Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet to hold change of command ceremony in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.

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Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet to hold change of command ceremony in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.

POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (Jan. 5, 2006) A Coast Guard rescue crew from Station Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant NJ return from training Jan. 05, 2006. USCG photo by PAC Tom Sperduto

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Point Pleasant, N.J. - Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Paul Ashley will relieve Chief Warrant Officer Michael Kristiansen as commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., during an official change of command ceremony to be held at the station, Tuesday.

The time-honored change of command ceremony will be presided over by Capt. Scott Anderson, commander of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay.

Ashley, a Point Pleasant native, most recently served as commanding officer at Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light on Long Beach Island, N.J., and has served more than 20 years in the tri-state region across New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. 

“Back to back command assignments are rare opportunities reserved for the most highly capable and professional service members,” said Lt. Cmdr. Fredrick Pugh, station supervisor and chief of incident management at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay. “Chief Warrant Officer Ashley’s experience in the area and professionalism will lead the station to success in executing its search and rescue and law enforcement missions.”

Kristiansen will be assigned to the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron where he will operate training boats for the helicopters responsible for the Coast Guard’s drug interdiction mission in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean ocean. 

Station Manasquan Inlet is responsible for conducting maritime search and rescue, law enforcement, and natural resource protection from Long Branch down to Seaside Heights and the inland waters of Shark River Inlet, Manasquan Inlet, and all navigable waters of Barnegat Bay south to Toms River. 

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