LEET WEEK New York is
not only an opportunity for
members of the public to
visit the Coast Guard Cutters in port, but also an opportunity for the active duty crews of those cutters to enjoy some much need liberty ashore.
But with crew members still staying aboard their cutters for duty shifts and lodging, they still need to be fed. With each cutter only have very small number of Culinary Specialist petty officers and non-rate mess cooks aboard, whom normally work almost around the clock to keep their crew’s happily fed, there is little opportunity for these diligent cooks to enjoy any shore side liberty themselves.
But thanks to the dedicated members of District 1SR’s Food Service qualified Auxiliarists, that was not the case during Fleet Week 2018. From May 23rd to May 28th, 12 members of the Auxiliary’s AUXFS program served aboard USCGC Richard Snyder (WPC 1127) at Pier 86, and USCGC Sturgeon Bay (WTGB 109) and USCGC Diligence (WMEC 616) at Home Port Staten Island.
Clad in their ODUs, they entered the cramped but efficiently designed spaces of these three cutter’s galleys, and worked alongside their active duty crews day in and day out.
F