UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY UNOFFICIAL NEWSLETTER

Republican National Convention

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SUBJ: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE--REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

MARITIME SECURITY OPS

1.    I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN EXTENDING MY PERSONAL THANKS TO ALL THOSE

WHO CONTRIBUTED TO OUR TEAM COAST GUARD'S MOST RECENT SHARED

 ACHIEVEMENT OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. FROM 27 AUGUST TO 3

SEPTEMBER, UNITS AND PERSONNEL FROM THROUGHOUT LANTAREA

CAME TOGETHER WITH NUMEROUS FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES AS ONE

TEAM TO REALIZE EXEMPLARY MISSION SUCCESS AND MEET ALL OF OUR

SAFETY AND SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL

 CONVENTION (RNC) NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT (NSSE). THIS

CRUCIAL MISSION WAS IMBEDDED WITHIN OPERATION VIGILANT GUARD'S

FOCUSED MARSEC II MANDATES, ALONG WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT THE

 PORT OF NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY PRESENTS TO US EVERY DAY.

2.    THE NUMEROUS RISK MANAGEMENT AND READINESS ISSUES CREATED BY

THIS NSSE PRESENTED AN IMMENSE CHALLENGE TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND

LANTAREA. THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM TEAM COAST GUARD ROSE TO THE

CHALLENGE AND SUCCEEDED ON ALL FRONTS. FROM THE FRONT-LINE FORCES,

AND MULTI-AGENCY PARTNERS, TO THE BACKGROUND SUPPORT COMMUNITY

 SUSTAINING OUR OPERATIONS, WE OPTIMIZED OUR EFFECTIVENESS

WITHIN SIGNIFICANT CONSTRAINTS AND ASSET AVAILABILITY. WE MADE SOUND

RESOURCE USE AND RESPONSE DECISIONS, AND PREVENTED DEGRADATION IN

OUR OVERALL FOCUSED MARSEC II READINESS POSTURE.

3.    AS YOU STOOD THE WATCH, YOU WERE FRONT AND CENTER WITH THE

NATION AND THE WORLD FOCUSED ON THE RNC AND THE PORT OF NEW

YORK/NEW JERSEY. WHILE IN THIS CONTINUAL SPOTLIGHT AND HIGH

RISK/HIGH STRESS ENVIRONMENT, YOU EXEMPLIFIED THE FIRST DISTRICT COMMANDER'S

RALLYING EMPHASIS OF "SAFETY, VIGILANCE, FLEXIBILITY AND TEAMWORK". YOUR

DAILY FOCUS ON THOSE WATCHWORDS WAS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO OUR SUCCESS

DURING THE 16 RNC OPERATIONAL PERIODS.

OVER 1200 COAST GUARD ACTIVE DUTY, RESERVE, CIVILIAN, AND AUXILIARY

FORCES FROM UNITS THROUGHOUT D1 AND LANTAREA CAME TOGETHER TO WORK

HAND-IN-HAND WITH HUNDREDS OF OUR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL

PARTNERS. EACH DAY, YOU STOOD THE WATCH ABOARD 12 CUTTERS, 48 CG

STATION, MSST AND E-MSST BOATS, 10 AUXILIARY BOATS, 7 DEDICATED CG

AIRCRAFT AND 2 AUX AIRCRAFT, AND STAFFED THE ACTNY INCIDENT COMMAND

POST, AND 10 OTHER COMMAND CENTERS. IN ADDITION A MULTI-AGENCY

FLOTILLA OF 36 OTHER SMALL BOATS AND 7 MULTI-AGENCY LIAISON

OFFICERS PROVIDED CRITICAL AUGMENTATION TO SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTE THE

 FOLLOWING:

A. PROTECTED 12 PERM SECURITY ZONES, 1 TEMP SECURITY ZONE AND 1

REGULATED NAVIGATION AREA;

B. CONDUCTED 510 RANDOM POSITIVE CONTROL, HIV/VOI & COTP SELECTED

 BOARDINGS;

C. MONITORED THE ARRIVAL OF 131 COMMERCIAL VESSELS GREATER THAN

300GT;

D.  CONTROLLED 3342 VESSEL MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PORT;

E.  CONDUCTED 19 DOCKSIDE PORT STATE CONTROL/ISPS BOARDINGS;

F.   EXECUTED 2 COTP VESSEL CONTROL ACTIONS;

G.  COMPLETED 59 MDA WATERSIDE AND SHORESIDE PATROLS;

 H. COMPLETED 385 MDA VISITS OF MTSA FACILITIES AND/OR MARINAS;

 I.   CONDUCTED 8 OFFSHORE SURVEILLANCE FLIGHTS;

J.   CONDUCTED 12 RWAI FLIGHTS;

K.  CONDUCTED 3 AIR INTERDICTIONS;

L.   EXPENDED 86 AIR SORTIES 250 AIR HOURS;

M. CONDUCTED 320 LE/RBS BOARDINGS;

N.  RESPONDED TO 3 USSS REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT THRU THE MULTI-AGENCY COORDINATION CENTER;

O.  CG LED RESPONSE TO INCIDENT REPORTS 21;

P.   RELEASED 22 FIRS;

Q.  EXPENDED OVER 3000 UNDERWAY BOAT HOURS, AMONG CG STA, MSST &

EMSST SMALL BOATS.

4. AS WE CLOSE OUT OUR RNC OPS AND TRANSITION BACK TO FOCUSED

MARSEC II, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO REFLECT ON OUR

SUCCESSES AND SHORTFALLS AND THE "LESSONS LEARNED" SO THAT OTHERS

CAN BENEFIT FROM OUR EXPERIENCES. YOU PLANNED LONG AND HARD,

JUSTIFIED RESOURCES HARD, SUPPORTED HARD AND WORKED HARD. THE

FRUITS OF OUR LABOR WERE SEEN IN A SAFE AND SECURE CONVENTION, AND

MILLIONS ENJOYED THE EVENTS WITH VIRTUALLY NO INCIDENTS. NOW WE

MUST QUICKLY RE-LOAD, RE-STOCK, RE-INVIGORATE, RE-ENERGIZE, AND

 RE-CONSTITUTE TO MEET OUR CONTINUING OPERATION VIGILANT GUARD FOCUSED

MARSEC II PRIORITIES, AND REMAIN SEMPER PARATUS.

5. BRAVO ZULU FOR YOUR TEAMWORK, VIGILANCE, AND FLEXIBILITY AS YOU

ONCE AGAIN CAME TOGETHER AS ONE TO SAFELY ACCOMPLISH OUR MARITIME

SAFETY AND SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROVIDE LIBERTY'S SHIELD

OF FREEDOM. I SEND MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO

DUTY AND A JOB EXTREMELY WELL DONE.

6. CAPT G. A. WILTSHIRE, COMMANDER, ACTIVITIES NEW YORK SENDS.

BT NNNN

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