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Coast Guard Air Station Savannah changes command By Lt. Rob Stotz, Air Station Savannah SAVANNAH, Ga. - Cmdr. Peter Troedsson relinquished command of Air Station Savannah to Cmdr. Todd Sokalzuk during a July 14 ceremony here. Rear Adm. Brian Peterman, commander, Coast Guard Seventh District, presided over the change of command. During Troedsson's two years in command, Air Station Savannah saved or assisted the lives of more than 200 people, protected government leaders at the G-8 Summit and pioneered the development and use of rotary wing air intercept operations for the Coast Guard. Troedsson is now en route to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., to pursue a master's degree in "National Security Studies" at the U.S. Air Force Air War College.
Sokalzuk, the incoming commanding officer, previously served at Coast Guard Headquarters, Office of Programs, where he managed Coast Guard resource policy and proposals for the Coast Guard’s naval, aviation, civil and electronics engineering programs. Most recently, Sokalzuk served as the deputy commander of Coast Guard Activities San Diego and as an HH-60 aircraft commander from 2002 to 2005. Sokalzuk is the twenty-third officer to command Air Station Savannah. The Air Station Savannah commanding officer is responsible for five HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopters, 120 active-duty Coast Guard men and women, four civilian employees, eight reservists, and many volunteer Coast Guard Auxiliary members. The Air Station conducts missions ranging from homeland security to search and rescue from the northern border of South Carolina to Melbourne, Fla.
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