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Coast Guard Cutter Munro changes command

In this photo released by the Coast Guard, Capt. Matthew T. Bell, right, relieves Capt. Craig B. Lloyd, left, as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro in a formal ceremony officiated by Rear Adm. Timothy S. Sullivan, center, deputy commander, Pacific Area Coast Guard Defense Forces West,  in the Northern Lights Recreational Facility on Coast Guard Base Kodiak Friday, July 24, 2009. Lloyd is bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to serve as the senior U.S. Coast Guard Department of Homeland Security representative to U.S. Africa Command. The cutter Munro is a 378-foot high endurance cutter named after named the only Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient, Signalman First Class Douglas Munro.  With 162 crewmembers the Munro conducts missions such as search and rescue and law enforcement in the Alaskan waters and beyond. The cutter's crew spent about 260 of the last 365 days deployed. Highlights of their endeavours include the rescue of the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger crew from the Bering Sea, joint interagency task force counter-drug patrols off the coast of Peru, Ecuador and Columbia as well as interdiciting several Chinese and Indonesian vessels illegally fishing with drift nets on the high seas.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen)

In this photo released by the Coast Guard, Capt. Matthew T. Bell, right, and Capt. Craig B. Lloyd, left, look at crewmembers of the Munro during the change of command ceremony where Bell relieved Lloyd as commanding officer of the cutter Munro in a formal ceremony officiated by Rear Adm. Timothy S. Sullivan, deputy commander, Pacific Area Coast Guard Defense Forces West,  in the Northern Lights Recreational Facility on Coast Guard Base Kodiak Friday, July 24, 2009.  loyd is bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to serve as the senior U.S. Coast Guard Department of Homeland Security representative to U.S. Africa Command.  The cutter Munro is a 378-foot high endurance cutter with 162 crewmembers stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, conducting missions such as search and rescue and law enforcement. The cutter's crew spent about 260 of the last 365 days deployed.  Highlights of their endeavours include the rescue of the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger crew from the Bering Sea, joint interagency task force counter-drug patrols off the coast of Peru, Ecuador and Columbia as well as interdiciting several Chinese and Indonesian vessels illegally fishing with drift nets on the high seas.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen)

In this photo release by the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Cutter Munro crewmembers stand at attention during the change of command where Capt. Matthew T. Bell relieves Capt. Craig B. Lloyd as commanding officer of the Munro in a formal ceremony officiated by Rear Adm. Timothy S. Sullivan, deputy commander, Pacific Area Coast Guard Defense Forces West,  in the Northern Lights Recreational Facility on Coast Guard Base Kodiak Friday, July 24, 2009.  loyd is bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to serve as the senior U.S. Coast Guard Department of Homeland Security representative to U.S. Africa Command. The cutter Munro is a 378-foot high endurance cutter with 162 crewmembers stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, conducting missions such as search and rescue and law enforcement. The cutter's crew spent about 260 of the last 365 days deployed. Highlights of their endeavours include the rescue of the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger crew from the Bering Sea, joint interagency task force counter-drug patrols off the coast of Peru, Ecuador and Columbia as well as interdiciting several Chinese and Indonesian vessels illegally fishing with drift nets on the high seas.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen) 

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