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Date: July 30, 2010

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Coast Guard Gulf Region Fisheries Training Center changes command

NEW ORLEANS – Lt. Cliff Beard (left) salutes Lt. Benjamin Krebs (right) signifying Beard passing command to Krebs, during a change-of-command ceremony for the Gulf Region Fisheries Training Center (GRFTC), July 30, 2010. Since its commissioning in 1994, GRFTC has been the primary training site to train Coast Guard boarding officers and boarding team members on living marine resources throughout the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.

NEW ORLEANS – Lt. Cliff Beard (left) salutes Lt. Benjamin Krebs (right) signifying Beard passing command to Krebs, during a change-of-command ceremony for the Gulf Region Fisheries Training Center (GRFTC), July 30, 2010. Since its commissioning in 1994, GRFTC has been the primary training site to train Coast Guard boarding officers and boarding team members on living marine resources throughout the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.
NEW ORLEANS – Lt. Cliff Beard shakes hands with Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Jarvis during a change-of command ceremony for the Gulf Region Fisheries Training Center (GRFTC), July 30, 2010. Beard was relieved of command by Lt. Benjamin Krebs to assume command of GRFTC, which is the primary training site to train Coast Guard boarding officers and boarding team members on living marine resources throughout the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.

NEW ORLEANS – Lt. Cliff Beard shakes hands with Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Jarvis during a change-of-command ceremony for the Gulf Region Fisheries Training Center (GRFTC), July 30, 2010. Beard was relieved of command by Lt. Benjamin Krebs who will assume command of GRFTC, which is the primary training site to train Coast Guard boarding officers and boarding team members on living marine resources throughout the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.
NEW ORLEANS – Lt. Cliff Beard (left) receives a Coast Guard Commendation Medal from Capt. Pete Troedsson, Eighth Coast Guard District chief of staff, during a change of command at the Gulf Region Fisheries Training Center (GRFTC), July 30, 2010. Since its commissioning in 1994, GRFTC has been the primary training site to train Coast Guard boarding officers and boarding team members on living marine resources throughout the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.

NEW ORLEANS – Lt. Cliff Beard (left) receives a Coast Guard Commendation Medal from Capt. Pete Troedsson, Eighth Coast Guard District chief of staff, during a change-of-command ceremony at the Gulf Region Fisheries Training Center (GRFTC), July 30, 2010. Since its commissioning in 1994, GRFTC has been the primary training site to train Coast Guard boarding officers and boarding team members on living marine resources throughout the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.

 

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