Local Coast Guard crews prepare for 2013 Hurricane Season

Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick | Corpus Christi, Texas, based Coast Guard crews participate in a hurricane exercise at the Robstown Fairgrounds April 24, 2013, to ready themselves for the coming hurricane season. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)  

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

04.24.2013

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U.S. Coast Guard PADET Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Coast Guard held a hurricane exercise Wednesday, to ready themselves for the coming hurricane season, at the Robstown Fairgrounds in Robstown, Texas.

The exercise focused on initial response, planning, and execution during a hurricane and provided an opportunity to improve preparedness and practice command and control with Coast Guard men and women, including newly stationed members in South Texas.

“It’s important to test our contingency plans through training and exercises, so that everyone involved understand their responsibilities and can work together to respond to severe weather in South Texas,” said Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Allen, the Coast Guard planning section chief at the sector.

• Date Taken: 04.24.2013
• Date Posted: 04.30.2013 11:51
• Story ID: 106078
• Location: CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, US