Welcome to the Mirror Site of  USCG Aux Flotilla 61 Hampton, Va.

Flotilla 6-1 Photo Album

Operations Ribbon granted to those who qualify in auxiliary operations programs. Click on the ribbon to go to the National Operations website, (the "O' dept) at:  http://www.auxodept.org

Members of the Auxiliary have the opportunity to train in six operational specialty courses. An AUXOP member has completed all six advanced specialty courses and is entitled to wear the special AUXOP device on the uniform. (Click on the device for more info.)

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 6-01 is located in Hampton, Virginia. This all volunteer search and rescue organization serves the needs of the boating public in the areas of public education, vessel safety inspections, active Coast Guard augmentation, (watchstanding as well as Helo Ops and SAR coordination exercises) and on the water patrols.  The public is invited to attend and new members are always welcome.

• The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed volunteer component of "Team Coast Guard".  Founded in 1939 by an Act of Congress as the US Coast Guard Reserves and re-designated the Auxiliary in 1941. It is composed of nearly 35,000 members from all walks of life who are drawn together by their love of the water and a willingness to serve other boaters. Its members receive special training so that they may be a functional part of Team Coast Guard.
  
   
• Auxiliarists assist the Coast Guard in augmentation programs such as public education, safety patrols, search and rescue, marine environmental protection, and Coast Guard Academy introduction programs for youth. Auxiliary members volunteer approximately two million hours annually to benefit other boaters and their families.

FYI: A certificate from a Coast Guard Auxiliary safe boating class may decrease the cost of your boating insurance.

Click here for photos from Hurricane Katrina and the flotilla's response at Ground Below Zero;...the greatest natural catastrophe in American History

 Above links taken from official USCG Aux resources.
Backup pages are mirrored here if the primary site should go down...
Have questions or comments on the web site?
Email the Flotilla Mirrormaster (stationed in New Orleans just before Katrina and still detailed to assisting in recovery efforts) at the following URL:...

William Baldwin,BS,MD-S

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