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*Correction* PHOTO RELEASE: Sector Houston-Galveston holds groundbreaking ceremony
**The date of the ceremony was January 31, not January 30 as mentioned previously.
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HOUSTON - Rear Adm. Roy Nash, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, joins with Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston and Ellington Field Task Force members, as well as representatives of Mortenson's Federal Contracting Group to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Sector's new building at Ellington Field January 31, 2012. The new building is to be completed in 2013. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Prentice Danner. |
HOUSTON - Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility at Ellington Field, Tuesday.
Sector Houston-Galveston is currently located at a 7-acre site on the Houston Ship Channel in Galena Park. A planning proposal completed in August 2008 recommended the relocation of the unit to Ellington Field.
“The facility will be more efficient, provide better working conditions for our personnel and be less vulnerable to heavy weather conditions,” said Capt. James Whitehead, commander of Sector Houston-Galveston.
More of these images can be found here:
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1521499
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1521496
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1521488
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