Multimedia release: Puget Sound-based Coast Guard units honor fallen shipmate

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 03/25/2017 11:55 PM EDT

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News Release   March 25, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest
Contact: 13th District Public Affairs
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Multimedia release: Puget Sound-based Coast Guard units honor fallen shipmate
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Coast Guard boat crews from Aids to Navigation Team Puget Sound, Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101 and Station Seattle string their boats together and participate in an at-sea wreath-laying ceremony in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Gill Jr. near Vashon Island, Wash., March 25, 2017. Also in attendance were former shipmates of Gills, their families, Master Chief Petty Officer Sean McPhilamy, 13th District, command master chief and gold badge, Master Chief Petty Officer Richard Evans, 13th District, silver badge, and Lt. Cdr. William Stewart, 13th District, chaplain. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

Coast Guard boat crews from Aids to Navigation Team Puget Sound, Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101 and Station Seattle string their boats together and participate in an at-sea wreath-laying ceremony in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Gill Jr. near Vashon Island, Wash., March 25, 2017.

Also in attendance were former shipmates of Gills, their families, Master Chief Petty Officer Sean McPhilamy, 13th District, command master chief and gold badge, Master Chief Petty Officer Richard Evans, 13th District, silver badge, and Lt. Cdr. William Stewart, 13th District, chaplain.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

 

Two boat crews aboard 25-Foot Response-Boat Smalls, from Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101 in Seattle, disembark Coast Guard Station Seattle to participate in an at-sea wreath-laying ceremony in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Gill Jr. near Vashon Island, March 25, 2017. Gill died after being ejected from a 25-Foot RB-S while conducting a Washington State Ferry escort on this day in 2007. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

Two boat crews aboard 25-Foot Response-Boat Smalls, from Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101 in Seattle, disembark Coast Guard Station Seattle to participate in an at-sea wreath-laying ceremony in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Gill Jr. near Vashon Island, March 25, 2017.

Gill died after being ejected from a 25-Foot RB-S while conducting a Washington State Ferry escort on this day in 2007.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

A boat crew and guests aboard a 64-foot Special Purpose Craft-Screening Vessel from Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit in Bangor, Wash., returns to Coast Guard Base Seattle after they participated in an at-sea wreath-laying ceremony near Vashon Island, March 25, 2017. The ceremony was conducted at the approximate location where Gill was fatally injured ten years ago. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

A boat crew and guests aboard a 64-foot Special Purpose Craft-Screening Vessel from Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit in Bangor, Wash., returns to Coast Guard Base Seattle after they participated in an at-sea wreath-laying ceremony near Vashon Island, March 25, 2017.

The ceremony was conducted at the approximate location where Gill was fatally injured ten years ago.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

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