Office of External Affairs

Sector Lower Mississippi River
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: March 20, 2007

Contact:  Lt. Leon McClain, Jr.
(901) 521-4845

MEDIA AVAILABILITY:  COAST GUARD CONDUCTS RESPONSE OPERATIONS AT PORT OF CATOOSA 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River (SLMR) will hold an Area Maritime Security Committee (AMSC) meeting at the Port of Catoosa, Okla. on Wednesday, March 21.  At the conclusion of the AMSC meeting, Coast Guard personnel from SLMR's Response Department, Air Station New Orleans, and Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 16 will conduct helicopter and boat operations training.  The media is invited to attend.  It is requested that the media arrive no later than 2:30 p.m.

• Media availability with Coast Guard personnel regarding training operations
• Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at 3:00 p.m.
• Event to be held at the Port of Catoosa Port Authority Building, 5350 Cimarron Road, Catoosa, OK 74015

Media interested in attending the event should contact Ensign Austin Campbell at (504) 812-3467 by 12 p.m. Wednesday. 

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