retention program that our Division is coordinating have presented to otilla FCs and FSO-HRs. More information to follow. For additional Recruiting and Retention information, please visit the National P Site at the following link: http://www.auxpdept.org/ There is a power-point program you can access on Recruiting Best Practices for the 21st Century. This program highlights many practical and effective methods/tools for otillas to use on how to contact and communicate with potential members. The motto of the presentation is that Flotilla 12-06 was listed among the top performing otillas with 1,004 visits in 2012. Great job everyone! The National average number of partner visits per program visitor is 36. 2013 PV workshops. The V-Directorates end of the year (2012) report summary is available for download.

Communications Services
David Hastings, SO-CS Flotilla web-masters need to work on their websites to

Every Contact is a Potential Recruit. Please review the make sure they are up to date. Some are still showing old data program and present it during a meeting so all members are that is confusing to the public. The websites are usually the

familiar with the practices. As we have said before, The Best rst impression the public and potential new members get of the Auxiliary. We need to present current information on our Recruiting Tool is a Satised Auxiliarist. sites. National is pushing for websites to convert to the legacy sites. William Carter, SO-PB Some members have old bookmarks or favorites which Im so happy that everyone enjoyed reading the Winter were linked to the old District 7 website. If you get the 2013 issue of The Pelorus. I really appreciate everyones message that This Domain Name has Expired you will compliments on the new layout. If anyone has articles or need to go the District 7 website at the following link: trivia theyd like to submit, please feel free to contact me. Flotilla 12-6 of Mount Pleasant has redesigned its newsletter and it looks amazing. Make sure to have a look http://www.uscga-district-7.org/index.html Afterwards, you can re-save your bookmark. This is for

Publications

WOWII format which is easier to maintain than the old

when you get a chance. Having a newsletter is one of the best AuxDirectory, AuxInfo reports, or other links that you might ways for members to remain in the loop of their otillas have saved as a bookmark. accomplishments and upcoming activities.
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Information Systems
Sue Hastings, SO-IS Have you changed your email, telephone you let your FSO-IS know of the change? If not, you need to complete a 7028 form, which is available on-line in AuxDirectory, or you can send the Hour TCT or 8 Hour TCT, QE sign off, or Navigation Rules for Coxswain. If you have any questions on what is needed, please

numbers, address, etc. lately? If so, have contact your FSO-IS or myself.

Communications Systems
Jim Ramsey, SO-CM Hello to everyone at Division Twelve. In case you dont

information directly to your FSO-IS. The already have it, the revised radio and telephone handbook is important thing is to make sure that AUXDATA is kept up to now available at the following link: date with any changes. The Everbridge system that sends http://www.uscg.mil/forcecom/ttp/ notications and emails from Leadership and disaster information is updated from AUXDATA each week.

Please share with all interested members. Thank-you for As many of the programs such as Vessel Exams, your work and dedication to the Auxiliary. Operations, and Public Education are gearing up, some members are in REYR from 2012. Your mission hours, exams, etc. will be only be counted as Trainee until your certication is updated. This is not an automatic function. You must do the requirements for your certication as a Trainee, it must be entered into AUXDATA, and your FC must submit a Help Ticket in the D7 Help Page to get the certication updated. Here are the basic REYR requirements: Vessel Examiners: Two VEs as a Trainee with qualied VE only ONE Trainee per 7038 form. Program Visitors: Two PVs as a Trainee PV can submit form as self-supervision (no other qualied PV as LEAD) only ONE Trainee per 7046 form. Instructor: Missing hours from Previous Year as Trainee (not listed as Non-Lead) on 7030 with qualied Instructor. (Currency is 2 Hours as Lead; 4 Hours as NonLead; or 1 Hour as Lead and 2 Hours as Non-Lead) only ONE Trainee per 7030 form. Boat Crew/Coxswain: Whatever maintenance task or hours missing from previous year 12 Hours Underway, 1 Happy Easter to all, Jim Ramsey Jim@USCGAuxiliary.US

Diversity & Inclusion


Al Crothers, SO-DV

Diversity is about our commitment to embrace men and women of all racial, cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds as full, equal, and vital members of our organization.
Im very pleased to say that Division Twelve has had growth in the area of Diversity & Inclusion as FSO-DV positions are being lled in each Flotilla. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. Please see the graphic on page twenty-six for additional information on Diversity & Inclusion for the Spring of 2013.

