US Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 47, Green Bay

08/22/2026

Welcome Senior Chief Hamilton and congratulations on your retirement Senior Chief Fennell!

08/09/2026

Please update your follows and help the new Neenah-Menasha page maintain and grow its reach. Thank you.

In order to better reach the recreational boating community of NE Wisconsin we have transitioned our page content to a new page. Please follow the new page at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61592776454657

07/25/2026

Standing Radio Guard for the EAA seaplane base safety zone patrols. Just another way the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary mobilizes to support public safety and oir active duty Coast Guard shipmates. Interested in joining our team, click here: https://join.cgaux.org

07/24/2026

The 2026 EAA AirVenture event is well underway, and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, with our USCG active duty shipmates are on patrol keeping the Sea Plane operations area safe. Thank you to Captain Rhianna Macon, Commander Sector Lake Michigan, and Master Chief Colin Ryan for being part of our team this week. An honor to have you and other active duty shipmates aboard. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Great Lakes District Western Region
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan

07/15/2026

Be careful out there!

Smoke from wildfires to the north has been progressing southward today and will continue to impact the area over the next few days. Air quality and visibility will be impacted. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory due to the air quality impacts.

07/01/2026

July can be deadly on the water. Know the rules, and wear that life jacket.

July is an extremely busy time of year on our nation’s waterways, so please wear your life jacket and engine cutoff device. Always boat sober and operate your vessel in a safe and friendly manner.

05/25/2026

"In ocean wastes no poppies blow. No crosses stand in ordered row. There young hearts sleep beneath the wave..."

They were lost with their ship, boat, or aircraft, succumbing to violent conflict with an enemy or vanquished by the awesome power of wind and wave. They perished alone or alongside shipmates. They were buried at sea with appropriate ceremony or doomed to descend to the bottom ever entombed with the ship that was their home and sanctuary.
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In Waters Deep
In ocean wastes no poppies blow,
No crosses stand in ordered row,
There young hearts sleep… beneath the wave…
The spirited, the good, the brave,
But stars a constant vigil keep,
For them who lie beneath the deep.
‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer
On certain spot and think. “He’s there.”
But you can to the ocean go…
See whitecaps marching row on row;
Know one for him will always ride…
In and out… with every tide.
And when your span of life is passed,
He’ll meet you at the “Captain’s Mast.”
And they who mourn on distant shore
For sailors who’ll come home no more,
Can dry their tears and pray for these
Who rest beneath the heaving seas…
For stars that shine and winds that blow
And whitecaps marching row on row.
And they can never lonely be
For when they lived… they chose the sea.
©2001 by Eileen Mahoney

Image: Coast Guardsmen aboard Coast Guard manned USS Callaway (APA-35) pay final respects to a lost shipmate prior to burial at sea, January, 1945 (Coast Guard photo)

03/27/2026

Be the one who helps reverse the statistics. 👇

03/16/2026

incredible rescue in a blizzard. BZ USCGC Mackinaw!!