Our Partners

Department of
Homeland Security

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Division 5
8th Western Rivers Region

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Our Partners: Association With Other Organizations

The Auxiliary works with other organizations that are involved with boating safety, search and rescue and other related missions:

	Boating Administrators		Disaster Relief Organizations		Marine Environmental Protection		U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
	Civil Air Patrol		U.S. Park Service		Water Patrol

Boating Administrators

This program is intended to help the Coast Guard provide support to state/local boating administrators in their recreational boating programs. The Auxiliary can supplement state/local efforts in search and rescue, safety and regatta patrols, public education, safety equipment check, maintaining aids to navigation, and other areas of recreational boating safety.

Civil Air Patrol

Through a memorandum of understanding with the Civil Air Patrol, the Auxiliary strives to coordinate focused joint operations.

Disaster Relief Organizations

During disasters such as floods, the Auxiliary is ready to assist the relief organizations in their efforts to save lives.

Marine Environmental Protection

The Auxiliary provides operational/administrative support to the Coast Guard as needed to combat environmental mishaps. For more information, contact the Marine Environmental Protection Program arm of the U.S. Coast Guard.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

National Park Service

There are some boating areas within the national parks, and the Auxiliary assists with boating safety wherever possible. For more information, click on National Park Service.

The Auxiliary supplements state/local efforts in search and rescue, safety and regatta patrols, public education, safety equipment check, maintaining aids to navigation, and other areas of recreational boating safety. For information on state/local Water Patrol and boating education click on Missouri Water Patrol or Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.