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M E M B E R TR AI NI NG
Member Training
A. Auxiliarists must successfully complete the following MT during their rst year of enrollment and then once every Be Moore, SO-MT Spring Training is off and running! ve years thereafter: 1. DHS Together - Resilience Training - course code Flotillas are hard at work getting ready for the upcoming boating season. In addition to individual otilla training sessions such as the annual TCT refresher and Ops, VE, PE, etc., workshops, we were very fortunate to have had two division wide seminars (GPS for Mariners and Charting and Plotting Successfully) hosted by Flotilla 12-8 FSO-MT Richard Daniel and the 8-hour Team Coordination Training (TCT) conducted by Frank Leister. Forthcoming classes currently planned are AUXSC&E, B. Auxiliarists must successfully complete the following tentatively scheduled for mid-May, and ICS 210, scheduled MT only once (new members shall complete them during for 20 July. Get ready for the implementation of the Auxiliary their rst year of enrollment): Learning Management System (AUXLMS) and associated benets, requirements, and impacts on Auxiliary Mandated Training (MT). Effective in January 2013 (see CHDIRAUX 001-13), 1. Ethics 1 / Personal Gifts - course code 502306 2. Inuenza Training - course code 502290 C. Enrolled Auxiliarists now have until 31 December 502379 2. Security Education and Training Awareness (SETA) course code 810030 3. Privacy at DHS / Protecting Personal Information course code 810015 4. Sexual Harassment Prevention - course code 810000 5. Sexual Assault Prevention and Response - course code 810045 6. Civil Rights Awareness - course code 502319

AUXLMS provides the exibility for Auxiliarists to access 2016 to complete all eight of the MT courses listed above. As AUX MT material anywhere and anytime on a personal each of the rst six courses listed above is completed, its own computer. Successful course completion is automatically ve-year cycle will start. Each cycle will extend to 31 recorded in AUXDATA without manual intervention of an December of the fth year regardless of the date the course Information Services (IS) staff ofcer. AUXLMS can be was completed during the year, and so on. For example, if an accessed at the following link: https://auxlearning.uscg.mil/. Auxiliarist completes the Civil Rights Awareness course on 15 Complete information and instructions can be found at November 2013, then he/she will have to complete it again by 31 December 2018. http://www.uscg.mil/auxiliary/training/auxlms.asp AUXLMS Impact on Auxiliary Mandated Training (MT) Requirements: MT cannot be taken lightly, and it is not D. New enrollees must complete all eight of the Auxiliary

unreasonable to expect in the future that Coast Guard Order MT courses within their rst year of enrollment. For this Issuing Authorities will expect Auxiliarists to be current in purpose, the rst year of enrollment will extend to 31 MT requirements before making assignments to duty. The December of the year following their Base Enrollment Date. Auxiliary MT requirements established in section 8.E. of the For example, if a new enrollee has a Base Enrollment Date of Coast Guard Auxiliary Manual (COMDTINST M16790.1 15 November 2013, then that individual will have until 31 December 2014 to complete all mandated training. series) are now in effect.

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V ES S EL S A F ETY
Vessel Examinations
facilities. But that relationship in no way implies that the Examiners has any exclusive rights to those facilities. No Andy Poole, SO-VE Hello shipmates and welcome to another VE Newsletter Examiner should ask other Examiners to stay away from any local facility area. This includes marines, sporting goods article.

