FLOTILLA 38 MEMBERS VISIT OUR BRITISH COLLEAGUES Her Majesty's Coast Guard & Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Frank Keslof, Division 3 Captain and Mike Keslof, District Staff Officer-Publications recently visited the United Kingdom. They used the occasion to pay a visit to our British colleagues. A visit to the lifeboat station at Tower Warf was arranged by Adrian Bates, London Sector Operations Manager of Her Majesty's Coast Guard. . The warf is adjacent to the Tower of London in the Thames River. |
In the RNLI station next to the Tower of London (L to R): Frank Keslof, DCP3, USCGAUX; Colin "Chalky" Rotchell, helmsman, RNLI; Stuart Morrison, mechanic & paramedic, RNLI; Mike Keslof, DSO-PB, USCGAUX |
Aboard the lifeboat, twin engine jet drive. |
Mike gets the feel of the jet drives. |
One of London's most familiar sights, the Tower Bridge in the background. |
The lifeboat station crew presented us with their RNLI ensign to commemorate our visit. Here it is in Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, flying from the halyard on USCG Station Merrimack River's motor lifeboat |
In honor of our British colleagues, the ensign they presented us with went on a patrol aboard a USCG vessel. The RNLI ensign is displayed above by Rear Admiral David Penkoske, Commander, First USCG District and BMC Rob Craighead, Officer-in-Charge, Station Merrimack River. |
