Staff Officers
To carry out the Auxiliary program, DCPs and FCs may appoint flotilla and division staff officers. The DCO may appoint district staff officers. A staff officer at the flotilla level is abbreviated FSO; at the division level, SO; and at the District level, DSO. Thus, the SO-CS is the Division Communications Services officer.
The list of staff officers, with their official abbreviations, is:
- Aviation (AV) (district level only)
- Communications (CM)
- Communication Services (CS)
- Finance (FN)
- Flight Safety Officer (DFSO) (district level only)
- Human Resources (HR)
- Information and Communication Services (IS)
- Legal/Parliamentarian (LP) (district level only)
- Recreational Boating Safety Visitation Program (PV)
- Marine Safety and Environmental Protection (MS)
- Marketing and Public Affairs (PA)
- Materials (MA)
- Member Training (MT)
- Navigation Systems (NS)
- Operations (OP)
- Public Education (PE)
- Publications (PB)
- Secretary/Records (SR)
- Vessel Examination (VE)
Read more about this topic: United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Leadership and Staffing
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