Topside Fall 2017 Newsletter | Page 24

topside Volume 114, Issue 4 Page 24 INTERCEPTED! - District 5NR Coast Guard Auxiliary pilot Howard Davis is “intercepted” by a Coast Guard MH-65D helicopter based out of USCG Air Station Atlantic City during Rotary Wing Air Intercept (RWAI) training. Auxiliary aviators from the District 5NR Air Program volunteer their time and aircraft to participate in these air intercept drills to help improve response time and provide a “moving target” to sharpen flight interception techniques. Coast Guard Auxiliary photo by Joseph Giannattasio. EDUCATION - The goal of the Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Education mission is to provide exceptional boating safety education to the American public with the aim of reducing loss of life, personal injury and property damage to recreational boaters. Coast Guard Auxiliary photo by Joseph Giannattasio.