U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton holds change-of-command ceremony

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton holds change-of-command ceremony
07/25/2025 05:39 PM EDT

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) held a change-of-command ceremony Tuesday at Base Honolulu. Rear Adm. Jeffrey Novak, deputy commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area and commander of the Coast Guard Southwest District, presided over the ceremony in which Capt. Dorothy Hernaez relieved Capt. Brian Krautler as Stratton’s commanding officer.
Capt. Dorothy Hernaez (left), Rear Adm. Jeffrey Novak (middle), and Capt. Brian Krautler (right) stand alongside each other on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) having completed the change of command ceremony while moored at Base Honolulu, July 22, 2025. Commissioned in 2012, Stratton is one of ten legend-class National Security Cutters and one of four homeported in Alameda, California. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Sarah Choe)