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Volume 116, Issue 1
Contributors
I thought it would be a nice touch to highlight some of the contributors to TOPSIDE My hope is that this
section can grow as more people contribute. In that light, I would like to encourage you to contribute to this
newsletter. Not only would you be contributing to the Auxiliary in a valuable way, also you can see your name and
picture featured across the district. Who wouldn’t like that?!
For this issue I was able to track down one of the major contributors to TOPSIDE over the years. He agreed to
be the first featured in an issue. He has been a mentor and advisor to me as I took the reigns of this publication
department and he is currently the District Chief of Staff. I am happy to present Joe Giannattasio.
There’s scarcely an aspect of the Coast Guard Auxiliary that Joe Giannattasio hasn’t accomplished as an author,
photographer, elected officer, appointed officer, or among his many mission qualifications. He has accumulated
over 34,000 hours of service and last year Joe was selected as the Coast Guard’s National Auxiliarist of the Year
for 2017.