The June 20 Change of Command ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Sector Key West saw Capt. Jason Ingram turn over the helm to Capt. Joshua Empen. The ceremony also marked the retirement of Ingram, whose Coast Guard career ended where it started — in Key West.
More than 200 attended the ceremony, where Ingram gave emotional remarks about the end of his career and his affinity for Key West, its people and the partnerships he forged with local law enforcement partners.
Capt. Josh Empen succeeds Ingram as commander of Sector Key West. He comes to this island from another — Hawaii — where he most recently served as assistant chief of staff for operations at Joint Interagency Task Force West. He previously served at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs and is originally from Iowa.
