The Long Blue Line (Spring 2022)

SPRING 2022 

YOUR RETIREE NEWSLETTER & MORE 

NATIONAL MUSEUM: 

$50M FEDERAL 

GRANT FOR 

CONSTRUCTION 

ADM SCHULTZ: 

FINAL STATE OF 

THE COAST GUARD

2 SPRING 2022 

THE LONG BLUE LINE THE LONG BLUE LINE SPRING 2022 

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SPRING 2022 

Managing Editor: Drew Forster 

Graphic Designer: Scott McGuire 

Contributing Writer: William H. 

Thiesen, Ph.D. 

Chief of the Mess: MCPOCG Vincent 

W. Patton, Ed.D., USCG (Ret.) 

PUBLISHER: 

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PAST ISSUES: 

Current and past issues of The Long 

Blue Line (formerly The Retiree 

Newsletter) are accessible at: www. 

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where you can also subscribe for 

e-distribution of this newsletter 

and other important retiree 

communications. 

Coast Guard Distribution Lists can 

be found at the USCG Public Affairs 

News Room at: www.news.uscg.mil. 

ON THE COVER: 

ADM Karl Schultz, the 

Commandant of the Coast Guard, 

speaks during the 2022 State of 

the Coast Guard Address at Coast 

Guard Air Station Clearwater, 

Florida, February 24, 2022. During 

the annual address, Schultz 

reflected on the organization’s 

successes over the past year and 

outlined the shared vision for the 

future of the Coast Guard. (U.S. 

Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 

1st Class Travis Magee) 

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS: 

$50M for the National Coast Guard Museum: 

Construction poised to begin this summer 

National Retiree Council Co-Chairs 

Message from the Director 

A Message from the Commanding Officer, Coast 

Guard Pay & Personnel Center (PPC) 

Pre-Retiree Information 

Reunions, Notices & Items of Interest 

COVER STORY | Highlights from the State of the 

Coast Guard Address 

Farewell Salute to Former USCG Commandant, 

ADM Paul Yost 

A Family of Shipmates: Q&A with Master Chief Yeoman 

Cynthia Moneda 

$50M Federal Grant: Connecticut delegation celebrates 

in New London 

Inside the Exhibits: Enforcers on the Seas 

Portraits of Service: Meaningful Stories from Shipmates 

Typhoon Sarah, Wake Island 

From Working on Cruise Ships to a Coast 

Guard Commission 

Cutter POLAR STAR Enjoys Farm to Galley Produce 

Fair Winds and Following Seas: Coast Guard curator retires 

Reserve Engineering Chief Honored at the State of 

the Coast Guard Address 

Retirement Notices 

TAPS Notices 

Chaplain's Corner 

Directory Assistance & Other Important Phone 

Numbers & Websites 

Find all of this content at longblueline.org 

• CHANGES TO RETIREE & ANNUITANT MAILING/EMAIL ADDRESSES: The CG Retiree Services Program 

Manager, Mr. Robert Hinds, does NOT have the capability to change mailing/e-mail addresses in Direct Access (DA). 

Retirees & Annuitants may change their mailing/e-mail addresses by accessing their DA Self-Service account at 

www.dcms.uscg.mil/ppc/ras/gp/ or by contacting CG PPC at 866-772-8724, e-mail: ppc-dg-customercare@uscg.mil 

• USCG/PHS/NOAA INPUT FOR LONG BLUE LINE: Submit input to Robert Hinds, Robert.C.Hinds@uscg.mil. 

Deadline for input for The Long Blue Line, Summer (July) 2022 is 20 May 2022. 

Neither the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) nor the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) endorse the National Coast 

Guard Museum Association, or any other non-federal entity. Further, neither DHS nor the USCG endorse or support the 

products or services advertised in this newsletter, the organizations advertising in this newsletter, or the statements of 

any non- U.S. Coast Guard contributors for this newsletter. 



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HONOR 

$50M FOR OUR 

NATIONAL MUSEUM 

MORE THAN POSSIBLE—CERTAIN 

Everyone at the Museum Association is extremely excited and appreciative to see the vision of a National 

Coast Guard Museum take a major step forward thanks to the Connecticut Delegation, led by Senator 

Chris Murphy, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Receiving 

$50M in Museum Construction Funding in the Omnibus Bill, signed by President Biden, is a gamechanger. 

Pending our final permits and with this incredible support, we have targeted this summer to start our first 

phase of construction on the riverfront, with the goal of bidding Museum construction by the end of this year. 

We want to express our gratitude for every individual who has worked with us and continues to support this 

important project. The National Coast Guard Museum is now more than possible, it is certain. 

We especially want to herald the work of our Connecticut Delegation in bringing this National Museum 

to our Service. Years ago, Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Joe Courtney led the charge to 

change legislative language to authorize federal funding for this effort, consistent with Federal resources 

allocated to the other National Armed Services Museums. Senator Chris Murphy subsequently ensured 

that the Coast Guard was funded to begin exhibition design starting in 2017. In the development of the 

2022 budget, Chairman Murphy initiated this funding opportunity, and Representatives Courtney and Rosa 

DeLauro provided the additional momentum to carry it through the House of Representatives. Securing this 

substantial additional Federal support in the appropriation deserves to be recognized for what it is: a 

breakthrough for the campaign to build the National Coast Guard Museum. 

INSPIRE 

With this funding, we are well on our way to build an institution worthy of the men and women who 

serve our Coast Guard with Honor, Respect and Devotion to Duty. We have $131M in commitments 

toward the required $150M, with the support of Federal funding, a State of Connecticut grant, and 

private donations. The site preparation phase will take approximately nine months and will lay 

the groundwork for construction of this waterfront Museum and public access project between 

New London’s business district and the riverwalk. 

Semper Paratus! 

Susan J. Curtin, Chair 

Wes Pulver, President 

ENGAGE 



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NATIONAL RETIREE 

COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS 

MCPO LLOYD PIERCE: Wheeew! We’ve 

barely put COVID in our wake (for now anyway) 

before pitching headlong into the next series 

of challenges. Too many to even try to list. 

One advantage we retiree/ veterans have is – 

experience. We’ve been here before. World 

events and Coast Guard changes … We’ve got 

the T-shirts. 

I think back to what got me through. First and 

foremost was knowing my mission and value. 

Understanding that wherever I was, and whatever 

I was doing, was important. That motivated me to 

complete the mission. My inspiration came from 

“those who’ve gone before us”. The numerous 

retirees and old salts who’s shoulders I stood on. 

I learned from watching, asking, listening, and 

studying their legacy. 

Now, I’m one of “them.” Gave my last helm 

command and crossed the brow for the last 

time. Who am I going to be now? As XPO under 

a wise CO, I once used the phrase “not in my 

Coast Guard” while resisting a proposed change. 

The CO laughed at me and told me that was 

the equivalent of dropping anchor while the fleet 

sailed on. It never left me. I embraced that the 

Coast Guard is a dynamic armed service that 

must change and evolve to meet demands of 

the times. So it’s still my Coast Guard, but a lot 

different! 

The Coast Guard is experiencing historic 

transformation technologically, materially, and 

philosophically. Listening to and reading the 

Commandant’s State of the Coast Guard, I 

realized how fast and far the Coast Guard has 

sailed from where I anchored. 

These dramatic changes are sometimes 

frustrating for the workforce and sometimes 

for retirees. I think retirees’ primary value is in 

supporting our shipmates. We need to assure 

them that, where they are and what they’re 

doing, matters. We need to encourage them and 

remind them that we, and those before us, rode 

out storms and faced challenges. We stand as 

proof that they’ll get through. 

If you haven’t already, take a look at the State 

of the Coast Guard. You can read an excerpted 

version on page 22 or watch it online. Leaves 

me feeling very much like Jimmy Buffet’s Pirate 

Looking at 40 (I know, I know I passed that 

mark a long time ago) and understanding what 

it probably felt like to the sailors switching from 

sail to steam. 

One thing NOT changing is that Admiral 

Hathaway, Bob Hinds, and I are keeping a sharp 

lookout for any impacts on retirees and sounding 

the alarm as necessary. We’re ready for the 

pending changes in the Chain of Command and 

will ensure that our lines of communication stay 

open. 

Stay safe and healthy everyone! 

RADM HATHAWAY: Spring has sprung and I 

sincerely hope that everyone is once again able 

to enjoy some fresh air and the great outdoors! 

You know, during my USCG career, I thought 

I had learned all the lessons worth learning 

while riding out horrendous winter storms in the 

Bering Sea, rescuing Haitians at sea under the 

unrelenting Caribbean sun, or chasing down 

drug smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific 

Ocean. But the pandemic life of the last two 

years opened my eyes to a few more personal 

observations. Among them: 

• Family matters more than many of us realize 

and can really be the best medicine 

• The pandemic unleashed a revolution 

in medicine. We learned that, when the 

scientific community works together, they 

can accomplish some pretty amazing things 

• The adage “age is just a number” drove home 

to me that our health really is directly related 

to lifestyle — nutrition, physical activity, a 

healthy weight and restorative sleep 

• When your world gets small, nature can still 

let us live large. America is the most beautiful 

country in the world and its wide open 

splendor offered needed relief to many of us 

• Accepting uncertainty and letting go of 

needing to know all the time can really help 

you maintain your sanity when others around 

you are losing theirs! 

I am sure that all of you have cataloged many of 

your own personal lessons. Keep that list close 

in case we face a similar crisis in the future. 

In closing, I want to thank CAPT Tom King for his 

great support of the CGNRC during his tenure 

as CG-13D and wish him smooth sailing as he 

promotes to the proud rank of “USCG retiree” 

this Spring. 

Thoughts on retirement: 

“Don't act your age in 

retirement. Act like the 

inner young person 

you have always been.” 

—J. A. West 

MCPO Lloyd Pierce, USCG (Ret): Ipierce38@tampabay.rr.com 

RADM Jeff Hathaway, USCG (Ret): hathaway.cgnrc@aol.com 



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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR 

U.S. COAST GUARD RETIREE INFORMATION 

A MESSAGE FROM 

THE DIRECTOR 

WITH THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING, WE WELCOME TRANSITIONS, and for this issue of The 

Long Blue Line, I want to both congratulate our active duty members making transitions back 

to civilian life and thank the more than 300 Coast Guard military retirees who have answered 

the call to mentor and support their transitioning shipmates through the recently expanded CG 

Mentoring Program. 

Speaking of transitions, CAPT Thomas King, former Deputy Director (CG-13D), is now among 

our transitioning members, enjoying his first days of retirement following 30 years of exemplary 

service to the Coast Guard. Since assuming duties as Acting Director of Military Personnel (CG- 

13) in September 2020, then as Deputy Director (CG-13D) in October 2020, Tom skillfully led 

the Office of Military Personnel with a steady hand during a period of increased human resource 

policy development and modernization. Tom will be missed and the CG-1 family joins together 

to wish him and Becky the best of luck. 

CAPT Anthony “Tony” Williams has fleeted-up to replace CAPT King and we will soon welcome 

CAPT Monique Roebuck as the new Chief, Office of Military Personnel (CG-133). CAPT Roebuck 

comes to us from Alameda, CA where she served on the Pacific Area Staff as the Assistant 

Chief of the Personnel Division. 

