Those who complete the USCG Auxiliary “Boating America” (BA) course and exam are given U.S. Coast Guard certificates and cards. The class will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 12. Registration will ...

The Portsmouth Harbor Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary wants to make sure that our neighbors can do just that by offering free vessel safety checks for all boat owners.

John Staggs, 76, was found July 12 in the water beneath a dock at North Point Marina in north suburban Winthrop Harbor. He was a 38-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 5-2 member Eric Paananen, left, inspects the bow of a vessel docked at the Napa Valley Yacht Club as Dinia Paananen reviews an inspection checklist on June 7.

These free ID stickers are available through Coast Guard Auxiliary booths, participating Washington State Parks life-jacket loaner stations, or by emailing [email protected].

A Manistee native was named the 2024 U.S. Coast Guard auxiliarist of the year. Matthew Thompson, a 2006 Manistee graduate, ...

State officials are investigating the drowning of a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary leader last week in Lake Michigan in the far northern suburbs. John Staggs, 76, was found dead about 8:45 p.m. July ...

As noted by Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Dan Bell in the Naval Institute’s Proceedings Magazine, cyber-volunteers with the Auxiliary “could prove a significant boon to the service as it ...