CAPT Barry Smith, then-Chief Director of the Auxiliary, and an Auxiliarist himself, wrote an article for the Summer 2006 Navigator.  See "Chain of Leadership" on the Chief Director's page: www.uscg.mil/auxiliary/administration/policy/col.asp

Also see the Auxiliary Manual, COMDINST M16790.1 (series), Chapter 1, Sec. C. for information about the chain of leadership and Management and the parallel staffing chain.

Reviewed and updated by DIR-U on 9 May 2017