Finally, I invite all CG Active Duty/Reserve members with retirement orders and military retirees 

to check out the MyCG article in this issue highlighting the opportunity to connect through the 

CG Mentoring Program Transitions Community – underscoring the theme of the Commandant’s 

2022 State of the Coast Guard Address – United in Service. DVIDS - Video - 2022 State of the 

U.S. Coast Guard Address (dvidshub.net) 

Yours in Service, 

Dr. Donna Mischell Navarro 

Senior Executive Service, U. S. Coast Guard 

Director of Military Personnel 

A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDING 

OFFICER, COAST GUARD PAY & 

PERSONNEL CENTER (PPC) 

Greeting from the Heartland. This has been a 

truly busy year here at your Pay and Personnel 

Center (PPC). We have committed to increasing 

the value proposition of the Retired and Annuitant 

Services (RAS). Many of you are aware of the 

monumental backlog that we faced in 2020 

of Audit Error Worksheets as it pertained to 

Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP). 

In some instances, retirees were waiting up to 

two years to receive the benefits they so richly 

earned. This was unacceptable and needed to 

be addressed head on. 

PPC made a commitment to get the backlog 

down to 120 days. With the support of Coast 

Guard leadership, PPC received additional 

resources and was able to leverage technology 

and meet our commitment by Dec 2020. We 

have continued to meet, and in many instances, 

exceed that commitment. As of this writing, 

our average turnaround time for these AEWs 

is 70 days and none of the more complex 

cases exceed 120 days. We are committed 

to maintaining this and making incremental 

improvements. 

I have tasked the staff here at PPC to take a 

holistic look at retired pay functions across the 

entire Pay and Personnel Center to find ways 

to optimize the work and improve processes 

while shoring up our resources where needed. 

Our initial focus is on three areas: decedent 

matters, the transition of reservists to retired 

status, and CRDP and Combat-Related Special 

Compensation procedures. We have already 

improved our communication with Retirees and 

annuitants through innovation and reduced the 

wait time for incoming calls from over 30 minutes 

to in most cases under a minute. We can also 

be more proactive in our communication 

back to you. We will make improvements in 

responsiveness to queries, and you will see that 

manifested in the next couple of months as a 

result of the RAS optimization efforts. 

It is an honor to serve our Retired Community 

and we will continue to make your pay a top 

priority here at your Pay and Personnel Center. 

CAPT Derek L. Smith 

www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/ 

Assistant-Commandant-for-Human- 

Resources-CG-1/Pay-and-Personnel-Center- 

PPC/ 

PPC-RAS 




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PRE-RETIREE 

COAST GUARD 

PRE-RETIREE 

LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY? 

MATCH WITH A RETIREE MENTOR TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION. 

See MyCG article at: 

! 

DD-2656 REPLACED CG-4700 AS OF – 1 JANUARY 2022 

As of 1 January 2022, transitioning members must use only Form DD-2656 as their 

application for retirement. CG PPC-RAS no longer accepts Form CG-4700 as of 

that date. 

PRE-RETIREE 

Leaving active duty? Match with a retiree mentor to support the transition > United States Coast 

Guard > My Coast Guard News (uscg.mil) 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: 

PAY & PERSONNEL NEWS UPDATES FROM OUR BRANCHES 

COAST GUARD ADOPTS DOD FORM FOR RETIRED PAY ACCOUNTS 


The CG Mentoring Program now offers CG AD/Reserve members the opportunity to connect with CG 

military retirees for mentoring and support in making the transition back to civilian life. 

More than 300 CG military retirees have already signed up to support transitioning members. 

CG military retirees interested in mentoring/supporting transitioning members in some capacity are 

asked to e-mail the information listed below to Robert Hinds, CG Retiree Services Program Manager, 

at Robert.C.Hinds@uscg.mil: Please do NOT e-mail Personally Identifiable Information (PII), 

such as SSN, EMPID, Mailing Address, or Phone Number(s). 

• Name (First, MI, Last), Retirement Rank/Rate, Retirement Month/Year, Status USCG 

(Ret) or USCGR (Ret), City/State, Email Address(es): 

• Briefly describe your interest in being a mentor and what you think a mentee can 

learn from you. 

• Highlight positions, jobs, titles from your CG military career; if applicable, other 

military Service. 

• Highlight positions, jobs, titles you’ve held since military retirement, including present 

occupation. 

• What do you consider to be your strongest general competencies (i.e. knowledge/ 

skills/abilities)? 

• Briefly describe your general local area familiarity/connections that may be of help 

to transitioning members & family. 

• Any other comments/questions you may have. 

While CG military retirees without uscg.mil e-mail addresses are unable to access the CG Mentoring 

Program, USCG Transitions Community, due to cyber-security issues, transitioning members can 

access this site at coastguard.chronus.com, view the list of available retirees and the information 

they’ve provided above, and connect with retirees who offer a good match. 

During the first virtual event on 3 March 2022, CG program managers provided transitioning members 

and retirees additional program information and facilitated Q&A. The virtual event was recorded, sent 

to retiree volunteer mentors, and remains available to all. Expect regular program updates/virtual 

events. The POCs for this CG multi-program initiative are: 

• Mr. Robert Hinds, CG Retiree Services Program, Robert.C.Hinds@uscg.mil 

• Mr. Carl Boehmer, CG Mentoring Program, Carl.A.Boehmer2@uscg.mil 

• Mr. Rodney Whaley, CG Transition Assistance Program, Rodney.B.Whaley@uscg.mil 

We are pleased to announce that the PPC changed from using the CG-4700 Form, Coast Guard, 

PHS, & NOAA Retired Pay Account Worksheet and Survivor Benefit Plan Election, to using the DD 

Form 2656, Data for Payment of Retired Personnel. This move from the CG-4700 to the DD Form 

2656 allows for more information to be immediately available to members (e.g., Survivor Benefit 

Plan (SBP) and Blended Retirement System (BRS)) and for consistency of retired pay information 

across all the services. 

Additionally, the DD Form 2656 is much more interactively friendly than our current form and 

it provides informational material (e.g., BRS 

Lump Sum information) that will help our 

members make informed decisions for future 

retirement planning. 

IMPORTANT REMINDER – Transitioning 

members must use only Form DD-2656 as 

their application for retirement. CG PPC-RAS 

stopped accepting Form CG-4700 on 1 Jan 

2022. Form DD 2656 is accessible at: https:// 

www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/ 

DD/forms/dd/dd2656.PDF CG PPC-RAS is 

your POC at ppc-dg-customercare@uscg. 

mil, phone 866-772-8724 

THE FORM DD 2656 

IS AVAILABLE AT THE 

FOLLOWING LINK: 

www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd2656.PDF 




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REUNIONS, NOTICES & 

ITEMS OF INTEREST 

ALL COAST GUARD REUNION 

RECONNECTING WITH FORMER SHIPMATES 

JOIN OUR MISSION AND COME WORK FOR US! 

SUBMITTED BY CAPT STEPHEN J. CRAIG, USCG (RET.) 

LOCATION: BEST WESTERN HOTEL, COEUR 

D'ALENE, IDAHO 

DATE: OCTOBER 7-9 2022 

CURRENT COST PER NIGHT: $130.41 

Background of the Coeur d’Alene Reunion: This 

reunion started as a CGC Winona reunion back 

in Port Angeles in the 1990s. Around 2014, it was 

moved to Coeur d’Alene when Darlene and Ken 

Amundsen took it over, and since then, they have 

had reunions basically every two years, interrupted 

of course by the COVID. Two years ago, it was 

decided to turn this into an all-Coast Guard reunion. 

This will be Darlene’s last year for this reunion, and it 

will be turned over to Russell Pogue with assistance 

from former CGC Confidence crewmembers. The 

last word I have is that it will remain in beautiful 

Coeur d’Alene. 

Registration: Contact Darlene Amundsen at: 

busypartyplanner@gmail.com or by phone 208- 

292-4840. There is no closing date, but obviously, 

the sooner, the better. The cost is $80 which 

includes Friday and Saturday night dinners and 

Sunday morning coffee. For the Lake Coeur d’Alene 

cruise, the cost is $20, which includes the bus fare. 

Don’t even think about driving to the dock. As it is a 

Saturday, parking will be challenging. 

Presentation: CAPT Steven J. Craig, USCG 

(Ret.), award-winning author of “All Present and 

Accounted For,” will be presenting a PowerPoint 

at 10:00 am on Saturday at the Jarvis grounding; 

followed by Q&A with Jack Hunter, USCG (Ret.), 

who played a primary role in this incident, which 

should be interesting. Lunch will follow and then a 

2-hour cruise on Lake Coeur d'Alene for those who 

have signed up through Darlene. 

USCG LORAN Station Veterans/Retirees 

interested in reconnecting, please send an e-mail 

to Robert Hinds, CG Retiree Services Program 

Manager at: Robert.C.Hinds@uscg.mil or 202- 

475-5451. Please include your name, rank/rate, 

LORAN Stations and dates assigned. Please also 

let me know if you served with PO Loren Marr at 

a LORAN Station in AK during the mid/late 1970s. 

SALT LAKE COAST GUARD RESERVE UNIT / 

NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE COORDINATION 

CENTER RESERVE UNIT REUNION 

LOCATION: SALT LAKE CITY, UT 

DATE: AUGUST 6, 2022 

General: To celebrate and remember the 25th 

Anniversary of the unit’s decommissioning, all past 

members are invited to attend. Please reach out to 

the reunion committee and if you are on Facebook 

join our FB group. The private group is Salt Lake 

Coast Guard Reserve Unit. 

For additional information, please contact MCPO 

Thomas J. Cowan, USCG (Ret), tjc12112@gmail. 

com, saltlakegru@gmail.com 

The Coast Guard Community Services Command 

(CSC) was commissioned on March 26th, 2009 

with its headquarters located in Chesapeake, 

Virginia. The Coast Guard Community Services 

Command is the Non-Appropriated Funds (NAF) 

Center for Excellence and oversees the Human 

Resources Services Center for 1,400+ Non- 

Appropriated Funds (NAF) Employees located 

throughout the Coast Guard. Non-Appropriated 

Funds (NAF) employees play an important role 

in supporting Coast Guard missions through 

professional, technical, administrative, retail, child 

care, recreation, trades, and craft occupations 

mostly at the Coast Guard Exchanges (CGX); 

Morale, Well-Being and Recreation (MWR) 

programs; and at Child Development Centers 

(CDC). Since military personnel change 

assignments every three years or so, NAF 

employees are vital to the organization because 

they provide expertise, stability, continuity and 

historical knowledge. 

Every day at the CSC, we are dedicated to 

improving the quality of life and well-being of 

every military member and their family whether 

through CGX, CDC, or through MWR – CSC is 

there ready to serve. 

UNITING TALENT WITH OPPORTUNITY 

You do not need to be affiliated with the military 

to work for us, but you will enjoy the satisfaction 

of serving our unique customers – Coast Guard 

active-duty members, retirees, their families, 

reservists, Coast Guard Auxiliarists and all 

authorized patrons. Our associates work for the 

Coast Guard, but are civilians. It’s truly a family. 

