. Administrative Support to the CG.
Auxiliarists are authorized assignment to duty to assist and to augment administrative functions of any CG unit.

. Aids to Navigation (ATON).
Qualified Auxiliarists and their facilities are authorized assignment to duty to support and to augment the CG's ATON Program in prescribed phases. This area includes verifying position and characteristics of private aids to navigation (PATON), after qualifying as an aid verifier. Members assist and support ATON units in servicing federal aids after receiving proper CG training. ATON units also help the National Ocean Service (NOS) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in updating nautical and aeronautical charts plus specific publications.

. Bridge Administration.
Qualified Auxiliarists and their facilities are authorized assignment to duty to support and to augment bridge surveys, to investigate and to provide information regarding waterways safety and navigation situations pertaining to the bridge program, and to provide direct assistance and support to bridge program staff and other CG personnel in the Bridge Administration Program.

. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Support.
Qualified Auxiliarists and their facilities may be authorized assignment to assist the Civil Air Patrol in conducting authorized joint CG-CAP missions.

. Contingency Preparedness.
Qualified Auxiliarists and their facilities are authorized to provide platforms and personnel for defense and nondefense exercises. Auxiliarists and their operational facilities may also provide support as unarmed opposition forces (OPFOR) and gather information and data for contingency plans. Qualified Auxiliarists are authorized to develop plans and to support contingency response operations for disasters and lesser incidents.

. Licensing of Merchant Mariners.
Qualified Auxiliarists are authorized to be assigned to duty to administer merchant mariner license and document examinations, to conduct oversight of approved maritime training courses, and to provide administrative support for the marine licensing program at the local level.

. Marine Safety and Environmental Protection (MSEP).
Qualified Auxiliarists and their facilities are authorized assignment to duty to assist the marine safety and environmental protection program. Auxiliarists may provide facilities (i.e., planes, boats, and radios) and personnel for public education, for support of pollution prevention activities, and for environmental disaster relief operations, and other assistance, as needed, to CG Marine Safety Offices.

. Operational Support to the Coast Guard (OPS).
Qualified Auxiliarists and their facilities are authorized assignment to duty to support all CG operational units. Auxiliarists must be qualified per current CG manual and directive provisions, and must serve under the active duty unit commander's direction.

. Port Safety And Security (PS&S).
Qualified Auxiliarists and their facilities are authorized assignment to duty to support the Port Safety and Security Program. Auxiliarists may provide facilities and unarmed personnel for surveillance and reporting, harbor and anchorage patrols, assistance to CG forces in safety and security zone enforcement, support for vessel boardings, performing port facility and vessel verification visits, aircraft over flights, augmenting CG crews, and providing additional administrative support.

. Public Affairs Support (PA).
Auxiliarists are authorized for assignment to duty to support both CG and Auxiliary public affairs program.

. Recreational Boating Safety (RBS).
Qualified Auxiliarists and their facilities may be assigned to duty to support the recreational boating safety program, to do recreational vessel safety checks (VSCs), and to participate in State Liaison Programs (AUXSLO), in boat shows, and National Safe Boating Week (NSBW) activities. The Recreational Boating Safety Visitation Program provides boating safety information to marine dealers and customers. The public education (PE) classes are our best prevention of boating accidents.

. Recruiting.
Auxiliarists may qualify and be assigned to duty as military recruiters to support the CG's recruiting program. This assignment includes qualification as a military recruiter, proctoring recruiting examinations, and administrative assistance to recruiting offices.

. Search and Rescue.
Qualified Auxiliarists and their facilities are authorized assignment to duty to assist in CG and states in support of search and rescue operations. These duties include search planning, search operations, and the conduct of rescues in navigable and sole state waters.

. Vessel Inspections.
Qualified Auxiliarists may be assigned to duty to assist the CG in the marine inspection mission, including supporting and assisting CG accident investigations, providing platforms for inspectors, conducting vessel inspections, providing remote area surveillance and response, conducting voluntary examinations of uninspected passenger vessels and commercial fishing vessels, and administrative support

. Waterways Management.
Qualified Auxiliarists are authorized to assist in CG waterways management mission areas by providing platforms and unarmed personnel for CG and other federal and state agencies, by providing information and input into the analysis process, and by providing other administrative and operational program support.

. Additional Programs.
The commandant may authorize additional Auxiliary programs. When specifically authorized by the commandant, Auxiliary programs and activities may become international, extending beyond the U.S. and its territories and possessions. The commandant must approve new nontraditional Auxiliary programs in advance.