Volume LVIII Issue 3 Winter 2012 1
In this issue :
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Commodore Walter Jaskiewicz .................................................................................................... 2 Commodore John Tyson , DCOS .................................................................................................... 3 Commodore Donald Frasch , IPDCO ............................................................................................... 4 Auxiliary Division Receives U . S . Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation .......................... 5
Thomas Loughlin , Staff Officer-Public Affairs , Division 11 An Example to Us All .................................................................................................................... 6 Auxiliary Mass Rescue Operations Specialist : District 7 Pilot Program ........................................ 7
William Hanlon , Flotilla 38 Plantation Florida District Captain West .................................................................................................................... 8
Melvin Manning , DCAPT-W District Captain North ................................................................................................................. 10
Robert Weskerna , DCAT-N , DCOS ( e ) District Captain-East ................................................................................................................... 12
Judith Hudson , DCAPT-E Breaking Barriers ........................................................................................................................ 14
Irwin Fried , Flotilla Staff Officer-Public Affairs , Flotilla 54 Auxiliary Assists in VOSS Deployment Training .......................................................................... 15 Auxiliary Assists With U . S . Army Parachute Jumps on Lake Murray ........................................... 20
Photo journal by James Andrews , Flotilla 12-12 Edisto , S . C . Prevention Department ............................................................................................................. 22
Dave Fuller , DDC-P Vessel Safety Checks : Coast Guard Officer Sets Example ........................................................... 23 Logistics Department .................................................................................................................. 24
Guest Author : Connie Irvin , District Staff Officer-Public Affairs The Great Portage Race ............................................................................................................. 26
Barbara Burchfield , Flotilla 12-6 East Cooper , S . C . New Teaching Aid for Water Wise Program ............................................................................... 30 2012 District 7 Training Conference ............................................................................................ 31 COMO John Tyson : Leadership With a Focus ............................................................................. 36
Dorothy Joan Riley , DSO-PB D7 District 7 Sweeps National Public Affairs Awards ....................................................................... 38
Cover Photo : TAMPA BAY , Fla .— Auxiliary vessels from Division 7 head into open water to conduct a safety and training patrol . Participating vessels and crew include the Sandi Cay with coxswain Dave Perillo and crewmembers Gene Keller and Jim Desanto ; the Nu Life with coxswain Louis J . Curcio and crewmembers Greg Horst , Casey McCormick , and George Papabeis ; and Miss Marla with coxswain Rick Short and crewmembers Marla Short , David Langdon , and Barry Porter . All except Papabeis are from Flotilla 72 St . Petersburg . Photo by George Papabeis , FSO-PA Flotilla 74 .