Our headquarters location offers positions 

from IT to Marketing, Human Resources, 

Merchandising, Accounting and more! 

Throughout CGX, MWR and CDC, we offer various 

opportunities in retail, services, hospitality and 

distribution to include positions such as Store 

Managers, Cashier Checkers, Sales Clerks, 

Recreation Aids, Guesthouse Attendants, 

Child Care Assistants, Bartenders, Warehouse 

Workers and Administrative positions just to 

name a few! With numerous opportunities, the 

possibilities are endless to find your niche! 

LET’S TALK BENEFITS AND CULTURE! Are you 

looking for work/life balance, diversity, flexibility, 

developmental opportunities, upward mobility 

and the ability to support those who defend our 

homeland? If that is a yes, this is the place to 

be! We provide the unique opportunity to deliver 

exceptional service to our customers who serve 

and protect our freedom. To personally be tied to 

the Coast Guard’s Core Values of Honor, Respect 

and Devotion to Duty is an exciting opportunity 

that allows for personal growth, professional 

advancement and pride. 

We offer an array of benefits ranging from 

Retirement to 401k, Paid Holidays, Paid Sick 

and Vacation Leave, Medical, Dental, Vision, 

Short/Long Term Disability and Tuition 

Assistance. There is potential for being vested 

in a defined benefit plan in 5 years, portability 

of time served between other non-appropriated 

positions and government service positions, 

and service credit for some previous military 

experience too! Benefits are dependent on job 

category, position and length of time in service. 

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THE COAST GUARD RECEIVED THE DHS OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD (OUA) 

If you are eligible, here is when you can expect to receive recognition 

See MyCG article at: 

ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR CG RETIRED/ 

SEPARATED MILITARY MEMBERS 

USCG Personnel Service Center, Military Medals and 

Awards 

The Military Medals and Awards staff has received 

numerous emails with concerns from Commands 

and members regarding the process outlined in 

ALCOAST 040/22 for Retired/Separated members. 

Although units are required to keep post-service 

files for recently retired/separated members, we are 

finding not all units keep these files for the length of the 

award eligibility period. In order to assist the retired/ 

separated member and the field we have established 

this updated guidance: 

CG Retired/Separated Military Members who were 

affiliated with the Coast Guard at any time during the 

established award period (25 August 2017 to 30 

2022 CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION & ENLISTED ASSOCIATION CONVENTION 

(REPRINTED FROM WINTER 22 ISSUE) 

AUGUST 7-11, 2022 

THE INN AT OPRYLAND 

The 2022 Chief Petty Officers Association & 

Enlisted Association Convention will be held at THE 

INN AT OPRYLAND in Nashville, TN! 

We’ll not only be able to conduct Association 

business, but to enjoy this great city while there. 

The location next to the Grand Ole Opry allows 

for easy access to Nashville’s world-famous 

attractions. Country Music Hall of Fame and Jack 

Daniels Distillery tours are being arranged. Learn 

more at: uscgcpoa.org/ 

November 2020) and served honorably are eligible 

for the award. Eligible members are asked to complete 

form SF-180, Request Pertaining to Military Records 

and forward it along with a copy of your form DD-214, 

Member – 4 copy, to the following email address: 

HQS-DG-M-CGPSC-BOPS-C@uscg.mil You may 

also send any related questions to this email address. 

Guidance on how to get a copy of your DD-214 and 

information on SF-180 are accessible at: 

www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/2926137/thecg-received-the-dhs-outstanding-unit-awardheres-who-is-eligible-and-when-y/ 

www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant- 

Commandant-for-Human-Resources-CG-1/ 

Personnel-Service-Center-PSC/BOPS/PSC- 

BOPS-C/PSC-BOPS-C-MR/PSC-BOPS-C-MR_DD- 

214_Request/ 

CGPSC-BOPS will review your DD-214 to confirm 

eligibility, then add the DHS OUA to your official 

record. This process takes approximately 60-90 days 

upon receipt of a completed SF-180 and a copy of the 

member’s DD-214. There will be an additional delay 

if the SF-180 is not completed properly or the correct 

copy of DD-214 is not received. 

The ribbon will be mailed out to those eligible once 

the Coast Guard receives them from the manufacturer 

(approximately 30-45 days). 

2022 VOTER REGISTRATION AND ABSENTEE 

BALLOT NOTIFICATION 

R 141555Z JAN 22 MID600051438860U 

FM COMCOGARD PSC WASHINGTON DC 

SUBJ: 2022 VOTER REGISTRATION AND 

ABSENTEE BALLOT NOTIFICATION 

A. Coast Guard Voting Assistance Program, 

COMDTINST 1742.3 (series) 

1. The right of U.S. citizens to vote is protected 

by the U.S. Constitution. Every voter must have 

the opportunity to register and vote, in person or 

by absentee, in any election for which he or she 

is eligible. To vote in U.S. elections, Coast Guard 

members and their eligible dependents must be 

registered in their state of legal residence. 

2. 2022 is a federal voting year and all eligible 

voters are encouraged to vote. If members or their 

voting eligible dependents do not expect to be 

present in their state of legal residence to vote, 

they may do so by using an absentee ballot. 

3. Eligible voters who wish to register and 

vote absentee should do so by completing the 

Federal Post Card Application (FPCA). Please 

note that each state has their own deadlines for 

the receipt of absentee ballot requests. 

4. The FPCA (SF-76) can be completed easily 

online at the Federal Voting Assistance Program 

(FVAP) website: www.fvap.gov. The website has 

an automated assistant to help members complete, 

save, and print the FPCA. Additionally, they can 

print a pre-paid envelope template for submission 

by mail. The FPCA is postage-paid within the U.S. 

Postal Service system, including APO and FPO 

addresses. Many states and territories allow return 

of FPCAs by fax. Note: Each state or territory has 

specific instructions for completing and submitting 

to local election offices. 

5. Per REF (A), commands should provide the 

FPCAs by 15JAN22 and again by 15JUL22 to 

all assigned military personnel and their eligible 

family members by: 

a. Communicating the FPCA availability on the 

FVAP website to all members. 

b. Having Unit Voting Assistance Officers 

(UVAO) registered and trained with FVAP. 

Please see www.fvap.gov/vao/overview on 

how to be a UVAO. 

c. Providing FPCAs in hardcopy or electronic 

means all unit members. All documents can 

be downloaded off the website at: www.fvap. 

gov. A sample email can be found at: http:// 

cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/psc/FS/cgvap/ 

SitePages/Home.aspx, VAO library, email 

templates folder. 

d. UVAOs should document when each unit 

member has received the FPCA in FVAPs 

database for reporting to Congress. 

6. For questions please contact the Service 

Voting Action Officer, Ms. Keirsten Current at 

keirsten.e.current2@uscg.mil. 

7. Released by RDML S. N. Gilreath, Commander, 

Personnel Service Center. The Service Center for 

Our Most Important Resource Our People. 

8. Internet release is authorized. 

! 

NOTE: Only retirees living overseas 

can use the Federal Post Card 

Application (FVAP). For everyone 

else they have to go through their 

state, but the FVAP website has great 

information for everyone. 



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WOMEN VETERANS 

California is home to over 163,000 women 

who served in our U.S. military. They are 

Veterans, family members, friends, business 

owners, professionals, community leaders, and 

advocates. Women Veterans served in every 

major U.S. conflict and in peacetime since our 

Revolutionary War. For this they are owed a 

great debt of gratitude. See: www.calvet.ca.gov/ 

calvet-programs/women-veterans 

CalVet Women Voices BE HEARD! With over 

163,000 women veterans in California and many 

currently serving in the state’s 32 military bases, 

CalVet Women Veterans will feature the diversity 

and the extent women served and sacrificed for 

our country. By gathering stories and photographs 

of California women veterans, we can establish a 

visible and more accurate narrative of how women 

served so future generations can follow, aspire 

to, and be inspired to continue breaking barriers 

and stereotypes. Your story raises awareness, 

educates, and shapes our history to reflect how 

much women have been, and continue to be, 

an integral part of this nation’s military history. 

CalVet Women Vets Submission Packet: 

www.calvet.ca.gov/WomenVets 

California Women Veterans Leadership Council 

(CWVLC) 

The California Women Veterans Leadership 

Council (CWVLC) was formed in April 2016 to 

provide a statewide structure in which women 

veterans can share information and collaborate 

across regions in California about issues 

important to women who served. 

www.calvet.ca.gov/WomenVets/Pages/ 

California-Women-Veterans-Leadership- 

Council.aspx 



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NET RESULTS 

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy Women’s 

Basketball team revealed a new legacy uniform 

honoring the U.S. Coast Guard’s Women’s 

Reserve, also known as the “Semper Paratus, 

Always Ready” (SPARs), in February. More than 

75 years after the disbandment of the SPARs, the 

Coast Guard Academy women’s basketball team 

honored the legacy of their predecessors when 

they hosted Emerson College in their final regular 

season game. 

photo: U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Mr. David Lau 



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UNITED IN 

SERVICE 

STATE of the COAST GUARD 

ADDRESS - 2022 

by ADM K. L. Schultz, U.S. Coast Guard 

Thank you, Master Chief Vanderhaden! To 

Captain Joe McGilley and the Air Station 

Clearwater Team: thank you for hosting 

this year’s State of the Coast Guard Address. 

Thank you, Secretary Mayorkas, represented here 

by our local DHS teammates in attendance, and to 

my shipmates across the Coast Guard: thank you 

for your participation today. 

Today, the State of the Coast Guard is strong, maybe 

stronger than ever before, because we are United in 

Service, adapting to new challenges and opportunities 

presented by a rapidly changing maritime domain. 

We’ve seen massive ships pushing the limits of both 

ports and waterways; evolving autonomous vessel 

technology, including the recovery of spacecraft at 

sea; growth in offshore wind energy; increasingly 

busy shared-use waterways; escalating cyber threats 

to vessels and critical infrastructure in our ports; and 

more frequent and costly weather events. 

We have monitored distant water fishing fleets who 

set lines and nets more than 9,000 miles from their 

native shores, absent any flag state oversight to 

assure responsible behavior; and we’ve observed 

what were historically frozen waters become 

increasingly navigable. In addition, we have been both 

organizationally and personally affected by disruptions 

to our inter-connected, global supply chain. 

This transformational change in the maritime domain, 

and its blistering pace, is not confined to the United 

States–rather, it is global! These changes taking 

place in coastal waters act as a forcing mechanism, 

compelling coastal nations worldwide to establish 

or bolster their own coast guards, and to adapt or 

expand their existing maritime security capabilities. 

In response, the U.S. Coast Guard has done what it 

has always done…we’ve continued to evolve. Our 

enduring success throughout our 232-year history, 

accentuated by these uniquely challenging past 

three years, is because we are ever adaptive, agile, 

and resilient. We succeed because we are United 

in Service…we are Always Ready! 

Our Coast Guard is amidst the largest shipbuilding 

effort since the 2nd World War as we build the fleet 

that will serve the Nation for decades to come. In 

June, the 10th National Security Cutter, to be named 

Our rich history deserves 

to be celebrated, and 

that will be the case 

at the forthcoming 

National Coast Guard 

Museum in New 

London, Connecticut, 

our top philanthropic 

priority…our Service’s 

most significant 

philanthropic initiative 

to date. 

