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Date: Aug. 10, 2004 Contact: LT Samuel Kasten |
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USCG GROUP/MARINE SAFETY OFFICE SAULT STE. MARIE CHANGE OF COMMAND SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - After 26 years of service in the Coast Guard, including four years of service as the Commander of Coast Guard Group/Marine Safety Office Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Captain C. Scott Gordon will retire and relinquish his command to Captain E. Quain Kahler in a retirement/change of command ceremony to be held at 11 a.m. in Brady Park, Sault Ste. Marie on Friday, August 13. Some 316 guests, including representatives of Federal, State, and local agencies from Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota will attend Coast Guard Group/MSO Sault Ste. Marie's change of command ceremony. Representatives from Canadian national, provincial, and local agencies will also be in attendance. Rear Admiral Robert J. Papp Jr., Commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District, which includes all Coast Guard operations on the Great Lakes, will preside over the ceremony. The change of command ceremony is a time honored naval tradition, which transfers total responsibility from one individual to another. The assembly of the Group/MSO staff, an 11-gun salute, and comments from Captain Gordon, Captain Kahler, and Rear Admiral Papp will mark the ceremony. The CGC HOLLYHOCK and the CGC BISCAYNE BAY will be present as backdrops for the ceremony. For more information regarding Captain Gordon's retirement ceremony and the Group/Marine Safety Office Sault Ste. Marie change of command please contact LT Sam Kasten at (906) 635-3227. ###
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