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OPS eNewsletter
Bob Peterson ADSO-OPT uses his 34 years of Aux Ops experience to discuss how to increase your utility on Boat Patrols in the Bay, the Delta and Inland Lakes
 
BOAT CREW BASICS
This publication provides utilitarian information regarding crew skills, an excellent guide when preparing for a QE with applications when on patrol.        
2007: June, July, August, November
2008: February, March, April, May, June, July
 
THE COXSWAIN SHACK
Series of articles on Boat Patrol Ops, aimed at new patrol crews and old-timers alike. The days of merely showing up on patrol and waiting for cases to develop on their own are long gone.
 2008:  August, September
 2009:   January, February. March, April, May, October
 


 Subject INDEX of Publications
SUBJECT ISSUE
   
   
FACILITY REQUIREMENT REMINDER  January-12
INFORMATION QUEST (PLEASE READ) January-12
"THE COMM SHACK" THE FIRST EDITION April-12
2012 OPERATIONS CALENDAR OF EVENTS March-12
ALL FACILITY INSPECTIONS - TURN IN PHOTO EVERY TIME August-11
AMERICA'S CUP May-11
AMERICA'S CUP COMING TO SAN FRANCISCO January-11
AMERICA'S CUP INFO (OR LACK THEREOF) July-11
ANSC-7003 (FILLING OUT FORM PROPERLY) January-08
AUX DIRECTORY February-11
AUXDATA ENTRIES FOR CREWING ON USCG VESSELS March-08
AUXFAC PHOTO REQUIREMENTS October-10
AUXLO NEWS Sept-11
AUXLO, NEW AT SECTOR SAN FRANCISCO August-11
AWARD, OUTSTANDING FLOTILLA March-10
BOAT CREW CLASS February-12
BOAT CREW CLASS (FEB PCA) March-12
BOAT CREW GROUND SCHOOL UPCOMING CLASS January-12
BOAT CREW QUESTIONS AND REFERENCES April-12
BOAT US TRAILERING ARTICLE July-11
BRANNAN ISLAND STATE PARK REQUIREMENTS TO ENTER October-10
C130 ADVENTURES & LIBERTY ISLAND IN THE DELTA April-12
CALENDAR OF 2012 OPTREX/OPEX'S Nov-11
CANDIDATE (OPS) INFO BEFORE REQUESTING A QE May-08
CHANGE OF COMMAND AT STN RIO VISTA March-12
CHANGE TO OPS PAGE ON THE DISTRICT WEB SITE July-11
CLOCK OR RELATIVE BEARING POSITIONS March-10
COAST GUARD RADIO FREQUENCIES Sept-09
COLD WATER, WARM WEATHER:  MUSTANGS October-08
COMMS WITH CG STATION/SECTOR WHILE UNDERWAY October-10
COMMUNICATIONS April-11
COMMUNICATIONS WHILE UNDERWAY February-11
COMMUNICATIONS: GOOD RADIO PRACTICES Nov-11
COXSWAIN "NON LEAD" HOURS June-07
COXSWAINS - NON-OWNER
November-09
CREW COUNT ON ORDER REQUESTS August-11
DERELICT AND ABANDONED VESSELS February-09
DISTRICT 2012 OPERATIONS WORKSHOP & ONE HOUR TCT April-12
DOWNGRADING QUALIFICATION FROM COXS TO CREW August-11
DROWNING, OR NOT May-11
DSC RADIO VIDEO AVAILABLE Sept-09
EVENT CALENDAR April-12
EXPIRATION DATES FACILITIES January-09
FACILITY ACCEPTANCE Nov-09
FACILITY AUX NAMES Nov-09
FACILITY INSPECTION FORM REMINDER March-09
FACILITY INSPECTION FORMS March-11
FACILITY INSPECTIONS & MANDATORY PHOTOS OF FACIL February-12
