LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A Lake County resident is moving up into a leadership role for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
United States Coast Guard Commander Curtis Sumrok, director of the Auxiliary for District 11 North, announced the appointment of Rich Thomas of Hidden Valley Lake as district commodore.
District 11 North of the Auxiliary covers Utah and Nevada, and from Monterey to the Oregon border throughout Northern California.
The auxiliary came into existence in 1939 and was recognized by the United States Congress and each year funds are set-aside from Congress to operate this all volunteer organization that acts as the civil arm and force multiplier for the Coast Guard.
Auxiliary members throughout the country annually save several hundred lives, more than 12,000 boaters being assisted, provide more than 100,000 free vessel examinations for the public, offered safe boating classes to more than 100,000 boaters and gave hundreds of hours of augmentation in support of the Coast Guard missions during 2014.
Each year the auxiliary provides over 3.5 million hours of volunteer hours nationwide.
Thomas will oversee all auxiliary operations for District 11 North.
He has been a member of Lake County Flotilla 8-8 for 12 years.
Thomas named flotilla district commodore
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