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This spring, we 

anticipate awarding 

the largest acquisition 

contract in the history 

of our Service for 

the next 11 Offshore 

Patrol Cutter hulls in 

Stage Two of the OPC 

program. 

for the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast 

Guard - Charles Calhoun, will be christened. 

Detail design work remains underway in preparation 

for construction of our first Polar Security Cutter… 

that requires exacting designs, complex steel work, 

and systems integration. Today, I am excited to 

announce the name of the first—that name will be: 

POLAR SENTINEL. 

When our fleet of Polar Security Cutters becomes 

operational, the work of these uniquely capable 

assets will be essential to protecting our economic, 

environmental, and national security interests in the 

Polar or High Latitude Regions. 

This spring, we anticipate awarding the largest 

acquisition contract in the history of our Service 

for the next 11 Offshore Patrol Cutter hulls in Stage 

Two of the OPC program. The OPC program of 

record is 25 cutters, and delivery of this full fleet is 

critical to recapitalizing the capability and capacity 

provided by our 28 Medium Endurance Cutters … 

many of which are 50+ years old. 

We’re making progress on the acquisition of 30 

Waterways Commerce Cutters. These new tenders 

will have greater endurance, speed, and deck load 

capacity to efficiently maintain 28,000 aids that mark 

over 12,000 miles of navigable inland waterways. 

And much change is afoot in our aviation community 

where we are re-capitalizing and changing the 

composition of our fleet, delivering new and 

upgraded fixed-wing platforms, and strategically 

relocating assets. We now have two long-range 

HC-130-J Super Hercules in Hawaii where aircrews 

have greater capability to conduct missions in a 

region that knows the tyranny of distance. Our 

medium-range HC-144s sited in Miami, Mobile, 

Cape Cod, and Corpus Christi, as well as our C-27- 

Js in Sacramento, are instrumental to meeting 

mission objectives, too. Both platforms are receiving 

upgrades to their capabilities, including installation 

of the Minotaur Mission System that enables our 

aircrews to better gather, process, and share critical 

tactical information in real time with units underway 

and onshore. 

During my last State of the Coast Guard Address, 

I emphasized that to remain Always Ready, we 

MUST invest in our shore facilities—a message 

that was heard, loud and clear. We have seen 

historic support for our infrastructure, including 

$429 million in the recently enacted Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act to address critical shore 

needs, funding 18 distinct projects across the Coast 

Guard. Thanks to Congressional support, we have 

many sizable construction projects underway right 

now at eight small boat stations, like Station Key 

West, at the Coast Guard Yard, and at three new 

cutter homeports; AND we are building the first 

new Coast Guard Air Station in decades from 

the ground up in Ventura, California…scheduled to 

be complete this time next year. We are currently 

executing about $1.4 billion dedicated to improving 

shore facilities across our Service and we anxiously 

await $200 million of additional funds in the Fiscal 

Year 2022 budget, which will allow us to tackle 

another 11 infrastructure projects. 

In addition to investing in facilities that support our 

missions, we’re investing in facilities that support 

our workforce. Did you know the last time we built 

a new child development center was 10 years ago 

in Petaluma…and before that, 25 years ago in San 

Juan? No longer. Thanks to Congressional support, 

we’ve received $120 million in funding for new 

construction of childcare development centers in 

Alameda, Kodiak, Mobile, Astoria, and Elizabeth 

City, and modest improvements to our childcare 

center in Cape Cod! 

As Congress remains supportive to updating our 

infrastructure, building to climate informed and 

resilient standards is at the forefront of our minds. 

In late January, I visited Training Center Petaluma 

to break ground for the Coast Guard’s newest 

sustainable energy project: a solar grid designed 

to provide 10-days of self-sustaining power for the 

entire Training Center campus. 

We’re also making tremendous progress in the Tech 

Revolution! 

Our new medical health record system, M.H.S. 

Genesis has gone live Service-wide, making 

patient record retrieval easier and faster, reducing 

administrative errors, and allowing electronic 

information exchange with the Department of 

Defense, Veteran’s Affairs system, as well as 

commercial care providers. And we have shifted 

to DoD 365 Cloud Computing ahead of our DoD 

counterparts, allowing our members to access their 

work accounts from personal computers with the use 

of a simple Common Access Card reader device. 

This capability especially helps our Reservists, 

who can now access their Coast Guard email and 

collaboration tools from anywhere. 

By August, we anticipate our Personnel Electronic 

Records Management System will also go live to 

enable our members, as well as those retired or 

separated from the service, to have on-demand 

access to their military personnel records. 

Today, we see I.T. for what it has always been: an 

operational platform that supports a more ready 

Coast Guard, a platform that is essential for us to be 

United in Service. And we are grateful for the $275 

Million appropriated by Congress since I became 

Commandant to support our Tech Revolution, which 

launched the first wave of transformational changes 

in how we deploy mobile, reliable, and integrated 

information systems to our extraordinarily capable 

people. 

New platforms, processes, and technologies 

are indeed enabling functions. They enable and 

empower our workforce—the backbone of our 

Service—to work smarter and more effectively. As 

I’ve said since early in my tenure: when we provide 

our workforce with an environment in which all 

members can thrive, and the tools to get the job 

done, therein resides mission success and high 

employee satisfaction! 

As we move forward, we must honor and be informed 

from our past. Yesterday, I commissioned the John 

Scheuerman, the 46th of 64 new Fast Response 

Cutters…and the fifth of six FRCs destined to 



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support the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. As 

FRCs are named after Coast Guard enlisted heroes, 

each commissioning ceremony adds a new chapter 

to our storied Coast Guard history. 

Our rich history deserves to be celebrated, and that 

will be the case at the forthcoming National Coast 

Guard Museum in New London, Connecticut, our 

top philanthropic priority —our Service’s most 

significant philanthropic initiative to date. I 

encourage you to learn more about this important 

project led by the National Coast Guard Museum 

Association. 

And when we talk of FRCs, three will be homeported 

here in the Tampa Bay area at Sector Saint Petersburg. 

Our modern vessels are different in size, complexity, 

and capability than the legacy platforms they 

replace; they have more systems, more parts, 

more tonnage, and greater range. Accordingly, the 

Mission Support enterprise is United in Service 

to provide integrated, responsive, and innovative 

support for our operators. 

Traditionally, the responsibility of in-port 

maintenance has been placed largely on our cutter 

crews, but we are making substantial moves to ease 

Most impressively, 

these organizations 

continue to find new 

ways to best support 

our personnel and the 

broader Coast Guard 

family, which in turn, 

enables our workforce 

to deliver mission 

excellence anytime, 

anywhere! 

the in-port workload and improve work-life balance 

for those assigned cutters. Forty new cutter support 

billets will be added upon enactment of our currentyear 

budget, including port engineers, machinery 

and weapons technicians, and quality assurance 

personnel. 

When Ida struck the Gulf Region as a Category 

IV hurricane last year, the scale of destruction to 

Louisiana ports was matched by the disruptive 

impact to our workforce, including the displacement 

of over 1,600 Coast Guard personnel and their 

families. Reconstituting the region’s ports and 

waterways, and assisting our families affected 

by the storm, required responsive, integrated, 

and innovative mission support—and the Mission 

Support enterprise delivered. The Director of 

Operational Logistics, in conjunction with Bases 

New Orleans and Galveston, coordinated with the 

Eighth District and Atlantic Area Commanders to 

create the Family Assessment Support Tool to track 

and respond to Coast Guard personnel needs. This 

tool enabled the expedited securing of temporary 

lodging for over 700 Coasties and their families, as 

well as coordinated delivery of medical care for 32 

members displaced from their regional providers. 

Our spouses, parents, siblings, and children 

often share the responsibilities and burden of 

military service…I thank each and every family 

member for your support! And I’d be remiss if I 

didn’t thank both Coast Guard Mutual Assistance 

and the Coast Guard Foundation for their critical 

support of “Team Coast Guard!” Most impressively, 

these organizations continue to find new ways to 

best support our personnel and the broader Coast 

Guard family, which in turn, enables our workforce 

to deliver mission excellence anytime, anywhere! 

We are an agile, adaptive force whose greatest value 

to our Nation resides in our ability to rapidly shift our 

missions and efforts to meet national priorities during 

both steady state and crises. And it seems that we 

are more frequently responding to crises. While the 

agility, strength, and resilience of our 42,000-strong 

Active Duty force continues to impress, we could not 

have performed all that was asked of us if not for our 

Reserve Component and volunteer Auxiliary. 

Last Fall, Coast Guard personnel supported 13 

contingency operations occurring simultaneously, on 

top of steady state business. In every major operation, 

Reservists and Auxiliarists were United in Service, 

side-by-side with our full-time personnel. They were 

among one hundred medical personnel deployed 

to the Southwest Border, supporting Customs 

and Border Protection operations, they supported 

FEMA, and they were among the medical 

contingent who delivered CDC-recommended 

vaccines to Afghan Nationals in support of DHS’s 

Operation “Allies Welcome.” 

Auxiliarist Mark Perni helped ensure that our 

own workforce expeditiously received COVID 

vaccines. I am grateful to our dedicated medical 

personnel consisting collectively of just 800 

medical officers, physicians, pharmacists, 

administrators, health service technicians, and 

Auxiliary volunteers. United in Service, these 

professionals strengthened our readiness 

posture. Thank you! 

And our robust readiness posture enabled 

the U.S. Coast Guard to be the first responder 

on-scene in August 2021 after a devastating 

7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Tiburon 

Peninsula or Southern Claw of Haiti. At the request 

of the Haitian government and coordinated by 

the Senior U.S. Defense Official in Haiti, Reserve 

Coast Guard Captain Gregory Duncan, we 

surged aircraft and crews to help Haitian citizens. 



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Here on the hangar deck of our largest Air Station, 

let me ask the members of the Clearwater team 

who supported these Haiti earthquake operations 

to stand…Well done team! 

The United States Coast Guard was on-scene 

within just 24 hours of this tragic earthquake. Our 

adaptability, agility, and responsiveness allow us to 

get into places before anyone else. And the MH- 

60 Jayhawk, with its endurance and power, proved 

invaluable during the Haiti response efforts. This 

past year, we transformed Air Station Borinquen 

into a Jayhawk unit to provide the 7th Coast Guard 

district with more rotary wing capability. And we look 

forward to the innovative ways aircrews will employ 

these helicopters further down-range. 

Our Nation’s economic prosperity relies on free 

and open maritime trade. This begins with the 

safety, security, and efficiency of America’s 360 

ports. This past year, Americans came to recognize 

the interconnectedness of the global economy when 

many were personally affected by the temporary 

closures of the Suez Canal and the Colonial Pipeline, 

as well as ship congestion off Los Angeles and other 

ports. 

Much of the responsibility to assure a safe and efficient 

port relies on our Shore Forces Enterprise—15,000 

personnel assigned to 37 Sectors located across 

the Nation. Theirs’ is a dynamic job as they adapt 

operations to meet a triple challenge: sustaining a 

safe marine and maritime environment for all users; 

responding to industry’s efforts to increase ports 

and waterways throughout, and keeping pace with 

continuously advancing technologies. We intend to 

grow our waterways workforce in the coming years 

to meet new demands. 

