About SITREP

SITREP

Highlighting the people and activities
of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary

Here are some facts about SITREP.

A new article is published approximately every week. The oldest article is moved to "Past Featured Stories".
SITREP is published by Editor Mel Borofsky, Team Lead Jim D'Errico, and Technical Team Daniel Willis, Harriet Wilt, Matt Losch and Ian Adkins.
Articles can be submitted by anyone, even outside of the Auxiliary. The theme (philosophy) of SITREP is that it features articles about Auxiliarists rather than the Auxiliary itself. Pure organization and program information is left to the various department newsletters and websites. The only time SITREP has ventured beyond this theme is coverage of special events, such as NACON, ISAR, and NTrain. For an article to be considered for publication, it must contain some universal interest for all to read. Articles are not normally published that are about purely local interest, such as a flotilla picnic or division change of watch.
Send stories and photos to:
Editor Mel Borofsky melborofsky@comcast.net
The preferred format for photos is .jpg (.jpeg) format. We differ from other publications in that we do not require high resolution (in fact, we prefer lower resolution). Realize that our published photos are rather small. Higher res takes up too much "memory" increasing download time for the reader, thereby forcing us to compensate by reducing the amount of photos we can run with the story. Regarding photo content, try to avoid "smiling and waving to the camera" photos.
Use the "Contact the Editor" link to submit articles and provide feedback.

Background
SITREP started out as a project to allow the National Public Affairs Department (A Department) to cover the events of OPSAIL 2000. It was the brainchild of Fred Gates and Gregg Trask. It was so well received that Fred decided to venture into making SITREP an e-magazine. Mel came on board in early 2001 and helped evolve today's SITREP. It has been a team effort all the way, with the most important ingredient being folks like you who read SITREP and support it with your articles and photos.