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Aurora Division News

 

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Click here or on the button to the left to find training opportunities or see what trainings Aurora cadets and officers have attended or are planning to attend, and what courses they have completed.
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FLASH TRAFFIC

 

ONCE SOMETHING HAS BEEN POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE, ALL CADETS ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED AND RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING ALL INFORMATION AND FOLLOWING ALL INSTRUCTIONS.

  
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Community service and Color Guard opportunities sought. All members of the Aurora Division are encouraged to do community service whenever they can. Also, we would like to do more community service as a division. If you know of any opportunities, contact our Public Affairs Officer, INST Dooley. Advise INST Jackman if you know of any Color Guard opportunities.

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We would like to include your accomplishments outside the Aurora Division in the Cadet News on this page. PLEASE send your news to LT Dooley

 

 

Newsletter

 

New Members Welcomed

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April 2008

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SR Ramsey Bachman

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INST Robert Claus

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SR Thomas Hayward

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LC-1 Joseph Rossi

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SR Alexander Warf

 

Policies & Reminders

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REPLACEMENT RIBBONS:  The initial award is issued at no charge. Replacement ribbons and appurtenances will be issued at a cost of $1 per item. Replacement ribbon bars will be issued only after the cadet has turned in his previous ribbon bar. Damaged or lost ribbon bars will be replaced at a cost of $2 each.

bulletUNIFORM OF THE DAY:  At this time all hands are assumed to have all items on the Sea Bag list for RT-IL, and the proper uniform for drills. The POD includes the Uniform of the Day. AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE POD ON THE WEBSITE AND KNOW THE UNIFORM OF THE DAY. If you appear in anything other than the prescribed uniform of the day you may be subject to disciplinary action. If you are missing any uniform items, contact the Supply Officer, IMMEDIATELY!!!
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AUTHORIZED PT GEAR:  All hands are required to have their issued PT shirts and PT shorts at every drill. In colder weather, you may wear:
bulletNavy Blue sweat pants and sweatshirt, with no logos or other markings  OR
bulletU.S. Navy official sweat pants and sweatshirts as issued to Navy recruits (available from the division at $5 a set). If you want a set of these contact the Supply Officer. THESE SWEAT SUITS ARE FOR DIVISION ISSUE ONLY, AND ARE NOT TO BE GIVEN TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, ETC. Abuse of our privileges in obtaining used Navy uniforms could result in the division no longer being allowed to order from the Uniform Depot. It could also jeopardize our IRS Tax Exempt status.

NO OTHER PT GEAR IS AUTHORIZED.

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All cadets are expected to complete at least 1 correspondence course yearly.  YOU SHOULD BE TURNING IN COMPLETED ANSWER SHEETS AT EVERY DRILL.

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All cadets are expected to attend all drills. See the important note below. 

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All cadets should check their service record regularly to be sure it is up to date with trainings completed, etc.

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Cadets attending trainings are expected to submit an entry for the Ships' Log page. 

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Members of the Aurora Division are highly encouraged to volunteer their time in the service of our community. Click here for more information.

 

Financial Aid/Scholarships

Funds are available, in return for community service hours, to assist cadets with the following costs. For further information and/or eligibility requirements, contact LT(jg) Cabe (see the Contact Us page). 

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Annual Enrollment Fee

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Uniform Costs

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Travel costs for attending Advanced Trainings

 

Physical Fitness Ribbon

Cadets wishing to earn the Physical Fitness Ribbon (PFR) should contact LT(jg) Cabe (see the Contact Us page). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bravo Zulu

 

Promotions Announced 3 May 2008

 

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SN David Lange was advanced to Petty Officer Third Class (E-4).

 

 

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LC-3 Daniel Wayeshe was advanced to League Petty Officer Third Class (LC-4).

 

 

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Awards Announced 3 May 2008

 

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PO1 Amanda Glass and PO3 Richard Koehnke were awarded the Community Service Ribbon. This is PO Glass' third award.

 

 

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Awards Announced 5 Apr 2008

 

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INST Anne Wilson-Dooley was awarded the NSCC 5th Year Ribbon.

 

 

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INST Jo Ellen Glass was awarded the NSCC 3rd Year Ribbon.

 

 

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INST Sarah Dooley and SA Edmund Solecki were awarded the NSCC 2nd Year Ribbon.

 

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Awards Announced 15 Mar 2008

 

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SA Andrew Villarreal was awarded a Bronze Star for his Recruiting Incentive Ribbon.

 

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Awards Announced 1 Mar 2008

 

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SA Russell Hornbeck was awarded the NSCC 2nd Year Ribbon.

 

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Awards Announced 23 Feb 2008

 

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INST Jo Ellen Glass was named the Aurora Division Instructor of the Year for 2007.

 

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PO1 Amanda Glass was awarded the NLUS Youth Medal & Ribbon as the Aurora Division Cadet of the Year for 2007.

 

 

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PO3 Richard Koehnke and SR Caitlyn Brookins were commended for Perfect Attendance during 2007.

 

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LC-3 Kevin Claus was awarded a Bronze Star for his Academic Achievement Ribbon.

 

 

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PO3 Richard Koehnke was awarded the NSCC 3rd Year Ribbon.

 

 

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INST Joe Jackman, SN Stephanie Cabe-Brookins, and SA Andrew Villarreal were awarded the NSCC 2nd Year Ribbon.

 

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Attendance Policy

1.   All cadets are expected to attend all drills. 

2.   If the division is participating in a multi-day drill not involving travel outside Aurora, you are expected to attend at least during normal drill time, even if you cannot attend the entire weekend. 

3.   If you cannot attend a drill, it is your responsibility to notify your Section Leader prior to the drill.  If you cannot contact the appropriate individual, move up the chain of command until you get someone (i.e. ALPO, LPO, OPS, XO, CO).

4.   You must maintain a 75% or higher attendance record (senior cadets 90% or higher). If your attendance drops, advancement may be delayed, you might not be issued orders to attend trainings, and you may be relieved of senior positions. 

5.   Continued poor attendance could result in disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal from the NSCC/NLCC. 

 

Cadet News

 

Significant accomplishments and honors outside of Aurora Division activities may be submitted to the Web Administrator, who shall determine their suitability.

 

 

Former PO1 James Dooley, now a First Class Cadet at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, has received his first duty assignment after his upcoming graduation and commissioning as an Ensign in May. He will report aboard the USCGC SPAR (WLB-206), based in Kodiak, Alaska. He will be part of a crew of 8 officers and 40 enlisted men.

The USCGC SPAR (also known as "The Aleutian Keeper") is a 225’ Oceangoing Buoy Tender. SPAR tends buoys and beacons from Kodiak as far west as Adak and as far north as Kuskokwim Bay, including all the Aleutian Islands. SPAR is a multi-mission Cutter executing Maritime Homeland Security, Maritime Environmental Protection, Maritime Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, and Domestic Icebreaking.

This is the second cutter named SPAR. The first was commissioned on June 12, 1944. In addition to her primary duty of maintaining aids to navigation, SPAR’s missions included assisting in anti-submarine warfare along the coast of Brazil, a transit through the Northwest Passage, and completing an oceanographic charting expedition in the Northern Atlantic. After serving the Coast Guard for 53 years, SPAR was decommissioned on February 28, 1997. The current SPAR was built at Marinette Marine Shipyard in Wisconsin and was launched on August 12, 2000. She made the trip from Marinette to Kodiak from March to June 2001 and was commissioned on August 3, 2001.

SPAR was named after the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, also known as the SPARs. Similar to the Army's WACs and the Navy's WAVES, the SPARs were created to allow more men to be sent overseas, while the women tended to duties back home. Captain Dorothy C. Stratton, former Dean of Women at Purdue University, was chosen from the Navy Women’s Reserves to be the director. Captain Stratton coined the acronym SPARs, which comes from the Latin and English translations of the Coast Guard’s motto, Semper Paratus! Always Ready!

Besides his graduation/commissioning on May 21, ENS Dooley will marry ENS Crystal Hudak on May 31. ENS Hudak, a 2007 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, is stationed aboard the USCGC Munro (WHEC-724) a 378' High Endurance Cutter, also based in Kodiak. Named after the only Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient, Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, MUNRO’s foremost mission is protecting the safety of life and property at sea. With a flight deck capable of landing a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter, a state of the art communications and sensor suite, and extended endurance, MUNRO is a floating command center capable of coordinating ships and aircraft for search and rescue or responding to natural and environmental accidents and disasters. Another mission that MUNRO performs is that of maritime law enforcement, protecting the stocks of living marine resources found in Alaska fishing grounds and reducing the flow of illicit drugs and other contraband into the United States, interdicting illegal migrants, and checking mariner compliance with vessel safety regulations. Defense Readiness is MUNRO's third primary mission.

 

 

SA Andrew Villarreal signs his acceptance letter into the United States Military Academy Preparatory School. After a year there, he will enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY.

 

 

Click Here to see Cadet News for 2003 (MS Word Document)

Click Here to see Cadet News for 2004 (MS Word Document)

Click Here to see Cadet News for 2005 (MS Word Document)

Click Here to see Cadet News for 2006 (MS Word Document)

 

Photo Galleries

 

2008

bullet  19 April Color Guard at Naval Enlisted Reserve Association
bullet15 March Drill Activities & Awards
bullet23 February Annual Inspection for 2007
bullet18-19 January Overnight at NAVSTA Great Lakes & Marksmanship Training
bullet5 January Awards & Promotions

