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.