US Coast Guard Auxiliary

MISSION STATEMENT

The over all mission of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is to contribute to the safety and security of our citizens, ports, waterways and coastal regions.

We will balance our missions of Recreational Boating Safety and Coast Guard Support with Maritime Homeland Security and other challenges that emerge as a result of our growing understanding of changes required in the post-9/11 era.

District 9 Eastern Region

MISSION STATEMENT

Coast Guard Auxiliary District Nine, Eastern Region, Division Three, located in western New York state, has an area of responsibility (AOR) encompassing eastern Lake Erie from the Pennsylvania border to Niagara Falls, and Lake Ontario from Niagara Falls halfway to Rochester. This AOR includes Niagara and Buffalo Rivers, the terminus of the Erie Canal, and several minor bodies of water. Division Three personnel routinely facilitate public safety classes, perform courtesy vessel safety checks (VSCs), visit marine dealers, perform safety patrols afloat and ashore, augment active duty personnel where needed, and other missions as directed by the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.