Division 11

Wheaton

Gaithersburg

Silver Spring

Frederick

West Hyattsville

COMMUNITY

Marine Safety

The Marine Safety and Environmental Protection ("M") Department is responsible for the planning and administration of Auxiliary programs to support the Coast Guard's Marine Safety and Marine Environmental Protection ("M") Directorate's Programs.

This support includes, but is not limited to, support for marine environmental response assistance, port safety and security inspections, commercial vessel safety and security inspections (UTV, UPV, CFVE and other Foreign and Domestic Vessels) container inspection assistance, mariner licensing/ documentation/course audits, public affairs, area contingency planning, waterways management, MDA/America's Waterways Watch, MISLE support, and environmental education. 

Environmental Protection

The ME Division has been restructured to allow greater flexibility to ride the latest waves of change in the Coast Guard and the Auxiliary. The largest piece of our portfolio is education.

With programs like Sea Partners, Good Mate, Clean Marina’s and Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) mitigation and hundreds of dedicated public educators, these programs have the potential to prevent pollution incidents from happening.

All of these programs will now be managed by a single Branch Chief with two Branch Assistants in the Education and Prevention Branch of the ME Division.

America's Waterway Watch

Auxiliary support in the traditional areas of Vessel Safety Checks, Public Education, Visitation and Public Affairs.

The AWW Division of "M" manages and coordinates the Auxiliary's activity in America's Waterway Watch which is focused specifically on the Recreational Boating Community, and on assisting the Coast Guard in outreach to others in the maritime community.

The primary web site for promulgating information about America's Waterway Watch is maintained by the Coast Guard at http://www.americaswaterwaywatch.org

The Trident Program

Our mission is to support the marine safety and environmental protection programs of the United States Coast Guard and to train and support members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary who join us in this effort. These are some of the things that we do:

► Conduct Maritime Observation Missions (MOMs) to protect the recreational boating public and the waterways environment.

► Educate boaters and the general public on clean boating practices, responsible environmental practices in marinas, and protection of coastal and marine ecosystems.

► Conduct voluntary dockside examinations of commercial fishing vessels to insure that boats are properly equipped and crews properly prepared to venture out in this most dangerous of occupations.

► Prepare emergency response plans and train Auxiliary members to effectively support emergency mobilization of
the Coast Guard.

► Augment the staffing of Coast Guard Regional Examination Centers and conduct remote testing of applicants for merchant mariner licenses.

► Conduct field sampling, prevention and public education programs designed to mitigate the spread of aquatic nuisance species.

► Conduct abandoned vessel surveys and bridge inspections and promote public education and awareness of waterways conservation and management.

► Educate and communicate with Coast Guard Auxiliary members about opportunities for service in marine safety and environmental protection missions of the Coast Guard.

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