MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard, partner agencies to conduct maritime security exercise in Brownsville, Texas

News Release

U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas Office: 281-464-4810 After Hours: 832-293-1293 PA Detachment Texas online newsroom

Coast Guard, partner agencies to conduct maritime security exercise in Brownsville, Texas

WHO: Coast Guard along with federal, state, and local response partners

WHAT: Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise Program tabletop exercise

WHEN: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 from 12:30-1 p.m.

WHERE: Port of Brownsville, auditorium of Keppel AmFELS, located at 20000 TX-48, Brownsville, Texas, 78521.

This event is not open to the public. Due to the sensitive nature of the exercise, unauthorized persons and media will not be permitted access during actual exercise play. Authorized media will have the opportunity to tour the exercise area, ask questions and conduct interviews.

Media members interested in attending should contact John Bray, Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi port security specialist, at 361-944-3253 or John.M.Bray@uscg.mil.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are scheduled to conduct an Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise Program (AMSTEP) tabletop exercise Wednesday in the Port of Brownsville.

During the exercise, federal, state and local officials around Brownsville and Cameron County will unite to test the South Texas Area Maritime Security Plan and respond to a notional transportation security incident in the Brownsville Ship Channel.

The AMSTEP program was born out of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The program focuses on building linkages between government and private sector entities to secure the nation's port facilities.

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