Media Availability : Coast Guard Pacific Area to hold change-of-command ceremony

Media Availability

June 29, 2021 U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Contact: Coast Guard Pacific Area Public Affairs D11-DG-M-PACAREA-PA@uscg.mil Pacific Area online newsroom

 

Coast Guard Pacific Area to hold change of command ceremony

WHO: Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl L. Schultz, Vice Adm. Michael F. McAllister and Rear Adm. Peter W. Gautier

WHAT: Coast Guard Pacific Area change-of-command ceremony

WHERE: Coast Guard Base Alameda, California, 94501

WHEN: Wednesday, June 30, 11 a.m.

 Editor’s note: Media interested in attending, please RSVP to D11-DG-M-PACAREA-PA@uscg.mil

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Command is scheduled to host a change-of-command ceremony Wednesday at Coast Guard Base Alameda.

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl L. Schultz is scheduled to preside over the ceremony, where Vice Adm. Michael F. McAllister will relieve Rear Adm. Peter W. Gautier as the Pacific Area commander.

Gautier has served as the acting Pacific Area commander since June 16 when he assumed command from Admiral Linda Fagan. Gautier will resume his role as deputy Pacific Area commander.

Since 2018, McAllister served as the Deputy Commandant for Mission Support at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he led a 17,000-person organization that delivers the systems and people that enable the U.S. Coast Guard to efficiently and effectively perform its operational missions. 

Pacific Area Command is the Coast Guard’s regional command element and force provider for maritime safety, security and stewardship throughout the Pacific. The command’s area of responsibility encompasses six continents, 71 countries and more than 74 million square miles of ocean.

The change of command ceremony is a historic military tradition. The event, which has remained unchanged for centuries, includes a reading of the command orders in the presence of all unit crew members to ensure continuity of command.

 

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