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Group photo of Auxiliary members who trained for the dock-side support in March 2011 |
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President Obama arrives at the Wall Street Heliport onboard Marine One, while a USCG 45' patrol boat from Coast Guard Station New York provides security |
Sector New York - The sixty-sixth ordinary session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly commenced on Tuesday, 13 September 2011. The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the UN which makes decisions on important issues, such as those on world peace, security, admission of new members and budgetary matters.
Without question this event draws a large amount of public attention and creates an unprecedented security endeavor for federal and local law enforcement authorities in New York City including the Coast Guard who are tasked with protecting our world diplomats. Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary also answered the call once again from USCG Station New York to provide assistance.
Chief Warrant Officer David Mulford and LCDR Jason Aleksak, USCG, reached out to First District Southern Region, Division 14 Commanders Jack Lund, Michael Garone, and District Captain Sherry Kisver for dock-side support.
Specific duties to be performed by the Auxiliary included but were not limited to the galley, cleaning, fueling, and prepping boats for their next patrol when they returned to the Station. Our goal was to expeditiously turn the crews around and get the next patrol underway.
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Division 14 Commander Jack Lund, overseeing training operations |
In the same fashion as last year's mission, vessels would be turning over at 0400, 1200 and 2000 each day. CG Station Commanders needed someone from the Auxiliary to coordinate four Auxiliarist per shift for the duration of the mission.
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Auxiliary members training on-board a 25' vessel at Station New York |
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Auxiliary receive dock-side lecture / training from Enlisted crews at Station New York |
To ensure that we're always prepared, training sessions were held in March and again on September 17th at Station New York. Auxiliarists were trained to perform the duties of Boat Dock Support Crew. As usual the response was stellar; each shift was sufficiently staffed and allowed our active duty crews to get some much needed rest and focus on their law enforcement and military operations.Official figures from this mission totaled seven days of support, 65 Auxiliarists contributed a total of 404 man-hours. Over 2000 gallons of gasoline and more than 1000 gallons of diesel fuel were pumped into the vessels before getting underway.
Outstanding job to all that participated! Semper Paratus.
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Auxiliary crews perform underway checks |
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Auxiliary crews provide galley support |
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