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==Coast Guard Auxiliary== [[File:AUX W.svg|thumb|Badge of the [[United States Coast Guard Auxiliary]]]] {{main|United States Coast Guard Auxiliary}} The [[United States Coast Guard Auxiliary]] is the uniformed, civilian volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard, created on 23 June 1939 by an act of Congress.<ref name="Title14">{{cite web |title=Title 14, United States Code, Section 821 |url=https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-2000-title14-section821&num=0&edition=2000 |website=United States Code |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel |access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref> Although it is a civilian organization, it was originally named the "[[United States Coast Guard Reserve]]" and was later re-named the "United States Coast Guard Auxiliary" on 19 February 1941 when a [[military reserve force]] for the Coast Guard was created. As part of "Team Coast Guard" (the term used to collectively describe all active, reserve, auxiliary, and civilian employees), the auxiliary carries out, or assists in, nearly all of the Coast Guard's noncombatant and non-law enforcement missions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg3/cg3pcx/cginfo/CGA_Policy.pdf |title=US Coast Guard Auxiliary Policy Statement |first=Robert J. Jr |last=Papp |author-link=Robert J. Papp Jr. |access-date=9 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524055944/http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg3/cg3pcx/cginfo/CGA_Policy.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Auxiliarists are subject to direction from the commandant of the Coast Guard. As of 2022, there were approximately 26,000 members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Coast Guard Auxiliary {{!}} Homeland Security |url=https://www.dhs.gov/us-coast-guard-auxiliary#:~:text=It%20is%20comprised%20of%2026,000,,%20waterways,%20and%20coastal%20regions. |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=www.dhs.gov}}</ref> Coast Guard policy has assigned many of its duties related to recreational boating safety to the Auxiliary, including public boating safety education and outreach. This includes offering boating skills courses, liaising with marine-related businesses at the local level, and providing voluntary Vessel Safety Checks (formerly called Courtesy Examinations) to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=CG Auxiliary Vessel Examiner Manual |url=http://www.uscg.mil/directives/cim/16000-16999/CIM_16796_2E.pdf |date=20 August 1996 |id=COMDTINST M16796.2E |website=CG-612 Directives and Publications Division |access-date=1 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103062703/http://www.uscg.mil/directives/cim/16000-16999/CIM_16796_2E.pdf |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, Auxiliarists use their own vessels, boats, and aircraft (once registered as Coast Guard facilities) to provide operational support to the Coast Guard by conducting safety patrols, assisting in search and rescue missions, inspecting [[aids to navigation]], and performing other tasks on behalf of the Coast Guard.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} Prior to 1997, Auxiliarists were largely limited to activities supporting recreational boating safety. In 1997, however, new legislation authorized the Auxiliary to participate in any and all Coast Guard missions except direct military and direct law enforcement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2013-title33-vol1/pdf/CFR-2013-title33-vol1-sec5-31.pdf |title=33 CFR Β§ 5.31 Power and authority |year=2013 |website=[[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]] |access-date=9 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102132623/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2013-title33-vol1/pdf/CFR-2013-title33-vol1-sec5-31.pdf |archive-date=2 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Auxiliarists may directly augment active duty Coast Guard personnel in non-combat, non-law enforcement roles (e.g. radio communications watch stander, interpreter, cook, etc.) and may assist active duty personnel in inspecting commercial vessels and maintaining aids-to-navigation. Auxiliarists may support the law enforcement and homeland security missions of the Coast Guard but may not directly participate (make arrests, etc.), and Auxiliarists are not permitted to carry a weapon while serving in any Auxiliary capacity.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uscg.mil/Portals/0/OurOrganization/auxiliary/publications/AUXMAN.pdf?ver=2017-07-02-093004-213|title=Auxiliary Manual}}</ref>
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