Operations (OP)
Contact: Peter Pallis, SO-OP (Email)
DUTIES
a. Exercises staff responsibility and supervision over the Division's surface and air operations program, including Search and Rescue, Regatta and/or Safety Patrols and facility inspections, and keeps the Division Board members informed of all developments in the program.
b. Unless otherwise directed, schedules qualified Auxiliarists to perform specific activities in area of responsibility. The schedule must include a specific time and place for the activity.
c. Maintains close liaison with the District and Flotilla Operations Staff Officers, cooperating in every way to ensure prompt and direct flow of information vital to authorized Auxiliary operational activities and to encourage increased activity and maintenance of uniformly high standards.
d. Receives Vessel Facility Inspection forms for facilities in the Division, checks for
completeness and compliance with requirements and, when proper, issues operational wreaths and/or facility decals. Maintain a system of accountability of wreaths and decals.
e. Coordinates and cooperates with the SO-MT to develop and encourage training in SAR procedures for Auxiliary air, surface and communications facilities and crews.
f. Ensures that every deployment of an operational facility for any activity on behalf of the Coast Guard or Coast Guard Auxiliary is under Coast Guard reimbursable or non-reimbursable patrol orders.
g. Maintains close contact with any Coast Guard units in the area to encourage operational activity and maintenance of uniformity.
h. Immediate supervisory responsibility for this office is vested in the Vice
Commander. Cooperates with the Vice Commander in every way to ensure that the Division's Operations Program is effectively administered.
i. Upon expiration of term of office, or when so directed, transfers all property and records of the office to your successor. |
