USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 411

08/27/2024

Meritorious Service Medal!!! Truly blessed.

08/18/2024

ASOC Class Graduates 2024!

08/17/2024

Honored and humbled to be in company of these fine men and women...

08/09/2024

Proud to say many of them are my friends and associates.

Semper Paratus!

06/27/2022

06/20/2022

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 have been released by the U.S. Coast Guard.

"Every year, the U.S. Coast Guard compiles statistics on reported recreational boating accidents. These statistics are derived from accident reports that are filed by the owners/operators of recreational vessels involved in accidents."

Some important highlights from report:

🛟 Where cause of death was known, 81% of fatal boating accident victims drowned. Of those victims with reported life jacket usage, 83% were not wearing a life jacket.

▶️ Takeaway message: Please always wear a life jacket when underway on any type of vessel, including paddlecraft. 🦺

🍾 Alcohol was the leading known contributing factor in fatal boating accidents.

▶️ Takeaway message: Always boat sober -- operator and passengers alike. Alcohol and boating do not mix. 🚫

👨‍🏫 Where instruction was known, 75% of deaths occurred on boats were the operator had not received boating safety instruction.

▶️ Takeaway message: Take an approved boating safety course before getting underway. ✍️Courses are offered by the Coast Guard Auxiliary and other organizations.
https://www.cgaux.org/boatinged/

👀 Operator inattention, operator inexperience, improper lookout, machinery failure and excessive speed ranked as the top five primary contributing factors in accidents.

▶️ Takeaway message: Always have a proper lookout; take a boating safety course and know navigation rules; use all your senses when boating; only travel at proper speeds for existing conditions. 🚤

To view the most recent and prior reports, please visit
https://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.php

06/20/2022

Culinary Specialists (CS) are the creative minds behind the meals served that fuel the men and women underway. And they’re in high demand. Learn More

06/19/2022

Best wishes on Father’s Day to all the great dads out there! Dads who raised us, dads in our hearts and dads in heaven. Special thanks and thoughts for dads standing the watch today. ⚓

06/16/2022

Smart paddlers know how to communicate with each other with hand and paddle signals. Learn more about obtaining an on-line or in-person paddling safely course at https://www.americancanoe.org/page/Courses

06/15/2022

"...And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, and burst the cannon's roar..."

"One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!"

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes




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06/14/2022

Happy Flag Day!