HONOLULU - Rear Adm. Stephen E. Mehling (right) relieves Rear Adm. Manson K. Brown as the 14th Coast Guard District commander at Coast Guard Base Support Unit Honolulu, May 11, 2010.
Vice Adm. Jody Breckenridge, the U.S. Coast Guard's Pacific Area commander, presided over the ceremony.
Brown has served as the district commander since May 2008 and is leaving to assume duties as commander of U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony L. Soto