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(ENCLOSURE (2) TO COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION M16790.1 E, AUXMAN)
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ABYC American Boat and Yacht Council
ADM Admiral (USCG, USN, USPHS)
ADSO Assistant District Staff Officer
AIDE Aide to National Commodore/District Commodore
AIM Academy Introduction Mission
AMOS Auxiliary Mission Objectives System
ANSC Auxiliary National Supply Center
ARC American Red Cross
ASST Assistant
ATON Aids to Navigation
AUXCEN Auxiliary Center
AUXCOM Auxiliary Communication Specialty Course
AUXFAC Auxiliary Facility
AUXLAM Auxiliary Leadership & Management Course
AUXLEA Auxiliary Leadership Course
AUXMAN Auxiliary Manual
AUXMIN Auxiliary Administration Specialty Course
AUXMIS Auxiliary Management Information System
AUXNAV Auxiliary Navigation Specialty Course
AUXOP Operational Auxiliarist Status (Passed 7 Specialty Courses)
AUXPAT Auxiliary Patrols Specialty Course
AUXSAR Auxiliary Search & Rescue Specialty Course
AUXSEA Auxiliary Seamanship Specialty Course
AUXWEA Auxiliary Weather Specialty Course
AX AUXOP (designated in AUXMIS database)
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BA Branch Assistant, National Staff
BC Branch Chief, National Staff
BC-NCA Conference Assistant, NACO Staff
BC-NCO Conference Organization, NACO Staff
BC-NCP Conference Planning, NACO Staff
BC-NCR Conference Registration, NACO Staff
BC-NCS Conference Support, NACO Staff
BCQ Boat Crew Qualification
BED Base Enrollment Date
BGEN BG Brigadier General
BIA Boating Industry Association
BIC Basic Instructor Course (USCG)
BLA Boating Law Administrator
BM Boatswains Mate
BMOW Boatswain's Mate of the Watch
BOA T/US Boat Owners Association of the U. S.
BOCA Boat Owners Council of America
BOSAF Boating Safety Correspondence Course
BQ Basically Qualified (old term for entry level member)
BS&S Boating Skills and Seamanship
BSAC Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC)
BSC Boating Safety Circular
BYBB Backyard Boat Builders
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CAP Civil Air Patrol
CAPT Captain (USCG, USN, USPHS)
CC Career Counselor
CDR Commander (USCG, USN, USPHS)
CEU Continuing Education Unit
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFVE Commercial Fishing Vessel Examination
CG Coast Guard (United States Coast Guard)
CGI Coast Guard Institute, Oklahoma City, OK
CHDIRAUX Chief Director, Auxiliary (Headquarters)
CM Communications
CMC Merchant Marine Safety Counsel
CME Courtesy Marine Examination
CO Commanding Officer
COL Colonel
COMDTINST Commandant Instruction
COMDTNOTE Commandant Notice
COMDTPUB Commandant Publication
COMO Commodore
COS Chief of Staff
CPO Chief Petty Officer (USCG, USN)
CPT Captain
CRC Civil Rights Counselor
CWO Chief Warrant Officer
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D-AA Administrative Assistant to DCO
D-AD Aide to the DCO
DC National Department Chief
DCS District Chief of Staff
DCO District Commodore
DCP Division Captain
DEP Deputy
DIRAUX Director of Auxiliary (District or Region)
DIST District
DIV Division
DOD Department of Defense
DOJ Department of Justice
DOL Department of Labor
DOT Department of Transportation
DPG District Planning Group
DSO District Staff Officer
DVC Division Chief
DVC-NC Conference Coordination, NACO staff
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ENS Ensign (USCG, USN)
EXCOM District Executive Committee
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FC Flotilla Commander
FED Flotilla Enrollment Date
FN Finance Staff Officer -Auxiliary
FN Fireman (Enlisted USCG, USN)
FM Family Member (AUXMIS designation)
FMV Fair Market Value
FSO Flotilla Staff Officer
FWPCA Federal Water Pollution Control Act
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G- Staff Symbol which identifies the Coast Guard and offices within the Department of Transportation
G-C Commandant of the Coast Guard
G-CCS Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard
