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.

The Auxiliary is America's Volunteer Life-savers.  It is involved with: 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 Security, the Auxiliary is taking on more non-traditional roles.  To find out more, click here.

Activity Spotlight:
Remembering our fallen heroes

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Petty Officer 1st Class Darril Kiest, an aviation survival technician stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, lowers the station's national ensign to half mast during a morning color ceremony as others pay their respectsn Nov. 1. The ceremony was held in honor of seven coastguardsmen who were lost at sea when a Coast Guard C-130 suffered a mid-air collision with a Marine Corps AH-1W helicopter Oct. 29. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan Haraf