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C A P E C O R A L / F O R T M Y E R S F L OT I L LA 9 -10 , D ISTRICT 7

ALL HAN D SSPRI N G 2018

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ALL HAN D SFLOTILLA 9-10 , DISTRICT 7CAPE CORAL /FORT MYERS

ALL HANDS is the official electronic-only publication of the U.S. Coast Guard AuxiliaryFlotilla 9-10 to provide articles of interest and information to its members. Comments and submissions consistent with the policies of the Coast Guard and the Auxiliary are encouraged. Send emails, with high resolution images attached, to the editor: ClintO’Connor, [email protected] by Mar 15, Jun 15, Sep 15, or Dec 15.

FLOTILLA 9-10 BRIDGECarla Rosen, FCAndrew Wagner, VFCW. Patrick McCarn, IPFCWalt Lukitsch, FSO-CMLarry Calander, FSO-CSTim Stottle, FSO-DVGwen Harris, FSO-FNJeff Dedecker, FSO-HRBill Harris, FSO-ISMarianne Conti, FSO-MAW. Patrick McCarn, FSO-MSMike Jones, FSO-MTDick Huczek, FSO-NSDan Godfrey, FSO-OPKeith Vanderbosch, FSO-PAKurt Tesche, FSO-PEPaul Slowey, FSO-PVLou Conti, FSO-SRJack Salis, FSO-VEClint O’Connor, Acting FSO-PB

Cover: Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach 45’ Response Boat (Medium) 45724 isreturning from a burial at sea service for Ed Sweeney, photo by Clint O’Connor.

W. Patrick McCarn, IPFC, proudly holds up the Flotilla of theYear award from Division 9, photo by Clint O’Connor

Auxiliarist Paul Sweeney hands a wreath to Ch. (COL) Larry Ager(ret. Army) on Wreaths Across America Day 2017, photo by Clint

O’Connor

2018 EVENTSGreat American Cleanup, April 18National Safe BoatingWeek, May 19-255th of July Cleanup International CoastalCleanup, Sep 15Fort Myers Boat Show, Nov 15-18Cape Coral Boat Show, Dec TBD

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MEETINGSThird Tuesday of everymonth at St. Hilary’sEpiscopal Church, 5011McGregor Blvd, FortMyers, FL 33901

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FIRST PRIN TIN GCARLA ROSEN, FC

Welcome to the first edition of the new Flotilla 9-10 ALL HANDS newsletter.

We are looking forward to publishing our newsletterquarterly to start this year. I encourage the members tosubmit any photos, word of wisdom, experiences andshort articles of interest to the members. These articlesdo not have to be Auxiliary related - they can be ofyour experiences outside of the Auxiliary. Please sendyour articles and photos to Clint O’Connor as the editor of the newsletter - [email protected]

I am really excited about this year and I am hoping thatWE can exceed our goals from last year and work toward winning the Flotilla of the Year award again thisyear. I know that WE can do it! ! ! ! ! !

Let’s work TOGETHER to make Flotilla 9-10 the bestFlotilla in Division 9.

Incoming Flotilla Commander Carla Rosen is being sworn in by Bosun’s Mate 1stClass Oliver Limonte, Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, FL

Carla RosenFlotilla Commander

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ED ITO RCLINT O ’ C O N N O R

As editor of the first issue of ALL HANDS, I have a simplerequest to make of each of our members.

Send me stories and photos!

They can be of current activities, notable events, words ofwisdom or experiences that might be of interest to other members, or suggestions of what you’d like to see. Three to four paragraphs, with a couple of photos, is all that isneeded for a single page topic.

Our newsletter benefits the flotilla in many ways by:• Raising our profile with Division 9 and District 7 by

showing them what we are doing. Otherwise, it is just statistics with the occasional notable names.

Improving our morale by highlighting individualmembers, and flotilla accomplishments and progresstoward goals.

Covering opportunities to advance individual traininggoals or support the flotilla activities.

Keeping our new members and existing members upto date and feeling involved with the flotilla.

