D13 Staff Resources: Using AUXOFFICER to learn your staff chain

By Daren Lewis Shipmates, If you are in a staff role (FSO, SO, DSO) you may find this video useful. It shows how to find the members of your staff chain and your peers.

Naval Vessel Protection Zone PSA

Our shipmates in D13 Public Affairs have prepared a public service announcement on Naval Vessel Protection Zones.



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The ready wall

Shipmates,
We are heading into winter operations and I thought it would be a great time to show you my "Ready Wall", the place I keep my operational gear for ease of access and readiness for any callouts.



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Reminder: Leadership Training Saturday 10OCT2009

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I encourage all 76 members to attend the leadership training on Saturday, 10 OCT 2009 at 0830 on the training deck at Sector Portland. Ken Babick will be instructing. The uniform is Tropical Blue or Winter Dress Blue. Hope to see you there!

Remembering 6505

Video: Commandant at NACON (our national conference)

The Commandant, Admiral Allen, spoke at the National Conference recently discussing the Auxiliary, our critical role in the Coast Guard, the value to the Nation delivered, and his personal appreciation for your service as Auxiliarists. He also presented our Director of Auxiliary, LCDR Billeaudeaux, with his Commander's shoulder boards for his upcoming promotion. The Commandant made particular note of the Citizen's Action Network and the role it plays in the safety and security of D13. I'm sure our own Pat Easton would love more assistance with CAN in the Sector Portland AOR as his role expands District wide (more on this soon).


US Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen speaks about USCG Auxiliary's role in Modernization from USCG Auxiliary on Vimeo.

Video: On patrol

Sean Lawler over at CGBlog.org will tell you that, "If you wanna grab people with video in today’s world, it has to play like a movie trailer for Transformers. Loud music, fast cuts, & pure action." I seem to get the most positive response to my mellow videos. Here are some excerpts from a surface patrol with Ken and Jon on 181173 last weekend. No SAR cases although we stood by as a good samaritan assisted a lightly grounded sail boat. The video is about 10 minutes long.

The video was shot with a bit of low cost, low resolution kit, the GoPro Hero Wide, mounted to my SAR vest. The mounting was somewhat makeshift but I've since rebuilt the mount system and added a level. The camera is waterproof to 100 feet, runs for about an hour, and the 170 degree field of view really captures the action. I still carry my dSLR this set-up can be used while the action is occurring rather than just doing after the fact documentation.

NACON: Rear Admiral Brice-O'Hara, Deputy Commandant for Operations

Shipmates,
A number of videos have been posted from NACON with comments from senior USCG leaders which I encourage each of you to view. The first of these is of Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O'Hara (bio), our Deputy Commandant for Operations, on changes facing the service.


US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O'Hara speaks about changes facing the USCG from USCG Auxiliary on Vimeo.

Oregon State Marine Board on Twitter and YouTube

Our friends (and great boating safety partners) at the Oregon State Marine Board are now on Twitter and YouTube.

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Watch and subscribe to the OSMB videos on YouTube

Rose Festival: A quiet night on the Willamette

On the Friday evening of Rose Festival I did a bit of video recording while on 251013, William Kerr, owned by Brian Rollins.



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The video looses a bit of it's HD glory online but it still shows the pace of our operations and the beauty of downtown Portland on late spring evenings.

Around the District - April/May 2009

Don't miss the most recent edition of Around the District from the D13 Public Affairs team.

Around the District for March 2009

Shipmates,
Don't miss the latest edition of Around the District for March 2009 from District 13 Public Affairs.



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Rose Festival 2008