Ex-ATC officer heads CG Upper Miss.

NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi held a change of command in St. Louis, Mo., on May 26. Outgoing commander, Capt. Scott A. Stoermer, transferred command to Capt. Richard M. Scott. The new commander is a Coast Guard Academy graduate. He also served at the CG Aviation Training Center (ATC) in Mobile, Ala., where he oversaw a full modernization of all CG aviation training programs; and selected as the 2012 Charles Swaringen Award recipient, noting leadership influence across the Coast Guard’s training system. Sector Upper Mississippi is responsible for CG operations across the Heartland, including all or parts of 11 states and 2,200-plus miles of commercially navigable waterways along the Upper Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois River basins. Capt. Stoermer was born at Fort Polk, La., and is an Army brat and second -generation military officer. (Source: Coast Guard 05/27/20)