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NEW YORK- New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly presents a proclamation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg to U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Auxiliary Commodore Stephen Ackerman, Commander Elizabeth Young, Director of Auxiliary, 1st District Southern Region, and Stewart Sutherland, captain of the Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel Lady B, proclaiming today to be Coast Guard Auxiliary Day in New York City, June 27, 2009.   NEW YORK- New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly presents a proclamation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg to U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Auxiliary Commodore Stephen Ackerman, Commander Elizabeth Young, Director of Auxiliary, 1st District Southern Region, and Stewart Sutherland, captain of the Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel Lady B, proclaiming today to be Coast Guard Auxiliary Day in New York City, June 27, 2009.  

NEW YORK- New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly presents a proclamation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg to U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Auxiliary Commodore Stephen Ackerman, Commander Elizabeth Young, Director of Auxiliary, 1st District Southern Region, and Stewart Sutherland, captain of the Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel Lady B, proclaiming today to be Coast Guard Auxiliary Day in New York City, June 27, 2009.

NEW YORK- New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly presents a proclamation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg to U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Auxiliary Commodore Stephen Ackerman, Commander Elizabeth Young, Director of Auxiliary, 1st District Southern Region, and Stewart Sutherland, captain of the Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel Lady B, proclaiming today to be Coast Guard Auxiliary Day in New York City, June 27, 2009.

The proclamation was given on the 70th anniversary of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary to its members near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

For over 70 years Coast Guard Auxiliary members have volunteered their time, their vessels and their aircraft to help protect the waterways of the United States.  During World War II over 50,000 Auxiliary members served the Coast Guard, providing coastal surveillance, coastal defense and rescued victims of German U-Boat attacks. 

In 2008 The Coast Guard Auxiliary saved 267 lives and over $52 million in property.  The Auxiliary conducted over 113,000 courtesy vessel safety checks and nearly 3,000 public education courses, ensuring the safety of millions of recreational boaters. 

(U.S. Coast Guard photos/PA3 Seth Johnson)

NEW YORK - Coast Guard Sector New York's color guard and active duty members march in a battalion formation during a pass and review before Sector New York's command cadre and the Coast Guard Auxiliary National Area Commodore - East Atlantic June 23, 2009. Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary were also honored in the special ceremony commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the auxiliary's founding. According to the Auxiliary's website, the Coast Guard "Reserve" was authorized by act of Congress on June 23, 1939, the Coast Guard was given a legislative mandate to use civilian volunteers to promote safety on and over the high seas and the nation's navigable waters. The Coast Guard Reserve was then a non-military service comprised of unpaid, volunteer U.S. citizens who owned motorboats or yachts. Two years later, on Feb. 19, Congress amended the 1939 act with passage of the Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941. Passage of this act designated the Reserve as a military branch of the active service, while the civilian volunteers, formerly referred to as the Coast Guard Reserve, became the Auxiliary. Feb. 19 is formally recognized as the birth of the Coast Guard Reserve while June 23 is recognized as birthday of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Today, the missions of the Auxiliary are to conduct vessel safety checks, promote recreational boating safety and support operations and marine safety. The Auxiliary operates safety and regatta patrols and is an integral part of the Coast Guard Search and Rescue team. Auxiliarists also stand communication watches, assist during mobilization exercises, perform harbor and pollution patrols, provide platforms for unarmed boarding parties and recruit new people for the Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA2 Gina Ruoti)

