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- Food onboard a Cutter,

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it's extremely important.

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Having a good culinary
specialist onboard a Cutter

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makes or breaks a crew's morale.

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And around this patrol

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where it's short culinary specialists,

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so we reached out to the
Coast Guard Auxiliary

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and they sent out Miss Anne Wright.

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- Someone told me about the Coast Guard

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and I went to a meeting,
fell in love with it,

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and I've been doing it ever since.

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My name is Anne Wright.

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I'm with the flotilla in Canton, Michigan.

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18-11,

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District 9CR.

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And I'm just newly elected
the Flotilla Commander.

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I've been doing food service
for a little over a year

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and I've been in AUXAIR

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since I started the Auxiliary

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in February of 16.

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I joined because I've been looking

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for some place to contribute.

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And the Coast Guard
seemed to be the best bet.

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- Anne Wright volunteered
to come on board,

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not only cook for the crew,
improve the crew's morale,

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but also she was part of
a search and rescue case

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where we found a woman floating
in the water after 14 hours

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and a counter drug case,
where we gotta go fast,

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with over 12 hundred kilos of cocaine

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and three suspected drug smugglers.

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- The Coast Guard kept asking for help

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with food service and watchstanders

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and I met somebody at Station Belle Isle

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while I was training for watchstander

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and he talked about cruising
with the Coast Guard

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and I said, "I think that sounds so cool!"

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So that's why I got into food service

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and it's turned into a
full time job. (laughs)

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- Things are moving in the galley,

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the Cutter's moving
around, and with all that,

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the cook has to be on
time with a good meal.

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But Miss Anne Wright was
extremely successful doing that.

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When we're doing boardings

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she would prepare meals to
take to our boarding team

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so that they were fed while

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they were doing their boardings.

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She was just amazing onboard Tezanos.

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The Coast Guard Auxiliary
does tremendous things

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for the Coast Guard.

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It's a all volunteer force

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and they do everything from
cooking onboard Cutters,

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like Miss Anne Wright did,

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to supporting stations and air stations.

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We are truly, truly appreciative

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of our entire Coast Guard Auxiliary Force.

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- So, being in the galley here

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is supporting my Coast Guard. (laughs)

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