The Coast Guard Auxiliary is the civilian uniformed volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard, as well as the lead volunteer force in the Department of Homeland Security. Founded in 1939 by an Act of Congress as the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves and re-designated the Auxiliary in 1941. The 38,000 volunteer members (men and women) donate thousands of hours in support of Coast Guard missions, such as Search & Rescue, Public Education, Marine Enviremental Protection and Maritime Domain Awareness.
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Division 8, Blue Ridge serves recreational boating waters in western Virginia with seven Flotillas of Auxiliarists who boat on Smith Mountain Lake, Lake Anna, Claytor Lake, Lake Monticello and Coastal waters. Formed in 1964 among 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: the Carens Cove, Phillpot Resevoir, Lake Moomaw, Lake Saponi, Green Mountain Lake, Lake Louisa, Lake of the Woods, The James River, Shenandoah River, Rivanna River, New River and Little River. The geographic area is quite large for the Blue Ridge members who now 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.
Division 8 Bridge
| Division Captain (DCP) | Virginia Ellis | raegraph@louisa.net |
| Division Vice Captain (VCP) | Marvin E Hollowell | ehollow@ntelos.net |
| Immediate Past Division Captain | Frank M. Frece | ffrece@wildblue.net |
Division 8 Staff Officers
| Aids to Navigation (AN) | Ed Hollowell | ehollow@ntelos.net |
| Communications (CM) | George Condyles | gcondyles@atlanticgroup.us.com |
| Computer Services (CS) | Jeffrey Demers | seawolf571@verizon.net |
| Finance (FN) | Carrol Bailey | dalsgal@aol.com |
| Information Services (IS) | William Flanders | wflando@comcast.net |
| Materials (MA) | Mary Griffes | JMGriffes_4@msn.com |
| Marine Safety & Environment (MS) | David Gruber | bmi@biomon.com |
| Member Training (MT) | Susan Lowe | cslowe4@comcast.net |
| Operations (OP) | Robert Rorick | bobrorick@aol.com |
| Public Affairs (PA) | William Tice | sail1stlady@aol.com |
| Publications (PB) | Ron Ellis | raegraph@louisa.net |
| Public Education (PE) | Paul M. Howell | Paulqa@verizon.net |
| Personnel Services (PS) | Dalene G. Bailey | Baylee2@aol.com |
| Secretary Records (SR) | Maureen Daniels | mo4146892@aol.com |
| Vessel Examinations (VSC) | Rich Kunz | richkunz@hughes.net |
| Lake Anna AUXSARDET - OIC | Gena Kunz | genak@hughes.net |
| Lake Anna OPS Officer | Ron Ellis | raegraph@msn.com |
| Lake Monticello OPS Coordinator | Joe Dipace | jojadipace@earthlink.net |
| Claytor Lake OPS Coordinator | Shep Zedaker | zedaker@vt.edu |
| Smith Mountain Lake AUXSARDET - OIC | Marty Hallgren | frontdesk1@Lynchburgymca.org |
| Smith Mountain Lake OPS Coordinator | Danny Foster | danrkeva@cox.net |
| Emergency Response Coordinator | William M. Flanders | flando@firstva.com |
Flotilla Commanders
| Flotilla 81 (Roanoke) | Thomas R. Merriman | merritime@earthlink.net | http://www.a0540801.uscgaux.info |
| Flotilla 82 (Waynesboro) | Dean M. Nimax | dnimax@bankdesign.net | Not Active |
| Flotilla 83 (New River Valley) | Dave Gruber | bmi@biomon.com | http://www.a0540803.uscgaux.info |
| Flotilla 84 (Charlottesville) | Tom Shepard Jr. | trshep@comcast.net | http://www.avenue.org/coastguard |
| Flotilla 85 (Altavista) | William Lindsay | blindsay1@verizon.net | Not Active |
| Flotilla 87 (Lake Anna) | James E. Griffes | JMGriffes_4@msn.com | http://www.a0540807.uscgaux.info |
| Flotilla 88 (Lake Monticello) | William M. Flanders | wflando@comcast.net | http://www.a0540808.uscgaux.info |
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