Welcome to the District Seven Auxiliary Surface Page. District Seven is the largest and busiest District in the U.S. Coast Guard and the Auxiliary Surface Division oversees all the Auxiliary surface assets in our District. Our primary function is to augment the U.S. Coast Guard Active Duty as a force multiplier so they can achieve the highest level of mission readiness and efficiency. In doing so, we must ensure that we are ready, relevant, and responsive.
READY, RELEVANT, AND RESPONSIVE
District Seven Auxiliary Surface Goals:
- To attain ongoing Auxiliary surface integration with every USCG Unit in D7
- To further the Auxiliary’s main mission of recreational boating safety
- To enable our Auxiliary surface community to thrive in quality, quantity, and member satisfaction
- To proactively prepare for potential future missions
Chris Juall District Staff Officer Operations (DSO-OP)
District Operations Office
Assistant District Staff Officer(s)-Operations
Sector Charleston – Clyde Vick – cwvick@comcast.net
Sector Jacksonville – Vacant
Sector Key West – Joseph Penar – josephpenar@aol.com
Sector Miami – Louis Townsend – l_townse@bellsouth.net
Sector San Juan – Vacant
Sector St Petersburg – Michael Anthony Dipierro – mdipierro46@gmail.com
Operations Interpreter – Carolina Filgueiras – carolina.filgueiras@uscg.mil
Paddlecraft – Chuck Hayes – charles.s.hayes@gmail.com
Surface Operations Currency Tasks required by 10/01/2025
News and reports are communications with members within the unit, unit leaders and the next level of responsibility.
A summary of the most important features of a job, including the general nature of the work performed (duties and responsibilities) and level (ie, skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions) of the work performed.
Manuals, procedures, documents or links related to this Office:
- 2024 Surface Operations Workshop (PDF)
- 2024 Surface Operations Workshop (Power Point)
- Auxiliary Manual (AUXMAN)
- Auxiliary Claims Process Information – December 2016
- Auxiliary Claims Appendix 4 to MLCLANTINST 5890.3A
- Boat Crew Training Manual
- Coast Guard Search and Rescue (SAR)
- Coast Guard SAR Addendum
- Helicopter Operations Best Practices
- How To Request a QE
- Maritime SAR Assistance Policy
- Night Operations Best Practices
- Auxiliary Operations Process Guide
- Out of District Boat Crew Members
Auxiliary Boat Qualification Guides:
- CG Rescue and Survival Manual
- ICS FEMA Courses
- National Testing Center
- National Surface Operation Site
- Boat Operations
- First Aid
- Navigation
- Rescure and Survival
- Seamanship Fundamentals
- BCSM to BCH Crosswalk
For more information regarding this Office Contact:
Chris Juall, DSO-OP
For Mishap reports Contact:
