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LOCAL COAST GUARD AUXILIARY WATCHSTANDERS
PLAY KEY ROLE AT COAST GUARD STATION CHATHAM
THE WATCH
USCG Aux Photo
Chatham Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla members (left to right) Bruce Brady, Michael Hays, David Quincy and Larry Foss man the watch
room in Coast Guard Station Chatham.
CHATHAM, MA – Four members of the U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary’s Chatham Flotilla stand regular
watches as the eyes and ears of Coast Guard Station
Chatham.
The four qualified Auxiliary watchstanders – Bruce
Brady of South Yarmouth, Larry Foss of Chatham,
Michael Hays of Harwich and David Quincy of
Orleans – man the communications watch room at
the busy local Coast Guard Station for hundreds of
four- or eight-hour shifts throughout the year. They
answer telephone and radio calls from recreational
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boaters, local fishermen and Coast Guard units;
monitor and respond to emergency channels; issue
weather and sea condition alerts; and operate as key
team members of Coast Guard search and rescue
operations when needed.
Each qualified Auxiliary watchstander spends months
gaining the knowledge and certification required to
handle a communications watch properly. In addition
to search and rescue procedures, computer and
radio operation, chart work and plotting, keeping
an accurate station log, and correctly following
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