USCG
Base Support Unit
San Pedro, California
In accordance with the Coast Guard's Modernization program, the duties formerly held by ISC San Pedro have been assigned to three new units.
Base Support Unit San Pedro (BSU): Facilities Engineering, Port Services, Comptroller, Procurement, Galley
Health, Safety Work Life Detachment San Pedro (HSWL): Work Life, Medical, Safety
Personnel Services
Support
Unit San Pedro (PSSU): Admin, Personnel Office, MWR, Housing,
Education Services, Career Development
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The DCMS units located at
BSU San Pedro provide a wide variety of services in direct
support of Coast Guard activities in Southern California.
Among these are local and area housing, warehousing, health care,
work-life, transportation of household goods, and personnel support
services. Facilities maintenance is provided to all tenant
commands and industrial support is provided throughout the
West Coast.
BSU San Pedro is located on Terminal
Island within
the port of Los Angeles/Long Beach and is home to a variety of tenant
commands
including: Sector LA/LB, MSST LA/LB 91103, PSU 311, Pacarea Armory
Detachment Terminal Island and ESD San Pedro.
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
Commander Andy Clyburn was born and raised in Greenfield, Ohio and has served in a variety of engineering assignments on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and in Hawaii. His most recent assignment was as Industrial Manager, U. S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Boston, where he led a nation-wide team of Coast Guard engineers in redesigning the Industrial Engineering Program.
Commander Clyburn was commissioned as a Coast Guard Officer in 1992 and assigned as a Deck Watch Officer onboard Coast Guard Cutter SASSAFRASS (WLB-401), a C-Class 180’ seagoing buoy tender home ported in Honolulu, Hawaii. After two years of sea duty, he reported to the University of Illinois for graduate studies.
From January 1996 to June 1999, Commander Clyburn was assigned to Civil Engineering Unit Oakland, California. As the planner in charge for all Eleventh Coast Guard District shore units he coordinated the response to catastrophic flooding of the Sacramento River in January 1997 and district wide casualties caused by the El Nino storms of 1998. He performed extensive temporary duty including serving as Industrial Manager for Integrated Support Command Honolulu.
From July 1999 to June 2003, he was assigned to Facilities Design and Construction Center Pacific in Seattle, Washington, where he managed major construction projects throughout the west coast, Alaska, and Hawaii. He also served as project manager on several Headquarters chartered special assignments including the Regional Strategic Plan for Charleston, SC, and Total Ownership Cost Studies for Integrated Support Command Kodiak.
From July 2003 to April 2007, Commander Clyburn was assigned as the Facilities Engineer at Integrated Support Command Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to managing facilities at one of the Coast Guard’s largest support commands through the stand-up of the new Coast Guard Sector construct; he was a member of the 1st District deployable Joint Field Office (JFO) contingency response team. During this tour, he was awarded the Department of Homeland Security Environmental Award and the Coast Guard Housing Service Recognition Award.
Commander Clyburn earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1992 from the U. S. Coast Guard Academy and a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois in 1996. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a certified Facility Manager.
Commander Clyburn’s personal decorations include four Coast Guard Commendation Medals, the Coast Guard Achievement Medal, and Commandant’s Letter of Commendation.