This document provides an introduction and overview of the US Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 7, and their local activities. It notes that the Coast Guard has 40,000 active duty members, 8,100 reservists, and 7,000 civilians, while the Auxiliary has 33,000 members, with 250 in Division 7. Division 7's service area covers 45% of Oregon's population and 9% of Washington's. Their activities include recreational boating safety education, vessel safety checks, surface and air operations, communications, and augmenting Coast Guard stations. The document reports on Division 7's current membership and progress exceeding goals in boating safety programs while continuing strong operations and communications programs.
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2. An introduction to the Coast Guard, the Auxiliary & Division 7August 2010
3. Some of our local activitiesThe US Coast Guard40,000 active duty8,100 reservists7,000 civilians33,000auxiliarists
5. ThousandRegisteredVessels*Million citizensThousand Kayakers** & 66K CanoeistsPort calls to Columbia River Ports80+2.25662500Many major waterside facilitiesCritical environmental habitatNumerous major portsCritical highways, bridges, pipelines…Narrow fairwaysYear round boating, angling & eventsCold water and unexpected weatherSignificant history of natural disasters Our world of work
17. Division 6 are our primary collaborators= our Flotillas (5)= Flotilla detachments (2)Division 7: Where we are71d767873d7376712ZIP Codes with Auxiliary Division 7 Members – as many as 12 Auxiliarists in our most populous ZIP code
18. Division 7 01Aug2010257 membersRecreational Boating Safety YTD 2010Within 50 VSCs of 2009 total (reported)120% of 2009 Program Visits150% of 2009 ABS graduatesContinued strong operations programsSeeing progress on communicationsThree members currently deployed in support of DeepwaterNeed to continue to focus on recruiting, retention and readiness to sustain execution