Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak Holds Change of Command

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/30/2017 11:44 AM EDT

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June 30, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 1st District PA Detachment New York
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Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak Holds Change of Command

NEW YORK - Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Paul Windt (left) salutes Lt. Keith Blevins (right) during the Sitkinak’s change-of-command ceremony in Bayonne, New Jersey, June 29, 2017. Capt. Michael Day (center), commander Coast Guard Sector New York, presided over the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier) NEW YORK - Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Paul Windt (left) stands with Lt. Keith Blevins (right) during the Sitkinak’s change-of-command ceremony in Bayonne, New Jersey, June 29, 2017. Capt. Michael Day (center), commander Coast Guard Sector New York, presided over the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier) NEW YORK - Coast Guard Capt. Michael Day (left), commander Coast Guard Sector New York, stands with Lt. Cmdr. Paul Windt and his wife during the Sitkinak’s change-of-command ceremony in Bayonne, New Jersey, June 29, 2017. The Sitkinak is a 110-foot Island Class Patrol Boat and has a complement that includes two officers and 15 enlisted. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier)

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NEW YORK - Coast Guard Lt. Keith Blevins relieved Lt. Cmdr. Paul Windt as the Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak during a change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team-New York, Thursday.

Capt. Michael Day, commander Coast Guard Sector New York, presided over the ceremony.

Windt will report to Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to the office of Law Enforcement.

Blevins was previously assigned to Coast Guard Cutter Aquidneck, a 110-foot Patrol Boat currently homeported in Manama, Bahrain.

The change of command ceremony is a formal ritual conducted before the assembled company of the command. It conveys to officers and enlisted personnel of the cutter that although the authority of command is relinquished by one person and assumed by another, it is still maintained without interruption.

The Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak is a 110-foot Island Class Patrol Boat homeported in Bayonne, New Jersey. The ships complement includes two officers and 15 enlisted. 

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