comdtinst m16114.32c - U.S. Coast Guard

Appendix C – Glossary
TERM
Aids to
Navigation Team
(ANTS)
Alert Duty
AOPS/TMT
Auxiliary-
Operated Station
(small)
Boat Crew
Boat Crew
Examination
Board (BCEB)
Boat Forces Unit
Boat Outfit/
Stowage Plans
DEFINITION
An Aids to Navigation Team (ANTS) is a Coast Guard Facility with an
OPFAC, Command Cadre, and permanently assigned duty standers, unit
boat allowance, and equipment.
A person is on alert duty when engaged in underway operations or is on
SAR readiness standby, with a boat response time of 30 minutes or less.
Abstract of Operations/Training Management tool – allows the user to
compile daily AOPS data in a Coast guard centralized database accessed
through the web-based application. TMT enables the user to track boat
crew training, certification, and currency dates for both underway and
shore-side training.
An Auxiliary-Operated Station (small) is a Station (small) that relies
on auxiliary members for its primary duty section staffing for three or
more months a year. Auxiliary operated units may or may not have an
active duty Command Cadre (i.e., OIC).
Includes the Coxswain, Engineer, Boat Crew Members, and all other
personnel required onboard a boat acting in an official capacity.
A group of certified Boat Crew Members, consisting of experienced
Surfmen, Heavy Weather Coxswains, boat Coxswains, Engineers, and
Boat Crew Members, as applicable, selected by the unit Commander and
organized to examine and evaluate boat crew candidates. BCEB is
designated in writing.
Any Coast Guard unit with an OPFAC number, Command Cadre,
permanently assigned personnel that conduct missions with Coast Guard
boats.
The configuration requirements for standard boat outfits and equipment
stowage plans are set forth in the applicable specific boat type operator’s
handbook.
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