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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015 Condit:+LVSUHYLRXVDVVLJQPHQWZDVEDVHGLQ9LUJLQLD Continued from Page 1A Busy station Condit inherits a station that Capt. Daniel Travers, com- PDQGHU IRU 6HFWRU &ROXPELD 5LYHUVD\VKDVEHHQ³RXWVWDQG- ing” under McGrew’s leader- ship — from the grounds to the crew. He will oversee a station poised near one of the world’s most dangerous crossings, the &ROXPELD 5LYHU EDU 7KH DUHD his crew must cover stretches EH\RQG WKH ULYHU WKRXJK H[- tending south to Oregon’s Tilla- mook Head and north to Lead- EHWWHU3RLQW The station responds to an DYHUDJHRIWRVHDUFKDQG rescue cases a year, and, already, KDVUHVSRQGHGWRFDVHVVRIDU this year. Last year was one of the EXVLHVW\HDUVLQQHDUO\DGHFDGH McGrew said in an interview EHIRUH WKH FHUHPRQ\ ,Q RQH RI his last days at the station, Aug. 8, McGrew oversaw eight search and rescue calls in rapidly deteri- orating weather conditions. Two ERDWV FDSVL]HG DQG PDQ\ RWKHU YHVVHOVZHUHVLQNLQJRUGLVDEOHG Condit’s previous assign- PHQW ZDV EDVHG LQ 9LUJLQLD DW WKH %RDW )RUFHV DQG &XWWHU 2SHUDWLRQV %UDQFK 6WDQGDUG- L]DWLRQ DQG 'RFWULQH7HDP +H moves here with his wife and ¿YHFKLOGUHQ McGrew, meanwhile, will attend the University of Wash- ington’s School of Marine and Environmental Affairs in Seattle to pursue a master’s degree in marine affairs. The Coast Guard is sending him to school to spe- FLDOL]HLQ¿VKHULHVERWKHQIRUFH- ment and policy. He will likely WDNHRYHUD¿VKHULHVHQIRUFHPHQW position in Seattle after he com- pletes the two-year program. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian From left: Aaron Johnson, Christopher Morgan, Grant Artz and Robby Koopman, walk down from the Cape Dis- appointment lighthouse to present the flags during the Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment Change of Command ceremony Monday. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Lt. Scott McGrew, left, and Lt. Tom Condit, center, walk along the ranks during a person- nel inspection at the Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment Change of Command ceremony Monday. DSSRLQWPHQW VLQFH LV D rarity in the Coast Guard world: ERWK D VXUIPDQ DQG WKH FRP- PDQGLQJRI¿FHURIDVWDWLRQ Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, he enlisted with the Coast Guard during his senior year of KLJKVFKRRODQG¿UVWVHUYHGDVD ERDWVZDLQ¶V PDWH )URP WKHUH KHEHFDPHFHUWL¿HGDVDKHDY\ ZHDWKHUFR[VZDLQEDVHGLQ2KLR then headed west to attend the 1DWLRQDO0RWRU/LIHERDW6FKRRO at Cape Disappointment and EHFDPH D VXUIPDQ D WLWOH ³UH- served for the service’s most KLJKO\ WUDLQHG ERDW KDQGOHUV´ DFFRUGLQJ WR 86&* SXEOLFD- WLRQV³6XUIPDQTXDOL¿FDWLRQLV the pinnacle of professionalism at these units.” Of the Coast Guard’s 188 ERDW VWDWLRQV RQO\ DUH OR- Bossman and surfman cated in areas where the condi- 0F*UHZ ZKR KDV EHHQ LQ tions require surfmen and Cape command at Station Cape Dis- Disappointment is known from ERDWHQJLQHVKDYHGLHGFURVVLQJ WKH&ROXPELD5LYHUEDURUZKHQ DERDWKDVEHJXQWRWDNHRQZD- ter in heavy swells. ,W ZLOO EH KDUG WR OHDYH WKH station, the crew and the area, McGrew said. Of his time at Ready for action Cape Disappointment, McGrew He is proud of changes he and said he is most proud of the ac- Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian his crew implemented in how complishments of the people Capt. Daniel Travers, left, presents Lt. Scott McGrew, right, they responded to emergency who worked with him at the with the Coast Guard Commendation Medal during the Change of Command ceremony Monday. situations. Under his leadership, station. SHRSOHRQGXW\IRFXVHGRQEHLQJ “I had a great group of peo- underway instead of taking on ple that I worked with here,” he myriad other tasks. If a call came said. in, they could leave quickly. Mc- Under his leadership, mem- Grew also decided to put Coast EHUV RI WKH VWDWLRQ ZHUH UHF- *XDUGERDWVRQWKHZDWHUGXULQJ RJQL]HG LQ ELJ ZD\V IRU WKHLU times and in places when it was hard work and expertise. This PRUHOLNHO\WKH\ZRXOGEHQHHG- year, two Station Cape Disap- HGRQEXV\¿VKLQJGD\VIRULQ- SRLQWPHQWFUHZPHPEHUV%0 stance, cutting down on the time 6KDQH$EROG DQG 0. .RQRU it took to respond to calls. 0HUFHU ZHUH UHFRJQL]HG DV Since that change, McGrew respectively, top coxswain and said Coast Guard crew have top engineer in the entire Coast EHHQ ULJKW WKHUH ZKHQ ¿VKLQJ Guard. coast to coast — famous, or infamous, depending on your point of view. “You can say the name to someone in Florida and they know where it is,” McGrew said. Lt. Scott McGrew, left, and Capt. Daniel Travers, right, salute the flag during the National Anthem at the Change of Command ceremony Monday. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Drones:0RUHSHRSOHDUHEX\LQJWKHPDVSULFHVFRQWLQXHWRIDOO Continued from Page 1A the Federal Aviation Adminis- 0RVW RSHUDWRUV ZKR ÀHZ tration last month to consider a QHDU ZLOG¿UHV ZHUH SUREDEO\ On Aug. 2, for the second requirement for drone makers unaware of the dangers, said time in three days, a commer- to include technology that aims McNeal. Others are “straight cial pilot reported a drone while to prevent operators from inter- reckless,” he said, perhaps mo- approaching John F. Kennedy IHULQJZLWK¿UVWUHVSRQGHUV2QH tivated to get images that no one International Airport in New ELOOLQWKH&DOLIRUQLD/HJLVODWXUH else has to sell them. York. 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