Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star to hold change of command
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony, Thursday at 10:00 a.m., aboard the cutter at Coast Guard Base Seattle.
Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray, Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, will preside over the ceremony where Capt. Matthew R. Walker will assume the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of Polar Star from Capt. George E. Pellissier.
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Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea holds change of command
SEATTLE – Capt. George E. Pellissier relieved Capt. David A. Vaughn of command of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea during a change-of-command ceremony, in Seattle, Friday, July 1, 2011 at 10:30 a.m.
The ceremony was held on board the Polar Sea, which is located at Coast Guard Base Seattle’s Pier 36.
Capt. Vaughn assumed command of the Polar Sea in June 2009. Under his command, Polar Sea conducted...
