Media Advisory: Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, Wash., to hold change-of-command ceremony

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Media Advisory  

June 19, 2018
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station/SFO Port Angeles
Lt. j.g. Kelcey Smith
Phone: 360-417-5841
Email: kelcey.l.smith@uscg.mil

Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles to hold change-of-command ceremony 

PORT ANGELES, Wash.  Members of the media are invited to attend the Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles change-of-command ceremony, Friday.

Cmdr. Michael S. Jackson will relieve Capt. Mark E. Hiigel as commanding officer and Hiigel will transfer to Coast Guard 1st District in Boston, Mass., where he will serve as the incident management branch chief for the district.

Rear Adm. David G. Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, will preside over the ceremony.

WHO:  Capt. Mark E. Hiigel, commanding officer, Air Station/SFO Port Angeles
  Cmdr. Michael S. Jackson, prospective commanding officer, Air Station/SFO PortAngeles
WHAT:  Change-of-command ceremony
WHEN:  11 a.m., Friday, June 22, 2018. Media should plan to arrive by 10:30 a.m.
WHERE:  Air Station/SFO Port Angeles
  1 Ediz Hook Rd.
  Port Angeles, WA 98363


*Media interested in attending should contact Lt. j.g. Kelcey Smith at 360-417-5841 or kelcey.l.smith@uscg.mil prior to June 20, 2018. 

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