Hello from your 8ER Operations Training Officer, CWO Kenneth Scott Kahle. These series of pages are intended to provide you with a portal to everything you want to know about the 8ER Operations programs and to help keep our Auxiliary boat crews and aviators informed and ready for operations.

Start out by checking out the “What’s New” tab under each program to see the hot topics.

If you have any questions or recommendations for this site contact me at:                        Kenneth. S. Kahle@uscg.mil

 

 

 

  Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth Scott Kahle, of Jacksonville, Florida, enlisted in the Coast Guard in February of 1999. Upon completion of recruit training, he attended Quartermaster “A” School in Yorktown, Virginia and graduated in August of 1999. His first operational unit was the Coast Guard Cutter VALIANT (WMEC 621), home ported in Miami Beach, Florida.

  His subsequent tours of duty include: Operations Petty Officer of USCGC HAMMER (WLIC 75302), in Atlantic Beach, Florida; Executive Petty Officer of Aids to Navigation Team Jacksonville Beach, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida; Officer in Charge of Aids to Navigation Team Kenosha, in Kenosha, Wisconsin; Officer in Charge of Aids to Navigation Team Key West, in Key West, Florida; Officer in Charge of USCGC HAMMER (WLIC 75302), in Atlantic Beach, Florida; Commanding Officer of USCGC BUCKTHORN (WLI 642), in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan and the Aids to Navigation Officer of Sector Ohio Valley.

  CWO Kahle’s personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (with “O”
device), three Coast Guard Commendation Medals (with “O” device), three Coast Guard Achievement Medals (with “O” device), two Coast Guard Commandant’s Letter of Commendation Ribbons (with “O” device), five Coast Guard Good Conduct Awards and the Coast Guard Basic Training Honor Graduate Ribbon.

  He has earned a permanent Cutterman insignia, and Advance Boat Forces Operations insignia.

 What's New in Surface Operations

Updated Surface Operations Forms (under QE Corner)

Surface Operations Evaluation Sheets (under QE Corner)

Currency Maintenance Trackers (under QE Corner) 

Local Notice to Mariners