U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Public Affairs
PRESS RELEASE
Date: 11 June 2008
Contact: Kirk Scarborough
Public Affairs Officer
(714) 777-2300
Captkirk55@aol.com
YORBA LINDA, Calif. - The night of June 5th, 2008 started the beginning for 22 new members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Commander Richard Symons, Director of Auxiliary for the 11th Coast Guard District ( Southern Region) administer the Coast Guard Auxiliary Oath of Office. The new members and their families packed the conference room of the Yorba Linda Community Center, where the oath of office took place.
(pictured above: new members taking oath, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary photo by Kirk Scarborough, USCGAUX)
Commander Symons gave a brief presentation about the history of the U.S. Coast Guard and the formation of its Auxiliary. Commander Symons also talked about the specific missions performed by the Auxiliary over the past year. Nationally in 2007, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteered over 250,000 man-hours of service to the Coast Guard and our nation.
After being sworn in these twenty-two new members will become full fledge members of what is regarded as the “premiere” all-volunteer force in the Department of Homeland Security and the nation.
Some of these members will teach boating safety classes, conduct vessel safety checks. Some will become Maritime Domain Awareness Inspectors. While others will become “Boat Crew” qualified for search and rescue missions or for those who are bi-lingual they may become interpreters. The Coast Guard Auxiliary has something to interest most everyone.