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Please send your articles and photos, or suggestions tome at [email protected]. If any new members would like to help by covering some events, let me know.

This cover photo was taken upon returning from a burial at sea service onMarch 8 for Ed Sweeney, an Auxiliarist with 40 years of service to the Auxiliary. The 45’ Response Boat (Medium) is a mainstay of many Coast Guard stations,

but does not have the multi-day endurance of the 85’ CGC Diamondback.

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FLO TILLA 9- 10 ACH IEVEM EN TS

Flotilla 9-10 received three significant awards for 2017 -a testament to the efforts of the entire flotilla andespecially to W. Patrick McCarn and Nancy McCarn.

Award of ExcellenceNationalBoating Safety Division

Flotilla of the YearDivision 9 District 7

Nancy McCarn, Auxiliarist of the YearDivision 9, District 7

5Tom Bamford, Division Commander, presents Auxiliarist of the Year award

to Nancy McCarn, photo by Clint O’Connor

Left to right: D7 Flotilla of the Year, Boating Safety Division Award of Excellence,

D7 Auxiliarist of the Year

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AC AD EMY I N T R O D U C T I O N MISS IONA D M I S S I O N S PARTNER BRUCE TALBOT

The United States Coast Guard Academy is one of our nation's five federalservice academies. Ranked as one of the best engineering schools in the nation, the Coast Guard Academy provides a tuition free college educationand a commission in the United States Coast Guard. Located on the shoresof the Thames River in historic New London, Connecticut, the Coast GuardAcademy is unique among the federal service academies in that applicantsdo not need a Congressional nomination to apply.

To attract top students, the academy has developed the summer AcademyIntroduction Mission (AIM) program for promising high school juniors. Theprogram allows over 500 high schoolers the ability to "test drive" the academy for one week in July to see if academy life is a good fit. AIM iswidely regarded as the most realistic service academy summer orientationprogram for high school students in the country. During their one weekstay, students are taught to sail and participate in a robotic engineeringcompetition.

The Coast Guard is assisted in its nationwide recruiting efforts by a cadre ofhighly trained volunteers known asAcademy Admissions Partners (AAP).One local partner is Flotilla 09-10 member Bruce Talbot who hasvolunteered as an AAP for the past 7 years. During February and MarchTalbot visited high school JROTC programs presenting a one hour multi-media classroom presentation to over 1,000 JROTC cadets in SouthwestFlorida. Talbot also devotes one week of his summer at the academyproviding logistics support for the AIM program.

"Volunteering as an AAP is my small way of paying back the Coast GuardAcademy for the amazing opportunities they provided my daughter, LT Erin(Talbot) Dougherty who graduated in 2013," Talbot said.

[by Bruce Talbot, Academy Admissions Partner]

Bruce Talbot and Cadet Alexandra Cobb flasha thumbs up to a successful day, photo by Clint O’Connor

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CHALLEN G EW. PATRI CK M cC A R N

Not being satisfied with Flotilla of the Year for Division 9 andcoasting along as IPFC, Patrick McCarn, now FSO-MS, has achallenge for the entire flotilla. He would like Flotilla 9-10 tohave the most members in the Division with the MarineSafety Training Ribbon.

“I’m throwing this challenge out to all 9-10 members. Marine safety and environmental protection is a veryimportant mission to the Coast Guard and the Auxiliary. Coast Guard would like all Auxiliarists knowledgeable asmuch as possible with marine safety and environmentalprotection issues.

Many of you have most of the requirements towardsobtaining this ribbon, but are missing the ICS 210 or 300.This year is your opportunity to complete this. I amwilling to assist you in any way I can to achieve thisribbon.”

