CG Lake Worth Florida

[Mister Johnny]

CG Lake Worth Florida

[Mister Johnny]

CG Lake Worth Florida Open House  17 May 2008

[Mister Johnny]

CG LAke Worth Fl open house, part 2

[Mister Johnny]

CG Lake Worth Open house 17 May 08 part 3

[Mister Johnny]

CG LAke Worth open house, 17 May 08, part 4

[Mister Johnny]

CG LAke Worth open house 17 May 2008 part 5

[Mister Johnny]

I went to the USCG Lake Worth FL open house held on Saturday, 17 May 08. Everyone was super nice. Great little station. The GC Auxiliary was out in force, getting along great with the Active Duty people. Great station. My camera died during the Helicopter display, when the yanked a swimmer out of the water

[MIKE]

I think that's all of 'em. Multiple individual topics merged.

[BigMojo]

Those Midnight Express' CBP runs are BAAAAAAAD boats.... We got smoked by one returning to a weigh in...we were doing 60+ kts. 

[bricktonfire]

What is with all the guns???

[isuhawkeye]

the coast guard does have guns.....

[SARMedTech]

And lots of them, what with one of their primary duties being law enforcement and drug interdiction.

They ain't the Lighthouse Service anymore.

[Earhart1971]

I went to the USCG Lake Worth FL open house held on Saturday, 17 May 08. Everyone was super nice. Great little station. The GC Auxiliary was out in force, getting along great with the Active Duty people. Great station. My camera died during the Helicopter display, when the yanked a swimmer out of the water

Does the Coast Guard Aux get to man the M-60?

[CadetProgramGuy]

I went to the USCG Lake Worth FL open house held on Saturday, 17 May 08. Everyone was super nice. Great little station. The GC Auxiliary was out in force, getting along great with the Active Duty people. Great station. My camera died during the Helicopter display, when the yanked a swimmer out of the water

Does the Coast Guard Aux get to man the M-60?

Uhhhh.....NO

[Stonewall]

CG Lake Worth Open house 17 May 08 part 3

Here's the clearing barrel we use in the Air Force....

[Earhart1971]

Does the Coast Guard Aux get to man the M-60?
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Uhhhh.....NO
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You sure, my Coastie Aux guy in the Squadron says they manned the harbor boats.

[CadetProgramGuy]

Does the Coast Guard Aux get to man the M-60?

Uhhhh.....NO

You sure, my Coastie Aux guy in the Squadron says they manned the harbor boats.

Well I am trying to find the Manual reference.......Give me time

[CadetProgramGuy]

ok E.4.b of the CG Aux Operations Manual states  (COMDTINST M16798.3E).....

Auxiliarists may not be used to exercise general law enforcement or military authority. The Coast Guard unit involved, however, may take all appropriate law enforcement action, notwithstanding the presence of Auxiliarists. In no event may any Auxiliarist carry firearms or be made a member of any actual boarding party deployed during law enforcement action. Auxiliarists may act as interpreters for boarding parties once the situation is deemed low risk by the Boarding officer.

While I cannot find anything on the restriction on NOT manning the boat weapons, My opinion is that manning the weapon is part of a Law Enforcement activity, and cannot me done.

With that said I could easily change my stance on this.......

[Earhart1971]

That sounds right, he did say he manned the boats, and was just like a regular coastie, but I could understand the restriction on manning the M-60 and doing boarding in a high risk situation. Liability, and not putting an Aux in danger, yada, yada, that makes sense.

[SAR-EMT1]

However... if I as an Auxilliarist am on patrol with the Coast Guard, and we get shot at, I will grab the nearest weapon and return fire. (long shot but i can hope)