Making sure boaters know how to handle any changes on the water or emergencies is why the Coast Guard Auxiliary is spending ... and checking equipment safety items you should have with you ...

We are setting ourselves up at local ramps to pass out education materials, informing people about boating safety classes we offer,” says Glenn Byrd, Vice Commander with US Coast Guard Auxiliary ...

Many items need to be checked and rechecked on any boat. Schedule a Vessel Safety Check with your local U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary or U.S. Power Squadrons before you hit the water. Every VSC is ...

Vice Commander with US Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 10. Vice Commander Byrd says they see a lot of accidents on the water, and most of them are preventable. “The fatalities in drowning have ...

The Portsmouth Harbor Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering free vessel safety checks to boaters in the ...

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary conducted marine flare training in conjunction with the Port Sanilac Fire Department ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — Traverse City Coast Guard Auxiliary is preparing you to stay safe and have fun on your paddling adventures this summer. The three hour class will be offered ...

In 1941, at the onset of World War II, the Temporary Reserve, or, TR, became a volunteer military service component of the Coast Guard, while an auxiliary was created — and remains — an unpaid ...

It was partially to prevent exactly this eventuality that the Coast Guard adopted its own identifying racing stripes. The United States Coast Guard shares the story of one heroic ocean rescue in ...

This was not a drill. Members of US Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City nixed a Fleet Week search and rescue demonstration in Manhattan on Memorial Day for the real thing — more than 100 miles ...