WASHINGTON — The Coast
Guard is scheduled to commission its newest Fast Response
Cutter, the Nathan
Bruckenthal, during a ceremony at Alexandria City Pier, Wednesday.
WHO:
Coast Guard Commandant, Adm. Karl Schultz, and the crew of Coast Guard Cutter
Nathan Bruckenthal
WHAT:
Commissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard's newest Fast Response
Cutter
WHERE: Old Town Alexandria
Harbor, 105 N Union St, Alexandria, VA 22314
(Alexandria City Pier behind the Torpedo Factory
Art Center)
WHEN:
10 a.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2018.
The cutter is named
after Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class
Nathan Bruckenthal, who was
mortally wounded during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Bruckenthal thwarted a multi-vessel
suicide attack on an oil terminal in the
Arabian Gulf in 2004. His actions prevented further
loss of life, environmental
damage, and the destruction of key infrastructure. For his
courageous actions,
Bruckenthal was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star, Purple Heart
and Global War
on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.
FRCs feature advanced
command, control, communications, computers, intelligence,
surveillance, and
reconnaissance equipment that allow their crews to more effectively
conduct the
Coast Guard’s statutory missions.
The Nathan
Bruckenthal's new homeport will be Atlantic Beach, North Carolina.
For more information
about Fast Response Cutters, visit the
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Coast Guard to commission new cutter in Alexandria, Va Today
