Photo release: Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg change-of-command ceremony

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Lt. Jerry Durham, Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg chaplain, Capt. Timothy M. Close, Rear Adm. Bill Baumgartner, Seventh District commander, Capt. Sheryl L. Dickinson and Master Chief Petty Officer Louis Rapaport, command master chief Sector St. Petersburg render honors during the national anthem in a change of command ceremony, July, 2, 2010. Dickinson relieved Close as the Sector St. Petersburg commander. A military unit's change of command is a transfer of total responsibility, authority and accountability from one individual to another. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close speaks on his tenure as the Sector St. Petersburg commander during a change of command ceremony July 2, 2010. Capt. Sheryl L. Dickinson relieved Close as the Sector St. Petersburg commander. A military unit's change of command is a transfer of total responsibility, authority and accountability from one individual to another. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coast Guard Rear Adm. Bill Baumgartner, Seventh District commander, looks on as Capt. Timothy M. Close shakes the hand of Capt. Sheryl L. Dickinson after reliquishing command of Sector St. Petersburg, July 2, 2010. A military unit's change of command is a transfer of total responsibility, authority and accountability from one individual to another. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

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