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Coast Guard Station Indian River Inlet changes command

Chief Boatswain’s Mate Andrew Knox replaces Chief Warrant Officer Nicholas Muskalla
U.S. Coast Guard Station Indian River Inlet hosted a Change of Command Ceremony June 16. The station’s coasties stand at attention during the ceremony. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
June 22, 2021
Chief Warrant Officer Nicholas Muskalla had been in charge of the station for the past two years. Sector Delaware Bay Commander Capt. Jonathan Theel, right, hands over a list of Muskalla’s accomplishments during his tenure.
Chief Boatswain’s Mate Andrew Knox is the station’s new commander.
Nicholas Muskalla’s departure means it’s moving time for him and his family for the fifth time in eight years. Muskalla is shown with his sons Matthew and Logan before the ceremony as his wife, Julie, makes her way to the tent.
Everyone who spoke made sure to recognize the relationship with local law enforcement. Shown are a few police members of Fish & Wildlife bowing their heads during the invocation.
With a new commander, it’s important to look good. Severiano Garris, center, helps Zachary Minckler straighten out his pins. Both hold the rank of machinery technician petty officer third class.

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Coast Guard Station Indian River Inlet
39373 Inlet Road
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

U.S. Coast Guard Station Indian River Inlet hosted a Change of Command Ceremony June 16. After two years at the helm, Chief Warrant Officer Nicholas Muskalla handed over the reins to Chief Boatswain’s Mate Andrew Knox.

Built in 1964, the Indian River Inlet Station is the southernmost Coast Guard Station of the Delaware Bay Sector. There are currently 32 active members, five reserves and the officer in charge. The station has two 47-foot motor lifeboats and two 24-foot shallow-water response boats.

Since 2019, Knox has served as the executive petty officer at the Coast Guard station in Buffalo, N.Y. 

Muskalla and his family will be moving to the National Strike Force Center of Expertise in Elizabeth City, N.C.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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