[W. Patrick McCarn]

ICS-210 is now an online course available at AuxLearninghttps://auxlearning.uscg.mil/catalog/course.asp?id=203(login first or link will be invalid)

Marine Safety Training Ribbon information: http://pdept.cgaux.org/Documents/Active/MPRO/Admin/MSTR.pdf

Requirements:

1. Good Mate Course

2. Introduction to Marine Safety and EnvironmentalProtection (IMSEP) course

3. Incident Command System (ICS) course 100




7. ICS course 210 (Coast Guard online) or ISC 300(classroom)

8. At least one Auxiliary marine safety program PQS(Prevention Outreach Specialist - aka MEES)

Marine Safety Training Ribbon


G O O D M ATEH O W T O GET STARTED

Good Mate is a great starting point towards completing therequirements for the Marine Safety Training Ribbon (MTSR),particularly if you are new to the Auxiliary.

Here’s how to get started:

1. Start the course, which is online athttp://classroom2.cgaux.org/moodle/

2. Navigate to:1. click on Courses (under Navigation at left)2. click on Prevention3. click on Good Mate4. login with your user id and password5. click on Good Mate Manual and download it for

reading off-line3. When you’re ready, go to the National Testing Center:

1. login with your user id and password2. click on Good Mate in the list of exams3. you will get the Instruction Page with terms4. click on Start Test - you’ll have 3 hours to

complete, and you will pass with a score of 90%

Pat McCarn is ready to help you if you are interested - justtalk to him at your next meeting.

Requirements:

1. Good Mate Course

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OFFER YOUR TIME

Volunteer in boat and marinacleanup programs, especially at sites only accessible by boat. Andparticipate in Ocean Conservancy’sannual International Coastal C leanup, the largest volunteereffort of its kind for the ocean.

Boaters Can Protect OurOcean and Waterways

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BE A LEADER INYOUR COMMUNITY

Talk about marine litter preventionwith members of your boatingcommunity, from your neighbor

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FOR ADDITIONAL TIPS VISIT

www.oceanconservancy.org/goodmate

Marine Safety Training Ribbon

[by Clint O’Connor]

Event Locations** Indicates a site with a different start/end timeBunche Beach - 18201 John Morris Road, Fort Myers 33908Cape Coral, Burnt Store Public Boat Ramp - 230 Burnt Store Road, Cape Coral 33991Charleston Park - 2541 Charleston Park Drive, Alva 33920Daniels Parkway - 9090 Daniels Pkwy, Fort Myers 33912 (BB&T Bank, corner of Fiddlesticks & Daniels Pkwy)Fort Myers Beach Elementary School - 2751 Oak Street, Fort Myers Beach 33931Fort Myers City Cemetery - 3200 Michigan Avenue, Fort Myers 33916Horton Park - 2618 SE 26th Place, Cape Coral 33904Jaycee Park - 4215 SE 20th Place, Cape Coral 33904Lehigh Acres Pelican's SnoBalls - 601 Williams Ave, Lehigh Acres 33972North Fort Myers Community Center - 2000 N Recreation Way, North Fort Myers33903**Olga Community Club (7:00 - 9:00 AM) - 2325 S. Olga Drive, Fort Myers 33905Page Field - 5264 Clayton Ct, Ste 5, Fort Myers 33907Page Park - 507 Center Road, Fort Myers 33907**Pine Manor (8:30 - 11:30 AM) - 5547 10th Avenue, Fort Myers 33907Pine Ridge & Summerlin Rd - 17101 Pine Ridge Rd, Fort Myers Beach 33931(Advanced Disposal parking lot)Rotary Park - Rose Garden Rd, Cape Coral 33914Shady Oaks Park - 3300 Marion St, Fort Myers 33916Suncoast Estates - 2241 Case Ln, North Fort Myers 33917 (Suncoast Task Center)Bowditch Point Park - 50 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach 33931^^WATERWAY CLEANUP SITES - You MUST provide your own watercraft. (kayak,canoe, paddleboard etc.)^^Riverside Park - 27300 Old 41 Road, Bonita Springs 34135^^Sanibel Canals - Sanibel Boat Ramp, 888 Sextant Dr, Sanibel 33957 (small fee topark)

2 0 T H A N N I V E R S A R YG R E AT A M E R I C A N C L E A N U PS AT U R D AY, APR I L 2 1 , 2 0 1 88:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Volunteer your time and satisfy requirement 5.2 fromthe Marine Safety Prevention Outreach SpecialistPerformance Qualification Standard (also known asMEES PQS) by participating in this cleanup.