First of all, the USCG Auxiliary 2012 Vessel Examiner stores, public access boating areas, and certain local piers and Summary Report is on the streets. The executive summary of docks. The VSC program is a cooperative one. We want the

the report states that in 2012 a total of 138, 399 vessel safety US Power Squadron and the USCG Auxiliary working checks (VSC) were conducted across the US, which equates to together for a common goal that being the safety and education of the general boating public. If another 2% more than in 2011. The overall 2012 pass rate for VSCs Examiner (from the Aux or USPS) shows up on what may be was 77%, up from 76% in 2011. However, the number of VEs current in AUXDATA decreased to 6,831 at year-end considered another Examiners familiar turf ; please 2012, a decrease of 0.2% over last year. Based on the VSC welcome them, and thank them for joining you in your effort count, each VE did an average of 20 VSCs per person to keep Americas boating public safe. Any questions or comments on the above topics, please which is consistent with the 2011 numbers. Over the coming months, let ensure that our VEs are c o n t a c t A n dy Po o l e, n a u t i c a l p i l o t s @ g m a i l . c o m , current in their qualications, new VE recruits are in the 813-205-7703. training pipeline, and the VEs have the appropriate equipment/materials to do their job. Great News, the West Marine VSC discount coupon will be continuing in 2013. While this is not an endorsement of West Marine, they do provide a great service to the recreational boating public. As in the past, the coupon is only for safety items to pass the VSC. West Marine requires the boater to present a copy of the coupon and the 7012 or 7012A to receive the 10% discount. The coupons can be printed by the VE from the Adobe Acrobat le link: vdept.cgaux/pdf-les/2013WestMarineCoupons.pdf Lastly, here is a reminder from DIR-V on Vessel Examiners claiming territories in which to perform VSCs: It has come to the attention of the V-Department that there have been a few, very isolated incidents of examiners claiming specic local areas in which they perform VEs (certain piers, docks, marinas, boat ramps, etc). The V-Department fully acknowledges, and appreciates the fact, that some Examiners have built positive relationships with local boaters and marinas over many years; and we acknowledge Examiners may routinely conduct the majority of their VSCs at these

Hours: Vessel Safety Checks

2% 11% 7% 20% 4% 15%

41%
12-1 12-3 12-6 12-10 12-2 12-4 12-8 12-12

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S EC RETA RY REC O RD S
Deborah Lee, SO-SR
Minutes from Division 12 Change of Watch Meeting Beach Colony Hotel, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Saturday, January 12, 2013 The meeting was called to order at 1040 hours by Al Crothers, Division Commander. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by John Murphy, Division Vice Commander. The Invocation was given by Dr. Phillip Poole. Division Members in Attendance: (listed below) DCDR Welcome/Introductions: Al welcomed everyone and acknowledged Bob Weskerna, our newly elected District Chief of Staff. Al reviewed items discussed at Commanders Call meeting and expressed thanks for being elected and will do his best to answer your questions. Division Minutes: October Division meeting minutes were approved at Commanders Call as listed in the Pelorus newsletter. Financial Report: Approved at Commanders Call as submitted by John Murphy, SO-FN. Division Staff Ofcer Reports: John Murphy asked all Staff Ofcers to introduce themselves. SO-Finance Vito Giardina: Vito is also the VFC for Flotilla 12-10. SO-Vessel Examinations Andy Poole: Please try to increase number of vessel exams. Go to dealers now and do exams and get new contacts. Decals are available. SO-Lay Leader Phillip Poole: He is available for members and families. SO-Navigation Services Allen Hap James: Contact him with any concerns. He is also available for QE. SO-Information Services Sue Hastings: Sue gave out copies of list of all persons holding ofces in the Division. SO-Marine Safety Richard Bankert: Report is in The Pelorus. SO-Communication Services Dave Hastings: Please read the publications that are available. There is valuable information in these Continued on Page Twenty-Five

