Welcome to Division 15 of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary's First Southern District. The Division includes 178 members in six flotillas covering an area in eastern New York and western Vermont from the Canadian border to the Hudson River below Catskill.

The geographical area covered by Division 15 is: the upper Hudson River north of Catskill, New York; the Mohawk River east of Erie Lock 13 Lake Champlain and the Champlain Barge Canal; the Great Sacandaga Lake; Saratoga Lake; and Lake George.  Another way to describe Division 15's area of coverage is the 518 area code and the eastern shore of Lake Champlain within the 802 area code.  Our controlling Coast Guard stations are Station Burlington on Lake Champlain and Sector New York on Staten Island.

The Division contributes thousands of man-hours toward the traditional Coast Guard Auxiliary functions of teaching boating safety courses and conducting vessel safety checks, routine on-water patrols, Search and Rescue (SAR), marine safety and environmental protection presentations, and maritime domain awareness operations. These operations are conducted shore side, on the road in Auxiliary vehicles, on the water in Auxiliary vessels, and in the air in Auxiliary aircraft, all of which are owned and supported (financially) by our members.

Respectfully,

Margaret Malone
Division Commander

Margaret Malone
Division Commander

Gregg Trask
Division Vice Commander