A evening of remembrance, while looking to the future

GREEN BAY – It was an evening of camaraderie, remembrance and ceremony while looking to the future at the Tundra Lodge, Green Bay, for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Auxiliary Division 095-47 Green Bay Change of Watch held Dec. 13.

The evening culminated with the Kevin Osgood taking pledge of office to serve another year as Commander of USCG Auxiliary Division 095-47.

Osgood was voted into the position by division members.

In the USCG Auxiliary, members hold offices, not a rank.

Officer positions come in two types: elected officers and appointed officers.

Elected officers are voted into the positions by membership and denote by a silver or blue “A” on their insignia.

Appointed officers are named to staff positions and denoted by a red “A” on their insignia.

Remarks were provided both USCG Auxiliary 9th Western District Commodore-elect Rober Kumpf and USCG Commanding Officer, Sector Lake Michigan, Captain Seth Parker.

“This past year, Sector Lake Michigan responded to 701 search-and-rescue cases. That ranked us number two nationally in all of the sectors across the nation. We saved 250 lives and assisted 1,705 lives, preserving more than 14.76 million dollars in property,” Parker said.

USCG Auxiliary Division 095-47 and its subordinate flotillas hope to change that proactively by accomplishing their mission — to contribute to the safety and security of our citizens, ports, waterways and coastal regions.

The mission is accomplished by land-based operations, surface (water) missions, public education missions, USCG support and boating safety missions and agency (federal, state, and local) missions.

For more information, visit wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=095-47.