Cmdr. Michael Schoonover (left), former commanding officer of Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, and Cmdr. Thomas Evans (center), commanding officer of the MFPU, stand with Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, after Evans relieved Schoonover in a ceremony held at the Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, Wash., June 28, 2017.
Schoonover took command of the MFPU in 2014, a role in which he was responsible for employing the law enforcement authority and jurisdiction of the Coast Guard to enforce a moving security zone for naval submarines transiting the Puget Sound.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.