Roster of members and guests present 12-1 Jay Dahlgren John Owen Perry Moses III Ron Cunningham Joe Newman 12-2 Dorothy Schoch Carl Brown Jeanette Brown Alma Lyerley Judith Ash Joyce Slingerland Terry Skorup 12-4 Chuck Budnick Jack Stacy 12-3 Gerry Ruschkofski Sue Carty Don Carty Ken Uschelbec Peg Peterson Ken Plesser Dale McCoin Ken McCoin 12-6 Bob Weskerna Al Crothers Andy Poole Phillip Poole Deborah Lee Walter Runck Ann Graham Barbara Burcheld William Atkinson Nancy Johnson Tommy Timberlake Jack Margolis Judy Margolis Eric Hurlin 12-8 Paul Berka Paul Thomas Dwaine Harris Richard Daniel 12-10 Richard Bankert John Murphy Vito Giardina Sue Hastings Dave Hastings 12-12 Karen Andrews Jim Andrews Be Moore Festus Burcheld Jim Ramsey Reggie Hollar Allen James

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Barbara Burcheld, SLO-SC
recommendation from DSO-SL Griswold, we referred this to This is a quarterly report sent to DSO-SL 7 and RBS CG Sector Charleston via the AUXLO to the applicable CG contact. Outreach national leadership. Festus is Lead Coxswain again this year for the Great Contact with Partners: We sent letters to Colonel Frampton, head of SCDNR Education, and Colonel Alvin Taylor, BLA and SCDNR. The letters included 2012 Division 12 Performance Summary and the 2012 Navigator issue which contains an article about State Liaison Ofcer partnerships and specically our South Carolina partners. 2012 Division 12 Performance Summary and 2012 Auxiliary Distributions: Single source distribution of SCDNR branded products was expanded to include Tide Tables this year. These are products provided by DNR as a courtesy to the Auxiliary. In February we picked up Tide Tables for distribution to Portage Race on 14SEP, sponsored by the Navy League. He collaborates with the Event Coordinator and other sponsors

Law Enforcement, Lt. Billy Downer, head of SCDNR Boater in monthly conference calls for event planning.

Navigator issue were also widely distributed (many in Division 12 coastal otillas as well as otillas10-1 and 10-11. personal meetings) to SCDNR contacts in Charleston, Lake As with the SC Boating Law & Responsibilities Handbooks, Murray Association, Lake Murray Safety Consortium, we contact and work with each Flotilla Commanders for their Richland and Lexington County Sheriff s Departments, and Lake Murray Association representatives. 2012 Division 12 Performance Summary was also sent to D12 FC, VFC, DCOS, and DCAPT-N. If anyone is interested in having a copy, please email or call. This is excellent information for use in public affairs news releases and community/civic meetings. supply requests and arrange for material distributions. Tide Tables were distributed in March; Boating Handbooks deliveries will be in May as usual. This process allows the DNR to more accurately predict supplies to purchase, allows for an accountable distribution to its primary vendors, and reduces DNR manpower and time. In the past otilla units were contacting DNR ofces

Working with SCDNR Investigations, we received and throughout the state for materials, even calling their personal relayed the 2012 SC Boating Fatalities & Accidents Reports to phone numbers off hours. Sometimes different FSO would duplicate requests to DNR, make numerous trips for D12 FC and VFC and the Safety Consortium. handbooks, and shortages occurred for some otilla units
F A TA L I TI ES INJ URIES

2012 2011 2010

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when supplies were not available. Single source distribution eliminates these issues in a fair and equitable way. Meeting attendance: 1. Division 12 Change of Watch 11-13 JAN in Myrtle Beach, SC. 2. Auxiliary Sector Coordinator (ASC) Teleconference Meetings 31JAN and 21FEB; this monthly meeting with USCG Sector Charleston and Auxiliary leadership helps to communicate important current events and issues. Continued on following page

We were contacted by SCDNR legal counsel concerning a summer 2012 boating accident on Lake Murray which involved high speed race operations. Counsel requested expert help for inland waterways rules of the road. With
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3. Flotilla 12-6 meetings on 17JAN and 21FEB which included Diversity training. teleconferences; Navy League and multi-agency sponsored event. 5. Lake Murray Safety Consortium meeting on 21 JAN and 21 FEB; multi-agency and law enforcement group. For national PE staff, we critiqued two main stream online boating courses; this necessitated taking the courses Barbara developed a Powerpoint presentation on how to get ABS and BSS classes on DNR's website and distributed it to Division 12 FSO-PE. She also developed a Powerpoint "Notice of Intent to Teach" how-to guide, and sent it to 4. Navy League Great Portage Race monthly event and providing specic, detailed content evaluations.

