DATE CORRECTION: Coast Guard base to welcome new commanding officer

SAN DIEGO –A change of command ceremony is scheduled for Coast Guard Sector San Diego, Thursday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m., at the Coast Guard base in San Diego

During the ceremony, which will be presided over by Capt. Gwyn Johnson the acting District 11 Commander, Capt. Sean M. Mahoney will assume command responsibilities from Capt. Thomas H. Farris as commanding officer Sector San Diego and San Diego Captain of the Port.

Farris will be retiring following the change of command after 30 years of active duty service in the Coast Guard.

Mahoney is reporting to San Diego from Portsmouth, Va., where he was assigned as the Chief of the Fifth District Incident Management branch. There he led search and rescue and crisis management in the mid-Atlantic region.

A retirement ceremony for Farris will take place immediately following the change of command ceremony.

The change of command ceremony is a time-honored tradition, which formally restates that the continuity of command will be maintained. It is a formal ritual, conducted before the assembled company of the command. It conveys to the officers, enlisted personnel, civilian employees, and auxiliary members of the Coast Guard that although the authority of command is relinquished by one person and is assumed by another, it is still maintained without interruption.

EDITOR’S NOTE:Previous release said Friday, June 30. The change of command is scheduled to take place Thursday, June 30.

For media interested in attending the change of command ceremony, please contact Petty Officer Allyson Conroy at Allyson.e.conroy@uscg.mil or 619.278.7022 no later than 4 p.m., June 29, 2011.

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