Media Advisory: Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi to host building dedication ceremony

News Release

Feb. 23, 2018 U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas Contact: Lt.j.g. Jennae Steinmiller After Hours: (361) 438-0176

Media Advisory: Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi to host building dedication ceremony

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi is scheduled to host a building dedication ceremony Friday, March 2, 2018.

Who: Adm. Paul Zukunft, commandant, United States Coast Guard, Rear Adm. Paul Thomas, commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, Capt. Tony Hahn, commander, Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi.

What: The Coast Guard is inviting media to attend the building dedication ceremony for Valent Hall, Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi.

Where: 249 West Glasson Dr., Corpus Christi, Texas 78406

When: Friday, March 2, 2018 at 10 a.m.

Media interested in attending are requested to arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. and should RSVP by Feb. 28 by calling Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi Public Affairs at 361-438-0176.

Valent Hall, Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi, is named after Chief Boatswain's Mate Pablo Valent, who was born in Corpus Christi and spent the majority of his service at the Brazos (Port Isabel) Coast Guard Station. He was the recipient of the Coast Guard's Silver Lifesaving Medal following the heroic rescue on Sept. 16, 1919 of the eight-man crew of Cape Horn, a schooner that capsized during the deadly hurricane of September 1919. In 1935 he became the commander of the Port Isabel Coast Guard Station, making him the first Hispanic-American to command a boat station.

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