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Community Service
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Click Here or
on the button to the left to see photos from Coronado Battalion Community
Service Activities |
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Click
Here or on the button to the left to see photos from Outside-of-Coronado
Battalion Community Service Activities |
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Click
Here or on the button to the left to open the Coronado Battalion
Community Service Hours Report (this is a password protected, PDF document,
so you will need Acrobat Reader) |
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 | Members of the Coronado Battalion are encouraged to
volunteer their time in the service of our community. The NSCC/NLCC
Community Service Ribbon has been created to reinforce this. The
ribbon is awarded for 40 hours or more of community service time.
Because of the wide variety of community service opportunities
available, some discretion is given to the commanding officer to
define what constitutes community work. Examples include:
 | Working/caring for/visiting the sick or elderly (not family
members) |
| Visiting hospitals/Veterans' hospitals/homes |
| Participating in charity fundraising, walk-a-thons, running
events, etc. |
| United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program |
| Care/feeding of the homeless at various shelters |
| Environmental clean-up of public property |
| Other bonafide volunteer efforts as deemed by the Commanding
Officer, such as Habitat for Humanity, etc. |
Hours will be accumulated through community service activities at
drills, and individual members involved in similar activities can get credit for
these hours by informing their supervisor/volunteer coordinator that
they are members of the USNSCC and expected to perform community
service, and requesting documentation, on appropriate agency
letterhead, of the time spent and nature of their volunteer
activities. This documentation should be forwarded to
CDR Rychnovsky, who
will determine the suitability of those hours. |
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Unless noted otherwise, all photos are
thumbnails; click on the photo shown to see the full sized photo.
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San Diego Maritime Museum
20 December 2004
| Dear CDR Rychnovsky,
Your cadets did a fabulous job yesterday. I and the San Diego
Maritime Museum wish to thank them for their long and arduous day of
community service. The work was difficult, and the cadets struggled with
the weight and bulk of about 24 sails that were stowed in this 18th
century, 500-ton, sixth-rate Royal Navy frigate replica. The largest
sail, the mains'l, measured 54 ft. by 32 ft.!! Attached are some great
photos.
At 0830, we mustered on the deck of the Star of India to receive our
orders. Except for water breaks and lunch, we worked continuously. A hot
lunch, with enough for second helpings, was served out of the Star's
galley. We sat in the shade of her fo'c'sle to eat. The cadets helped
man-handle each sail from the orlop deck (two decks below the weather
deck) by hoisting each sail up two ladders and through their hatches,
hauling them out of the ship, walking them down the gangway, and then
stretching them out on the grass lawn in front of the County
Administration building. After we checked the sails for damage and damp,
and measured all four sides, we furled and folded them for storage,
utilizing knots taught to the cadets by the sailors who were helping.
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I trust the cadets enjoyed
working with us and with each other, while learning some nautical
mechanics from the age of sail, as well as experiencing satisfaction
from their team effort.
We look forward to our next collaboration with the Sea Cadets on
January 16, 2005. During that day, the cadets will be relieved from duty
to view the mock gun battles to be fought by four tall ships that
afternoon in San Diego Bay. I welcome your feedback regarding this
venture and invite the cadets to critique their experience.
Sincerely, Aimee M. Squires, MPH, RN, NNRT IX
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