Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor change-of-command ceremony [Image 3 of 4]

POULSBO, WA, UNITED STATES

06.28.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross 

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Capt. John Swanson (right), chaplain, Coast Guard Pacific Area, delivers the benediction as Rear Adm. David Throop left), commander, Coast Guard 13th District, Cmdr. Thomas Evans, commanding officer, Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, and Cmdr. Michael Schoonover, former commanding officer, MFPU Bangor, bow their heads during a change-of-command ceremony held at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017.

MFPU Bangor is one of two units, as part of an agreement between the Coast Guard and Navy, that were established in 2006 to provide security for Navy Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines as their crews transit between their homeport and a designated dive/surface point.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

• Date Taken: 06.28.2017
• Date Posted: 06.28.2017 22:06
• Photo ID: 3523854
• VIRIN: 170628-G-LB229-0126
• Resolution: 4256x2832
• Size: 2.38 MB
• Location: POULSBO, WA, US