USA grad takes CG command

PADUCAH, Ky. - Cmdr. Mark Sawyer, a former Mobile, Ala.-based coast guardsman and University of South Alabama graduate, relieved Capt. Rob McLellan as commanding officer of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah in an official change-of-command ceremony June 30. Marine Safety Unit Paducah oversees CG commercial vessel safety, port safety and security, and marine environmental protection across parts of the Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers. (Source: CG 8th District 07/01/15)