USCG Auxiliary Division 7, D13 introduction and August 2010 Sitrep

2. An introduction to the Coast Guard, the Auxiliary & Division 7 August 2010

3. Some of our local activities The US Coast Guard 40,000 active duty 8,100 reservists 7,000 civilians 33,000auxiliarists

4. 170 Active, Reserve & Civilians 250 Auxiliarists in Division 7

5. Thousand RegisteredVessels* Million citizens Thousand Kayakers** & 66K Canoeists Port calls to Columbia River Ports 80+ 2.25 66 2500 Many major waterside facilities Critical environmental habitat Numerous major ports Critical highways, bridges, pipelines… Narrow fairways Year round boating, angling & events Cold water and unexpected weather Significant history of natural disasters Our world of work

6. Recreational boating safety education

7. Recreational boating safety: public outreach & marine dealers

8. Recreational boating safety: Vessel examinations

9. Surface Operations

10. Air Operations

11. Communications

12. Augmenting at Sector Portland & Station Portland

13. …and much more

14. Situation report

16. 9% of Washington population

18. Division 7 01Aug2010 257 members Recreational Boating Safety YTD 2010 Within 50 VSCs of 2009 total (reported) 120% of 2009 Program Visits 150% of 2009 ABS graduates Continued strong operations programs Seeing progress on communications Three members currently deployed in support of Deepwater Need to continue to focus on recruiting, retention and readiness to sustain execution

20. Q&ADivision7.org