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San Diego Parade of Lights
Tybee Heads Christmas Parade
Dec, 2003 The Log
by Jim Kelly
 Pirate ships and Santa sleds bobbed madly in the water as they followed the Tybee past cheering crowds on Shelter Island and Harbor Island, setting an eastern course by the Star of India.
In the darkness and drizzle, some in the crowds might have missed what
looked like two Ralph Lauren models in Coast Guard uniforms standing on
the flying bridge. The lovely models smiled and waved and seemed to
be in command of the ship.
That’s exactly what they were doing.
The ladies in charge were the commanding officer and the executive
officer of the ship.
Lt. Dawn Black, the CO, assumed her command of the Tybee in June 2003.
A native of Montrose, Colo., Black is the only person she knows of who
has entered the Coast Guard from her little town nestled in the
foothills on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains...more
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