Cutters to Pensacola hailed

Northwest Florida leaders are hailing the Coast Guard’s decision to relocate two medium-endurance cutters, Decisive and Dauntless, from other ports on the Gulf Coast to the CG station aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. The two vessels will join the cutter Cypress, already stationed at NASP. Doug Underhill, chairman of the Escambia County Commission, said the move is a good sign for ongoing efforts to revitalize the base's deep-water port (initially designed for a Navy aircraft carrier aviation trainer). "If you look at the work of the Coast Guard, they need to cover the entire coastline and we are a secure, deep-water port right in the middle of that coastline. It makes sense," Underhill said. (Source: Pensacola News Journal 06/25/17)