FACILITY MARKINGS April-11
FACILITY OWNERS THAT ARE NOT CERT CREW OR COX March-12
FACILITY PATROL SIGNS January-09
FACILITY STATISTICS January-11
FINANCE LINK TO VERIFY PAYMENT FOR PATROLS August-11
FLAG RETIREMENT February-11
FLAGS, SIGNS, INSIGNIA & FACILITY MARKINGS July-07
FLARE DISPOSAL Nov-07
FLARE DISPOSAL (ALAMEDA COUNTY) April-08
FLEET WEEK - AFTER ACTION October-11
FLEET WEEK INFORMATION FOR ON THE WATER FACILITIES July-11
FLOAT PLANS January-09
FORM - NEW MT-3 FOR REWK/REYR February-09
FORMS: NEW FACILITY INSPECTION FORMS #7003 & 7008 February-12
FSO-IS REMINDER 7030 FORM February-12
FUEL WARNING UPDATE FOR ON THE WATER March-11
GAR-GREEN-AMBER-RED TOOL Sept-09
GLOVES FOR YOUR SAFETY FINGERLESS March-11
HELPFUL HINT FOR COXSWAINS WHEN GOING BEFORE A QE October-10
HOW DO I BECOME A QUALIFICATION EXAMINER August-07
ICS 300 & 400 May-11
ICS LINKS January-09
ICS UPDATE January-11
ICS-210 UPDATE January-09
INFLATABLE CHECK August-11
INITIAL COXS & CREW TASKS THAT CONTINUE TO BE OVERLOOKED October-10
LAND MOBILE ORDERS June-11
LESSONS LEARNED June-11
LIFEJACKET STANDARDS FOR CREW AND GUESTS January-10
LINE HANDLING COMMANDS October-09
LINE HANDLING COMMANDS (more) January-10
MARINE TRAFFIC LINK
Nov-09
MAXIMUM CREW October-08
MUSTANGS January-09
NATIONAL OPERATIONS NEWS Feb-10
NAV RULE DATE CHANGE January-08
NAV RULES - CURRENT LINK TO APRIL 2010 M16672.2D August-11
NAV RULES REMINDER January-09
NAV RULES INITIAL TEST REQUIREMENTS June-07
NAV RULES TOOL March-11
NAV RULES UPDATES PLUS OTHER GREAT INFORMATION August-11
NAV RULES INITIAL TEST ASSIST February-10
NEW DIRAUX REQUIREMENTS: PPE & FACILITY PHOTO INFO July-11
NEW DIRAUX, JULY 2011  
NEW FACILITY INSPECTION AND OFFER FOR USE FORMS (7003) February-11
NEW FACILITY PHOTOS March-11
NEW LOCATION FOR "FORMS" ON DISTRICT WEB SITE July-11
NOAA TOOL CHART BOOKLETS January-10
NOT AUTHORIZED, "PFD SAVERS" Feb-10
OPERATIONAL CLEARANCE REMINDERS April-11
OPERATIONAL D11N EVENTS January-11
OPERATIONS & 1-HR TCT 2011 WORKSHOPS August-11
OPERATIONS POLICY TEST October-07
OPERATIONS TRAINING OFFICER BULLETINS PAGE June-11
OPERATIONS/TCT WORKSHOPS April-11
OPEX COORDINATOR April-07
OPEX/OPTREX INFORMATION
October-09
OPS 8s & THEIR PROPER USE Nov-09
OPS CALENDAR & OTHER STATS June-11
OPS ON THE WATER AND CLASSROOM TRAINING February-09
OPTREX COORDINATOR May-07
OPTREX/OPEX REQUEST DATES March-10
ORDERS & POMS (IMPORTANT!!) April-12
ORDERS:  PRINTED COPIES OF ORDERS ON BOARD Nov-08
OUT OF DATE FLARES Nov-07
PANDEMIC TRAINING AND INFORMATION Feb-10
PAPER WORK REMINDER April-11
PATROL AREA COORDINATORS February-09
PATROL ORDER REIMBURSEMENT DOCUMENT Sept-07
PATROLS FOR SUMMER May-11
PEPIRB INFORMATION Nov-08
PEPIRB REPLACEMENT BATTERIES October-07
PERIODIC MTCE FOR PFDS AND ANTI-EXPOSURE COVERALLS August-11
