Thursday, July 7, 2016

CG NOLA change of command

NEW ORLEANS - Capt. Phillip C. Schifflin will transfer command of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans to Capt. Wayne R. Arguin during a change-of-command ceremony July 8 at the Julia Street Cruise Ship Terminal. Arguin has been serving as Deputy Sector Commander of Sector New Orleans. Among Schifflin's operational tours include serving as Response Department Head at Sector Mobile, Ala., from 2008-11. During the tour, he also served as operations section chief in the Mobile Incident Command Post during the Deepwater Horizon response efforts. (Source: Coast Guard 07/07/16)