The risk of cyber-attacks to maritime critical 

infrastructure and maritime organizations threatens 

the resilience of our Nation’s Marine Transportation 

System. This past August, we released an updated 

Cyber Strategic Outlook that lays out how the Coast 

Guard is adapting to protect the MTS, as well as 

defend our own network, and operate in cyberspace. 

These efforts range from prevention and response 

strategies; leveraging relationships with interagency 

partners; and building a robust cyber workforce—a 

workforce that I’m excited to announce, includes a 

new Cyber Mission Specialist rating with its own 

Chief Warrant Officer specialty! 

Clearly the maritime domain is changing. Global fish 

stocks are dwindling, the threat of piracy endures, 

and storms have become more frequent and 

destructive. As nations confront these challenges, 

they increasingly look to coast guards…and they 

see our Service, the United States Coast Guard, as 

a global standard bearer. The White House, too, 

has recognized the value of sharing our centuries 

of experience with like-minded navies and coast 

guards. The Administration’s recently released 

Indo-Pacific strategy calls to “expand U.S. Coast 

Guard presence and cooperation against [other] 

transnational threats.” Advancing “coast guard 

work” with key partners across the globe is a charge 

we accept with vigor! 

In the Indo-Pacific, we are active now. Our seagoing 

buoy tenders and Fast Response Cutters 

conduct expeditionary patrols across Oceania, 

exercising bilateral agreements; and our Deployable 

Specialized Forces strengthen partners’ maritime 

domain awareness and law enforcement capabilities. 

National Security Cutters operate with the maritime 

forces of Japan, Australia, and numerous Southeast 

Asian nations. And this summer, National Security 

Cutter MIDGETT will work with partners, perhaps as 

far away as the Indian Ocean. 

Last spring on the Black Sea, National Security 

Cutter HAMILTON conducted exercises with 

regional naval forces, including the Ukrainians, 

Turks, and Georgians, to strengthen relationships 

with partners and allies. 

For three successive years, cutters deployed to 

West Africa to participate in the African Maritime 

Law Enforcement Partnership, commonly referred 

to as AMLEP, a program we’ve also supported with 

Coast Guard Deployable Specialized Forces and 

Mobile Training Teams since 2010. 

Much of the 

responsibility to 

assure a safe and 

efficient port relies 

on our Shore Forces 

Enterprise—15,000 

personnel assigned 

to 37 Sectors located 

across the Nation. 

there, they monitored a Chinese naval Surface 

Action Group which was operating 50 miles off the 

Aleutian Island coast. 

Without question, warming air and rising sea 

temperatures are increasing the number of actors 

and their activities in the Arctic. Elevated activity 

increases risk to maritime safety, national security, 

and the marine environment. To that end, for over 

150 years, the U.S. Coast Guard has maintained 

a consistent presence in the geo-strategically 

important Arctic. With the planned delivery of polar 

security cutters in the years ahead, that presence 

will continue. 

These operations showcase how we are United 

in Service with the Joint Force, supporting every 

geographic combatant command and every 

numbered U.S. Naval fleet, playing a critical role to 

secure our national interests and confront threats 

and challenges before they reach America’s shore. 

Two weeks ago, I had the privilege to engage 

36 defense leaders from the African continent at 

U.S. AFRICOM’s Chiefs of Defense conference, 

describing how the United States Coast Guard might 

help them develop their skills and capabilities. This 

work advances the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy 

with our U.S. Navy and Marine Corps teammates. 

Last year, our medium icebreaker HEALY completed 

a historic circumnavigation of North America via 

the Northwest Passage. Today, our sole heavy 

icebreaker, POLAR STAR, is wrapping up work in 

Antarctic waters. After enabling replenishment of 

McMurdo Station, STAR continued south to set a 

new world record, transiting to the southernmost 

navigable waters on the planet. Our ice breakers 

sail with a diverse contingent of crewmembers, 

scientists, key partner nation naval officers, and even 

some Auxiliarists. As I continue to unequivocally 

note - in the high latitudes, presence absolutely 

equals influence! 

This past year, National Security Cutters KIMBALL 

and BERTHOLF deployed to the Bering Sea, the 

gateway to the Arctic, a region from which 50% of 

our nation’s fish and shellfish are harvested. While 

Here, in the Western Hemisphere, we remain United 

in Service with inter-agency and international 

partners to thwart bulk shipments of narcotics 

smuggled at sea. Last week, I joined the crew of 



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National Security Cutter JAMES for their second 

large drug off-load in six months. Collectively, 

JAMES off-loaded 130,000 pounds of illicit drugs 

interdicted across 40 separate seizures by various 

cutter crews and Law Enforcement Detachments 

deployed aboard U.S., Canadian, and Dutch naval 

vessels. Interdicting bulk quantities of narcotics at 

sea keeps drugs off American streets and deprives 

Transnational Criminal Organizations of illicit 

revenue streams. Well done to all those who feed 

the interdiction cycle of success! 

Our hemispheric neighbors to the South have a 

lot at stake in this fight, as Transnational Criminal 

Organizations gravely threaten their way of life, 

their economies, and their individual and collective 

security. Persistent inter-agency training and 

collaboration across the vast Joint Interagency Task 

Force South operating area has been tremendously 

successful. In 2021, Panama, Colombia, and Costa 

Rica collectively removed 225 Metric Tons—that’s 

nearly 500,000 pounds of illicit narcotics from 

the maritime transit zone. They are highly effective 

counter narcotics partners. 

The key to our success has always been our 

people…our diverse workforce of Active Duty, 

Civilian, Reserve, and Auxiliary volunteers. In 2019, 

I asked you to join me in building a “tidal wave” of 

energy to ensure all members of Team Coast Guard 

were respected, empowered, and included… and 

you have! Informed by our partnership with the Rand 

Corporation to deliver the Women’s Retention and 

Under-Represented Minority studies, and inside 

our lifelines work through our LDAC’s and Affinity 

Councils, we have been United in Service to create 

a more fully inclusive Coast Guard—A Service 

where every member of our team can experience 

a strong sense of belonging! 

While there is still much work to do, I ask you to 

celebrate our work in progress, and recommit to 

marching the ball even further down the proverbial 

inclusion playing field. 

As we work hard to achieve a Coast Guard 

representative of the population we serve, we’ve 

placed new officer recruiter positions in D.C.; 

Hampton Roads; Atlanta; Miami; and Houston. 

This past November, we formally established our 

fourth and largest to date: Coast Guard Junior 

Reserve Officer Training Corps, or J-ROTC, 

program right here in this county at Pinellas Park! 

170 local students are already participating in this 

The key to our success has 

always been our people … our 

diverse workforce of Active 

Duty, Civilian, Reserve, and 

Auxiliary volunteers. 

program! Having our young Americans engage 

with our front-line Service members in an area like 

this replete with many operational units, is the best 

way to generate interest in the Coast Guard. 

We are United in Service, eliminating barriers to 

success. Since 2019, Congress has provided 

an additional $6 million for our childcare subsidy 

program, expanding the pool of eligible members, 

and providing targeted financial relief to those 

living in high-cost childcare areas. The program 

nearly tripled the number of enrolled children 

in just two years. And we’ve advocated for and 

anticipate funding in our FY22 appropriation to 

start replacing our sub-standard recruit barracks 

at Training Center Cape May, the home of our 

enlisted workforce. 

We also continue to derive tangible benefits from 

our initiative to provide Reservist back-fills to allow 

active duty members to optimize their parental 

leave, like Chief Schwartz [Read more about the 

Chief in our new Reserve section on page 60]. 

Three-hundred sixty-five active duty Coast Guard 

members have taken advantage of this opportunity, 

improving their work-life balance, and affording 

some exceptional active duty opportunities to our 

highly capable Reservists! 

And while there’s always room for improvement, I’m 

pleased to report that our collective efforts to retain 

our workforce are working. Today more women are 

remaining in our Service longer. Today we have 375 

more women in the Service at the critically important 

E6/E7 and O-4 mid-grade leadership ranks than we 

had five years ago in 2017—that’s a 28% increase 

of women at these mid-career pay grades, and 

a trend that out-paces their male counter-parts. 

The “rising tide lifts all boats” aphorism applies 

here as today we’re retaining 60% of our Active 

Duty workforce at the 15-year time in Service 

benchmark—that’s impressive! 

We must continue this progress, because we 

cannot be the U.S. Coast Guard our Nation needs 

without each member of our workforce. You, the 

extraordinary members of our Mission Ready Total 

Workforce, are the change agents who maximize 

our team’s potential. You are the inspector who 

shapes novel vessel construction. You are the 

storekeeper who provides a much-needed part to 

a frontline operator. You are the voice on the radio 

who gives hope to a distressed mariner, and the first 

responder who pulls that mariner from the sea. You 

are the systems developer who collaborates and 

who innovates to get the mission done. 

Individually, you are valued. United in Service, we 

are invaluable! 

As your Commandant, I am ever thankful for 

the support of the local communities in which 

we operate, the support of the Department, the 

Administration, and the Congress. 

The State of the Coast Guard is indeed strong at 

a time when the demands for our services and 

capabilities have never been higher, and the 

challenges on you and your families are uniquely 

difficult. You are the most talented, tenacious, 

and inclusive team of shipmates and Coast 

Guard families that I’ve been blessed to serve 

with over the past four decades. On behalf of your 

senior leadership team, the many coast guard 

and maritime agencies we partner with across 

the globe, and all Americans, I offer my deepest 

gratitude and admiration! Today we celebrate your 

accomplishments and successes, forever United 

in Service. 

Thank you and Semper Paratus! 



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FAREWELL SALUTE 

TO FORMER USCG 

COMMANDANT, 

ADM PAUL YOST 

Admiral Paul Alexander Yost, Jr., USCG (Ret.), 18th Commandant 

of the Coast Guard, passed away on February 9, 2022, in Provo, 

Utah, at the age of 93. 

Paul Alexander Yost, Jr., was born in Philadelphia, 

PA, on January 3, 1929, and slipped peacefully 

into the eternities on February 9, 2022, just 46 days 

after his beloved wife, Janice Kay Worth, died on 

Christmas Day 2021. 

Paul was the oldest of two children born to Army 

Major Paul and Jeanne Yost Sr. Paul and his brother 

Larry spent their high school years in St. Petersburg, 

FL. The "Yost boys" were known for their hijinks and 

practical jokes. 

Paul married Jan Worth upon his graduation from 

the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1951. In 1955, 

Paul and Jan made the decision to join the Church 

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Church). 

Paul's conversion resulted in a lifetime of Christian 

discipleship. He served in several prominent Church 

positions, including as a member of the Church's 

Military Affairs Committee and served (with Jan) 

as Church Ambassadors to the United Nations. 

They successfully obtained "Special Consultative 

Status" for Latter-day Saint Charities providing the 

organization UN recognition around the world. 

