U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett holds change of command ceremony

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 05/27/2025 05:00 PM EDT

united states coast guard 

News Release  

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

 

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett holds change of command ceremony
05/27/2025 04:37 PM EDT

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) held a change of command ceremony, Friday, on Coast Guard Base Honolulu. Vice Adm. Andrew Tiongson, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony in which Capt. Brian Whisler relieved Capt. Matthew Rooney as Midgett’s commanding officer.
Capt. Brian Whisler, commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) salutes during the change of command ceremony in Honolulu, May 23, 2025. Commissioned in 2019, Midgett is named after the Midgett family and is one of two Coast Guard legend-class National Security Cutters homeported in Honolulu. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ens. Harlan Brady).