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Hiawatha Division 2 U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary - Eighth Western Rivers Region The Division 2 Mighty Mites in Action  |
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| Deke Slayton Airfest 2005 June 17-19 – La Crosse, Wisconsin Airport Deanne Romaine (right) really appreciates the shade under the bimini top of husband Tom's new facility which replaced his Airfest is always held during the three or four hottest June days, requiring crews to be under way up to six hours a day, with maybe one break. [Photo by Tom Romaine, Division 2 Staff Officer–Operations.] |
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Deke Slayton Airfest 2004 |
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| June 10-13, 2004 -- (Upper right) Boat crews mustered each morning for assignments. Teams included Coast Guard Auxiliary, La Crosse Dive Rescue, Campbell Fire Department, Wisconsin DNR and La Crosse County Sheriff. (Left) Jim Bertram, Bill Damerel and Deanne Romaine aboard Auxiliary facility. (Lower Right) Before you hear them arrive, the U.S. Navy Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornets are gone!! (Look behind you, Jim!) [Photos by Tom Romaine, Division 2 Staff Officer–Operations.] | ||
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| Tom Romaine (left), Division 2 Staff Officer–Operations and Nick Bray (right), USCGR Saint Paul, aboard Tom's facility at Riverfest 2002, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 2 July 2002. [Photos by Nick Bray and Tom Romaine.] | ||
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| During Winona Steamboat Days on 23 June 2002, John Forrette, 2002 Division Captain, Division 2 and Jim Bertram (left) rig patrol signs and perform a pre-underway check in preparation for the fireworks show later that evening while (right) LCDR Dave Pleasants, USCGR, and Nick Bray, USCGR, plan the safety zone for the evening's fireworks show. [Photos by Tom Romaine, Division 2 Staff Officer–Operations.] | ||