requests will now initiate the request from the Patrol Orders tab instead of the Requests tab . To initiate a patrol request , follow the following steps :
From the Home Page , select More Select Patrol Orders Select New ( upper right side of the screen ) Select Request . ( Note : do not select Patrol Order option here or you will run into errors ) Fill out the all required fields as you did before . Save . Click the Assign Locations Bar and select your patrol location and sub-unit and enter your patrol area as required your Order Issuing Authority ( OIA ). Save . Update the Status field to Requested . This will send a notification to the OIA indicating that a patrol request is pending . If the request is Approved , follow the existing patrol order completion process .
** For OIAs , the patrol order process will not change . OIAs will still receive patrol request notifications as they did before and will still approve / deny requests in the same manner .
2 . Action Items : a . DIRAUX / OTO / OIA
For any patrol request that is CURRENTLY in the system in the Requested status , OIAs need to approve or deny those requests ASAP ! Once the change happens , those requests will no longer be available . If the patrol date has already passed and no mission took place , OIAs must deny those requests .
available to all users and displays patrol requests Patrol Date greater than 01 January 2021 . Please have your OIAs approve / deny their requests as appropriate , NLT 14 March 2021 .
b . Auxiliary Facility Owners / Operators
For any New patrol requests where the patrol date is BEFORE March 20th , please create those requests ASAP in order for your OIAs to approve / deny the requests no later than March 14th .
For any New patrol requests for patrol dates AFTER March 20th , please wait until we deploy the update on March 15th to submit a new patrol request . ** PLEASE do not create any new patrol requests on 15 March 2021 until after noon , EDT .** Any patrol request that was initiated from
or Denied prior to March 15th will no longer be able to be approved and will need to be resubmitted using the updated process .
3 . For anyone who created Custom List Views from the Requests tab for patrol requests , you will need to recreate those custom list views from the patrol orders tab . A Patrol Requests Custom List View Creation Guide will be available in AUXDATA in the USCG Auxiliary Guides library . To view the guide , navigate from the Home page , to the More tab , select Files , then select Libraries on the left side of the page . Select USCG Auxiliary Guides from the library list and locate the Patrol Request Custom List View Guide .
4 . If there are questions , please use your Chain of Leadership and Management ( COLM ) or Chain of Command as appropriate .
5 . Internet Release is authorized .
9 MAR 2021 FM : CHDIRAUX TO : ALAUX ALAUX 009 / 21
Subj : AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC . - RECIPIENT OF THE COAST GUARD MUTUAL ASSISTANCE " SO OTHERS MAY LIVE " AWARD
1 . Congratulations to all Auxiliarists and associate members of the Auxiliary Association Inc . ( AuxA )
Award !