Division 8: Blue Ridge Division
5th Coast Guard District, Southern Region
Central & Southwestern Virginia

 

Awarding of Division Auxiliarists of the Year for 2009
Ed Hollowell (DCDR), Richard & Gena Kuntz (Flotilla 87), and Tom Merriman (VCDR)

Division 8, Blue Ridge serves recreational boating waters in western Virginia with six Flotillas of Auxiliarists who boat on Smith Mountain Lake, Lake Anna, Claytor Lake, Lake Monticello and Coastal waters.

Formed in 1964 with boaters from Roanoke, Lynchburg, Waynesboro and Charlottesville, the Division has grown to provide boating safety services over a broad territory. This includes the smaller western lakes and rivers such as: Carvins Cove, Philpot Reservoir, Lake Moomaw, Lake Saponi, Green Mountain Lake, Lake Louisa, Lake of the Woods, the James River, Rivanna River, New River and Little River.

The geographic area is quite large for the Blue Ridge members who hail from Danville to Fluvanna, Louisa and Orange Counties, thence over to Harrisonburg and all the territory from these locations to the West Virginia border.

This area of about 16,000 square miles (nautical) is within the Area of Responsibility (AOR) of the U.S. Coast Guard, Group Hampton Roads of the Fifth Coast Guard District.

Announcements

 

February 2010 District Conference Newport News Virginia
On February 19th through the 21st, our 5th District Southern Region Conference will be held at the Marriot Hotel in Newport News, Virginia. Conferences are great places to get all kinds of training as well as learn more about our district as a whole! Room reservations must be made by January 20, 2010 and meal reservations are required by February 13, 2010. An online version of the registration form and training synopsis is available by clicking here.

Spring 2010 Advanced Skills Weekend (ASW), Yorktown, VA
On April 16-18 at the Coast Guard Training Center at Yorktown, Fifth District will be hosting its semi-annual training weekend. This is an excellent opportunity for Auxiliarists to take specialty courses, marine safety courses, Aids to Navigation course, Basic Computing 101, and the AUXCHEF program.  Registration deadline is 05APR10, and the information and registration can be viewed by clicking here.