6. Lake Murray Safety Committee meetings 17 JAN, 22 Division 12 FSO-PE, SO-PE, DCDR, VDCR, and DCAPTJAN, 19 FEB, and 26 FEB and nalizing the BoatUS N. This presentation made its way to DSO-PE who grant for boating safety signage. Barbara contributed news releases and articles to several media sources; printed sightings included: elected to D7 Chief of Staff was published in the Moultrie News and other coastal publications. 2. News release for 2013 Flotilla 12-06 Leadership Announcements was published in the Moultrie News and other coastal publications. 3. Cold Water Boating -Published in Lake Murray News. Murray Association newsletter spring edition of LakeLink. 5. Partners with Purpose Published in WAVES. publication The Breeze. Public Education: District 7 Strategic Plan parallels the national objectives to increase the number of boating safety classes and students. otillas to promote their efforts and to provide resources and tools for success. Challenges include nding suitable locations for classes, generating sufcient advertising, and keeping new public education ofcers up to date with policy and procedures. distributed it widely throughout the district to help PE staff. Training & Auxiliary Updates: Festus has been appointed a Proctor in D7 and has been We both attended Auxiliary Leadership & Management School (AUXLAMS-A & B) Barbara attended AUX-04 C-School in Charleston (WOW website) Legislative Activity: We continue to monitor legislative activity relative to RBS education, and report those activities up the chain of leadership to Auxiliary legal department. The State Liaison Ofcer (SLO) and Legislative Liaison Ofcer (LLO) positions SLO appointees are doing both jobs at this time. Working Together: We contacted the SC DNR county representative to collaborate with Auxiliary otilla 12-4 Socastee. Flotilla 12-4 Hutson presented an hour of instruction on how the CG Auxiliary can support DNR. 12-4 FC is meeting with Sgt. Hutson to plan a cook out for Georgetown and Horry County DNR Ofcers with Flotilla 12-4 VEs and OPS. Bravo Zulu Flotilla 12-4!

1. News story about SC Auxiliarist Robert Weskerna designated a Qualifying Examiner (QE) for District 7.

4. Spring Boat Safety Checklist -Published in Lake Outreach, such as mandatory life jacket use and boating

6. The Great Portage Race Published in D7 were separated at 2012 NTRAIN; however in District 7 the

We are working behind the scenes and one-on-one with invited DNR Ofcer Sgt. Hutson to a VE workshop and

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Secretary Records (Contd.)
publications. SO-Human Resources John Owen: Good response to e-responders. The Flotilla Commander and Vice Flotilla Commander only respond to the ones that Human Resources contacts you about. HR has tips on the District website for recruiting and retention. Last year we had 31 new members and lost 43 members. SO-Member Training Be Moore: VE, PV, and Sexual If you need to contact anyone in the Auxiliary, you can Harassment training information are available online. use AuxDirectory to nd contact information for any There will also be a GPS for Mariners seminar held on member in the country. January 19. Contact Richard Daniel for additional info. ICS210 will be held mid summer, and there will be an eight hour TCT to be held February 20. District Dashboard measures our progress against ourselves from year to year. In our Division we are down in This includes those that require a unit case number. Please do not postpone this until reports are due. Richard Daniel is a QE and Hap Allen and Festus Burcheld will soon be qualied at QEs. The publication Breeze will soon be available on you iPad and iPhone.

Staff Liaison Ofcer (SC) Barbara Burcheld: DNR all areas. Flotilla Commanders please develop goals and website will have ABS and BSS certied courses on their action plans to improve this and also improve the number of website. Enrollments for Boating Safety courses offered by members receiving awards for jobs well done. the otillas are up because of the website. New DNR publications will be out in May. Old Business: Equipment inventories from the Flotillas are due at the end of January. New Business: Dr. Philip Poole explained and passed out to each Flotilla Commander information for the new position of Diversity and Inclusion (DV). Ken Plesser presented Bob Weskerna with a ight suit. A motion was made by Vito Giardina to adjourn the Bob Weskerna congratulated all the new Flotilla meeting and seconded by Allen James. Commanders (FC), Vice Flotilla Commanders (VFC), Division Staff Ofcers (SO), and Flotilla Staff Ofcers (FSO). He stated he was very impressed with all of the SO reports. Flotilla Commanders, please pass up any signicant activities within the division to Al Crothers immediately. Respectfully submitted, Deborah Lee SO-SR The meeting was adjourned at 1230 hours. Closing Remarks: Al thanked everyone for their help. Our Division has logged in over 53,000 hours. Great job everyone! Everbridge can be used as an address book to get information out to everyone since it is updated from AUXDATA weekly. The next Division meeting will be held at the Waterworks on Saturday, April 13. Commanders Call-0900, Division Meeting -1000.

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Hours: All Flotilla Activities Hours: Marine Patrols Hours: Recreational Boating Safety

4% 10% 3% 6% 4% 24% 15% 33%


12-1 12-3 12-6 12-10 12-2 12-4 12-8 12-12

18% 34% 23% 1% 10% 11%2%


12-1 12-3 12-6 12-10 12-2 12-4 12-8 12-12

4% 9% 3% 22%

6% 3% 16%

36%
12-1 12-3 12-6 12-10 12-2 12-4 12-8 12-12

Hours: Member Training

Hours: Public Affairs

Hours: Vessel Safety Checks

13%

1%12% 3%

4% 4% 5% 12% 23% 51%

2%11% 7% 4% 20% 15%

40%
12-1 12-3 12-6 12-10

23% 41%
12-1 12-3 12-6 12-10 12-2 12-4 12-8 12-12 12-1 12-3 12-6 12-10 12-2 12-4 12-8 12-12

8%
12-2 12-4 12-8 12-12

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TO TA L H O URS 12-1 12-2 12-3 12-4 12-6 12-8 12-10 12-12 Total 884.90 503.00 390.70 1,313.70 2,949.90 2,151.95 297.25 381.40 8,872.80 -54% -23% -77% 7% -32% -26% -77% -54% -40% 0.00 53.00 8.00 7.00 21.00 17.00 0.00 0.00 106.00 MARINE D EA L ER V IS ITS -100% 253% 14% -36% -78% -15% -100% -100% -44% V ES S EL S A F ETY C H EC KS 5.00 0.00 2.00 7.00 18.50 9.00 3.00 1.00 45.50 -68% -100% -33% 75% -76% -53% -40% -50% -65% 8.70 0.00 10.00 24.00 46.50 102.00 7.00 0.00 198.20 P UB LIC A F F A IRS -92% -100% -90% -56% -80% -53% -97% N/A* -80% S EA RC H A N D RES C UE 0.00 0.00 45.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.10 N/A* N/A* 306% -100% -100% -100% -100% N/A* -10%

MARINE S A F ETY 12-1 12-2 12-3 12-4 12-6 12-8 12-10 12-12 Total 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.80 123.00 161.75 0.00 0.00 301.55 N/A* N/A* N/A* -10% -45% 22% N/A* N/A* -20% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

A TO N N/A* N/A* N/A* N/A* -100% N/A* N/A* -100% -100%

MEMBER TRA INING 2.00 0.00 18.00 34.50 12.00 61.00 19.00 5.00 151.50 -94% -100% -85% -62% -92% -65% -65% -89% -79%

MARINE P A TRO L 121.2 4.0 35.6 6.4 40.3 82.7 0.0 64.4 354.6 -54% -85% -82% -40% -100% -65% -63% -53%

P UB LIC ED UC A TIO N 58.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 29.25 0.00 137.25 18% N/A* -100% -100% -100% 127% -48% N/A* -44%

