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The Auxiliary University Programs (AUP) is a United States Coast Guard Auxiliary-managed initiative established in 2007. Today AUP now has nearly 200 members in 11 units representing over 30 colleges and universities across the United States . [ 1 ]
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary (USCGAUX, CGAux, or USCG Aux) is the uniformed, civilian volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard. [3] [4] [5] Congress established the unit on 23 June 1939, as the United States Coast Guard Reserve. On February 19, 1941, the entity was renamed the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Coast Guard Station number Reference Coast Guard Station Block Island: New Shoreham: 1879 Active Yes 5 3rd 62 [68] Coast Guard Station Brenton Point: Newport: 1884 1946 No N/A N/A 53 [69] Coast Guard Auxiliary Station Warwick: Warwick: 1972 Active Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown [70] Coast Guard Station Castle Hill: 1941 Active 34 [71] Coast Guard ...
The AustinBlu Foundation helps sponsor the free tuition for kids 12-21. The nonprofit honors two 14-year-old Jupiter boys lost at sea in a storm.
The course consists of twenty three training days over five weeks and is open to U.S. Coast Guard personnel and foreign naval officers. [2] Boarding Team Member (BTM) Course: The BTM course consists of nine training days over two weeks and trains Coast Guard personnel to serve as Boarding Team Members under the supervision of a Boarding Officer ...
The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), located in New London, Connecticut, is the U.S. service academy specifically for the United States Coast Guard. Founded in 1876, the academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of nine major fields of study. Students are officers-in-training, and are referred to as cadets.
Aviation Survival Technician (AST) is a rating or job specialty in the United States Coast Guard. Rescue swimmer is the collateral duty or aircrew position of the AST. They are trained at the U.S. Coast Guard's enlisted Aviation Survival Technician/Rescue Swimmer school at Coast Guard Aviation Technical Training Center, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
In 2003 the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary were realigned to be under the United States Department of Homeland Security. [13] As of 2004, the Coast Guard Auxiliary had 35,000 members who collectively provided 2 million man hours of service annually.