UPDATE 13: Deepwater Horizon update

UPDATE 13: Deepwater Horizon update

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Chart of Oil Spill as of 27 April 2010

Here is a chart of the extent of the oil spill as of the morning of 27 April 2010.

UPDATE 11- Controlled burn scheduled to begin

UPDATE 11- Controlled burn scheduled to begin

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Coast Guard teams up with state boating authorities to ensure passenger vessel safety

Coast Guard teams up with state boating authorities to ensure passenger vessel safety

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National Safe Boating Week is Coming

This is an extremely busy time in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. The largest Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) effort of the year is nearly upon us - National Safe Boating Week (NSBW). This is the week leading up to Memorial Day, usually the last full week of May. The Coast Guard in the 7th District (D7) is mounting a large public awareness campaign that I hope will make a big splash - the "Wear-It" Tour - a tour down the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) from Jacksonville, FL to Miami, FL. The tour is a joint effort between the Coast Guard, the CG Auxiliary, and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). It will start in Jacksonville on Sunday 23 May and end in Miami on Friday 28 May. There will be media and public-awareness and public-access events all along the way, including a Vessel Safety Check (VSC) event at Phil Foster Park in Riviera Beach on Thursday 27 May. I will write more about it as the time gets closer.

UPDATE 6: Coast Guard suspends search for 11 missing crewmembers from Deepwater Horizon

UPDATE 6: Coast Guard suspends search for 11 missing crewmembers from Deepwater Horizon

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Coast Guard rescues, returns 125 Haitian migrants

Coast Guard rescues, returns 125 Haitian migrants

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Coast Guard rescues, repatriates 90 Haitian migrants

Coast Guard rescues, repatriates 90 Haitian migrants

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Welcome to a new Blog

Welcome to a new blog by a neophyte blogger. In this space I will endeavor to accumulate (and solicit) information, knowledge, and perhaps even a bit of wisdom (from external sources, most likely) on the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, its programs, and its people. I solicit comment, support, and suggestions from all who support this most amazing organization - the primier volunteer organization in our country.

Best Regards to All.

Very Respectfully,

Wilson Riggan
Division Chief - Aviation (DVC-RA)
Division Commander 5 D7
US Coast Guard Auxiliary