Capt. Brenda Kerr (left) assumes the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of Base Portsmouth from Capt. Joel Dolbeck (right), under the supervision of Rear Adm. Thomas W. Jones Friday in Portsmouth, Va. Kerr graduated in 1991 from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and subsequently earned a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Dominick Bulone)