US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 17, 11th Dist NR Serving the San Francisco Bay Area

The April 2010 edition of our District 11 Northern Region newsletter "Northwind" is now available.  Download your copy now at http://resource.d11nuscgaux.info/northwind/2010/10AprNW_View.pdf.

Thanks to George Knies, DSO-PB and his staff of contributors for another great edition.

Flotilla 17's Web Site was chosen as Best of The Web by District 11NR at the recent District Training Awards Banquet which was held on 27 March in Rohnert Park. The logo appears on our web.  Congratulations to Desmond Thorsson for all the hard work he put into this website.  Outstanding job!

The information below was sent to me by member Sue Fry.  Randy Parent with the Auxiliary Air Unit is the author and I wanted to pass this along to you. Interesting reading. - Diana

Dear Squadron Members,
 
Our SF Air Station AuxLo, Lt. Matt Udkow had a very interesting rescue a few night ago and I requested a briefing for the squadron.  Matt will be attending the safety workshop and will be briefing us on the rescues he completed working Katrina and the many SAR cases he has worked in the SF area. 

The Waesche Commissioning committee would like to share the information below with the membership.

The Waesche (to be stationed at Alameda) is the second ship in a new class of National Security Cutters, the fist being the Bertholf (also stationed at Alameda).  She is a state-of-the-art 418-foot vessel supported by a crew of about 110, and will be commissioned in Alameda, California at Coast Guard Island on May 7, 2010.  Link to the commissioning website:

http://www.uscgcwaesche.com/

Enjoy!

Diana Serchia

My name is Gerald Norton.  I joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary June 2007.  In the beginning I was a little overwhelmed; however I took my time, started accomplishing the basics at first, asked lots of questions of fellow Flotilla 17 members, and took a lot of classes.