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Press Release | Sept. 8, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard updates media contact information for Mid-Atlantic region

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard Fifth District external affairs office updated its contact information Friday for media requesting information on Coast Guard operations in Delaware, Philadelphia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington D.C. 

Coast Guard Public Affairs Detachment Baltimore watchstanders will be available for media inquiries at (202) 643-2763 or via email at uscgpadetbaltimore@gmail.com. 

Media members requesting information regarding Coast Guard operations in Virginia and North Carolina must call (757) 295-8435 or email at uscgd5publicaffairs@gmail.com.

Mid-Atlantic media releases will continue to be published to the U.S.Coast Guard Newsroom under each respective regions' tab. 

Press releases regarding Coast Guard operations in Delaware, Philadelphia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington D.C. will be published at PADET Baltimore.

Press releases regarding Coast Guard operations in Virginia and North Carolina will be published at 5th District Midatlantic.

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