NEW YORK - Coast Guard Sector New York's color guard and active duty members march in a battalion formation during a pass and review before Sector New York's command cadre and the Coast Guard Auxiliary National Area Commodore - East Atlantic June 23, 2009. Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary were also honored in the special ceremony commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the auxiliary's founding. According to the Auxiliary's website, the Coast Guard "Reserve" was authorized by act of Congress on June 23, 1939, the Coast Guard was given a legislative mandate to use civilian volunteers to promote safety on and over the high seas and the nation's navigable waters. The Coast Guard Reserve was then a non-military service comprised of unpaid, volunteer U.S. citizens who owned motorboats or yachts. Two years later, on Feb. 19, Congress amended the 1939 act with passage of the Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941. Passage of this act designated the Reserve as a military branch of the active service, while the civilian volunteers, formerly referred to as the Coast Guard Reserve, became the Auxiliary. Feb. 19 is formally recognized as the birth of the Coast Guard Reserve while June 23 is recognized as birthday of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Today, the missions of the Auxiliary are to conduct vessel safety checks, promote recreational boating safety and support operations and marine safety. The Auxiliary operates safety and regatta patrols and is an integral part of the Coast Guard Search and Rescue team. Auxiliarists also stand communication watches, assist during mobilization exercises, perform harbor and pollution patrols, provide platforms for unarmed boarding parties and recruit new people for the Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton) NEW YORK - Coast Guard Sector New York's color guard and active duty members march in a battalion formation during a pass and review before Sector New York's command cadre and the Coast Guard Auxiliary National Area Commodore - East Atlantic June 23, 2009. Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary were also honored in the special ceremony commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the auxiliary's founding. According to the Auxiliary's website, the Coast Guard "Reserve" was authorized by act of Congress on June 23, 1939, the Coast Guard was given a legislative mandate to use civilian volunteers to promote safety on and over the high seas and the nation's navigable waters. The Coast Guard Reserve was then a non-military service comprised of unpaid, volunteer U.S. citizens who owned motorboats or yachts. Two years later, on Feb. 19, Congress amended the 1939 act with passage of the Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941. Passage of this act designated the Reserve as a military branch of the active service, while the civilian volunteers, formerly referred to as the Coast Guard Reserve, became the Auxiliary. Feb. 19 is formally recognized as the birth of the Coast Guard Reserve while June 23 is recognized as birthday of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Today, the missions of the Auxiliary are to conduct vessel safety checks, promote recreational boating safety and support operations and marine safety. The Auxiliary operates safety and regatta patrols and is an integral part of the Coast Guard Search and Rescue team. Auxiliarists also stand communication watches, assist during mobilization exercises, perform harbor and pollution patrols, provide platforms for unarmed boarding parties and recruit new people for the Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

NEW YORK - Coast Guard Sector New York's color guard and active duty members march in a battalion formation during a pass and review before Sector New York's command cadre and the Coast Guard Auxiliary National Area Commodore - East Atlantic June 23, 2009. Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary were also honored in the special ceremony commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the auxiliary's founding. According to the Auxiliary's website, the Coast Guard "Reserve" was authorized by act of Congress on June 23, 1939, the Coast Guard was given a legislative mandate to use civilian volunteers to promote safety on and over the high seas and the nation's navigable waters. The Coast Guard Reserve was then a non-military service comprised of unpaid, volunteer U.S. citizens who owned motorboats or yachts. Two years later, on Feb. 19, Congress amended the 1939 act with passage of the Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941. Passage of this act designated the Reserve as a military branch of the active service, while the civilian volunteers, formerly referred to as the Coast Guard Reserve, became the Auxiliary. Feb. 19 is formally recognized as the birth of the Coast Guard Reserve while June 23 is recognized as birthday of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Today, the missions of the Auxiliary are to conduct vessel safety checks, promote recreational boating safety and support operations and marine safety. The Auxiliary operates safety and regatta patrols and is an integral part of the Coast Guard Search and Rescue team. Auxiliarists also stand communication watches, assist during mobilization exercises, perform harbor and pollution patrols, provide platforms for unarmed boarding parties and recruit new people for the Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton) NEW YORK - Coast Guard Sector New York's color guard and active duty members march in a battalion formation during a pass and review before Sector New York's command cadre and the Coast Guard Auxiliary National Area Commodore - East Atlantic June 23, 2009. Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary were also honored in the special ceremony commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the auxiliary's founding. According to the Auxiliary's website, the Coast Guard "Reserve" was authorized by act of Congress on June 23, 1939, the Coast Guard was given a legislative mandate to use civilian volunteers to promote safety on and over the high seas and the nation's navigable waters. The Coast Guard Reserve was then a non-military service comprised of unpaid, volunteer U.S. citizens who owned motorboats or yachts. Two years later, on Feb. 19, Congress amended the 1939 act with passage of the Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941. Passage of this act designated the Reserve as a military branch of the active service, while the civilian volunteers, formerly referred to as the Coast Guard Reserve, became the Auxiliary. Feb. 19 is formally recognized as the birth of the Coast Guard Reserve while June 23 is recognized as birthday of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Today, the missions of the Auxiliary are to conduct vessel safety checks, promote recreational boating safety and support operations and marine safety. The Auxiliary operates safety and regatta patrols and is an integral part of the Coast Guard Search and Rescue team. Auxiliarists also stand communication watches, assist during mobilization exercises, perform harbor and pollution patrols, provide platforms for unarmed boarding parties and recruit new people for the Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