G-CV Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
G-O Assistant Commandant for Operations
G-OCX Chief, Office of Auxiliary/Chief Director, Auxiliary
GEN General Officer Rank
GMT Greenwich Mean Time (See ZULU)
GPO Government Printing Office
GS General Service Federal Employee designation
GSA General Services Administration
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HARPAT Harbor Patrol
HIN Hull Identification Number
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ICOMIA International Council of Marine Industry Associations
IP Immediate Past Office (except National Commodore)
IS Information Services
IT Instructor
ITT Instructor Trainer
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JOOD Junior Officer of the Deck/Day
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L Legal Affairs
LCDR Lieutenant Commander (USCG, USN, USPHS)
LM Life Member (also for medal-Legion of Merit)
LT Lieutenant (USCG, USN, USPHS)
LTCOL, LTC Lieutenant Colonel
LTGEN LTG Lieutenant General
LTJG Lieutenant (Junior Grade) (USCG, USN)
1LT 1stLT First Lieutenant
2LT 2ndLT Second Lieutenant
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MA Materials
MGEN, MG Major General
MAJ Major
MARS Military Affiliate Radio System
MCPO Master Chief Petty Officer
MDV Marine Dealer Visitor
MLC Maintenance and Logistics Command
MI Master Instructor
MR Member Resources (old name for Personnel Services)
MT Member Training
MSC Marine Safety Council
MSD Marine Sanitation Device or Marine Safety Detachment
MSO Marine Safety Office
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N-A Administrative Officer, NACO staff
NACO National Commodore
NACON National Auxiliary Conference
NEXCOM National Executive Committee
NAPDIC National Association of Past District Commodores
N-AS NACO Secretary
NASBLA National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
NATL National
NAVCO National Vice Commodore
NBF National Boating Federation
NBSAC National Boating Safety Advisory Council
NBSS National Boating Safety School
NCIABLA North Central International Association of State
Boating Law Administrators
N-D NACO Aide
NESBAC North Eastern States Boat Administrator's Conference
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NM New Member (Replaces the old BQ designation)
NIPCO Immediate Past National Commodore
NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
N-S Special Assignment, NACO staff
N-P Special Projects Officer, NACO staff
NOK Next of Kin
NOS National Ocean Survey (NOAA-Dept. of Commerce)
NSBC National Safe Boating Council
NSBW National Safe Boating Week
NSC National Safety Council
NTRAIN National Training Conference
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
NWS National Weather Service (NOAA -Dept. Of Commerce)
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OBC Outboard Boating Club
OCMI Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection
OCS Officer Candidate School
OINC Officer-in-Charge
OOD Officer of the Deck/Day
OP Operations
OPS Operations, Operations Officer-back to the top-
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P (before officer title acronym) Past Officer
PA Public Affairs
PAO Public Affairs Officer
PATCOM Patrol Commander
PB Publications
PE Public Education
PFD Personal Flotation Device
PO Petty Officer (USCG, USN)
PS Personnel Services (Also Reserve Port Security Rate)
PWC Personal Water Craft
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QE Qualification Examiner
QM Quartermaster
QMOW Quartermaster of the Watch
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R&D Research and Development
RADM Rear Admiral
RBS Recreational Boating Safety
RCO District Rear Commodore
REP Representative
RET Retired
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SAR Search and Rescue
SBLA State Boating Law Administrator
SC Specialty Course (One of Seven)
SCPO Senior Chief Petty Officer (USCG, USN)
SK Storekeeper
SN Seaman (USCG, USN)
SO Division Staff Officer
SR Secretary/Records (also Seaman Recruit)
SSBLAA Southern States Boating Law Admin. Assoc.
