United States Department of Homeland Security
U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY
District Eleven - Southern Region
Flotilla 09-04
Division 09
Bullhead City, AZ
Flotilla Commander
- Provides primary leadership and supervision to the flotilla. The FC is responsible to assure that the overall flotilla program conforms to the Coast Guard and Auxiliary policies and procedures, as well as provide the communications link with Division elected officers.
Vice Flotilla Commander
- Has the primary responsibility for administration and
coordination of the flotilla staff. The VFC is essentially the
Chief of Staff for the Flotilla.
Immediate Past Flotilla Commander
- Indicates an elected office held by an
Auxiliarist who was the last to to hold that office for a full
term. Elected leaders must have been succeeded in office as a
result of a regular election, and must not have been removed
from office. An immediate past officer shall retain designation
until another immediate past officer is generated by a regular
election. If an immediate past officer leaves the office for any
reason, the immediate past office remains vacant until the next
regular scheduled election.
FSO-CM - Communications
- Exercise staff responsibility and supervision over all matters
pertaining to flotilla communications, and keep flotilla members
informed of all developments in this area.
- Unless otherwise directed, you are to schedule qualified
Auxiliarists to perform specific activities within your area of
responsibility. The schedule must include a specific time and place for
the activity.
- Maintain close liaison with the Division Communications Staff
Officer (SO-CM) in planning, organizing and implementing the flotilla's
communication activities.
- Ensure that every activation of an Auxiliary Radio Facility is under
Coast Guard orders.
- Inspect fixed land and land mobile radio facilities if qualified as
a Communications Specialist.
- Encourage the obtaining of additional radio facilities.
- In cooperation with the Flotilla Member Training Staff Officer
(FSO-MT), encourage increased member participation in communications
training and qualification as Communications Specialists.
FSO-NS Navigation Services
- Exercise staff supervision and responsibility for chart updating
patrols, verification of private aids to navigation and the prompt
reporting of discrepancies in aids to navigation (ATON) using Aids to
Navigation Report (ANSC 7054), chart discrepancies and chart updating
information using NOAA Form-77 (ANSC 7037), and to inform flotilla
members of all developments.
- Unless otherwise directed, you are to schedule qualified
Auxiliarists to perform specific activities in your area of
responsibility. The schedule must include a specific time and
place for the activity.
- Maintain close liaison with the Division Navigation
Services Officer (SO-NS)
and submit a monthly activity report. Also, advise the District
Navigation Services Officer (DSO-NS),
via the SO-NS, by 1 October each year
of changes desired on chart distribution.
- Coordinate and cooperate with the FSO-OP to ensure that
every deployment of an operational facility for chart updating,
inspection of private aids to navigation, and others, are
performed under Coast Guard patrol orders.
- Foster interest for members to maintain their own
navigational publications in an up-to-date condition.
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