Division 11

Wheaton

Gaithersburg

Silver Spring

Frederick

West Hyattsville

COMMUNITY

Our web site supports public affairs, recruiting and operations for U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary of Division 11.  The Coast Guard Auxiliary is the volunteer arm of the United States Coast Guard. 

Division 11 is located in the Southern region of Coast Guard District 5 known as the Fabulous Fifth and is located within the Sector Baltimore area.  We serve the Baltimore-Washington DC metropolitan area.

We welcome communication with the general public.  Whether you are an Auxiliarist, or are considering joining us, and would like more information, please feel free to contact us. Our contact link can be found on the navibar to the left.

Division Captain's Welcome

Welcome to the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and specifically to Division Eleven. Our "world of work" is our oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, bays harbors and waterways. This is the maritime domain and it is unique. The Auxiliary has a long and distinguished history of promoting boating safety in that domain. We have done it through class room teaching, vessel safety examinations, safety patrols on the water and in the air, and through numerous other means. We have prevented an unknown number of accidents and saved a known number of victims at sea.

In recent years, the protection of our maritime domain has demanded more of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Along with the regular Coast Guard, we have undertaken new security missions to aid in guarding our country from attack. We undertake security patrols, harbor protection, marine safety programs and more. We are busy, we are effective, we are proud. We are volunteers who serve out of love of the sea and of our country. Welcome to the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Donald H. Green, Captain, Division 11, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

What Is The Auxiliary?

The Coast Guard Auxiliary is chartered to assist the Coast Guard as authorized by the Commandant.  These functions included all missions authorized by law except military operations and law enforcement.

With nearly 27,000 members, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary actively provides safety patrols on area waterways and regularly meets with the boating public at marinas and in classrooms.

We also directly assist the U.S. Coast Guard in non-law enforcement programs such as search and rescue, and marine environmental protection.

The Coast Guard Auxiliary is America's Volunteer Life savers. The missions of the Auxiliary include search and rescue, aircraft operations, seamanship training, weather training, radio and computer operations, public education instruction, aids to navigation, vessel safety checks, support during disasters, marine safety, environmental protection, recruiting assistance, and safety patrols. 

As the roles and responsibilities of the Coast Guard expand under the Department of Homeland Defense, the Auxiliary is taking on more non-traditional roles to assist the public in an ever changing world.

For more information about the United States Coast Guard and its related organizations or for more information about the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Division 11 or her flotillas please click on the links to the left.

Operation Bay Watch

In an effort to protect the Upper Chesapeake Bay area from terrorist activity, the Coast Guard, in cooperation with the Federal, State and local law enforcement members of the Maryland Maritime Security Group, has established Operation Bay Watch This is a “Neighborhood Watch” program for the Upper Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, including the Potomac River.

The Coast Guard is requesting that citizens, boaters, professional mariners, tourists and waterside businesses be on alert for suspicious and illegal activity, and report such activity by phone or fax. Of particular interest are activities around military bases, bridges, power plants, water intakes, oil facilities, fuel docks, and cruise ship terminals.

To report suspicious activity in the Upper Chesapeake Bay, call (800) 418-7314.  Reports will be treated as confidential, or may be made anonymously.

If you observe suspicious activities outside of the Upper Chesapeake Bay area, please report to the National Response Center (NRC) at (800) 424-8802.  The NRC is the central point of contact for all oil, chemical, radiological,  and biological releases anywhere in the United States.

Please click here, for more information on, Operation Bay Watch
 

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National Safe Boating Week
May 17 - 23, 2008

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