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TONO Travel Order Number
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USA United States Army
USAF United States Air Force
USAFR United States Air Force Reserve
USA-NG United States Army -National Guard
USAR United States Army Reserve
USC United States Code
USCA United States Code Annotated
USCG United States Coast Guard (also CG)
USCGA United States Coast Guard Academy
USCGAUX United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
USCGR United States Coast Guard Reserve
USMC United States Marine Corps
USMCR United States Marine Corps Reserve
USN United States Navy
USNR United States Navy Reserve
USPHS United States Public Health Service
USPS United States Power Squadrons
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VADM Vice Admiral (USCG, USN)
VCO District Vice Commodore
VCP Division Vice Captain
VE Vessel Examiner, Vessel Examination
VFR/IFR Visual Flight Rules/Instrument Flight Rules
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WEB World Wide Web on the Internet
WESBAA Western States Boat Administrator's Assoc.
WPB Coast Guard Patrol Boat Class
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XO Executive Officer
XPO Executive Petty Officer
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YN Yeoman
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ZULU Date-Time Group on Messages (GMT)
GLOSSARY
(ENCLOSURE (3) TO COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION M16790.1 E)
ACTIVITY - CG administrative unit responsible for a designated geographic area
ASSIST - the act of giving aid or attempting to give aid to any person or property, or both, in distress.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - Military member assigned to the Director to assist Auxiliary administration within a district or region.
AUXILIARY COXSWAIN - highest qualification level in Boat Crew Program
AUXMIS - acronym for Auxiliary Management Information System.
BASE ENROLLMENT DATE (BED) -the actual date an applicant is accepted for membership by the DIRAUX as reflected on the application. In cases where the membership has not been continuous, the BED must be amended to reflect the total break in membership. An amended BED is determined by calculating total membership time, and subtracting that total from the current date.
AUXILIARY CREWMEMBER - first qualification step in Boat Crew Program.
BOAT CREW QUALIFICATION & CERTIFICATION - stratified levels of expertise required to be attained before receiving Auxiliary operational orders.
BRANCH - a component of a division within the Auxiliary national staff.
CHAIN OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT - the organizational concept where current elected members are responsible to elected members on a higher level and responsible for all members whom they represent by virtue of their elected office. It neither violates nor should be confused with either the parallel (or vertical) staffing concept which guides appointed staff members or military "chain of command" where authority is derived from earned rank.
CHIEF DIRECTOR - the person at CG Headquarters who is responsible to the Commandant for the administration of the Auxiliary. (G-OCX)
COMMANDANT -The Commandant of the CG. (G-C)
DEPARTMENT - one of the basic organizational components of the Auxiliary national staff.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - the Cabinet-level department of the federal government in which the CG operates in peace time.
DIRECTOR - the person assigned to the District Commander's staff for Auxiliary administration within a district or Auxiliary region.
DISTRESS - the state of being in peril, to any degree, of a person or property, or both.
DISTRICT - a CG District defined by statute.
DISTRICT COMMANDER - the Senior CG Flag officer in command of a CG District.
DISTRICT COMMODORE - the highest elected Auxiliary officer within a district or region.
DISTRICT VICE COMMODORE - the second highest elected Auxiliary officer who assists the District Commodore.
DISTRICT REAR COMMODORE(S) - the elected Auxiliary officer on a district level who may represent a given area of the district or region, ranking immediately after the Vice Commodore.
DIVISION - a geographical and administrative Auxiliary subdivision in a district or region. Also an Auxiliary national department staff component. When used in terms of CG organization, division means a basic organizational component of a CG district office or, at Ha USCG, a component of one of the primary Offices of the Commandant's Headquarters organization.
EXAMINER - a currently qualified vessel examiner or fishing vessel examiner.
FACILITY - a privately-owned motorboat, yacht, aircraft, fixed-Land, or land-mobile radio station, at least 25% of which is owned by an Auxiliary member, and which has been accepted by the Director.
