Leaders are individuals who guide or direct in a course by showing the way. The Coast Guard Auxiliary senior leadership possess the highest standards of professionalism and personal integrity. This is exemplified in their adherence to the Coast Guard's core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty. They strive to ensure that the Coast Guard Auxiliary can complete its missions and remain Semper Paratus, Always Ready. |
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National Commodore’s Vision Statement
The Coast Guard Auxiliary will continue to meet America's ever changing needs through increased attention to recreational boating safety, security of America’s waterways and improved methods of educating the boating public.
Strategic Imperatives
- Continue to be the best all volunteer organization in the Nation
- Continue to provide the best product on the market for the education of the boating public
- Create innovative methods to use the new electronic systems to improve the overall effectiveness of the education process
- Continue to meet the expectations of the Congress, The Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard and the America’s Boating Public to be the premiere safe boating organization
- Maintain a ready volunteer force ready to assist the Coast Guard in times of emergency
- Work with other Federal Government Agencies, States and other partner agencies to support safe boating
- Adjust our organization to the changes in the structure of the Coast Guard to best support its missions and to allow for the cooperation within to ensure the organization operates at peak efficiency
- Continue an aggressive recruiting program to including a diversity of members to ensure the long term growth of the organization
- Continue to recognize the contributions of our members
- Maintain the high standards of the organization to ensure that we continue to maintain the integrity and dependability of the organization
Auxiliary leadership will:
- Articulate our vision to the membership
- Provide ethical and knowledgeable leaders
- Support programs that provide funding to further the success of the organization
- Continue to increase the membership with diverse members with passion to support safe boating
- Recognize the members who provide exceptional support of the Auxiliary
- Partner with the Coast Guard to assist them in any way to fulfill their mission
- Increase the emphasis on recreational boater safety through increased boater safety training, vessel safety checks and dealer visits
- Ensure that our members are well trained and ready to support appropriate missions to assist the Coast Guard
- Maintain a current Strategic plan. The full Strategic Plan for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, in PDF format, can be downloaded here.
Page Last Reviewed or Updated: March 7, 2012