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When Flotilla 8-3 of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary was activated to support Hurricane Helene cleanup efforts on Claytor Lake, 13 Virginia Tech students, primarily from the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets’ Citizen-Leader Track, responded. As members of the Auxiliary’s Flotilla 8-3, they are working 8-hour shifts each day with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM), and local first responders to help stabilize the disaster area. The students constitute a majority of the locally trained members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla and have been serving on boat crews to remove hazards to navigation and recover property from the lake. The corps’ Citizen-Leader Track provides an opportunity for cadets to be members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary through the Virginia Tech Coast Guard Auxiliary University Program, which was established as a corps organization last spring.