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ATLANTIC CITY - Auxiliarist and Active Duty Aviators from USCG STA ATLANTIC CITY start the new year working together on an familiarization ( FAM ) flight on a MH-65D helicopter . ( L to R ) Pilot LT Andrew Bacon , Auxiliarist Judy Redlawsk DFSO , and Flight Mechanic Barry Garris . 2016 is the centennial of Coast Guard Aviation .
Coast Guard Auxiliary photo by Ronald Kripas
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY , N . J . - A leaning Daybeacon is marked with a Temporary Lighted Buoy on the Intracoastal Waterway off of Ship Bottom , NJ . According to the United States Coast Guard , daybeacons are “ aids to navigation , which are permanently fixed to the earth ’ s surface .” Since their inception in the 1800 ’ s , these unassuming aids have safeguarded mariners from seafaring dangers .
Coast Guard Auxiliary photo by Joseph Giannattasio
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