Category: District 11sr
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Division 6 Supports 63rd L.A. Harbor Boat Parade
Members of Orange County-based Flotillas 6-1 and 6-3 sailed up the coast to support the 63rd annual L.A. Harbor Boat Parade in the Port of Los Angeles on December 7, 2024. Coxswain Dale Zimmermann from Division 6 Flotilla 6-1 led crew members Steve Baine, of Flotilla 6-1; Connie Trejo, Flotilla 6-3; and Joe Benton, Flotilla… Read more
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Div. 6 Auxiliarists Train with Jayhawk Crew From New Ventura Air Station
Photos by Joe Benton / U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary A helicopter crew based at the Coast Guard’s newest air station, at Point Mugu in southern Ventura County, wasted no time in establishing a working relationship with Auxiliarists from flotillas in Orange County as they rendezvoused off Los Angeles Harbor on November 21. The joint training… Read more
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VCDR Steve Sherman, Auxiliary’s Resident Polymath, Dies at 77
Steve Sherman, a Flotilla 66 member whose encyclopedic knowledge of arcane Auxiliary matters was built on a foundation of nearly 20,000 volunteer hours in many different Coast Guard fields, died in Orange County on Sept. 24 after a brief battle with pneumonia. He was 77 years old and served 16½ years in the Coast Guard… Read more