In 1969, CDR Yost served a 13-month tour in Vietnam 

and was the Commander, Task Group 115.3, a 

combat command on the coast of Vietnam where he 

led numerous missions into the Mekong Delta. During 

his tour, he received a Silver Star Medal, Legion 

of Merit with Combat V, Combat Action Ribbon, 

Vietnamese 2nd Class Order Navy Distinguished 

Service, Medal Republic of 

Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, 

Vietnam Service Medal with 

2 Bronze Stars, Republic 

of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit 

Citation with Palm, and the 

Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star. 

During his career Admiral Yost was 

also awarded the Defense Distinguished Service 

Medal, Transportation Distinguished Service Medal, 

the Coast Guard distinguished Service Medal with 

Two Bronze Stars, and the Meritorious Service Medal. 

Admiral Yost became the 18th Commandant of the 

United States Coast Guard on May 30, 1986. He 

was nominated to the position by President Ronald 

Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. During 

his tenure, he worked to increase the Coast Guard's 

emphasis on the military/naval capabilities and added 

armament and naval warfare systems to the Coast 

Guard's major cutter fleet. He directed the Coast 

Guard's War on Drugs and significantly reduced the 

flow of illegal drugs into the country. Admiral Yost 

led the Coast Guard's efforts to clean up the Exxon 

Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, AK. He served 

as the Commander of the Atlantic Area, Commander 

Maritime Defense Zone Atlantic, Commander Third 

District in New York City, NY, the Commander of 

the Tenth District in New Orleans, LA; and was the 

Commanding Officer of the USCG Cutter RESOLUTE 

in San Francisco, CA. 

Admiral Yost was appointed as the inaugural 

President of The James Madison Memorial 

Fellowship Foundation, where he served for 20 years. 

The Foundation provides scholarships to secondary 

school teachers to help them become scholars of the 

United States Constitution. 

Paul was a wonderful father, grandfather, great 

grandfather, and mentor. He was a man of great 

faith and served others throughout his life. He is 

survived by his five children: Linda (Mark) Barrand, 

Chip (Mary Ann), David, Lisa (Peter) Galvin, and 

Christopher (Michelle), eleven grandchildren, and 

nineteen great-grandchildren, his brother, Larry 

(Jackie), and was preceded in death by wife Jan 

and his parents. 

Funeral observances and a burial service were held 

at the Arlington National Cemetery on March 28-29. 



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ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER SPOTLIGHT 

aster Chief Cynthia Moneda 

was born in Olongapo City, 

Philippines and moved to 

California when she was ten years old. 

She spent the next decade growing up 

in San Diego prior to joining the Coast 

Guard. Currently, she's assigned to Base 

Alameda as the Servicing Personnel 

Office Supervisor. 

In June 2015, she became the Coast 

Guard's first female Asian American 

Master Chief. Moneda comes from a 

big Coast Guard family with a recently 

retired sister and cousin, along with a 

nephew currently on active duty and 

several relatives who have retired from 

the Coast Guard. 

Master Chief Moneda earned her 

Bachelor of Science degree from 

Columbia College in 2021, while her 

son, Jay-Dee Samonte completed his 

at Virginia Commonwealth University. 

They celebrated this momentous joint 

achievement together. 

A FAMILY OF SHIPMATES: 

MASTER 

CHIEF 

YEOMAN 

CYNTHIA 

MONEDA 

Q&A 

it was still homeported in Alameda, CA, and 

Q: Why did you join the Coast Guard and why 

do you continue to serve? 

A: As a 20-year-old, I was working and only 

attending college on a part time basis. Not 

knowing what I wanted to do as a career in June 

1994, I decided to join the Coast Guard under 

the buddy program with my older sister, Nerissa 

Hoffman (who retired last year as PERS4 at Base 

Los Angeles/Long Beach). Once I realized the 

knowledge and experiences I could gain and 

recognized the benefits of staying in, I decided 

to make the Coast Guard a career and strive for 

Master Chief. 

Q: Where has your Coast Guard career taken 

you? 

A: After boot camp, I reported as Deck 

Department Seaman aboard CGC MUNRO when 

graduated Yeoman “A” School in January 1996. 

Other assignments included: Administrative 

Technician at Pacific Area Hearing Office (1996- 

2000), Legal Technician at Maintenance and 

Logistics Command Pacific Legal (2000-2004), 

Administrative Assistant to Pacific Area Chief of 

Staff (2004-2008), and Ship’s Office Supervisor 

aboard CGC SHERMAN (2008-2009). My longest 

tour was as an inspector on the FORCECOM 

Finance and Admin Assessment Team in 

Chesapeake, VA from 2009-2014. From 2014 to 

2015, I was the YNCS at Sector San Francisco 

Admin. After a stint as Advancements Section 

Team Lead at CG Personnel Service Center, 

Enlisted Personnel Management (PSC-EPM-1), I 

came back to Alameda as the Servicing Personnel 

Office Supervisor for the base. 

Q: How has your heritage shaped the person 

you are today? 

A: Filipinos are known for their close family ties, 

hospitability, and hard-working traits. We respect 

and obey our elders, are loyal to family and close 

friends, take care of each other, open our doors 

to those in need, entertain visitors, look forward 

to family reunions, and find any reason to have 

potluck parties. We also dedicate ourselves to 

doing the best in everything we do. I find myself 

having these traits throughout my personal life and 

toward my Coast Guard family as well. 

Q: What does Asian American Pacific Islander 

Heritage Month mean to you? 

A: May is the month we celebrate the 

accomplishments and contributions of Asian 

Americans and Pacific Islanders in the Coast 



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Previous Page: 

Left: Master Chief Moneda 

poses for her Coast Guard 

portrait. 

Middle Top: Master Chief 

Moneda and her son, Jay- 

Dee Samonte, celebrate 

her Bachelor of Science 

degree from Columbia 

College and his from Virginia 

Commonwealth University. 

THE COAST GUARD IS A SMALL ORGANIZATION 

COMPARED TO OTHER SERVICES, SO YOU WILL LIKELY 

BUMP INTO PEOPLE YOU’VE WORKED WITH OR MET 

IN THE PAST. I STILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH SHIPMATES 

FROM MY NEARLY 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. 

Middle Bottom: Master 

Chief Moneda with her sons. 

Right: Master Chief Moneda 

in her tropical blues. 

This Page: 

(Left to Right) Jennifer 

Manlimos, ET1 Randy 

Manlimos, Paul Hoffman, 

CWO4/PERS4 Nerissa 

Hoffman, USCG (Ret.), 

Mia Manlimos, Rachel 

Manlimos, Michael Moneda, 

Rel Moneda, YNCM 

Cynthia Moneda at CWO4 

Hoffman's retirement. 

Guard. We get to come together at a more formal 

venue to share our culture and learn about 

other cultures as well. We develop a sense of 

camaraderie when tasting and learning different 

food dishes, seeing performers from different 

countries, and getting a better understanding of 

the various heritages. 

Q: Do you have any advice for the AAPI 

community in the Coast Guard? 

A: As you move from unit to unit, get to know 

people and establish good working relationships. 

Continue working on overcoming any barriers 

of effective communication. Network with others 

throughout the Coast Guard. Join committees and 

affinity groups in your area. Find good 

mentors and be a mentor to others. The 

Coast Guard is a small organization 

compared to other services, so you will 

likely bump into people you’ve worked 

with or met in the past. I still keep in 

touch with shipmates from my nearly 30 

years of service. 



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$50M 

FEDERAL 

GRANT 

CONSTRUCTION POISED TO BEGIN THIS SUMMER 

On March 25, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D- 

CT), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations 

Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hosted a 

celebratory press conference on New London City 

Pier Plaza. Joined by his Connecticut Delegation 

colleagues, Senator Richard Blumenthal and 

Congressman Joe Courtney, the event heralded 

the inclusion of $50 million for the National Coast 

Guard Museum construction in the 2022 Omnibus 

Appropriations. 

“After years of plans and proposals, hopes and 

expectations, the Coast Guard Museum is going to be 

built,” said Murphy. “The $50 million included in this 

budget, and the removal of the previous prohibition 

of federal funds being used for construction costs, 

represents a breakthrough for the Coast Guard, for 

New London and for southeastern Connecticut. This 

project will not only create hundreds of jobs and 

annually pump millions into the local economy, but 

also inspire the next generation to serve. The Coast 

Guard is the only long-standing branch of the armed 

services without a national museum. We owe it to the 

brave men and women of the Coast Guard – past, 

present and future – to finally make the museum 

a reality, and today is a tremendous step toward 

fulfilling that commitment.” 

From Left to Right: New London Mayor Mike Pasero, National Coast Guard Museum Association Chair Susan Curtin, 

USCG RDML Meghan Dean, CT Congressman Joe Courtney, CT Senator Richard Blumenthal, CT Senator Chris Murphy, CT 

Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner David Lehman 

About 130 people gathered near the site of the future 

museum for the speaking program that included the 

delegation and Connecticut Department of Economic 

and Community Development Commissioner David 

Lehman, New London Mayor Michael Passero, RDML 

Meghan Dean, Coast Guard Director of Governmental 

and Public Affairs and Ms. Susan Curtin, Chair, 

National Coast Guard Museum Association. 



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"WE OWE IT TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE COAST GUARD – PAST, 

PRESENT AND FUTURE – TO FINALLY MAKE THE MUSEUM A REALITY, AND 

TODAY IS A TREMENDOUS STEP TOWARD FULFILLING THAT COMMITMENT.” 

— U.S. SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT) 

Murphy continued, “This critical funding wouldn’t 

be possible without the work of our entire 

Connecticut delegation, and I want to especially 

thank Congressman Courtney, Senator Blumenthal, 

House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman 

DeLauro, Mayor Passero, and U.S. Coast Guard 

Commandant Admiral Schultz for their partnership 

and commitment to making sure this historic funding 

was included.” 

Congressman Joe Courtney elaborated on the 

Museum as an important component of a broader 

picture of development in the region. “The month 

of March of 2022 is really quite an extraordinary 

moment right here on the Thames River,” Courtney 

said as he described the topping off ceremony 

recently held at General Dynamics Electric Boat’s 

new $700 million shipbuilding facility, which will 

deliver the Columbia-class submarines to the U.S. 

Navy. Turning north up the river from the museum 

site, Courtney pointed to CT State Pier, “Another set 

of cranes, where New London is now going to be 

part of the great effort to decarbonize our economy 

with off-shore wind.” 

“Since 1790, the Coast Guard has safeguarded 

the American people and promoted national 

security, border security, and economic prosperity 

in a complex and evolving maritime environment,” 

shared RDML Meghan Dean. “We save those in 

peril and protect the nation from threats, both at 

home and abroad. And yet, the nation’s longest 

continuous sea-going service remains the only 

long-standing branch of the U.S. military without 

a National Museum. The time to honor the Coast 

Guard’s past, present, and future is now, and 

there is no better place to do so than right here in 

downtown New London.” 

Museum Association Chair, Susan Curtin, underlined 

the impact of this additional federal funding, saying, 

“Receiving $50M in Museum Construction Funding 

in the Omnibus Bill, is a gamechanger, bringing 

the campaign to a total raised of $131M toward the 

$150M we need, from federal sources, the State of 

Connecticut and private donors. And pending our 

final permits and with this incredible support, we 

have targeted this summer to start our first phase 

of construction right here on the riverfront.” 

