U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Flotilla 085-33-04
Public Affairs
PRESS RELEASE
Date: March 28, 2009
Contact: Doug Jansen
Public Affairs Officer
515-291-9625
djansen@flotilla4.org
http://www.flotilla4.org
Central Iowa Coast Guard Auxiliary Members Deployed For Flood Relief
Des Moines, Iowa - Three local members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary have been deployed by the Coast Guard to North Dakota and Minnesota to augment the efforts of the Coast Guard. Auxilarist Trevor Henderson, of Omaha, has been deployed to Bismarck, North Dakota to help represent the Coast Guard at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Jeff Towle and Nick Critelli, both of Des Moines, have been deployed to EOCs in Minnesota to perform liaison functions on behalf of the Coast Guard.
These Auxilarists were deployed by Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi because of their experience with representing the Coast Guard to help liaison with other agencies during flooding. These Auxilarists performed similar duties during the Iowa Floods of 2008.
The Coast Guard has played a role in the rescue efforts due to the Red River flooding. For more information on the Coast Guard operations please visit http://www.uscgfloodwatch.com/go/site/1769.
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard created by an Act of Congress in 1939. The Auxiliary, America’s Volunteer Guardians, supports the Coast Guard in nearly all of the service's missions.
Henderson, Towle, and Critelli are members of Flotilla 085-33-04 based in Des Moines, Iowa. When these Auxilarists are not providing support during flooding they are active in the boating safety missions of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. For more information about Flotilla 085-33-04 and its activities visit http://www.flotilla4.org.
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