Jun. 12—Thomas Andrew Meyers II, a retired registered nurse whose long career as a Coast Guard reservist included service in the first Gulf War, died Wednesday in Swanton Health Care. He was 56. Mr. Meyers of East Toledo learned five years ago that he had advanced prostate cancer and developed pneumonia last month, said his wife, Stacey Meyers. He received a nursing degree from Owens Community .
Coast Guard Port Security Unit 308 based here in South Mississippi
Coast Guard Port Security Unit 308 based here in South Mississippi By Bill Snyder | January 14, 2021 at 2:12 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 6:27 PM
KILN, Miss. (WLOX) - We all know about the Coast Guard station at Gulfport Harbor, but there’s another Coast Guard unit set up in the Kiln. It’s their special operations unit, otherwise known as Port Security Unit 308.
“We are a deployable special forces. Our unit specifically provides security to the ports anywhere around the world,” said Lt. Comm. John Traxler. “We can be deployed anywhere around the world in 96 hours, so we stay ready all the time.”