 

NEW YORK - Coast Guard Sector New York's color guard and active duty members march in a battalion formation during a pass and review before Sector New York's command cadre and the Coast Guard Auxiliary National Area Commodore - East Atlantic June 23, 2009. Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary were also honored in the special ceremony commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the auxiliary's founding. According to the Auxiliary's website, the Coast Guard "Reserve" was authorized by act of Congress on June 23, 1939, the Coast Guard was given a legislative mandate to use civilian volunteers to promote safety on and over the high seas and the nation's navigable waters. The Coast Guard Reserve was then a non-military service comprised of unpaid, volunteer U.S. citizens who owned motorboats or yachts. Two years later, on Feb. 19, Congress amended the 1939 act with passage of the Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941. Passage of this act designated the Reserve as a military branch of the active service, while the civilian volunteers, formerly referred to as the Coast Guard Reserve, became the Auxiliary. Feb. 19 is formally recognized as the birth of the Coast Guard Reserve while June 23 is recognized as birthday of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Today, the missions of the Auxiliary are to conduct vessel safety checks, promote recreational boating safety and support operations and marine safety. The Auxiliary operates safety and regatta patrols and is an integral part of the Coast Guard Search and Rescue team. Auxiliarists also stand communication watches, assist during mobilization exercises, perform harbor and pollution patrols, provide platforms for unarmed boarding parties and recruit new people for the Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

NEW YORK - Coast Guard Sector New York's color guard and active duty members march in a battalion formation during a pass and review before Sector New York's command cadre and the Coast Guard Auxiliary National Area Commodore - East Atlantic June 23, 2009.

Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary were also honored in the special ceremony commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the auxiliary's founding.

According to the Auxiliary's website, the Coast Guard "Reserve" was authorized by act of Congress on June 23, 1939, the Coast Guard was given a legislative mandate to use civilian volunteers to promote safety on and over the high seas and the nation's navigable waters. The Coast Guard Reserve was then a non-military service comprised of unpaid, volunteer U.S. citizens who owned motorboats or yachts.

Two years later, on Feb. 19, Congress amended the 1939 act with passage of the Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941. Passage of this act designated the Reserve as a military branch of the active service, while the civilian volunteers, formerly referred to as the Coast Guard Reserve, became the Auxiliary. Feb. 19 is formally recognized as the birth of the Coast Guard Reserve while June 23 is recognized as birthday of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Today, the missions of the Auxiliary are to conduct vessel safety checks, promote recreational boating safety and support operations and marine safety.

The Auxiliary operates safety and regatta patrols and is an integral part of the Coast Guard Search and Rescue team. Auxiliarists also stand communication watches, assist during mobilization exercises, perform harbor and pollution patrols, provide platforms for unarmed boarding parties and recruit new people for the Service.

