Do Sea Scouts and Sea Scout leaders who offer their vessels, aircraft, radios or vehicles have to be members of the Auxiliary before they can make such offer?

The Commandant has conferred discretion upon Directors of Auxiliary (DIRAUX) to accept a proffered Offer for Use subject to 14 U.S.C. § 3907 and also subject to Operations Policy Manual; the latter requires individual owners of potential facilities to be members of the Auxiliary; however, a DIRAUX may accept an Offer for Use of a facility with multiple owners if at least 25% of the owners are members of the Auxiliary. Under that scenario, a potential facility owned by multiple Sea Scouts or Sea Scout leaders could be accepted for use if they met the 25% ownership criteria even if the majority of owners are not Auxiliarists.