**Photos and video available** Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral get new commanding officer

DATE: July 10, 2009 17:39:17 EST

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Date:
July 10, 2009

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Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral get new commanding officer
** Photos and video available**

Editors note: Photos and video of the change of command ceremony are available for download below. Click on the links provided and follow the instructions to download.

Video - The official party reviews the crew of Station Canaveral. U.S. Coast Guard video/ Petty officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert.

Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. Locke inspects crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral, Fla., during a change of command ceremony Friday, July 10, 2009, at Port Canaveral. U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert.

Chief Warrant Officer James Dubea relieves Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. Locke as commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral, Fla., during a change of command ceremony Friday, July 10, 2009, at Port Canaveral. U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert.

Chief Warrant Officer James Dubea, the new commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral, Fla., talks to Capt. Paul F. Thomas, commander, Sector Jacksonville, Fla., after a change of command ceremony Friday, July 10, 2009. U.S. Coast Guard photo/ Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert.

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. - Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral received a new commanding officer after a change of command ceremony Friday morning at the Coast Guard station.

Chief Warrant Officer James Dubea took command from Chief Warrant Officer Michael Locke as commanding officer of Station Canaveral.

Locke served as Station Port Canaveral's commanding officer since June 2006. As commanding officer, Locke directed more than 9,500 hours of underway missions, which resulted in the saving of 412 lives and more than $10.5 million dollars in property.

"It has been a privilege and an honor to serve the citizens of Brevard County and this great nation alongside the crew of Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral," said Locke.

Station Port Canaveral was commissioned August 17, 1976. Unit missions include search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, homeland defense, ship escorts and security for NASA. Personnel respond to approximately 300 search and rescue cases a year and has provided water-side security for more than 500 NASA and U.S. Air force space flight missions.

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