Enclosure (1) to COMDTINST 16794.4
accomplishment into the members record. The DIRAUX will provide an endorsed copy of
the completion letter, Auxiliary Operational Excellence certificate, "E" ribbon, and "E" decal
to the team member's flotilla as an administrative approval for the flotilla to issue the awards
to the team. A courtesy copy should be provided to the member's Division Captain (DCP).
8. Proctors for the required tasks will include:
Current certified Auxiliary Qualification Examiners (QE).
Any active duty or reserve member on active duty with the rank of at least E5 who is
a certified coxswain on a Coast Guard SAR boat and authorized to proctor the
program by the unit Commanding Officer/ Officer in Charge.
Operational Excellence Program tasks:
1. Search Planning - The proctor gives the team a Person In the Water (PIW) scenario, the team
does the search planning appropriate for the scenario including plotting on a local chart the
enroute course and selected search pattern.
The scenario will include:
Reported incident involving PIW at a specified time.
Team receives pertinent information at incident time + 30 minutes.
Last Known Position (LKP) at time of incident.
Set and drift information (this may be "virtual" in non-tidal areas).
Team will have 30 minutes to calculate and plot a trackline with time/distance markings at all
turn points enroute to Datum, and plot the appropriate initial search pattern.
Datum must be corrected from incident time to the time the facility expects to be on scene.
Scoring: Given a scenario of a person in the water, the team must demonstrate the ability to
accurately calculate and plot datum (5 points), plot a trackline to datum (5 points), correctly
choose (5 points) and plot the initial search pattern (5 points) within a 30 minute time period (5
points).
2. Search Execution The team must transit along their plotted trackline to the calculated datum
in their facility, using safe and prudent navigation. The team will search and recover an item
previously placed in the water.
A dummy PIW is to be set at the location where Datum from previous scenario SHOULD be
before the search is begun.
The team runs their plotted trackline to calculated Datum and conducts their chosen search
pattern (the team may use GPS or LORAN-C for search pattern).
All turn points along the trackline must be reached within 10 seconds of predetermined time.
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