Standard Operating Procedures

The Coast Guard Auxiliary has adopted the Boy Scouts of America’s Sea Scout program as its official youth leadership development program. The Fifth Southern and Ninth Eastern districts have been selected as the first implementers of this new relationship. The documents and links found on this page are official guidance for involving Sea Scout youth and adult in flotilla and division activities and training. Please direct any questions to your District Sea Scout Coordinator or Bruce Johnson, DVC-HY. Please remember that this guidance is intended for 5th Southern and 9th Eastern ONLY.

Program guidance

Read the SOP very carefully. It provides specific program guidance for addressing known questions. The following is meant to supplement or clarify the SOP. If you don't find answers to your questions email Bruce Johnson, DVC-HY.

Confirming Sea Scout Membership

1. The Auxiliarist who interviews a Sea Scout with the ANSC-7001 Enrollment Form must visually sight the Sea Scout's membership card or the Sea Scout’s membership application (if the Sea Scout has been enrolled for less than 6 months and they have not yet received their Sea Scout ID card) to confirm current Sea Scout membership.
2. The Auxiliarist who interviews the Sea Scout must then write the following in the "BOAT" phone number block on page 1 of the ANSC-7001 Enrollment Form: SEA SCOUT

AUXDATA Entry of BSA Youth Protection Training (YPT)

1. Auxiliarists who take the YPT in order to satisfy this training requirement prior to engaging with Sea Scout youth must provide proof of completion to their Flotilla Commander prior to AUXDATA entry by their servicing IS officer. Proof of completion can be in the form of an emailed screen shot of their online course completion, an emailed PDF of their online course completion certificate, or provision of a hard copy for viewing.
2. Upon confirmation of successful completion, the SO-IS officer shall make the appropriate entry in the AUXDATA YPT competency field: AUXBSAYPT
3. See How to Guide for Taking BSA Youth Protection Training

Important resources

• AuxBWiki
• Auxiliary-BSA Memorandum of Agreement (August 2018)
• Auxiliary-Sea Scout Youth Development (AUXSCOUT) Program Standard Operating Procedures
• Sea Scouts BSA website
• Sea Scout Manual
• Coast Guard Auxiliary website
• BSA Youth Protection training
  • How to Guide for Taking BSA Youth Protection Training
• BSA Consent Forms
• Sea Scout Ship Locator (Select the Sea Scout button)
• BSA Council Locator
• Map of Sea Scout Ships and Auxiliary Flotillas (currently lacks 12 of 16 Auxiliary districts)
• AUXSCOUT Community of Interest (on my.CGAux)