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private vessels, does operational patrolling upon navigable waters and performs various forms of operational support to the Coast Guard.
During a recent five-year period the Auxiliary saved the lives of 6,376 pleasure boaters, assisted more than 105,000 other boaters and saved or assisted in saving property valued at almost two billion dollars.
03806001Auxiliarists own their own boats, aircraft, helicopters and land radio stations, all equipped according to U.S. Coast Guard requirements — at the owner’s expense.
Auxiliarists Davis and Mahlbacher own the Granny Goose, a 33foot cabin cruiser berthed on the Potomac River at Colonial Beach, Virginia. The boat is fully equipped and used by them for operational river patrols. They are both qualified instructors and Mr. Mahlbacher is also a vessel examiner.
Mr. Mahlbacher spent 14 days this past summer with a unit comprised of Coast Guard regulars, reserves and auxiliarists at the Boy Scouts of America’s 75th anniversary jamboree at Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia. He was the unit’s Communications Officer and operated and maintained the base VHF radio sta
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