Coast Guard Atlantic Area welcomes new acting commander

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Coast Guard Atlantic Area welcomes new acting commander

Coast Guard Vice Admiral Karl Schultz addresses the crowd Friday, May 18, 2018, during the Coast Guard Atlantic Area change of command ceremony at Training Center Yorktown, Virginia. During the ceremony, Schultz transferred command of Atlantic Area to Rear Adm. Scott A. Buschman. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll) Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft addresses the crowd Friday, May 18, 2018, during the Atlantic Area change of command ceremony at Training Center Yorktown, Virginia. The change of command ceremony marks a transfer of total responsibility and authority from one individual to another, and is a time-honored tradition, conducted before the assembled crew, as well as honored guests and dignitaries to formally demonstrate the continuity of the authority within a command. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)
Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown's color guard presents the colors Friday, May 18, 2018, during the change of command ceremony. The change of command ceremony marks a transfer of total responsibility and authority from one individual to another, and is atime-honored tradition, conducted before the assembled crew, as well as honored guests and dignitaries to formally demonstrate the continuity of the authority within a command. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll) Coast Guard Vice Adm. Karl Schultz, commander, Atlantic Area, left, salutes Rear Adm. Scott A. Buschman, right to signify the change of command of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Friday, May 18, 2018, during the unit’s change of command ceremony at Training Center Yorktown, Virginia. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft, center, presided over the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll) Coast Guard Rear Adm. Scott A. Buschman, addresses a crowd Friday, May 18, 2018, during the Coast Guard Atlantic Area change of command ceremony at Training Center Yorktown, Virginia. During the ceremony, Buschman assumed command of Atlantic Area from Vice Admiral Karl Schultz. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Dickinson)

 

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YORKTOWN, Va. — Rear Adm. Scott A. Buschman assumed duties as acting Coast Guard Atlantic Area commander and acting commander of Defense Force East Friday, during a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown.  

Buschman relieved Vice Adm. Karl L. Schultz who served as the Atlantic Area commander since Aug. 2016.

Before assuming the role of acting-commander of Atlantic Area, Buschman served as deputy commander of Atlantic Area since July 2017. He was responsible for all U.S. Coast Guard missions within a geographic region that spans the Rocky Mountains to the Arabian Gulf, and encompasses five Coast Guard Districts and 40 states. Buschman reported to Atlantic Area having recently served as commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District headquartered in Miami, Florida. As district commander, he was responsible for all Coast Guard operations in the Southeast United States and the Caribbean Basin including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A 1984 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Buschman, a native of Peterborough, New Hampshire, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy; a Masters of Public Administration from The George Washington University; and a Masters of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of the Sloan Fellows Program.

Schultz is scheduled to relieve Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, as the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant at a change-of-command ceremony on June 1, in Washington, D.C.

As acting Atlantic Area commander, Buschman is the operational commander for all U.S. Coast Guard forces east of the Rocky Mountains to the Arabian Gulf, from Canada to the Caribbean Sea, encompassing more than 14 million square miles of land, 42 states, and more than 4 million square miles of navigable water.

Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, U.S. Coast Guard commandant, presided over the ceremony. The change-of-command ceremony is a historic Coast Guard and Naval tradition. The event, which has remained unchanged for centuries, includes a reading of the command orders in the presence of all unit crew members.

 

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