Sector Houston – Galveston
Sector Houston-Galveston has an AOR that starts just East of Lake Charles, LA at 92.37W and continues West to the East bank of the Colorado River, then North to Amarillo and the Oklahoma border and then East to the Tyler, Texas area. The Sector has three chemical and petroleum ports, two of which are among the busiest, and largest, in the United States. There are two LNG plants and one Military Load out location also located in the Sector. The Houston/Galveston area also includes two container terminals and two Cruse Ship terminals.
The Sector includes, besides the HQ Office, one MSO, one MSU, one Sector Field Office, two ANT Teams, three Stations, one Boat House (located at HQ), four 87’ Cutters, Air Station Ellington, and three Auxiliary Divisions. SFO Galveston is also Home Port for a 175’ Buoy Tender (a D8 asset) and one 210’ Cutter (a LANT Area asset).
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Military Background prior to the Auxiliary
I was raised as a Military Brat (Dad was career Air Force) and I joined the Air Force after graduation from High School at a Military Dependents High School in London, England. I served 8 years as a Crypto Operator before taking my discharge in 1963. I took Basic Training at Sampson AFB, NY, Tech Schools at F. E. Warren AFB, WY and Scott AFB, IL. I was Stationed State Side at McCullen AFB, CA and Castle AFB, CA and did two overseas tours. Of my two overseas tours, the last was one of the most interesting and rewarding. Of the two years I was stationed at Clark AFB in the Philippines I was only on the base a total of 54 days, the rest of the time was spent TDY all over the Far East participating in some very interesting operations. Most of these were classified, some still are, and even to this day I am not allowed to discuss them. The one drawback to being a Crypto Operator was that because of security we were not allowed to talk to anyone about what we did. If asked we were only allowed to say that we were
in communications and if pressed for specifics were told to say we were TTY operators. |
