Topside Spring 2017 Newsletter | Page 2

Page 2 topside Volume 114, Issue 2 Leadership of 5NR Inside this issue: Table of Contents 2 5NR Leadership 2 Commodore’s Message 3 Chief of Staff’s Message 4 Focus on 5NR Departments 5-12 Focus on 5NR Divisions 13-16 Director of Auxiliary (DIRAUX) CDR Tim Gunter D-AA Jason C. Flynn D-AA Phil Walmsley Operations Training Officer (OTO) CWO4 Richard Clark DSO-C Kevin L. Tyler DSO-C Vickie M. Tyler District Commodore (DCO) COMO Barry M. Kyper District Chief Of Staff (DCOS) Thomas J. Dever DSO-DV Marilyn F. Hughes DSO-FN COMO Robert J. Perrone, Sr. DSO-LP Martin C. Mooney Sr. DSO-SL Harry W. Otto DSO-SL District Captain Central (DCAPT-C) DSO-SL 5NR Notes of General Interest 17-24 Donald W. Merrill District Captain East (DCAPT-E) Information from Around the District 25-26 Joseph Smith, Sr. Photographs 27-30 District Captain West (DCAPT-W) Message from the Editor Contact Information Robert G. Vanderhook 31 Immediate Past Commodore COMO Kevin C. Murphy 31 President Past Captains Association Parting Shot 32 Thomas J. Morrissey Richard L. Raudabaugh DDC-Logistics Mark F. Letavish DSO-CS Richard Taylor, III DSO-HR Thomas H. Brouillard DSO-IS Lorraine Cannata DSO-MA Lorraine Bianco DSO-PB Timothy P Marks DSO-SR Rita H. Kratzer DDC-Prevention Alfred O. Grimminger DSO-MT Steven J. Marthouse DSO-NS Matthew J. O’Brien Jr. DSO-PA Kevin C. Murphy DSO-PE Robert N. Adams DSO-PV Russell M. Galson DSO-VE Edwin W. Seda DDC-Response Douglas L. Smith DSO-CM Richard F. Lord DSO-IM Greg M. Stough Other News Cover Photograph: DSO-MS Laurie L. Huselton DSO-OP Douglas L. Smith 18 CAPE MAY, NJ - During a Memorial Day ceremony held on Cape May Beach, a USCG 45ft. Response Boat-medium (RB- Photographs 6 M) tows a small boat adorned with fresh flowers out to sea in honor of the military service members who died and serve for our freedom. The Flower Boat Ceremony was originated by Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 08-02 (5NR) and has been conducted every Memorial Day for nearly 60 years. Coast Guard Auxiliary photo by Joseph Giannattasio