The information above is accurate as of 25 March 2013 from the D7 AuxInfo report. The increase/decrease from the rst quarter of 2012 is also listed. Make sure to double-check your calendars and submit all hours. Lets get these numbers up! * Flotilla did not log hours in this category for 2012 or 2011, therefore the percentage increase/decrease does not apply. Flotilla logged no hours in this category for the rst quarter of 2012.

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Division Twelve Bridge
Division Commander Al Crothers al_crothers@hotmail.com johnj@sccoast.net vgiardina38@yahoo.com Vice Division Commander John Murphy Vito Giardina

Immediate Past Division Commander

Flotilla Commanders/Vice Commanders


12-1, Lake Marion & the Inland Sea 12-2, Grand Strand 12-3, Lake Murray FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC John Owen jowen5150@aol.com jenewman2001@yahoo.com msdot@sccoast.net jagasc@gmail.com g_ruschkofski2010@sc.rr.com colken@aol.com c.budnick@att.net timberlake2010@live.com nauticalpilots@gmail.com fburcheld@earthlink.net phberka@comcast.net dwaine108@aol.com rgbsc@yahoo.com vgiardina38@yahoo.com beagles5@bellsouth.net cdsong4@bellsouth.net VFC Joe Newman Dorothy Schoch Gerry Ruschkofski Chuck Budnick Andy Poole Paul Berka VFC Judith Ash

VFC Ken Uschelbec

12-4, Central Grand Strand 12-6, Mount Pleasant 12-8, Charleston 12-10, Georgetown 12-12, Edisto Beach

VFC Thomas Timberlake VFC Festus Burcheld VFC Dwaine Harris Rick Bankert Karen Andrews VFC Vito Giardina VFC Cliff Songer

Division Support Staff


AUXAIR DDSL-12 ADDSL-12 SLO-SC SLO-SC Auxiliary Aviation Directors District Security Liaison Assistant Directors District Security Liaison State Liaison Ofcer State Liaison Ofcer Al Crothers al_crothers@hotmail.com bdburcheld@earthlink.net fburcheld@earthlink.net Barbara Burcheld Festus Burcheld Vito Giardina vgiardina38@yahoo.com Ron Sain jrsain@charter.net

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D I V I S I O N S TA F F O F F I C ERS
Division Staff Ofcers
SO-CM SO-CS SO-DV SO-FN SO-HR SO-IS SO-MA SO-MS SO-MT SO-NS SO-OP SO-PA SO-PB SO-PE SO-PV SO-SR SO-VE Communications Jim Ramsey David Hastings Al Crothers John Owen Vito Giardina Susan Hastings Michael Mikutaitis Rick Bankert Be Moore Allen James Joe Fleming William Carter Dwaine Harris Deborah Lee Andy Poole From the Editor
I appreciate the feedback from everyone on the layout for The Pelorus. If anyone has photos they would like to see used for the front cover of upcoming editions, please feel free to send them to me. My only request is that the photo be rectangular in shape as it will be easier to insert into the cover. Thanks again for the great feedback. William Carter SO-PB, Division 12

jim@uscgauxiliary.us davidah@msn.com al_crothers@hotmail.com vgiardina38@yahoo.com jowen5150@aol.com suedso@msn.com michaelcae@yahoo.com rgbsc@yahoo.com bemoore7@bellsouth.net jamesan38@bellsouth.net joeemingjr@comcast.net tomfw1852@yahoo.com william.j.carter@icloud.com dwaine108@aol.com awendeb@yahoo.com nauticalpilots@gmail.com

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Information Systems Marine Safety Member Training Operations

Navigation Systems Public Affairs Publications Public Education Program Visitation Secretary Records

Thomas Williamson

Vacant Position

Vessel Safety Exams

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