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Article: Team Coast Guard: America's volunteer lifesavers Coast Guard auxiliary steps up training and readiness
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- Sea Power
- Article date:
- August 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright Navy League of the United States Aug 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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`The Coast Guard does not have the manpower or assets [needed] to meet the expanded mission-- our 'stopgap' has always been the trained volunteers of the Coast Guard Auxiliary that along with the Reserve force comprises `Team Coast Guard.'
"That spirit of volunteerism is what makes this country great; `citizen soldiers'-the basis of our country throughout its history has been the willingness of civilians to volunteer for public service. The Auxiliary is the Coast Guard's best-- kept secret, they [members of the Auxiliary] really stepped up after September 11th and volunteered for search-and-rescue patrols, harbor patrols, administrative jobs, and other duties that enabled the Coast Guard ...
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