U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
9th Coast Guard District
Central Region
Welcome
Thank you for your interest in U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the 9th Coast Guard District, Central Region. This website was authorized and approved by Commodore Wes Cottrell. The intent of this website is to provide essential information for our members, future members and the American Public. We hope you find the information presented here informative and useful.
Mission Statement
To remain Semper Paratus in our core strategic support of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Ninth Central Region will strive to perfect expertise to promote and improve recreational boating safety, support Coast Guard maritime homeland security efforts, and support the Coast Guard's operational, administrative, and logistical requirements.
The Ninth Central Region, while staying true to the Coast Guard's Core Values of Honor, Respect and Devotion to Duty, will provide a dynamic flexibility within our organizational programs to meet today's needs and tomorrow's challenges.
News
- Coast Guard News
- A day in the life of U.S.C.G.C. Hickory >> View Article
- The Department of Homeland Security plans to upgrade LORAN system >> View Article
- Commandant visits Duluth >> View Article
- USCG regarding older Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) >> View Press Release
- Statement of Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, regarding H.R. 2830, Coast Guard AutHorization Act of 2008 >> View Press Release
- After 100 years, Coast Guard gets new Marquette Station >> View Article
- Dramatic Rescus From Deadly Waters >> View Article
- Air Station Detroit helicopter rescues six stranded campers in Indiana >> View Article >> View Press Release & Photos
- Geneva family & crew nearly lost in Lake Michigan >> View Article
- Coast Guard Rescues Sailor in Port Huron to Mackinac Race >> View Article
- Coast Guard Adventure Sends Riders Soaring >> View Article >> View Slideshow
- Cutter Mackinaw Returns to its Birthplace >> View Article
- Air Station Detroit Rescues Boater From Grounded Vessel in Saginaw Bay >> View Video
- Santa defers this Christmas medevac to U.S. Coast Guard Lts. Calderone & Young, AMT2 Anderson and AST3 Baker. An HH65C helicopter from Air Station Detroit, medevaced an unconcious crewman from the American Integrity, a freighter near Harbor Beach MI on Lake Huron, to the Bad Axe Hospital. >> View Video >> View Article
- Coast Guard may get new Arctic Policy >>View Article
- Coast Guard halts Port Huron New Year's float down >> View Article & Video
- Coast Guard Station Sagninaw River Conducts Ice Rescue Training >> View Article
- Coast Guard Leads Rescue Of 134 From Lake Erie Ice Floe >> View Reports: TV1 & Article & TV2
- Air Station Detroit Assists Canadains with Sinking Boat >> View Article
- Ice Breakers and Airplanes >> View Article
- Air Station Traverse City responds to Makinac Island Incident >> View Article
- Unmanned Aircraft to Patrol Michigan-Ontario Border >> View Article
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Celebrates 70th Anniversary >> View Article
- Past Commodore Rick Ives and current Commodore Wes Cottrell were presented with a Michigan Senate Resolution Commemorating the Coast Guard Auxiliary's 70th anniversary >> View Resolution
Events
- Today in Coast Guard History
- National 2009 Calendar of Events
- 9CR 2009 Calendar of Events
- July 4th, The U.S. Coast Guard promotes Boating Safety
- July 9-12 The Gold Cup in Detroit, contact your operations officer to assist
- July 17-19, Coast Guard Days In Port Huron >> View Flyer
- July 24 - August 1, Coast Guard Festival, Grand Haven, MI
- July 25, Port Huron to Makinac Race, Port Huron, MI
- August 22, Divisions 12 & 14 Picnic at the Walter & Mary Burke Park, New Baltimore, MI
- Aug 22 & 23, Air Show Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mt. Celemens, MI 127th Wing ANG
- Aug 26-30, NACON Chicago in Oak Brook, IL
- September 10-13, 2009 Fall Conference, Kewadin Hotel, Sault Ste Marie, MI