2007

bullet14-15 December Overnight at NAVSTA Great Lakes & USO Service
bullet3 December Color Guard at West Aurora School Board Meeting
bullet3 December Pearl Harbor Day Luncheon
bulletUpdated 7 Jan 08  1 December Drill & Promotions
bullet17 November Field Trip to First Division Museum & Cantigny
bullet 11 November Veteran's Day Parade
bulletNovember Awards
bullet20 October Dress Blues Inspection
bullet6-8 October Bivouac
bullet22 September Field Trip to WWII Re-Enactment
bullet8 September Drill & Awards
bullet25 August Drill & Awards
bullet8-20 July NSCC Trainings at Great Lakes (Engineering, Basic & Advanced Corpsman, and Seamanship) -- Note:  This is an external link to the Region 9-1 website.
bullet4 July Independence Day Parades
bullet16-24 June Recruit Training at Great Lakes, IL
bulletChief Petty Officer Rachel L. Erb
bullet9 June Boot Camp Preparation & Awards Ceremony
bullet28 May Aurora Memorial Day Parade
bulletUpdated 14 Jan 08  18-20 Midwest Flagship Competition at Great Lakes, IL
bullet11-13 May SeaBee Challenge in Battle Creek, MI
bullet6 May 2007 Loyalty Day Parade in Batavia, IL
bullet5 May 2007 Drill at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve
bullet21 April 2007 Drill at Reserve Center -- Awards & Promotions
bullet14 April 2007 Drill at Reserve Center
bullet2006 Annual Inspection & Awards Ceremony - 17 Feb 2007
bullet20 January 2007 Field Trip to Adler Planetarium
bullet9 December 2006 & 6 January 2007 Promotions and Special Presentation

2006

bullet11 November 2006 Veteran's Day Parade
bullet28 October 2006 Drill
bullet7-9 October 2006 Columbus Day Bivouac
bullet2 September 2006 & 16 September 2006 Drill Activities
bullet8-21 July 2006 Naval Engineering & Medical Trainings at Great Lakes, IL
bullet 4 July 2006 Aurora & Villa Park Parades, and Color Guard at Kane County Cougars
bullet 17-25 June 2006 Recruit Training at Great Lakes, IL
bullet 10 June 2006 Boot Camp Preparation and Awards and Graduation Ceremony
bullet 9-19 June 2006 Basic SCUBA Training in Santa Rosa, NM
bullet 29 May 2006 Aurora Memorial Day Parade
bullet 19-21 May 2006 Seabee Challenge in Battle Creek, MI
bullet 7 May 2006 Batavia Loyalty Day Parade
bullet 21-22 April 2006 Training aboard YP-671 Manatra
bullet 18 March 2006 Change of Command Ceremony
bullet 11 March 2006 Field Trip -- Marksmanship Practice
bullet 18 February 2006 Drill -- Heaving Line Practice
bullet 4 February 2006 Field Trip to Museum of Science and Industry
bullet 28 January 2006 Physical Fitness Test
bullet 26 Dec 2005 - 1 Jan 2006 Petty Officer Leadership Academy at NAVSTA Norfolk, VA
bullet 2005 Annual Inspection & Awards Ceremony - 7 Jan 2006

2005

bullet 3 December 2005 Dress Blues Inspection & Holiday Social
bullet 8-10 October 2005 Bivouac at Oakhurst Forest Preserve
bullet 8-17 July 2005 Seamanship Training aboard YP-671 Manatra
bullet 12-22 August 2005 Foreign Exchange to Hong Kong
bullet 28-31 July 2005 Training aboard YP-671 Manatra
bullet 10-23 July 2005 SeaBee Field Training, Marseilles, IL
bullet 10-22 July 2005 Medical Training & Naval Engineering Training at Great Lakes  (external link)
bullet 17-26 June 2005 Recruit Training at RTC Great Lakes, IL
bullet 11 June 2005 Boot Camp Preparation Drill and Awards and Graduation Ceremony
bullet 28-30 May 2005 Memorial Day Weekend Activities (more photos added 3 Jun 2005)
bullet 20-22 May 2005 Training at US Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor
bullet 29 April - 1 May 2005 Weekend - 2 Color Guards & SeaBee Challenge
bullet 20-26 March 2005 Camp Dodge POLA photos (external link)
bullet 26 February 2005 Color Guard Evolution at the Naval Order of the United States
bullet 27 Dec 2004 - 2 Jan 2005 Petty Officer Leadership Academy at NAVSTA Norfolk, VA

2004

bullet 11 November 2004 Veteran's Day Activities
bullet 25 July - 7 August NSCC Medical Training at Great Lakes, IL
bullet 10-23 July 2004 SeaBee Field Training, Marseilles, IL
bulletSK1 Haig & NMCB25 at Guam (MS-Word Document)
bullet2004 Flagship Competition at NAVSTA Great Lakes 

2003

bullet7-9 November 2003 Training Weekend at NAVSTA Great Lakes
bulletPO Dooley's 25 July - 16 August Cruise Aboard the USCGC Eagle
bullet1-4 August Bivouac to USS Silversides and Hoffmaster State Park in Michigan
bullet 19 April 2003 Firefighting and Stokes Stretcher Training

Other Galleries

bulletCommunity Service Activities

 

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