2. D1 (P)ATON Program -23 How to get AUXDATA AUXDATA credit for your ATON ATON activity! A presentation by the members of the: UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY First Northern Aid To Navigation Team and the DSO-IS Mary Wheatley

3. There are two different reports needed for reporting Aids to Navigation activity to AUXDATA. One to report an: ATON ATON PATROL PATROL. and another to report: INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL ATON ATON ACTIVITY.

4. Two separate and different ANSC-7030 Reports must be submitted!

5. ATON PATROL How to Get Credit for an ATON PATROL in AUXDATA Use the ANSC-7030 Activity Report – Mission –ATON Patrol format. This report has six sections: Header Section Section I - Type of Resource Section II – Time and Mission Section III – Activity Detail Section IV – Crew Assignments Section V - Remarks

6. Refer to Section XVII – AUXDATA for reporting AN activity – Pages 104 – 108 of the D1 (P)ATON CU Study Guide.

7. The “ATON ACTIVITY” area is blotted out.

8. ATON PATROL Using the ANSC-7030 form to report an ATON PATROL This form is available from the National Web Site in ADOBE pdf. The ANSC-7030 procedure for Patrols is in D1 (P)ATON CU Study Guide.

9. ATON PATROL ANSC-7030 – used to report an ATON PATROL Header Section – top right hand corner: Enter your Division Number. Enter your Flotilla Number. Enter the Date. Use DDMMMYY format.

10. ATON PATROL ANSC-7030 used to report an ATON PATROL Section I – Type of Resource Always check “BOAT” as the Type of Resource when reporting an AN patrol.

11. ATON PATROL ANSC-7030 used to report an ATON PATROL Section II – Time and Mission. Enter the START time for your patrol. 1215 Enter the FINISH time for your patrol. 1640 Select 03 – Chart Update Patrol as your mission when reporting an ATON Patrol. Remember your Patrol “Finish Time.” You will use it later on your individual 7030 Activity Report - Mission. “1640”

12. ANSC-7030 used to report an ATON PATROL Section III – Activity Log Detail Complete by entering data as you would for a regular operational patrol. Enter the OPCEN for your local ANT

13. ATON PATROL ANSC-7030 used to report an ATON PATROL Section IV – Crew Assignments The coxswain is reported as “LEAD”. The crew are reported in “1 thru 4.”

14. ATON PATROL ANSC-7030 used to report an ATON PATROL Section V – Remarks Enter any notes or remarks that you feel will clarify your report.

15. Forward your completed ANSC-7030 to your IS Officer within 15 days of the observation ATON PATROL Your SO-IS will credit you in AUXDATA with an operational ATON PATROL and for your time expended while on the patrol, for you, as coxswain and for your crew.

16. Important ATON PATROL Each official ATON PATROL must be conducted on an operational facility, under official orders, and conducted by a currently qualified coxswain and boat crew.

17. Do you have any questions about how to get credit for an ATON PATROL in AUXDATA? INDIVIDUAL ATON OK, let’s look at how to get credit for your INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY

18. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY Use a ANSC-7030 Activity Report – Mission form. Has six sections: Header Section Section I - Type of Resource Section II – Time and Mission Section III – Activity Detail Section IV – Crew Assignments Section V - Remarks

19. These “PATROL” fields are blotted out on this selection. The “ATON ACTIVITY” fields are shown.

20. This form is available on the Internet in ADOBE pdf. The ANSC-7030 procedure is in the D1 (P)ATON CU Study Guide. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY

21. Header Section – top right hand side Enter your Division Number. Enter your Flotilla Number. Enter the Date. Use DDMMMYY format. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY

22. Section I – Type of Resource Always check “UNIT / INDIVIDUAL” as the Type of Resource when reporting individual ATON activity. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY

23. Section II – Time: Enter the START and FINISH times for the individual mission. Section II – Mission: Select and enter the appropriate Mission Code(s). Select 30 – ATON Mission to report time for Federal aid activity. Select 31 – ATON Mission to report time for Private aid activity. Select 32 – ATON Mission to report time for Bridge checking activity. Select 41 – Chart Updating to report time in the field performing positioning and observations. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY

24. When your ATON activity is performed as part of an authorized patrol, limit the time of each mission to 15 minutes. You receive credit for your time underway on the patrol on the “ANSC-7030 Activity Report - Mission Report” that the coxswain submits for the patrol.

25. Note that the total time reported for this INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY is equal to 15 minutes because it was performed as part of an authorized patrol. Also note... The start time used here was not within the same time period reported for the patrol. The patrol ended at 1640. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY

26. Reporting Time and Mission: 1. List only one mission on a single ANSC-7030 report. Use another report for different mission types. 2. Show the START TIME for the mission that you are reporting. 3. Enter the FINISH time. Note in this example that since the INDIVIDUAL ATON Mission activity was not performed while on an authorized Patrol...... the AV took full credit for the time expended to perform this single ATON Mission activity. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY In order to avoid confusion, only report a single mission on one ANSC 7030 Activity Report at a time.

27. Section III – Activity Detail - ATON When you select Mission 30, report the number of: Federal aid discrepancies. Federal aids watching properly. When you select Mission 31, report the number of: Private aid discrepancies. Private aids watching properly. When you select Mission 32, report the number of: Bridge discrepancies. Bridges watching properly. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY When you select Mission 41, only report the number of hours that you spent in the field taking positions and observations for your Chart Updating Reports.

28. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY

29. Section IV – Crew Assignments Enter your Member ID Number and Name as the “LEAD”. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY There should be only one entry on an “Individual” 7030 Report.

30. Section V – Remarks Enter any notes or remarks that you feel will clarify your report. INDIVIDUAL ATON Getting AUXDATA credit for INDIVIDUAL ATON ACTIVITY

31. Heading Data Resource Type Start Time End Time Mission Code An Activity Member ID and Name

32. Forward to your FSO-IS Officer within 15 days of the time that your activity was performed. l

33. Do you have any questions about how to get credit for your INDIVIDUAL ATON activity? Your FSO-IS to your SO-IS To whom do you send your ANSC-7030 reports?

34. Finis

35. You have 20 minutes to: Complete Task 3-5 – h, i, and j. Prepare ANSC 7030 Reports on pages 132 to 135.