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Coast Guard Auxiliary elects new National Commodore
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary has named its new National Commodore.
(PRWEB) September 17, 2004 -- The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the civilian volunteer uniformed component of the United States Coast Guard, has named its new National Commodore.
Elected for a two-year term as the National Commodore, Gene M. Seibert, an Auxiliarist for the last 20 years, brings a wealth of experience in the Auxiliary as well as working with all levels of Coast Guard management from a local boat station to the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
Seiberts 34-years in telecommunications, retiring from Lucent Technologies as Director, International, Government and Domestic Contract Management, enhances his ability to lead the 36,000 members of the Auxiliary.
The Auxiliary, best known for its Vessel Safety Check program and public boating education courses, can also be seen on the water doing multi-mission patrols that include maritime domain awareness, search and rescue as well as environmental and boater safety patrols. In fact, in some areas of the country, the Auxiliary is the only USCG presence.
Seiberts vision for the Auxiliary is to meet Americas changing maritime safety and security challenges, while concurrently bringing to the American public an array of homeland security, recreational boating and marine safety programs.
The 36,000 members of the Auxiliary are moving into new and uncharted areas of responsibilities due to the events of Sept, 11, 2001, the move to the Department of Homeland Security and the increased responsibilities of the Coast Guard, Seibert said.
The overarching mission of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is to contribute to the safety and security of our citizens, ports, waterways and coastal regions, Seibert said. We will balance our missions of recreational boating safety and Coast Guard support with maritime homeland security and other challenges that emerge as a result of our growing understanding of changes required in the post-9/11 era."
Finding a balance between the Auxiliarys traditional boating safety missions and emerging homeland security missions in support of the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security will bring major changes in how the Auxiliary does business.
It will be up to the executive leadership to chart these unknown waters and provide to the membership, the Coast Guard and the country, the same superior level of service that we have provided these last 65 years," Seibert said.
For over 65 years, tens-of-thousands of men and women of the Coast Guard Auxiliary have spent millions of volunteer hours helping the Coast Guard carry out its missions. For more information on Americas Volunteer Lifesavers, visit our website at: http://www.cgaux.org/
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