Media invited for ride aboard Boutwell

SAN DIEGO —The Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell is scheduled to return home after a two-month deployment to the Eastern Pacific Wednesday morning and are inviting a media pool to ride aboard the cutter from the sea buoy into homeport.

Who: A media pool of three members

What: Ride aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell from the sea buoy into port

Where: U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego, 2710 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101

When: Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, 7:30 a.m.

Why: Transit the harbor to port with the Coast Guard members of Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell after a two-month deployment.

Note: The media pool will ride aboard the Boutwell’s small boat from Coast Guard Sector San Diego to the cutter, which will be located at the San Diego sea buoy, embark the cutter for the ride into port.

The media pool will be established on a first come first serve basis and will be expected to share their footage with the rest of the media. For interested media please call the Coast Guard public affairs office at 619.278.7025 by 4 p.m., Tuesday.

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