Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge to hold change-of-command ceremony

WHO: U.S. Coast Guard

WHAT: U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge change-of-command ceremony

WHEN: Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 9 a.m.

WHERE: USS Kidd Veteran's Memorial and Museum
305 South River Rd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

BACKGROUND: Lt. Cmdr. Quincy L. Davis is scheduled to relieve Lt. Cmdr. Raymond J. Lechner in a formal change of command ceremony.

Lt. Cmdr. Davis arrives in Baton Rouge from Performance Technology Training Center at Yorktown, Va., where he served as the chief of analysis acquisition and evaluation branch. Lt. Cmdr. Lechner will depart Baton Rouge to become the chief of the tank vessel and offshore division, Marine Safety Center in Washington, D.C.

Capt. Edwin M. Stanton, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, is scheduled to be the presiding official for the ceremony.

The MSU's area includes more than 340 miles of waterways. In an average year, MSU Baton Rouge conducts approximately 1,000 vessel inspections and 100 foreign vessel boardings, inspects 99 bulk liquid facilities and nine dry bulk facilities, responds to approximately 300 pollution incidents, and investigates more than 200 marine casualties.

MEDIA NOTE: Media interested in attending the ceremony should contact Ensign Brian Dochtermann at (225) 298-5400 ext. 293 or Petty Officer Casey Ranel at (504) 671-2020 no later than Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 3 p.m.

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