ALAUX 034/20 - TERMINATION OF ADOBE FLASH PLAYER SERVICE IN 2020

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 12/07/2020 07:59 AM EST

united states coast guard

07 DEC 2020

FM:  CHDIRAUX

TO:  ALAUX

ALAUX 034/20

 

Subj:  TERMINATION OF ADOBE FLASH PLAYER SERVICE IN 2020

 

 

1.  Adobe Flash Player is a computer software that has been used for many years in the development of multimedia tools that contain rich Internet applications and streaming audio and video.  It has been popularly applied to the creation of many Coast Guard and Auxiliary training tools like online courses and slide presentations.  Unfortunately, Adobe Flash Player will become obsolete by the end of 2020.  The ability to run Adobe Flash Player in Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, and other browsers will be removed across all supported versions of Microsoft Windows.  In effect, users will no longer have any ability to enable or run Adobe Flash Player, and Coast Guard files that leverage it will be rendered inoperable by December 28, 2020.

 

2.  Due to this impending loss of Adobe Flash Player, several Coast Guard and Auxiliary courses that are normally available through the Auxiliary Learning Management System (AUXLMS) have either already become unavailable or will no longer be available after December 28, 2020.  Even if these AUXLMS courses are relocated elsewhere (e.g., to the Auxiliary Online Classroom), they will still be rendered inoperable by the loss of Adobe Flash Player.  The following table summarizes the status of several courses of interest to Auxiliarists:

 

 

Course Number and Name of Course

Location in AUXLMS

Is It Available Now?

Will It be Available After December 28, 2020?

1

Auxiliary Fingerprint Technician / Citizenship Verifier

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

No

2

Auxiliary Flotilla Leadership Course

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

No

3

502306 - Ethics I (Auxiliary Core Training course)

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

Yes

4

502319 – Civil Rights Awareness (Auxiliary Core Training course)

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

No

5

502379 – Workforce Resilience (Auxiliary Core Training course)

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

Yes

6

810000 – Sexual Harassment Prevention (Auxiliary Core Training course)

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

Yes

7

810015 – Privacy at DHS (Auxiliary Core Training course)

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

Yes

8

810030 – Security Fundamentals (Auxiliary Core Training course)

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

Yes

9

100202 – Introduction to Risk Management

Auxiliary Catalog

No

No

10

500997 – IS-700.A Introduction to NIMS

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

No

11

501375 - IS-100.B Introduction to ICS

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

No

12

502325  - ICS-210

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

No

13

100293 – Blood Borne Pathogens

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

No

14

501538 – Emergency Response First Responder Awareness

Auxiliary Catalog

Yes

Yes

15

502258 – Auxiliary Uninspected Passenger Vessel Examiner PQS

Coast Guard Catalog

No

No

16

500320 – Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Examiner

Coast Guard Catalog

Yes

No

17

502829 – Federal Cyber Awareness Challenge

Coast Guard Catalog

No

No

18

502290 – Influenza Training

Coast Guard Catalog

Yes (but no content)

No

 

3.  Efforts have been initiated to convert Coast Guard and Auxiliary courses from their current versions to operable versions that do not rely upon Adobe Flash Player.  However, these conversions are not expected to be completed until February-March 2021.  Auxiliarists are therefore strongly encouraged to complete online course work by December 28, 2020 if it involves courses that will no longer be available by that date.

 

4.  Internet release is authorized. 

 

If you have a question regarding this ALAUX, please seek resolution within your Chain of Leadership and Management (COLM) including up to your servicing District Director of Auxiliary (DIRAUX). If your question still cannot be resolved after that, then please email CGAUX@uscg.mil.