The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA),located in New London,Connecticut,is the U.S. service academy specifically for the United States Coast Guard. Founded in 1876,the academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of nine major fields of study.
Alfred Carroll Richmond was an admiral of the United States Coast Guard who served as the 11th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1954 to 1962,the second longest tenure of any U.S. Coast Guard Commandant following Russell R. Waesche who served from 1936 to 1946.
Merlin O'Neill served as the tenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1 January 1950 to 1 June 1954.
Thad William Allen is a former admiral of the United States Coast Guard who served as the 23rd commandant from 2006 to 2010. Allen is best known for his performance directing the federal response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf Coast region from September 2005 to January 2006,and for his role as National Incident Commander of the Unified Command for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Robert J. Papp Jr. succeeded him as Commandant on 25 May 2010.
James C. Van Sice is a retired Rear Admiral in the United States Coast Guard. He was the 38th Superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London,Connecticut,succeeding Rear Admiral Robert C. Olsen. He was succeeded by Rear Admiral J. Scott Burhoe. Rear Admiral Van Sice retired from the Coast Guard in 2007..
Admiral Robert Joseph Papp Jr. is a retired admiral of the United States Coast Guard who served as the 24th commandant from 2010 to 2014. He led the largest component of the United States Department of Homeland Security,with 42,000 active duty,8,200 Reserve,8,000 civilian,and 31,000 Auxiliary personnel.
Vice Admiral Sally Brice-O'Hara is an American retired Coast Guardsman who was the 27th Vice-Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Daniel B. Lloyd is a retired United States Coast Guard Rear Admiral. His last tour of duty in 2011,was as the Director of Joint Interagency Task Force South. Lloyd assumed the duties of Military Advisor to the Secretary,United States Department of Homeland Security,in June 2006. In this role,he was responsible for advising the Secretary on matters involving coordination between the Department of Homeland Security and all branches of the military.
Erroll Mingo Brown is a retired rear admiral in the United States Coast Guard. Brown was the first African-American promoted to flag rank in the Coast Guard.
Stephen W. Rochon is an American political staffer who served as the director of the Executive Residence and White House Chief Usher from 2007 to 2011. He was the first African-American White House Chief Usher.
Cari Batson Thomas is a retired rear admiral of the United States Coast Guard and a 1984 graduate of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy. On January 22,2010,Thomas became the third female commander of USCG Training Center Cape May to be advanced to a flag officer. Her final assignment was Assistant Commandant for Human Resources at the Coast Guard Academy.
Sandra Leigh Stosz is a retired United States Coast Guard Vice Admiral whose final active duty assignment was as Deputy Commandant for Mission Support. Previously,she was chosen by the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard,ADM Robert J. Papp to become the superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy in 2011. As such,she is the first woman to lead a United States service academy. At the time of her appointment to head the Coast Guard Academy,she was the Coast Guard's director of Reserve and leadership. Stosz was confirmed as a vice admiral in May 2015.
Charles Ward "Tommy" Thomas was a flag officer in the United States Coast Guard and commanding officer of the icebreakers USCGC Northland (WPG-49) and USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279) that served in the Greenland Patrol during World War II. In August 1945 he was appointed commander of Greenland Patrol. After the war he was commanding officer of USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282) during Operation Highjump;The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Project 1946–1947,also known as the Fourth Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Later followed expeditions in the Bering Sea.
Captain Charley L. Diaz is a 30-year United States Coast Guard veteran who served on Active Duty from 1982 to 2012. Diaz is best known for leading the crew of the USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) in the seizure of the Panamanian freighter GATUN off the coast of Panama in March 2007,which netted nearly 20 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $600 million. It was the largest maritime drug bust in US history.
Rear Admiral (ret.) Craig E. Bone is a former government executive under President George W. Bush,playing a key role in the forwarding of maritime domain awareness works,inter alia the container security initiative and implementation of the Maritime Transportation Security Act,as part of the wider Global Maritime Intelligence Integration Plan of this administration.
William J. Ecker was a United States Coast Guard rear admiral.
Allen Winbeck (1905–1990) was an American military officer who served as a rear admiral in the United States Coast Guard.
Karl Leo Schultz is a retired United States Coast Guard admiral who served as the 26th Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2018 to 2022.
Melissa Bert last served as the Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the United States Coast Guard. Rear Admiral (RADM) Bert is the first woman to serve in this position. Prior flag assignments held by RADM Bert include the U.S. Coast Guard’s Director of Governmental and Public Affairs and Deputy Director of Operations for U.S. Northern Command.
Joanna M. Nunan is a United States Maritime Service vice admiral,and a retired United States Coast Guard rear admiral,who has served as the 14th superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy since December 8,2022. The first woman to become superintendent of the Academy,her appointment was lauded by secretary of transportation Pete Buttigieg and administrator of the United States Maritime Administration Ann C. Phillips.
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