(U.S. Coast Guard photos by PA2 Gina Ruoti and PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

 

 

NEW YORK - A Coast Guard Station New York boat crew conducts a safety boarding of two jet skiers in the vincinity of Liberty Island June 21, 2009. Station New York conducts security and safety patrols as part of an on-going mission to educate boaters about the hazards of boating and ensure that mariners carry the proper survival equipment onboard their craft. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

NEW YORK - A Coast Guard Station New York boat crew conducts a safety boarding of two jet skiers in the vicinity of Liberty Island June 21, 2009.

Station New York conducts security and safety patrols as part of an on-going mission to educate boaters about the hazards of boating and ensure that mariners carry the proper survival equipment onboard their craft.

(U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

 

NEW YORK - A boat cew from Coast Guard Station New York await the departure of the Staten Island Ferry during a security escort mission in New York Harbor June 17, 2009. Station New York conducts maritime law enforcement, security patrols, search and rescue, environmental protection and safe boating education missions as part of the Coast Guard's largest field command under Coast Guard Sector New York, based Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, N.Y. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

NEW YORK - A boat cew from Coast Guard Station New York await the departure of the Staten Island Ferry during a security escort mission in New York Harbor June 17, 2009.

Station New York conducts maritime law enforcement, security patrols, search and rescue, environmental protection and safe boating education missions as part of the Coast Guard's largest field command under Coast Guard Sector New York, based Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, N.Y.

(U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

 

 

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Michael Moriarty, the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Reserve Unit at U.S. Southern Command based in Miami, receives a certificate from Vice Adm. Vivien S. Crea, Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, during his retirement ceremony at the Alexander Hamilton Customs House in New York, N.Y., June 12, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

NEW YORK - U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Michael Moriarty, the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Reserve Unit at U.S. Southern Command based in Miami, receives a certificate from Vice Adm. Vivien S. Crea, Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, during his retirement ceremony at the Alexander Hamilton Customs House in New York, N.Y., June 12, 2009.

 

NEW YORK - U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Peter Sammis, assigned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in Washington, D.C., (left), receives a shadow box detailing his many awards and rank insignias from Lt. Cmdr. Bart Polizzotti, (right), during his retirement ceremony at the Alexander Hamilton Customs House in New York, N.Y., June 12, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

NEW YORK - U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Peter Sammis, assigned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in Washington, D.C., (left), receives a shadow box detailing his many awards and rank insignias from Lt. Cmdr. Bart Polizzotti, (right), during his retirement ceremony at the Alexander Hamilton Customs House in New York, N.Y., June 12, 2009.

(U.S. Coast Guard photos by PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

 


 NEW YORK-Prince Harry talks with Coast Guard Lt. Daniel Twomey onboard the Coast Guard cutter Katherine Walker before going on the USS Intrepid May 30, 2009.     NEW YORK-Prince Harry looks out the window of a Coast Guard 45-foot medium response boat while a Coast Guard Station New York boat crew maintains a security zone on the Hudson River during a tour through New York Harbor May 30, 2009. 

NEW YORK-Prince Harry enjoys the view of the Statue of Liberty while onboard a Coast Guard 45-foot medium response boat from Station New York during a tour of New York Harbor May 30, 2009.       NEW YORK-Prince Harry talks with Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Dana Rocque, a response boat coxswain from Station New York, onboard a 45-foot medium response boat during a tour through New York Harbor May 30, 2009.

NEW YORK - Prince Harry enjoys a ride onboard a Coast Guard 45-foot medium response boat from Station New York during a tour near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor May 30, 2009.

After a polo match on Governors Island, the Coast Guard boat crew took the prince on a tour of New York Harbor, ending on the Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker, where he crossed to the USS Intrepid in Manhattan.

(U.S. Coast Guard photos/PA3 Annie Berlin)

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