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Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service Award

USCG Distinguished Service Medals
Commandant
Distinguished Service Award
Award Recipients
U.S.C.G. Color Guard
USA Bentley & Rear Adm. DeQuattro answer media questions.
Service Medals
Lt. Brzuski emcees the event.
Rear Adm. DeQuattro presents USA Bentley life ring from USS Bertholf
USS Bertholf
SPSS Interdiction photo
AUSA Ruddy discuss the importance of Operation Panama Express
USCG Press Release

The United States Coast Guard recognized members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Operation Panama Express (PANEX) South Task Force for their efforts in combating transnational criminal organizations involved in international drug trafficking. Prosecutors, legal assistants, and public affairs personnel were presented with the Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Service Award during a ceremony in Tampa. The USAO-MDFL and PANEX South form an interagency team that has investigated and prosecuted more than 60 cases from one of the most successful fiscal years in cocaine removal for the Coast Guard, spanning October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015. Rear Admiral Pat DeQuattro, Deputy Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, along with U.S. Attorney Bentley, presented the awards to the staff on behalf of the Commandant.

Tampa Bay Times Article

U.S. Coast Guard Press Release 

Updated May 31, 2017