Ken joined the Auxiliary in July of 1988. He transferred to Air Station Caldwell from Division 4 in 2006. Ken has been teaching Auxiliary Boating Safety courses for twenty years, and also holds AUXOP and Aircrew qualifications. He earned his Pilot's license in 2006, his Instrument Rating in 2007, and is currently working towards a Commercial Pilot rating.

In civilian life, Ken manages a software development group for Automatic Data Processing (ADP), in Roseland, NJ.

Fred Simmons has been a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since January, 2004. Fred has been retired from the hospitality industry since 2000. He has been a pilot for the last 33 years accumulating several ratings, including commercial, instrument, single land and sea, multi land and sea, glider and helicopter. As an auxiliarist, Fred is an Air Craft Commander having flown over a thousand hours of operation. Fred has held several positions in the organization including FSO-PA, FSO-PS, Division Chairman of Aviation, ADSO-SP and recently elected Vice Commander of Flotilla 10-20. Fred has been a long time resident of Lake Hiawatha.