First and Foremost - US Coast Guard Auxiliary, First District ...
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Captain Linda Fagan, Comm<strong>and</strong>er SECNY<br />
SUBJ: 2010-2011 SECTOR NEW YORK DOMESTIC ICEBREAKING SEASON<br />
1. PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING PERFORM-<br />
ANCE OF DUTY AND SUPPORT DURING THE 2010-2011 ICE BREAKING SEASON ON THE<br />
HUDSON RIVER.<br />
2. DUE TO ABNORMALLY COOL AND HARSH WINTERY CONDITIONS, SIGNIFICANT ICE<br />
FORMATION MADE TRANSITING THE HUDSON RIVER CHALLENGING AND HAZARDO<strong>US</strong><br />
FOR NAVIGATION. WHILE ASSIGNED TO DOMESTIC ICEBREAKING DUTIES THE CGC WIL-<br />
LOW, CGC JUNIPER, CGC KATHERINE WALKER, CGC IDA LEWIS, CGC STURGEON BAY, CGC<br />
PENOBSCOT BAY, CGC THUNDER BAY, CGC HAWSER, CGC LINE, AND CGC WIRE ASSISTED<br />
91 VESSELS AND FACILITIES AND MAINTAINED A OPEN TRACK WHICH ALLOWED FOR<br />
THE SAFE TRANSPORTATION OF OVER 10 MILLION BARRELS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.<br />
FURTHERMORE, THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE SECTOR NEW YORK COMMAND CEN-<br />
TER SITUATION UNIT WATCHSTANDERS IN MAINTAINING OVERALL AWARENESS OF VES-<br />
SEL MOVEMENTS, POSTING DAILY ICE MESSAGES AND PHOTOGRAPHS TO HOMEPORT<br />
WAS CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING A HIGH LEVEL OF COORDINATION WITH MARINERS AND<br />
THE PORT COMMUNITY.<br />
3. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS<br />
NEW YORK FOR SUPERB SUPPORT DURING THIS ICE SEASON. THE AUXILIARY AVIATION<br />
BRANCH FLEW 72 MISSIONS AND ACCUMULATED 285 FLIGHT HOURS IN SUPPORT OF THE<br />
ICE MISSION. THEIR ICE DATA AND PHOTOGRAPHS WERE CRITICAL IN PLANNING MIS-<br />
SIONS AND CUTTER OPERATIONS. THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF COORDINATED NUMER-<br />
O<strong>US</strong> MEDIA REQUESTS FROM NATIONAL, LOCAL, AND REGIONAL NEWS SERVICES AND<br />
ASSISTED SECTOR NEW YORK WITH ICE RELATED STORIES. THANKS TO THE PUBLIC AF-<br />
FAIRS EFFORTS, THE HARD WORK DONE BY THE MEN AND WOMEN ABOARD THE CUT-<br />
TERS WAS RECOGNIZED BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY WHILE EVERYONES EFFORTS<br />
AS A WHOLE ENSURED THE FLOW OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WAS NOT DELAYED TO THE<br />
DELIVERY POINTS.<br />
4. I COMMEND YOU A JOB WELL DONE, BRAVO ZULU.<br />
5. CAPT LINDA FAGAN, COMMANDER SECTOR NEW YORK, SENDS.<br />
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