Photo Release: Coast Guard Thirteenth District Change-of-Command ceremony

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Rear Adm. Keith A. Taylor(Left), relieves Rear Adm. Gary T. Blore(Right), of command of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District during a ceremony at Pier 36 in Seattle, July 12, 2011. The change-of-command ceremony was presided over by Vice Adm. Manson K. Brown, Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan W. Bradshaw.

SEATTLE - Rear Adm. Gary T. Blore is relieved of command of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District in a ceremony that took place on Pier 36 in Seattle, July 12, 2011. Blore is scheduled to retire on July 14, 2011, in a ceremony held at Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Offier 3rd Class Nathan W. Bradshaw.

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Rear Adm. Keith A. Taylor, reads his orders as he assumes command of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District in a ceremony held at Pier 36 in Seattle, July 12, 2011. Taylor served as the Assistant Commandant for Resources and Chief Financial Officer for the Coast Guard at his previous duty station. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan W. Bradshaw.

SEATTLE - Rear Adm. Keith A. Taylor relieved Rear Adm. Gary T. Blore of command of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District in a change-of-command ceremony held on Pier 36 in Seattle, Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 11 a.m.

Rear Adm. Blore assumed command of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District in July 2009. As District Commander, he was responsible for U.S. Coast Guard operations covering four states, more than 4,400 miles of coastline, 600 miles of inland waterways, and 125 miles of international border with Canada. He was in charge of more than 5,770 active duty, reserve duty, civilian and Auxiliary men and women; whom annual conducted more than 3,000 search-and-rescue missions, executed more than 3,200 law enforcement boardings, and inspected more than 5,700 vessels.

Rear Adm. Blore will retire from the Coast Guard, during a July 14, 2011, ceremony in Astoria, Ore., after serving the American public for more than 36 years.

Rear Adm. Taylor’s previous assignment was at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he served as the Assistant Commandant for Resources and Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard. In this capacity, he was responsible for Coast Guard financial management and resource activities including planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of the service’s appropriations.

Rear Adm. Taylor, a native of Westfield, Mass., earned a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1983, a Master of Science in Industrial Administration degree from the Krannert School at Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a Sloan Fellow in 2000/2001. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, three Meritorious Service Medals, the Air Medal, two Commendation Medals and the Transportation 9-11 Medal.

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