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For services set forth in the following: CITATION: "For exceptionally meritorious service from May 2004 to November
2004 while serving as a member of the Auxiliary Recreational Boating
Safety Team. For exceptionally meritorious service between May 7,
2004 and November 14, 2004 in the outstanding execution of the Coast
Guard Auxiliary Recreational Boating Safety Directorate initiative
in conjunction with the National Marine Manufacturers Association
27 city Discover Boating & Fishing Tour; and, the follow-on 8-city
Test Drive Tour, sponsored by Boating World Magazine and West Marine.
Auxiliarists from flotillas across the country responded with limited
advance notice to staff a recreational boating safety exhibit. Your
team work and dedication to mission accomplishment resulted in over
150,000 boaters and potential boaters being exposed to the many Coast
Guard Auxiliary products, programs and services available. These actions
resulted in generating interest in Auxiliary membership and numerous
enrollments in boating courses and requests for vessel safety checks.
You also impressed the boating public with an extremely positive image
of the Auxiliary by wearing new style inflatable personal flotation
devices while staffing an exhibit containing other new type personal
flotation devices. You responded to numerous boating questions, provided
a variety of current literature and in all instances advanced "You're
In Command", the current recreational boating safety initiative
created by the Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety. Special emphasis
was placed on increasing personal flotation device wear which you
effectively communicated and demonstrated with pride and perseverance.
There is no doubt that ultimately lives will be saved because of this
emphasis. The dedication, pride, and professionalism displayed by
the Coast Guard Auxiliary Recreational Boating Safety Team are in
keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard
and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary."
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