Photo Release: Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor holds change-of-command ceremony

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/28/2017 10:19 PM EDT

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News Release   June 28, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest
Contact: 13th District Public Affairs
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Photo Release: Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor holds change-of-command ceremony
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Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, listens to Cmdr. Michael Schoonover, the out-going commanding officer of Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, speak during a change-of-command ceremony held at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017. The MFPU was the first unit Throop, who presided over the ceremony, visited after he assumed command of the 13th district in May. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, listens to Cmdr. Michael Schoonover, the out-going commanding officer of Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, speak during a change-of-command ceremony held at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017.

The MFPU was the first unit Throop, who presided over the ceremony, visited after he assumed command of the 13th district in May.

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

Cmdr. Michael Schoonover (left), former commanding officer of Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, and Cmdr. Thomas Evans (center), commanding officer of the MFPU, stand with Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, after Evans relieved Schoonover in a ceremony held at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017. Schoonover took command of the MFPU in 2014, a role in which he was responsible for employing the law enforcement authority and jurisdiction of the Coast Guard to enforce a moving security zone for naval submarines transiting the Puget Sound. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
Cmdr. Michael Schoonover (left), former commanding officer of Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, and Cmdr. Thomas Evans (center), commanding officer of the MFPU, stand with Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, after Evans relieved Schoonover in a ceremony held at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017.

Schoonover took command of the MFPU in 2014, a role in which he was responsible for employing the law enforcement authority and jurisdiction of the Coast Guard to enforce a moving security zone for naval submarines transiting the Puget Sound.

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

Capt. John Swanson (right), chaplain, Coast Guard Pacific Area, delivers the benediction as Rear Adm. David Throop left), commander, Coast Guard 13th District, Cmdr. Thomas Evans, commanding officer, Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, and Cmdr. Michael Schoonover, former commanding officer, MFPU Bangor, bow their heads during a change-of-command ceremony held at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017. MFPU Bangor is one of two units, as part of an agreement between the Coast Guard and Navy, that were established in 2006 to provide security for Navy Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines as their crews transit between their homeport and a designated dive/surface point. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
Capt. John Swanson (right), chaplain, Coast Guard Pacific Area, delivers the benediction as Rear Adm. David Throop left), commander, Coast Guard 13th District, Cmdr. Thomas Evans, commanding officer, Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, and Cmdr. Michael Schoonover, former commanding officer, MFPU Bangor, bow their heads during a change-of-command ceremony held at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017.

MFPU Bangor is one of two units, as part of an agreement between the Coast Guard and Navy, that were established in 2006 to provide security for Navy Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines as their crews transit between their homeport and a designated dive/surface point.

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

Rear Adm. David Throop(left), commander, Coast Guard 13th District, Cmdr. Thomas Evans, commanding officer, Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, and Cmdr. Michael Schoonover, former commanding officer, MFPU Bangor, stand after a change-of-command ceremony took place at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017. Evans reported from Coast Guard Pacific Area, where he served as the Deployable Specialized Forces section chief. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
Rear Adm. David Throop(left), commander, Coast Guard 13th District, Cmdr. Thomas Evans, commanding officer, Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, and Cmdr. Michael Schoonover, former commanding officer, MFPU Bangor, stand after a change-of-command ceremony took place at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017.

Evans reported from Coast Guard Pacific Area, where he served as the Deployable Specialized Forces section chief.

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

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