“The event is a call to action to create more sustainablecommunities by focusing volunteer efforts on activities that impact aesthetic community improvements and theenvironment. Volunteers of all ages are welcome andany individual, family, school, group, place of worship, business or government entity can coordinate orparticipate in an average of 25 simultaneous projectsthroughout Lee County.” - [website]

Register now at http://www.klcb.org/great-american-cleanup.html and click the Register Now button.

Other Opportunities:

• 5th of July CleanupThursday, July 5, 20188:00 to 10:00 AMhttp://www.klcb.org/5th-of-july-cleanup.html

• International Coastal CleanupOcean ConservancySeptember 15th, 2018https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/ international-coastal-cleanup/volunteer/


AMERICA’ SWATERWAY WATCH

With more than 95,000 miles of coastline, 290,000square miles of water, and 70,000,000 boaters, the USCoast Guard and first responders can’t do it alone.

As Auxiliarists, we are in a position not only to observeand participate ourselves, but also to use our publiceducation opportunities (vessel safety checks, boatingsafety classes, marina visits, and others) to involve the boating public in the America’s Waterway Watch.

We have the information, we have the materials tohand out - we just need to get out there and talk topeople who live, work, and play on our waterways.

W H E R E T O L O O KWatch for vessels and individuals in sensitive locations:


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Under and around bridges, tunnels, or overpasses.Near commercial areas or services like ports, fuel docks, cruise ships,or marinas.Near industrial facilities like power plants and oil, chemical, or water intake facilities.Near military bases and vessels, other government facilities, orsecurity zones.

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W H AT T O L O O K F O RBe aware of suspicious activity, particularly near the locations above:• People appearing to be engaged in surveillance of any kind (note

taking, shooting video/photos, making sketches, or asking questions).People near critical facilities who do not fit the surroundingenvironment such as individuals wearing improper attire.Recovering or tossing items into/onto the waterway or shoreline. Unattended vessels or vehicles in unusual locations.Lights flashing between boats. Unusual diving activity.Unusual number of people onboard.Unusual night operations.Operating in or passing through an area that does not typically havesuch activity.Missing fencing or lighting near sensitive locations.Anchoring in an area not typically used for anchorage.Transfer of people or things between ships or between ship andshore.People showing uncommon interest in security measures, entry points, or access controls.Individuals establishing businesses or roadside food stands nearsensitive locations.Small planes [and UAVs] flying over critical locations.People attempting to buy or rent fishing or recreational vessels with cash for short term.

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ED SW EEN EYBURIAL AT SEA

Aboard CGC Diamondback, Nancy McCarn reads the burial service for EdSweeney while FC Carla Rosen holds the wreath, photo by Clint O’Connor

National, District 7, Division 9, and numerous local flotilla Auxiliarists gathered at Coast Guard Station FortMyers Beach on March 8 for a final farewell to EdwardF. Sweeney. D7 DIRAUX CDR Vicencio-Roldanpresented the American flag for his service in the U.S.Army to his widow Terry Sweeney, followed by a serviceat sea on CGC Diamondback.

Originally from Long Island, Edward developed manyof the procedures used today for Auxiliary boat crewsand coxswains. Ed served as the Chief of Ops forOpSail ’86 and the Statue of Liberty’s 100th anniversary, organizing over 3,500 Auxiliarists and 225 vessels. Edthen moved south with Terry Sweeney and devoted hisservice and exceptional computer and organizing skillsto District 7. Forty years is a testament to Ed’s longservice to the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

I have lived in sight of the ocean where thewater runs into land.

I have walked on the beach in the morningand left my tracks in the sand.

