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Coast Guard Tech Talk: The Coast Guard Academy and the Importance of STEM proficiency as part of the admissions process
Please join us for our September 2025 Coast Guard Tech Talk Table on 23 Sept 2025 at 9pmET/8pmCT/7pmMT/6pmPT on the Zoom Webinar link below https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_33qehknXSTKfzqgWauholg Our speaker, Mr. Timothy J. Kessell LT, USCG...
Introduction to On the Water Leadership Skills
An Introduction to On the Water Leadership Skills (IOWLS) Course will be held in Tampa. Florida on March 28-30, 2026. If you wish to register for the course, please click this link: https://share.google/oJzFqjbbdtV77cjwm Introduction to On-the-Water Leader Skills...
NSSC Roundtable – Staffing the 2026 National Jamboree
Looking to Elevate your Sea Scout experience? Come staff the 2026 National Jamboree! During this special Roundtable session for Sea Scouts, learn about staffing the Jamboree and ways that you can have fun, make new friends, and provide an incredible...
Sea Scout Summer Camp
All right, Mates, you have been complaining that there are no summer camps for Sea Scouts... Well, that is about to change! Gulf Stream Council is about to launch their FIRST SEA SCOUT SPECIFIC SUMMER CAMP, July 5-11, 2026, at the outstanding Camp Tana Keeta, near...
Help Shape the Future of Scouting America!
Scouting America is exploring a unified approach by possibly combining the Eagle Scout, Summit Award, and Quartermaster Award service project notebooks into one streamlined format. Your voice matters! We're seeking input from the Scouting community on: Service project...
Upcoming Safety-at-Sea Events
With fall approaching, it is time for our annual Safety-at-Sea (S@S) events sponsored by the US Coast Guard and the US Coast Guard Auxiliary. Here are the upcoming S@S events: Safety at Sea GAM REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the 2025 Safety at Sea GAM will be held 19-21...
The Sea Scout Marksmanship Program has Closed
As announced over a year ago, once the supply of Sea Scout Marksmanship awards were exhausted they would not be reordered. That time has come. So, if you requested from the National Office a Sea Scout Marksmanship Award, your documentation and check will be returned...
National Flagship on Local TV
The 2025 BoatUS National Flagship, Sea Scout Ship Pearls (Ship 669) of Santa Cruz, California, was on KRON-TV today, Monday, July 21, 2025. Sea Scout Quartermaster, Magnus Grigsby and Eric Tarbox, the Scout Executive for the Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council, were...
Coast Guard Tech Talk: Ham (Amateur) Radio. How to get licensed, how the Coast Guard Auxiliary uses Ham Radio, and in disasters
Please register for our July 2025 Coast Guard Tech Talk Table on 22 July 2025 at 9pmET/8pmCT/7pmMT/6pmPT using the Zoom Webinar registration link below https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_33qehknXSTKfzqgWauholg Our speaker is David Hyde. David’s first...
Mel Johnson NSSC Announcement
The National Sea Scout Committee is pleased to announce Mel Johnson as the lead for Membership Growth and Retention Task Force. Prior to serving on this task force, he was a former Territory Commodore helping grow and retain Ships and Sea Scouts in NST-15. Known for...