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Updated at 2:27 p.m., Saturday, April 11, 2009

Coast Guard cutter Kukui gets new skipper in Honolulu changeover

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Rear Adm. Manson Brown, at podium, commander of the 14th Coast Guard District, officiated at a change of command ceremony in which Lt. Cmdr. Bob Little, second from right on stage, took command of the cutter Kukui from Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Matadobra, third from right on stage.

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U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Bob Little assumed command of the cutter Kukui in ceremonies at Integrated Support Command in Honolulu Harbor.

Little succeeds Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Matadobra, who had been the buoy tender's commanding officer since June 2006.

Matadobra's next assignment is at U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Forces Southwest Asia in Bahrain, where he will serve as the deputy commander.

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