Buffalo, N.Y. — Coast Guard Station Buffalo, N.Y. is scheduled to hold a change-of-command ceremony at Station Buffalo, Wednesday at 11 a.m.
WHO: Senior Chief Petty Officer Dennis O’Connell, officer-in-charge Station Buffalo; Senior Chief Petty Officer Craig Allain, and Capt. Brian Roche, commander Coast Guard Sector Buffalo.
WHAT: O'Connell will will transfer the duties and responsibilities as the officer-in-charge of Station Buffalo to Allain during the ceremony, which Roche will serve as the presiding official.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 11 a.m.
WHERE: Coast Guard Station Buffalo
1 Fuhrmann Blvd.
Buffalo, N.Y. 14203
Upon relief of command, O’Connell will transfer to his next duty station in Boston as the team leader for the Coast Guard 1st District Aids to Navigation Training Team. Allain takes command of Station Buffalo after serving as the executive petty officer of Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, Fla.
The change-of-command ceremony is a time-honored naval tradition that formally acknowledges the transfer of responsibility, authority and accountability from one individual to another.
The Coast Guard is a multi-mission, maritime military service and is part of the Department of Homeland Security. It is unique among federal agencies in that it is at all times an armed service, while also a humanitarian, regulatory, law enforcement, environmental, and emergency management agency.
Editor’s Note: Media interested in attending should contact Lt. Thomas Pequignot, at 716-843-9317 or Thomas.T.Pequignot@uscg.mil.