PERSONAL EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TO BE ATTACHED to PPE January-10
PERSONAL EMERGENCY POSITION INDICATING RADIO BEACON (PEPIRB) August-11
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQ ISSURED BY DIRAUX February-09
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT NEW MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS October-10
PHOTOS MISSIONS Sept-09
PHOTOS NEEDED BY SECTOR (reminder) January-10
PHOTOS OF  FACILITIES
Nov-09
PHOTOS STILL NEEDED BY SECTOR February-11
POMS May-11
POMS - ACCESS February-12
POMS AND PATROL ORDERS Sept-11
POMS INFORMATION FOR REIMBURSEMENTS July-11
POMS (Just a bit more) October-11
POMS PHOTOS (HOW TO DO IT PLUS FLOTILLA LIST) October-08
POMS PROBLEMS July-11
POMS UPDATES January-11
POMS UPDATE FOR MAC USERS February-11
POSITION REPORTS (LAT-LONG) May-11
PROPER WEARING OF LIFE JACKETS July-07
PWO RECERTIFICATION NEWS
Nov-09
PYRO ON PFDS March-08
QE REQUESTS May-11
QE UPDATE Nov-09
QUALIFICATION EXAMINER AVAILABILITY Sept-09
QUALIFICATION EXAMINER PREP POWER POINT October-11
QUALIFICATION EXAMINER REQUEST July-11
QUALIFICATION EXAMINER SUGGESTIONS TO HELP YOU October-09
QUALIFICATION EXAMINER UPDATE January-11
QUALIFICATION VERIFICATION Nov-08
QUALIFIED COX & CREW ??? January-08
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS January-10
RADIO PROCEDURES IN THE SECTOR SFO AOR Sept-07
RADIOS WITH DSC April-12
RECERTIFICATION - TIME LINE
Nov-09
RECERTIFICATION FOR BOATS February-10
RECERTIFICATION OPS FORM MT-3 June-11
REIMBURSEMENT FOR PATROLS FROM FINANCE June-11
REPORTING UNDERWAY HOURS ON 7030 October-09
REQ PRIOR TO REQUESTING A QE Nov-08
REQUALIFICATION DATES March-10
REQUIREMENTS BEFORE REQUESTING A QE April-12
REQUIREMENTS COOLER WEATHER January-09
REYR April-11
REYR - REWK January-09
REYR / REWK PROPER WAY TO REGAIN OPERATIONAL STATUS Sept-09
SAFETY COMMANDS October-09
SAFETY LIGHT June-07
SAFETY OF OUR BODY PARTS May-08
SAR INCIDENT REPORTS (DISTRIBUTION) Feb-10
SEARCH PATTERN TIMING Sept-11
SECTOR SFO GUIDANCE FOR PATROLS July-07
SIDE TOW & OTHER SURFACE INFORMATION Nov-07
STANDARDIZED AUXILIARY BOAT OPERATIONS TRAINING August-11
TCT May-11
TEAM COORDINATION TRAINING (TCT) April-11
UNDERWAY HOUR SUMMARY April-12
UNDERWAY HOURS FOR D11N CY 2011 May-11
UNIFORM (WORKING BLUES) UPDATE Sept-09
UNIFORM CHANGES DEC 31, 2012 October-11
UNIFORMS February-11
UNIFORMS WHILE UNDERWAY June-11
VALUE OF OUR SURFACE FACILITIES March-10
WEEKDAY PATROLS March-09
WEST MARINE - EXCELLENT NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS June-11
WHAT IS DUE WHEN February-11
WORDS OF WISDOM February-10
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM OUT OTO October-09
WORKING WITH AIR PATROLS March-08
YEAR END UNDERWAY STATS FROM AUXINFO January-11