FLAG OFFICER - CG or Navy officer above the rank of Captain (06 pay grade).
FLOTILLA - The basic component Auxiliary unit.
FLOTILLA ENROLLMENT DATE (FED) - the actual date a member joined the present flotilla.
GENERAL OFFICERS - USA, USAF, USMC officers above rank of Colonel.
GROUP - an organizational CG unit within a district, usually with a specific geographic responsibility for operational purposes.
GUIDE - A semi-permanent publication containing practical application of procedures.
HEADQUARTERS - United States CG Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
IMMEDIATE PAST - indicates an elected office held by an Auxiliarist who was the last to hold that office for a full term. Elected officers must have been succeeded in office as a result of a regular election, and must not have been removed from office. An immediate past officer shall retain designation until another immediate past officer is generated by a regular election. If an immediate past officer leaves the office for any reason, the immediate past office remains vacant until the next regular scheduled election.
INSTRUCTOR - a currently qualified public education (PE) / member training (MT )instructor.
MANUAL - a permanent publication containing basic organization, policy, and procedures. (i.e., the AUXMAN)
MARS - Military Affiliated Radio System.
MOTORBOAT - any documented or numbered vessel propelled by machinery, not more than 65 feet in length. (Must be at least 14 feet in length for facility purposes.)
NAPDIC - National Association of Past District Commodores.
NATIONAL COMMODORE (NACO) - the highest elected Auxiliary Officer who represents the Auxiliary at the national level.
NATIONAL DIRECTORATE CHIEF(S) (NADCO) - As of 1 Jan 1999, appointed Directorate Chiefs replacing elected NA VCOs.
NATIONAL VICE COMMODORE(S) - the members of the Auxiliary elected on a national level, who represent(s) a specific duty, area or Directorate, including chief of staff.
NATIONAL STAFF - collectively the organization of national staff officers appointed by the national Commodore to assist nationally in Auxiliary administration.
PARALLEL STAFFING (also called VERTICAL STAFFING) - the organizational/concept where appointed staff members at all levels, in conducting their activities, report (upward to senior staffing levels) or monitor (downward to junior staffing levels) the activities of other appointed staff members. It neither violates nor should be confused with a chain of command concept. It could be considered the appointed staff "chain of leadership and management."
PAST - a designation indicating an Auxiliarist who has previously held an elected office, at any level, for at least one-half of the normal term of office. An member removed from office is not eligible for the past designation. Past office holder designation entitles the wearing of the past officer device. Holding of an immediate past (voting) designation is not a requirement for holding the past designation.
PAST OFFICER DEVICE - A device worn to indicate the member's insignia (elected or appointed) being worn no longer represents that individual's current Auxiliary office.
PERIL - danger, or likelihood of danger, or inconvenience so as to result in threats to life and/or property.
QE - Qualification Examiner in Boat Crew Qualification Program.
RADIO STATION - any fixed land or land mobile radio station equipped as the Commandant may prescribe and which is maintained in a well ordered condition.
REGION - a sub-division of a CG district but structured for Auxiliary administration as an Auxiliary district with a Director, Commodores, and staff.
REGIONAL DIRECTOR - the person assigned to the District Commander's staff for Auxiliary administration within a region; also called DIRECTOR.
SORTIE - the individual movement of a resource in giving assistance from the time it moves underway for assistance until it returns for replenishment, or terminates to begin another case. Each individual movement comprises one sortie.
STAFF OFFICER - an appointed Auxiliary member of the national, district, division, or flotilla staff.
TERM OF OFFICE - the time period an appointed or regularly elected office holder is expected to serve; either one or two years, depending upon the level of the office. A REGULAR term of office is served when the member is elected at a regular election and serves the full term of office.
UNIT - a unit is any CG Command, Auxiliary flotilla, division, or district.
VERTICAL STAFFING - see Parallel Staffing.
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