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Member Links

Primary Sources

Auxiliary National Member Home Page - This is the gateway to information about the orgainization. This page contains links to the major electronic resources including AUXDATA, the eDirectory, individual departments, manuals, forms, and training resources.

Perhaps the most useful element of this page is the "What's New" section that dominates the center frame. This section gives short reports on new and changing programs, new publications, policy changes, and just about anything else that is going on at the national level. Reading "What's New" on a regular basis is one of the best ways to keep up with what's happening in your Auxiliary.

Office if the Chief Director - Another great source of information about the Auxiliary and the Coast Guard. This is the place to look for communications from the Chief Director, manuals, information on proper wear of uniforms, awards, customs, courtesy, and many other useful links.

Auxiliary eDirectory - Need to find a Division officer or a fellow flotilla member's contact info? Sign up for the national eDirectory. This searchable directory contains contact and office information for every Auxiliarist. While you are there please check to make sure all your contact information is current.

District 13 DIRAUX - This is the website of our District Director of Auxiliary. It contains useful information on local policies, the district calendar and opportunities to serve.

District 13 DIRAUXNOTES - The Director's primary communication with the Divisions and Flotilla's is through the bi-monthly DIRAUXNOTES. Thought you heard that we must all wear our hats backwards? Dispel the myths, read it here! The archives are a great resource for new members and new leaders.

Common Auxiliary Acronyms - Confused by the acronyms we use? Is the acronym for Division Vice Captain DVC or VCP? Check out this list. By the way, a VCP is the acronym for Division Vice Captain. DVC is the acronym for Division Chief - a staff position on the national staff.

Training

Our colleagues in Division 8 are developing an annotated guide to the Auxiliary Crew and Coxswain programs.

Take your Incident Command System 100 & 200 training online with FEMA's Emergency Management Institute. [IS100 & IS200] Once you receive your course completion certificate it can be sent to DIRAUX (attention C. Claytor) for entry into AUXDATA. There are a number of additional classes you can take online with EMI related to disaster preparedness, response and recovery.

Member Security Process

...an update from the District 13 Personnel Security Project officer Emerson E “JR” Addington. 18MAR04

The Chief Director's Security Check Process website.

Information & Communications Services

Discount Adobe Acrobat & Adobe Acrobat Approval for the Auxiliary - Tired of filling forms out by hand and mailing them to your IS officer? Do you want to take advantage of all the Auxiliary forms now available electronically? As you may already know the free acrobat reader does not let you save the edits you make to a form -- you can print the form but after that it is gone.

As a member of the Auxiliary you can take advantage of special pricing on Adobe products. For most members all you will need is a product called Adobe Acrobat Approval. This costs about $7 for a license and $21 for the CD the software it comes on (and yes we know it is strange for the CD to cost more than the license). We can provide the CD locally but you need to purchase the $7 license to get a product registration code so the program can be installed on you machine. Make sure you order the version of Approval that works on you computer's operating system (Windows or Macintosh).

Navigation

Commercial Traffic Information - The Columbia Bar pilots maintain a website with information on commercial traffic arrivals, sailings and moves.

Army Corps of Engineers - Hydrographic Surveys of the Columbia River Channel - These are updated on a regular basis.

New Member Information

Coming soon...

General Nautical and Seamanship Links

Knots: A great site with many links on the subject of knots.

Auxiliary Materials

The 2004 Auxiliary National Supply Center Catalog is now available. Please remember that requests for these materials should be routed through your FSO-MA (materials).

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