Coast Guard Tech Talk – 08/27: Lessons Learned from Boating Accidents
Coast Guard Tech Talk – 7/23: US Coast Guard Helicopters
Coast Guard Tech Talk – 6/25: Satellites and Weather
Coast Guard Tech Talk – 5/28: AUXPAD—Paddle Safe: Evidence Based Padding Safety from the American Canoe Association, Part 2
Six Sea Scouts Selected to Sail Aboard the USCG Barque Eagle
Coast Guard Tech Talk – 4/23: AUXPAD—Paddle Safe: Evidence Based Padding Safety from the American Canoe Association
Coast Guard Tech Talk – 3/25: From Sea Scouts to the Maritime Academy to the High Seas
Coast Guard Tech Talk – 2/23: Electronic Marine Charts and the move to Electronic Navigation
United States Coast Guard Academy Introduction Mission
Sail Aboard the USCG Barque Eagle
Welcome!
Sea Scouting is the Coast Guard Auxiliary’s official youth program and is a Boy Scouts of America program for young men and women, ages 14 (or 13 years of age and completed eighth grade) through 20. Sea Scouts provide a program for religious, fraternal, educational, and other community organizations to use for effective character, citizenship, and mental and personal fitness training for youth. As part of this training, Sea Scouts are expected to develop personal religious values, learn the principles of American heritage and government, and acquire skills that will prepare them to become successful adults.
The advancement scheme for Sea Scouts places an initial emphasis on nautical skills before encouraging the youth to take a major role in planning activities in the unit. Young men and women ages fourteen through twenty who are willing to abide by the requirements of BSA membership, including agreeing to live by the ideals expressed in the Scout Oath and Law and Sea Promise are eligible to join a Sea Scout Ship. Ships are administered by volunteers with the assistance and support of some paid professional staff.
Any Sea Scout who is at least 14 years old or Sea Scout leader may also choose to become full members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary by following the normal application process.
We also participate in a program to recognize all BSA Eagle Scouts, Venturing Summit Award recipients and Sea Scout Quartermasters as well as Girl Scout Gold Award holders. See their respective pages for more information.
The national Auxiliary-Sea Scout Youth Development (AUXSCOUT) Program Standard Operating Procedures (revised 21 OCT 22) outlines how Auxiliarists are to work with Sea Scout youth and adult members, whether or not they are also Coast Guard Auxiliarists. National program oversight is provided by the Auxiliary’s Youth Programs Division. All Auxiliary Districts have District Staff Officers – AuxScout (DSO-AS), most divisions have Staff Officers – AuxScout (SO-AS), and flotillas that have direct, sustained, and constructive engagement with a counterpart Sea Scout Ship have Flotilla Staff Officers for the AuxScout Program (FSO-AS). Organization support details and job descriptions for Auxscout are available on AuxBWiki.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions are available HERE. Any questions not answered on AuxBWiki or the SOP may be directed as follows:
* Questions from District Commodores and District Chiefs of Staff should be directed to Ron Blaisdell, Youth Programs Division Chief, DVC-SY
* Questions from all others in D1N, D1S, D5N, D5S, D7 should be directed to Arnie Geller, BC-SYA. Be sure to copy your DSO-AS and DCOS on your email.
* Questions from all others in D8C, D8E, D8W, D9C, D9E, D9WR should be directed to Bart Knapp, BC-SYW. Be sure to copy your DSO-AS and DCOS on your email.
* Questions from all others in D11N, D11S, D13, D14, D17 should be directed to John-Michael Zimmerle, BC-SYP. Be sure to copy your DSO-AS and DCOS on your email.
* Questions about starting a Sea Scout Ship should be directed to Mike McBride, BA-SYSA.
Coast Guard Auxiliary Youth Programs
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Coast Guard Tech Talk: Lessons Learned From Boating Accidents
Our speaker is Robin Pope, Ph.D., PA-C, FAWM, currently serves as Deputy Director of the USCG Auxiliary’s Recreational Boating Safety Outreach Directorate. Dr. Pope has more than 3 decades of experience in paddling education. He holds the American Canoe Association’s highest possible instructor ratings in both swift water rescue and whitewater kayaking and was recently named a “Legend of Paddling” by the ACA.
Brought to you by the Coast Guard Auxiliary and the National Sea Scout Committee
11 Aug 2024 Presentation to The Friendship Knot Rotary Club
Bruce Johnson, Deputy Director, Coast Guard Auxiliary Student Programs presents to The Friendship Knot Rotary club on the subject of how the Coast Guard Auxiliary supports Scouting America
Coast Guard Tech Talk: Airbus Helicopters MH-65
Our speaker is Douglas Grove, Airbus Helicopters Product Support Manager, USCG Program.
Before joining Airbus Helicopters, Douglas retired from the USCG in 2023 after 30 years of service, 28 of which were in support of the MH-65 before starting with Airbus after 30 years of service, 28 of the 30 with the MH-65.
Brought to you by the Coast Guard Auxiliary and the National Sea Scout Committee.
AUXSCOUT Youth Programs Staff and DSO Meeting – July 2024
Coast Guard Tech Talk: Weather satellites and their importance on weather forecasting
Weather satellites and their importance on weather forecasting and what information weather satellites can provide.
Our speaker is Mr. Ian Zelo, Deputy Chief – Satellite Products and Services Division
Office of Satellite Products and Operations (OSPO)
NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
CG Tech Talk – Paddle Safe: Evidence Based Paddling Safety from the ACA, Part 2
Brought to you by the Coast Guard Auxiliary and the National Sea Scout Committee This is a continuation of April’s Coast Guard Tech Talk which can be found on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/MYgfMZPN2AM.
Our speaker is Robin Pope, Ph.D., PA-C, FAWM, currently serves as Deputy Director of the USCG Auxiliary’s Recreational Boating Safety Outreach Directorate. Dr. Pope has more than 3 decades of experience in paddling education. He holds the American Canoe Association’s highest possible instructor ratings in both swift water rescue and whitewater kayaking.
DSO and YP Staff Meeting 2024-05-19
Youth Programs Staff Members, District Staff Officers for AuxScout and Assistant District Staff Officers for AuxScout. May 19, 2024/
Coast Guard Tech Talk – Paddle Safe – Evidence Based Paddling Safety from the ACA, Part 1 of 2
Paddle Safe is freely offered for use by the paddling community. The program provides evidence-based risk management approaches intended to help paddlers have a safer time on the water, in the belief that safer paddling is more fun.
Our speaker is Robin Pope, Ph.D., PA-C, FAWM, currently serves as Deputy Director of the USCG Auxiliary’s Recreational Boating Safety Outreach Directorate. Dr. Pope has more than 3 decades of experience in paddling education. He holds the American Canoe Association’s highest possible instructor ratings in both swift water rescue and whitewater kayaking and was recently named a “Legend of Paddling” by the ACA.
AuxScout All Hands Staff Forum – April 2024
The Forum for AUXSCOUT Staff officers at all levels of the Auxiliary.