Some kind words for the Coast Guard from Raymond Pritchett (Galrahn) over at informationdissemination.net on the relief of Commander Edward A. Westfall as CO of Escanaba. Escanaba has been very active in sharing her story. She maintained an active blog that has since migrated to Facebook. We have included reference to her several times here.

Cdr Westfall is going on to the National War College. The crew and the ship are separated now, as the ship is going through a “Mission Effectiveness Project” (MEP) overhaul. The crew is being kept together and will deploy aboard Spencer and Seneca, relieving their regular crews. This should give the Coast Guard some additional experience with multiple crewing before it is attempted on the National Security Cutters.