U.S. Coast Guard Sector Buffalo change of command ceremony

BUFFALO, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES

05.02.2022

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba 

U.S. Coast Guard District 9

BUFFALO, N.Y. ⎯ Capt. Mark Kuperman is scheduled to relieve Capt. Lexia Littlejohn as commander of
Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, during a change of command ceremony at Sector Buffalo, May 6, 2022.

Rear Adm. Michael Johnston, Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District, is scheduled to preside over the
ceremony. Capt. Kuperman is currently the Deputy of Pacific Area Ashore Operations, a position he has held
since August 2020. Capt. Littlejohn will be ceremoniously relieved of her command and assume a role in the
Commandant’s Advisory Group in Washington, D.C.

Coast Guard Sector Buffalo protects vital economic and security interests of the eastern Great Lakes and
responds to over 1,000 Search and Rescue cases and performs over 2,500 vessel boardings annually. Sector
Buffalo is responsible for more than 570 miles of shoreline stretching from Vermillion, Ohio to Massena, New
York.

The change of command ceremony is a time-honored military tradition that represents a formal transfer of
authority and responsibility for a unit from one commanding officer to another.

Media interested in attending must RSVP with the Sector Buffalo Public Affairs Officer by Thursday at 5
p.m. via phone call at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].

-USCG-

• Date Taken: 05.02.2022
• Date Posted: 05.02.2022 09:58
• Story ID: 419731
• Location: BUFFALO, NEW YORK, US