| Office of Public Affairs U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area |
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| Media Advisory |
Date: Dec. 8, 2006
Contact: Public Affairs |
| COAST GUARD PORT SECURITY DETACHMENT TO RETURN HOME FOR HOLIDAYS |
| COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif., - Media are invited to attend a family and friends welcome home ceremony Saturday afternoon and a military ceremony Monday morning for members of Coast Guard Port Security Unit 312 deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since June.
Nearly 100 family and friends of the 55-member port security detachment, comprised mostly of Coast Guard reservists from around the Bay Area, will greet the returning service members at the Coast Guard Air Station in San Francisco, CA.
WHO: Coast Guard Port Security Unit 312 Detachment The Pacific Area Port Security Unit Detachment's primary responsibilities while in Cuba included creating and maintaining comprehensive security measures for waterborne and shore side facilities, monitoring and protecting critical shore side infrastructures, and providing escorts for transiting US Navy, Coast Guard, Cuban and commercial vessels. Media interested in covering this story should arrive by 1 p.m. on the 9th and 9:30 a.m. on the 11th. Contact Petty Officer Russ Tippets at 510-846-1307 by 11 a.m. Saturday to RSVP. |
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