Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point gets new leader

Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point held a change of command ceremony Friday bidding farewell to Capt. Frederick Reidlin and welcoming Capt. Andrew Ericks.

Ericks served as program manager for the Coast Guard’s a financial management service initiative in the Acquisition Directorate at Coast Guard Headquarters, replacing the Coast Guard’s legacy accounting systems with a new financial, procurement and asset management service, the Coast Guard said.

He enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1984 and served first as a machinery technician and qualified diver before attending Officer Candidate School and attending naval flight training in Pensacola, Fla.