Curtin indicated that her family plans to increase their 

lead gift to the Coast Guard’s largest philanthropic 

undertaking in the history of the Service: “Every one 

of our Coast Guard shipmates sacrificed to serve 

our country and that devotion to duty deserves to 

be recognized. With this funding, this museum is 

more than possible, it’s a certainty. And we hope 

you will all join us for a groundbreaking ceremony 

right back here this summer.” 



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SNEAK 

PEEK 

INSIDE THE 

EXHIBITS 

ENFORCERS ON THE SEAS 

DECK 

3 

THE DESIGN PROCESS by museum expert firms, 

takes place in three stages: Schematic Design, 

Design Development and Construction Documents. 

In the Fall of 2021, the Design Development 

documents were presented to the Coast Guard, 

marking the midpoint of the exhibit design process. 

These design documents include a new level of 

detail for the galleries and selected exhibits in a 

series of digital 3-D renderings of each deck. We 

are excited to share another of these aspirational 

renderings that gives a brand new sense of how 

visitors will be immersed in the action. (Check out 

our Fall 2021 issue to see the rendering of the Meet 

the Coast Guard Gallery.) 

SECURITY DECK 03 

ENFORCERS ON THE SEAS 

The Coast Guard has a unique dual identity— 

it is both a military service and a maritime law 

enforcer with an ever-expanding global reach 

and impact. The Enforcers on the Seas Wing 

follows the Coast Guard’s law enforcement 

operations through time. Galleries are organized 

chronologically as predecessor services evolved 

from tariff enforcement off the eastern coast of 

the United States to training and drug interdiction 

missions worldwide. 

Galleries in this wing detail the border protection 

role of migrant interdiction and the mission that 

saves more lives at home than any: maritime drug 

interdiction. Historic galleries include a cutter 

timeline detailing the development of vessels 

from the first Revenue Cutters commissioned by 

Alexander Hamilton to the steam-powered river 

cutters, through to today’s National Security 

Cutters. 

The Rum Wars Gallery will explore the Service’s 

lead role in enforcing prohibition and that 

period’s impact on resourcing, technology 

and personnel developments. In the gallery 

dedicated to Force Protection at Home, visitors 

will learn how the 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted 

the creation of the Department of Homeland 

Security and the Coast Guard to increase its 

mission to protect military assets in U.S. waters, 

straddling the line between law enforcement and 

military operations. 

To learn more about the visitor experience, go to: 

coastguardmuseum.org/exhibits 

location 



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SEATTLE'S 

CWOA 

SUPPORTS 

MUSEUM 

On January 18, 2022, CWO2 Christopher 

“Dean” Johnston, President of the CWOA’s 

Seattle Chapter, presented a $25,000 check 

to CWO4 Michael Fisette USCG (Ret.). This 

donation from the Seattle Chapter is bound for 

the National Coast Guard Museum, which has 

raised $131M of the $150M needed to build the 

Museum in New London, CT. Once completed, 

the Museum will be turned over to the Coast 

Guard, which will receive an annual appropriation 

to operate and staff the Museum. 

Michael, and his wife Gina, have committed 

to matching up to $250,000 in contributions. 

Michael’s father, the late S1C Bob Fisette, served 

in the Coast Guard in the South Pacific during 

WWII, aboard the USS Eridanus (AK-92). 

The Fisettes are sponsoring a WWII Guadalcanal 

Exhibit at the Museum, which tells to story of 

Medal of Honor recipient, Signalman First Class 

Douglas Munro, who gave his life evacuating 

a battalion of trapped Marines at Point Cruz, 

Guadalcanal, in 1942. Munro holds a special 

place in the heart of all Coasties, but especially 

shipmates from the Pacific Northwest, as he was 

raised in South Cle Elum, WA. 

Get Your 

NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM 

2022 CHALLENGE COIN 

Today! 

Join our Plankowner crew or upgrade 

your current gift ($5 minimum) before 

September 30, 2022, to receive your 

coin (limit one coin per person). 

NEWLY 

DESIGNED 

CHALLENGE 

COIN ADDED TO 

THIS LIMITED 

COLLECTOR’S 

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VISIT: 

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PORTRAITS OF SERVICE 

There are thousands of untold stories that are not in the history books. The Long Blue Line is a 

fantastic platform to share your personal journeys from the diverse mission sets of the Coast Guard. 

We are excited to provide a place where readers can share their Coast Guard story. We’ve made it 

easy for you with a simple questionnaire at coastguardmuseum.org/retirees. TELL YOUR STORY! 

On April 24, 2004, seven crew members set 

out from the USS Firebolt in an inflatable boat 

to inspect fishing dhows operating suspiciously in 

close proximity to protected Iraqi oil terminals in 

the Persian Gulf. 

As the Americans approached, one of the vessels 

made an abrupt maneuver and set off an explosive, 

inflicting serious casualties for all members aboard. 

Killed in the attack were Coast Guard Petty Officer 

3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal, Navy Petty Officer 

1st Class Michael Pernaselli, and Navy Petty 

Officer 2nd Class Christopher Watts. 

SCPO Jody Fogle 

Lucedale, MS 

when he thought he heard thunder. The crew 

heard three blasts altogether. 

“General Quarters sounded, we manned our 

stations on WRANGELL, assessed the situation 

and stayed on station for what seemed forever,” 

Fogle remembers. “Once relaxed, we proceeded 

to the area and picked up pieces from the USS 

FIREBOLT’s small boat, finally realizing the 

aftermath.” 

Fogle and his shipmates realized how quickly life 

can change—in an instant. 

CDR Darcy D. Guyant, 

USCG (Ret.) 

Olympia, WA 

In 1987, I was accepted into the USCG as a 

Direct Commissioned Aviator after seven years as 

an Army helicopter pilot. Transitioning to the Coast 

Guard was a culture shock! It took a while to adapt 

to the new lingo, equipment, missions, protocols, 

etc. I was excited to be serving in the USCG, but 

replacing my hard-earned silver Army Aviator wings 

with the gold wings of a Coast Guard Naval Aviator, 

didn't feel right—I wondered if I would ever feel I 

had earned them or truly feel like a "Naval Aviator." 

Eight years later, I was stationed at Air Station 

Kodiak, AK. In November 1995, I was deployed 

aboard the CGC HAMILTON on an Alaska 

Patrol in the Bering Sea. Just prior to sunset, 

the ship received word of a seriously injured 

crab fisherman. The weather was forecast to 

deteriorate and darkness was approaching, so I 

knew the best chance to hoist the injured man off 

the fishing vessel was to launch immediately. In 

the high winds and rough seas, the hoist was the 

most challenging of my 15-year flying career. 

Arriving back at the HAMILTON, the sun had long 

set and it was now pitch black, with extremely 

low cloud ceilings and visibility. Increased wind 

and waves caused the ship to roll and pitch at 

and occasionally beyond our landing limits. As 

I hovered off the edge of the deck, watching 

the motion of the ship and waiting for the right 

moment, I knew this landing would take every 

ounce of piloting skill I had accumulated. As I lay 

in my bunk that night, replaying the mission in my 

head, it struck me that I finally felt worthy of those 

gold Naval Aviator wings. 

After retirement, I worked in several fields, trying 

to find a place of meaningful service, like I had 

experienced in the USCG. Then about six years 

ago, on a whim, I started volunteering a couple 

of hours a week at a local elementary school. I 

realized I had finally found "it," the place I was 

meant to be. I quit my job and became a full-time 

volunteer working all day every day at the school. 

For a video of CDR Guyant volunteering, visit 

longblueline.org. 

Nearby in CGC WRANGELL, SCPO Jody Fogle 

was chatting with the Captain and Boatswain Mate, 

“God Bless Nate, and our fellow Brothers and 

Sisters in Arms, Always!” 



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CAPT Jeff Saine, 

USCGR (Ret.) 

Chico, CA 

BM1 John Kriete, 

USCG (Ret.) 

Harbor Beach, MI 

On September 11, 2001, Jeff Saine was a 

Commander was and Senior Reserve Officer 

for Marine Safety Office, San Francisco Bay 

on temporary duty at the Naval War College in 

Newport, RI. 

“When the terrorist attack happened, I immediately 

started thinking about possible follow-on attacks 

that could occur elsewhere in the U.S., especially 

in my home area, San Francisco Bay and Northern 

California,” remembers CAPT Saine. “It occurred 

to me that terrorists could use a hijacked or 

complicit merchant vessel to crash into maritime 

infrastructure, much in the same way that the 9-11 

terrorists had used aircraft.” 

Of particular concern were high-value assets in 

San Francisco Bay, like bridges, PacBell Park 

where the Giants played, the tourist attraction piers 

at Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf. Saine turned 

his apprehension into action with an email to the 

MSO's Executive Officer, CDR (later VADM) Peter 

Neffinger. Saine’s idea: use mobilized reservists 

as armed escorts for merchant ships, in the same 

mode as the Air Marshal program. 

“I suggested that these escorts, who later became 

known as Sea Marshals, could ride along with the 

ship's pilots, on the pilot boats ,in and out of port, 

to minimize the impact on the Coast Guard's own 

afloat assets which were much needed in many 

other areas at this time.” 

Unbeknown to Saine, in the ensuing three weeks 

after his email, a nascent Sea Marshal program 

was initiated by the MSO. That’s when he was 

called up to active duty and assigned to lead and 

grow the program to maturity. 

On the subject of whether his idea was the source 

of the Sea Marshal program, CAPT Saine demurs. 

“I don't want to take credit for it. I believe that 

a number of us at Marine Safety Office San 

Francisco Bay had ‘collateral thinking.’ I think our 

ideas complemented each other, but I do believe 

that the Sea Marshal concept was born within MSO 

SFB, and all of us there can share in the credit for 

what now has become maritime security practices 

used throughout our country and even throughout 

the world.” 

Originally, as an active duty seaman, I was 

stationed on a weather cutter. Not at all what 

I wanted, so I left service after four years. I reenlisted 

16 years later and went to Fire Island, 

where I became a coxswain, doing search and 

rescue. This was the original calling for me and if 

that would have been my first duty, I would have 

stayed in for 20. 

My favorite duty station was definitely Fire Island. 

Great duty, great shipmates, and we all worked 

as a well-trained team. 

My experience as a Coastie honed my skills to 

run my own boats, and to mentor those seeking 

these same skills. It also taught me how important 

it is to give back to our communities. I was able 

to do this as a member of the International Lions 

Club, and became a District Governor, leading 

45 clubs and almost 1,300 Lions in serving their 

respective communities. 

I think the key benefits of having our own National 

Museum are clear. The Coast Guard is the most 

underrated service in this country. It is important 

to get the story out to the public, so we can get 

support from them and our elected officials in 

time of need. 

CALL FOR STORIES 

Tell us your incredible Coast Guard stories and what the National Coast Guard Museum 

means to you, and your profile may be featured in the next issue of the Long Blue Line. 

visit www.coastguardmusuem.org/retirees 



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TYPHOON 

SARAH, 

WAKE 

ISLAND 

Tom Beard 

Saturday, 16 September 1967: 

Typhoon Sarah's core smacked Wake Island at 2240 

local time with steady winds recorded at 130 knots 

and higher gusts. The island suffered a total electrical 

power loss, which resulted in incapacitating the air 

traffic control tower, all airport facilities, air-route traffic 

control center, plus all navigation aids. Typhoon wind 

forces demolished all un-reinforced structures. Even 

some concrete walls fell to the storm’s forces. Also 

reported: a typhoon-proof building was destroyed. 

