Flotilla News for August

The August Meeting Was A Busy (and Lively) One!

We had a very informative meeting to start the month. Our members are very involved and brought a lot of information, fresh ideas and enthusiasm to the meeting. Additionally, we were visited by the Division Diversity Officer (SO-DV) Carol Davis who assisted us with our diversity training and gave us feedback with regard to our approach.

Flotilla News

We had a number of awards given out at this meeting. A tribute to how active our flotilla is. They are as follows:

Robert Uy - USCG Academy Citation and an E  Award

Que Pho - ATON Citation

Jeremy Broyles - E Award

Eric Williams - E Award

Ivan Mendoza - Vessel Examiner

Richard Torres - Certificate of Completion TCT Training

Angela Wayne - Certificate of Membership

Deanna Kulacz - 5 year Membership Service Award

William Costello - 10 Year Membership Service Award

William Caban - 10 Year membership Service Award

At the meeting we were informed that all USCGAux members have new mandated training. You can find the page to take the training here. Remember you will be asked to establish a new password the first time you go this page. If you have any problems contact your flotilla FSO-MT.

If you missed it Long Beach Harbor had a tall ship festival. Yes, your flotilla had a presence there on patrol during the event. They also got to see the largest rubber duck in the world which was in attendance.

In other news our flotilla commander got to get away for a little vacation to Hawaii. He stopped by the USCG Station Kauai for a visit. Hopefully he’ll share his experience at our next meeting.

Upcoming Events

District Elections will be held on September 13 at the Hilton in Costa Mesa.

Links of Interest

Should boating safety become the law in California? Some believe so.

Misuse of flares is costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

Emergency beacon, preparedness save mariner off Diamond Head. A lesson for everyone.

The Coast Guard mission is not to only save human life but wildlife as well. Here is 800 lbs of wildlife.

If you were Bill Gates what kind of boat would you rent? You can see it here.

Our Next Flotilla Meeting

Our next meeting is scheduled for September 8th. Please join us. It will be located at Valley Presbyterian Hospital located at 15107 Vanowen Street, Van Nuys Ca 91405  in the Health Education Center Classroom #15. You may use the Guest Parking area in the parking structure on Noble Street

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Flotilla News: Elevating Communication

The last couple of months we have been looking at ways to improve our flotilla's communication. As many of you know things are posted on the flotilla's Facebook page but all members are not on Facebook. Also, those that are will not necessarily see posts in a timely manner on the "timeline". Up till now we've used this blog page for limited original content.

Starting this month we will use it as a clearinghouse of information and forward each entry to the entire flotilla email list as well as post the link on our social media pages. This format may also be used for any staff officers to distribute information to our members. We are also open to considering content that has to do with the Coast Guard, it's components and other other information about boating safety. Please feel free to give any feedback as we move in this direction.

Flotilla News
We are happy the hear that the Sea Hawk is back in action. Just in time because August looks to be a very busy month.

Links of Interest
Did you know that the U.S. Coast Guard has it's own online news publication? Coast Guard News offers very up to date information about what is going on in the Coast Guard community.

The Coast Guard also has a blog. Coast Guard Compass is also a great resource for information.

The Coast Guard even has a Flikr account to share photos.

The Coast Guard Commandant announce Wednesday that the Coast Guard will name a cutter in honor of Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III who lost his life in the line of duty off the coast of California.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrel Horne III was killed when the boast he was commanding was intentionally rammed by a boat being used to smuggle drugs. There is still plenty of boats in our waters smuggling drugs. Just yesterday two pangas where stopped by the Coast Guard off the coast of San Diego.

The Coast Guard is trying to get the word out that drowning deaths are on the rise. Life jackets are very, very important. Please help get the word out.

August Flotilla Meeting
Our next meeting is scheduled for August 4th. Please join us. It will be located at:

 Location: Valley Presbyterian Hospital/ Health Education CenterClassroom #15

15107 Vanowen Street, Van Nuys Ca 91405
Phone:(818) 902-5709

Please use the Guest Parking area in the parking structure on Noble Street

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