But musical waves have been calling andthe ocean is so wide and vast that I’ve struckfor the silver horizon and put out to sea at

last.- Author unknown

Honor - Respect - Devotion to Duty 11[by Clint O’Connor, with excerpts from the service]

D7 DIRAUX CDR Vicencio-Roldan presents the flag to Terry Sweeney, photo by Clint O’Connor

N ATIO N ALSAFEBO ATIN G W EEKM AY 1 9 -2 5 , 2 0 1 8One of our most important Recreational Boating Safetyevents of the year is coming up - National Safe BoatingWeek. Florida is #1 in boating deaths. What can you do tomake this year’s event great and save lives?

Coast Guard statistics from 2016 show that 83% of drowning victims were not wearing a life jacket.

8 out of 10 were on vessels less than 21 feet, with openmotorboats having the highest casualty rates.

Many people don’t wear a life jacket because they thinkthey’ll have time to put them on if the weather changes ortrouble approaches. This video may change your mind:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvRkF-jnDZY

5/18 - Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day

Everyone will want to know why - and that’s your perfectopening to get our message out.

5/19 - Ready, Set, Wear It! World Record Day

Can you participate in one this year? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyqBPcmA_iY.

For more information, see

• http://www.safeboatingcampaign.com• http://www.readysetwearit.com/


H URRICAN ESEASO N 2018

We all hope we never see another hurricane like<insert name>.

Previously, that was Charley. Now it’s Irma. After wreakingdevastation across the Caribbean as the strongest Atlantichurricane ever - a monster that traveled over 1,211 milesas a Category 5 storm and set a new worldwide record ofsustained 185mph winds for 37 hours- Irma targeted Florida on a south to north central path that left nowhere to hide with tropical storm force windscovering 70,000 square miles. Irma’s AccumulatedCyclone Energy (ACE), which is a measure of the totalwind energy of the storm over its lifetime, was greater than the first 8 named storms of 2017 (including Harvey)combined, and greater than 18 entire Atlantic hurricaneseasons in the satellite era (since 1966). Irma also madethe exact same landfall on Marco Island as Wilma (2005).

Were you well prepared for the evacuation? It’s not tooearly to commit your plans to paper and get your “go”bags ready.

Florida SERT Plan & Prepare https://floridadisaster.org/plan--prepare/

Lee County All Hazards Guidehttp://www.leegov.com/publicsafety/emergencymanagement/plan/ahg

Storm warning flags fly on a flagpole at Coast Guard Station South Padre Island to warnmariners that hurricane conditions are present in the area June 30. Storm flags, alsoknown as the coastal warning display program, were re-established at Coast Guardstations in May 2007. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd class Tom Atkeson)

Hurricane Irma over Florida, September 2017U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official photo

13[by Clint O’Connor, storm statistics from Colorado State University]

KID D E FIREEXTIN G UISH ERRECALL

Check your fire extinguishers NOW. You may have one of these Kidde plastichandle or push button fire extinguishers.

Go to the Kidde website to identify which models you have. If you have anaffected model, Kidde will mail you a new one and ask you to return the oldone in the same box (shipping prepaid).

If you are a Vessel Examiner, be sure to take the opportunity to inform the owner of the recall while checking fire extinguishers.

http://www.kidde.com/home-safety/en/us/support/product-alerts/recall-kidde-fire-extinguisher/

November 2, 2017 - In conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Kidde announced a recall to replace certain Kidde fire extinguishers. The replacement program was initiated because certain fire extinguishers can become clogged or require excessive force to activate, posing a risk of failure to discharge. In addition, the nozzle can detach with enough force to pose an impact hazard. The product recall involves two styles of Kidde disposable fire extinguishers: plastic handle fire extinguishers and plastic push-button fire extinguishers.

14[by Clint O’Connor, recall information from Kidde website]

ALL HANDS is the official electronic-only publication of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 9-10 to provide articles of interest and information toits members. Comments and submissions consistent with the policies of the Coast Guard and the Auxiliary are encouraged. Send emails, with highresolution images attached, to the editor: Clint O’Connor, [email protected] by Mar 15, Jun 15, Sep 15, or Dec 15.

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