ALCOAST 294/22 - AUG 2022 2021 AUXILIARIST OF THE YEAR

R 091313Z AUG 22 MID600052176766U
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCOAST
BT
UNCLAS
ALCOAST 294/22
SSIC 16790
SUBJ: 2021 AUXILIARIST OF THE YEAR
1. I am pleased to announce the selection of Commodore Douglas S.
Cream of Ninth District-Eastern Region (D9-ER), Flotilla 33 in
Buffalo, New York as the 2021 Auxiliarist of the Year.
2. Commodore Cream enrolled in the Auxiliary in May 2002. He
immediately integrated into the organization by holding many
flotilla, division, district, and national leadership positions
including Vice Flotilla Commander, Division Staff Officer for
Operations, District Staff Officer for Legal Parliamentarian, and
Assistant National Commodore Chief Counsel. During the past year,
Commodore Cream provided invaluable legal consultation and advice to
Auxiliary leadership and the Coast Guard's Staff Judge Advocate on a
remarkably diverse range of topics. A consummate shipmate, he
leveraged his extensive legal expertise to assist the Mariner
Credential Fraud Task Force (MCF-TF). Applying crucial insight and
tenacious determination, he incisively analyzed volumes of complex
jurisdictional reviews and prepared comprehensive briefs to Coast
Guard leadership on nuanced legal decisions. His contributions were
instrumental to the Task Force's successful achievement of
unprecedented enforcement goals and enhanced deterrence of future
mariner credential fraud. He supervised the 16 Auxiliary District
Staff Officer Legal Parliamentarians, ensuring they provided all
Auxiliary regions with timely and accurate legal counsel. Exercising
utmost devotion to duty, he sustained extensive activity as an
Auxiliary Qualification Examiner, Coxswain, Team Coordination
Training Facilitator, Station Buffalo Auxiliary Unit Coordinator,
and Sector Buffalo's Auxiliary Sector Coordinator.
3. Commodore Cream was also an active member of his local community.
Demonstrating a gracious and generous nature, he ensured his fellow
Auxiliarists were fully accommodated by regularly providing housing
for Auxiliary shipmates when visiting the D9-Eastern Region for
training and mission support. He also served as an ardent champion
and contributor to the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance program, and
provided extensive pro bono legal counsel to many Coast Guard
personnel.
4. I heartily applaud Commodore Cream's dedication to the Coast
Guard Auxiliary's success during the last year and for his numerous
and substantial contributions to the Coast Guard. He will be
formally recognized as the 2021 Auxiliarist of the Year at the
Auxiliary National Conference in Orlando, FL on August 20, 2022.
5. POC: LT Christopher Booth, COMDT (CG-BSX-1), at
Christopher.W.Booth@uscg.mil.
6. RDML Wayne Arguin, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy
(CG-5P), sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.