Awards! Awards! Awards!

At the March 16 meeting, John Cullen and Alfred Lazzaro received the ribbon for five years of Auxiliary membership.

Robert Morrison received the AUXOP device for completing the requirements for AUXOP.

Mel Milstein received the RBS Program Specialist award.  Larry explains, “This is a new award that Mel qualified for with a combination of PV, VE hours and VSCs and PE.  He needed two consecutive years exceeding 120 points which he achieved. To the best of my knowledge he is the first in 96 to do this."

RBS Device Award Criteria
Effective January 22, 2010

 

1. The Auxiliary Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Device Award recognizes

extraordinary effort of Auxiliarists who consistently provide strong support to RBS

programs. Its eligibility criteria require significant RBS program activity over a

minimum period of two years. Eligibility criteria are as follows:

a. Compilation of 120 points per year for two consecutive years (for a total of 240).

Hours for prescribed mission codes are reported on the Mission Activity Report

(ANSC-7030) form. Vessel Safety Checks (VSC) and vessel facility inspections are

reported on the Vessel Examinations Activity Report (ANSC-7038). RBS Program

Visits are reported on the RBS Visitation Report (ANSC-7046).

b. Public Education: Hours recorded using any mission code 14. 1 point-per-hour as

lead instructor and 0.5 points-per-hour as an assistant/aide.

c. Public Affairs: Activities promoting RBS in the following areas, 1 point-per-hour

limited to actual mission hours:

- Speech/Talks, mission code 10B;

- Broadcast Media, mission code 10C;

- External Print Media, mission code 10F;

- COMREL, Mission code 10J.

d. Vessel Safety Checks and Vessel Facility Inspections: Based on the number of

VSCs and/or vessel facility inspections. 1 point-per-check or inspection.

e. RBS Program Visitation: Based on the number of RBS Program Visits. 1 point-pervisit.

f. Legislative Outreach: Hours recorded as Federal/State Legislative Outreach or

Government Affairs work, mission codes 65A or 65B. 1 point-per-hour.

g. State RBS Outreach: Hours recorded in meetings with a state BLA or state BLA

staff, mission code 65C. 1 point-per-hour.

2. AUXDATA was modified to report on Auxiliarists who met the eligibility criteria. That

report is available in the Admin Report section of AUXDATA, and it can only be run by

those with DIRAUX-level access.

3. Only Directors of Auxiliary are authorized to place orders for the RBS device from

ANSC for the purpose of awarding to Auxiliarists who meet the eligibility criteria as

reported in AUXDATA. Auxiliarists who meet the eligibility criteria as reported in

AUXDATA and are awarded the device by the Director are entitled to wear it (uniform

location is same as that for insignia like the Coxswain insignia and Auxiliary Marine

Safety [Trident] insignia) above the left breast pocket.