National Website

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5th NR Website

Coast Guard

• National Vessel Documentation Center
• Newspaper Article describing the history and function of the Auxiliary
• Auxiliary Marine Safety and Environmental Protection
• United States Coast Guard Home Page
• The Foundation for Coast Guard History
• USCG Office of Boating Safety
• Float Plan

Navigation

• Notice to Mariners (11th District)
• Atomic Time
• NIMA USCG Light List (searchable site)
• The United States Coast Pilot
• The American Practical Navigator
• GPS Primer
• GPS System Overview
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• NMEA-0183 and GPS Information
• Resource for finding Magnetic Variation
• To get Lat/Lon of Location (US Gazetteer)
• Another Lat/Lon Locator (Juggler's Pager)
• Geo Caching (practice with your GPS)
• Free Maritime Software

Charts and Navigation

• NOAA Home Page
• NOAA Charting and Navigation
• Local Notice to Mariners Home
• Dates of Latest Editions, NOAA Charts and Coast Pilot Publications
• NOAA Chart Catalogs
• LNM Chart Updates
• USCG Light Lists
• NOAA Coast Pilot
• NIMA Digital Navigation Publications
• NAV Rules publication (.pdf, 1,098K)
• Distances Between Ports (NOAA Office of Coast Survey)
• NOAA Office of Coast Survey
• NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts
• On-Line Electronic Chart Viewer
• MapTech Free Electronic Charts

Coast Gaurd Auxillary

• Coast Guard Auxiliary National
• Chief Director Auxiliary
• Auxiliary National Commodore
• Auxiliary eDirectory
• SITREP - Coast Guard Auxiliary e-zine
• Auxiliary Department of Operations
• Auxiliary Public Affairs Press Room
• Customs and Courtesy
• Chief Director's Security Check Web Page
• Military Rank Insignia
• Personal Security Investigations
• Trident Program

Weather, Tides & Currents

• WINDS: weather, tides, currents
• Polar Orbiter Service Wind Plot
• WxTide a free program for tide predictions
• Tide and Current Predictor
• NOAA
• Weather- marine
• Urber's Clocks and Time
• National Centers for Environmental Prediction
• Tide Predictions
• Hurricanes 
• US Loop Satellite Image
• Pacific Loop Satellite Image
• Atlantic Loop Satellite Image

• GOMOOS buoys | buoy 'B'
  NOAA Marine Weather Products Home Page
  National Hurricane Center

Uniforms

• Uniforms, Insignia, and Ribbons
• Uniform Regulations
• Ribbon Checker Tool
• District 5NR Materials Center
• Uniform Distribution Center
• Used Uniform Exchange

Recreational Vessel Safety Check

• About Vessel Safety Checks
• I want a VSC
• Vessel Safety Check Web Site (SafetySeal.net)
• Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Examiners Association
• Sample Waste Management Plans
•  Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Examination

Seamanship - training, knowledge, etc.

• Licensing Information: Merchant Mariner
• Licensing Information: 6-Pack
• Boat Safe: Boating courses, tips, safety
• Navigation Rules training Program
• Sea Sources - online training/testing 
• Celestial Navigation - celestialnavigation.net
• Samson's Rope's Splicing Guide
• New England Rope's Splicing Guides
• Boatered's Splicing pdf file
• Animated Knots by Grog
• Knot Knowledge

Training

• Operational Specialty Courses & ICS Resources
• Online Testing - Chief Director Auxiliary
  AUXeTRAIN
• e-Testing Home Page
• National Testing Center
• Coast Guard Institute Correspondence Courses
• Auxiliary C-School
• Navigation Rules

Safety

• International Code of Signals
• Boat/US Epirb Rental Program
• Boat Safe: Boating courses, tips, safety
• Office of Boating Safety
• U.S. Coast Guard Boating Safety Website
• National Water Safety Congress
• National Safe Boating Council
• National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
• The Vessel Safety Check web site

Education

• NASBLA - National Association of Safe Boating Law Administrators
• NavRules Practice Test
• NavRules training software & web site
• Auxiliary E-Training short course in NavRules
• Auxiliary E-Training NavLights reference
• Auxiliary E-Training Basic lights and dayshapes reference
• Aquatic Consulting's Tips on Lights and Dayshapes.
• John McLendon's Rules of the Road for the Rest of Us
• Auxiliary E-Training "Rule of Three" rules learning technique
• NJ Boat licenses, registration and title
• NJ  NJ State Police Manual & Regulations (pdf file)
• NJ Boating Safety manual
• Boating Regulations
• US Government Links
• US Code: Title 33-Navigation and Navigable Waters 
   

USCG Auxilary Forms

• National Forms Site
• Patrol Order Management System
• Member Activity Log - 7029 Email Form
• Mission Activity Report - 7030 Email Form
• Vessel Examination Activity Report - 7038 Email Form

Miscellaneous

• Documented Vessel Database Search
• CG Simplified Measurement (gross tons) Form
• Marine VHF Radio Quick Reference
• Radio Communications Introduction
• Boat US's national Recall system
• John Kohnen's "Mother of all Maritime Links" site
• Nautical Trivia
• Rope Color Guide
• US Power Squadron, Portsmouth
• Earth 911 - Clean Boating Web Site
• Tide Predictions - NOAA
• Intellicast
• The Weather Channel

New Member Guides

• New Member Reference Guide (30 Pages)
• New Member Course Student Study Guide (20 Pages)
• Auxiliary Manual (619 Pages)
• New Member Handbook viewable online or downloadable
•  Practice Quiz
• Coast Guard Indoctrination