Witnesses noted refrigerators tumbling down streets 

and pianos disappearing. The island’s Infrastructure 

damage was nearly complete, according to 

newspaper reports, with virtually all housing reduced 

to “rubble,” the sanitation system stopped up, and 

freshwater supply contaminated. Yet remarkably, 

in all the island’s physical destruction, personal 

injuries were limited to just seven victims. Six were 

minor and treated locally; the single serious injury 

occurred to Ann Harrington, the wife of the Coast 

Guard commander. A piece of windborne lumber 

came through a window and struck her in the chest. 

She was airlifted to Honolulu and treated at Trippler 

Army Medical Center. 

Immediate evacuation plans began for about 560 

dependent women and children from the just over 

two thousand island population. Wake Island, during 

this build up period for the Vietnam War, supported 

a busy air terminal with a Central Pacific air-traffic 

control center. The island's airport served as a major 

refueling point for civilian and military aircraft. 

Immediately following the storm-eye’s passage, a 

joint Federal Aviation Administration/US Air Force task 

force directed an urgent restoration of navaids and 

airport facilities, hastening a return to service for this 

crucial mid-Pacific transient terminal. The Air Force 

scheduled an airborne delivery of a portable, aircraft 

traffic control tower plus navigation transmitters. 

Planning included air transportation needed for the 

evacuation of non-essential island residents. But as 

the Air Force planned, the Coast Guard was already 

at Wake Island with a C-130 to evacuate severely 

distressed, homeless, and endangered women, 

children, and infants. 

Sunday, 17 September 1967: 

Three of the four duty pilots at Coast Guard Air 

Station Barbers Point, who began their duty day at 

0800 the day before and following a full workday, 

launched in HC-130B (possibly CGNR 1341) about 

0400 local Hawaiian time, or three and a half hours 

following storm-eye passage at Wake Island. The 

fourth member of this ready crew, me, rode the 

"SAR desk" at Barbers Point as mission coordinator. 

All times are approximate. Official documents noting 

Coast Guard details during this period are scant or 

non-existent. The SAR file folder, which decades ago 

likely became recycled paper, leaves this chronicler's 

only faltering memories and a few local newspaper 

clippings now as possibly the only records of these 

events. 

The goal for this Coast Guard mission was to 

evacuate as many storm-displaced women and 

children as quickly as possible. The HC-130B 

was not ready in the troop or passenger transport 

configuration, nor was it usually, with its primary 

mission as a search and rescue aircraft. The “ready” 

crew expeditiously tossed the packaged troop seats 

(snap-together aluminum tubing and fabric seats) 

into the "ready" aircraft in the minutes they hurriedly 

prepared for the long-distance flight. The flight crew 

intended to install the seats inflight during the first leg 

to Midway Island. 

Calm followed in the SAR center following CGNR 

1341’s 0400 launch for its first stop for fuel, expected 

in about five hours at Midway Island; that is until I 

got an urgent radio message from the aircraft 

commander already halfway to Midway. The seat 

belts were not in the troop-seat packages! "Can seat 

belts be obtained from Midway during refueling?" 

Early AM calls. None. "No seatbelts for the troop 

seats at Midway:" my reply. As a backup, the flight 

crew obtained, at Midway, some long ropes they 

eventually used by weaving through seat frames 

and across laps. 

The second five-hour, 1,200-mile leg to Wake Island 

followed a quick refueling at Midway. CGNR 1341, 

being the first aircraft to arrive, landed about 1100 

Wake Island time or just over 12 hours following 

the storm's passage. Without the island’s traffic 

control tower, the C-130 crew had no benefit from 

navigational facilities, instrument approach aids, or 

warnings of flooding or debris on the storm ravaged 

runway. Hundred-pound coral boulders were 

reportedly carried several hundred feet in from the 

shoreline. 

Crewmembers assisted the assembled survivors as 

they trundled aboard the C-130. Women, children, 

and infants, all emotionally devastated, wet, and 

distressed from the storm-induced trauma, crowded 

into the plane’s vast cargo space. After closing entry 

doors and starting engines, wailing babies could 

not compete in volume with the engines' noise in 

the plane's interior. These bewildered souls were 

now destined to spend the next 12 hours here in this 

people unfriendly, very noisy cavern of metal and 

exposed plumbing, intended for trucks, tanks, and 

inanimate cargo, not for passenger comfort. I recall 

a number being about 96 evacuees. 

Midway Island again for the Coast Guard aircraft, 

after another five hours flight time, for refueling and 

a comfort stop for passengers. Here, the aircraft's 

crew pooled their personal cash and purchased 

diapers, baby food, milk formula, water, food, snacks 

and provided for other passenger needs for the 

remaining leg to Honolulu. Departing about 1900 still 

left almost five hours until arrival at Hickam AFB or 

close to midnight. 

I recall crew members in the cargo area with the 

survivors later saying they spent most of their time 

cradling and feeding babies, changing diapers, and 

playing with children to ease mothers’ stresses. 

Among my duties at the SAR desk was to put out a 

press release to the local news-reporting sources. 

This was a time when Coast Guard press releases 

received little attention from the local press and 

none from national news services. Seldom did any 

event, at least those released from our SAR desk, 

ever reach print or tube. A press release was just 

"THE COAST GUARD 

C-130 TOUCHED 

DOWN AT HONOLULU 

INTERNATIONAL JUST 

ABOUT MIDNIGHT AFTER 

20 HOURS MISSION 

TIME FOR THIS CREW. 

THEY HAD BEEN ON 

DUTY AND AT WORK 

FOR 40 HOURS. BUT 

THEY WERE NOT YET 

FINISHED." 



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one of those "check the box" in the SAR folder. For 

this mark off, I contacted the local TV station, radio 

stations, and newspaper with a quick summary of 

events. Check. Duty done. 

Monday, 18 September 1967: 

The Coast Guard C-130 touched down at Honolulu 

International just about midnight after 20 hours' 

mission time for this crew. They had been on duty 

and at work for 40 hours. But they were not yet 

finished. 

activities and hastily organized, reception group. 

The coast Guard’s parking spot was a dark and 

isolated location. No assistance was available to 

help the Coast Guard crew. These survivors missed 

the lights and fanfare of a welcome home—and the 

most crucial—personal assistance for relocation. 

The Coast Guard crew's task was now to locate 

help in getting their passengers off their plane and 

needed aid, all in the darkness surrounding a remote 

parking area. In the distance, they could see lights 

surrounding some event next to an Air Force C-141. 

WITHOUT 

DOCUMENTS, 

THERE IS NO 

HISTORY 

Tom Beard 

Following is a partial organization list: 

― National CG Museum Association & CG 

Retiree Services Program: The Long Blue 

Line 

― CG Academy Alumni Association: The 

Bulletin 

― Foundation for Coast Guard History: The 

Cutter 

An Air Force C-141 touched down immediately 

behind. 

Earlier, the Air Force dispatched its first C-141 to help 

in the Wake Island evacuation. This transport aircraft 

departed Hickam AFB about 1430 or two hours after 

the Coast Guard C-130 departed Wake Island with 

its load of survivors. The-jet powered cargo aircraft 

was capable of a direct, round-trip flight. Its leg to 

Wake Island took five-and-a-half hours, where it 

boarded male construction workers not required for 

the island's recovery. The return, direct flight, placed 

the Air Force C-141 arriving immediately behind the 

Coast Guard C-130 landing at Honolulu International 

airport. 

Both were taxiing to parking at adjacent Hickam 

AFB to discharge passengers. The tower instructed 

the Coast Guard C-130 to "hold" and wait for the Air 

Force C-141 to pass. 

Shortly before the planes' landings, a TV news crew 

and reporters covering this now budding national 

news event arrived at Hickam AFB gate, responding 

to my earlier press release. They inquired from 

security personnel about the flight inbound with 

survivors from Wake Island. A gate guard called the 

Air Force public affairs office, which, in turn, knew 

nothing of the evacuation flight. Shortly, an Air Force 

first lieutenant PAO met the news crews only then 

to learn of the event. He called the tower asking it to 

direct the taxiing Air Force C-141 arriving from Wake 

Island to park at the number one VIP spot where 

floodlight could illuminate the scene for good TV 

coverage, giving the best exposure for the haggard 

survivors of the Wake Island typhoon. 

Meanwhile, the Coast Guard C-130 was again 

directed to taxi, this time to follow the Air Force C-141. 

But its designated parking spot was near a hangar 

nearly a quarter mile away from the welcoming 

After ultimately seeing to their passengers' needs, 

the Coast Guard C-130 crew once more launched, 

this time for the 15-minute trip home to Barbers Point. 

They were on this flight now for almost 24 hours. 

Following the landing at home, the aircraft needed 

cleaning and reconfiguring back to its SAR status, 

ready for the next potential SAR call for a launch 

within 30-minutes. 

I apologize that I do not recall the names of members 

of this crew, except the aircraft commander, 

Lieutenant Jim Webb, which would typically be about 

seven—eight with the extra pilot. They did service for 

the Coast Guard and humanity beyond exceptional. 

I am unaware of any recognition or do I ever recall 

knowing of letters or other acknowledgments for this 

Coast Guard crew's heroic deeds. It was just another 

duty night. This crew’s next duty day was Tuesday 

morning at 0800. 

As television personality Judge Judy 

frequently says: “If you don’t have a receipt, 

you didn’t make a payment!” 

Without documents, there is no history. My 

memories of this account fifty years ago may 

constitute, along with a few short newspaper 

clips, the only record of a remarkable effort by 

a Coast Guard crew. But my account is not a 

proper historical record. The Coast Guard is left 

with fading memories and stories, like this recall 

and oral histories, to fill this historical knowledge 

gap following World War II where few records 

exist. 

The Coast Guard finally began a formal history 

program in 1970 with one civilian historian. 

Today, to record and tell their story, Coast Guard 

Headquarters musters five professional historians 

plus one archivist, two curators, one collections 

manager, and three volunteer historians. Dozens 

of contributing, volunteer researchers, authors, 

and organizations with publications add to 

this number. The Naval History and Heritage 

Command, in comparison, has 123 employees 

covering the same tasks. 

Coast Guard public affairs, also documenting 

historical events, fifty years ago (the time of the 

story), then assigned each area, district, and 

major command one public information officer. 

Vietnam War personnel demands, however, kept 

some positions unfilled. Currently, the Public 

Affairs Directorate has 29 Public Affairs Officers 

and 82 Public Affairs Specialists. 

Moreover, official and unofficial organizational 

periodicals document the Coast Guard story, 

adding to its historical record. 

― Coast Guard Aviation Association: 

Pterogram 

― U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage 

Association: Wreck & Rescue 

― USCG Chief Petty Officers Association: The 

Chief 

― Coast Guard Heritage Museum: Newsletter 

― Association for Great Lakes Maritime 

History: Member News & Museum Alert 

― Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association: 

Quarterdeck Log 

― US Lighthouse Society: The Keepers 

Log (regional chapters publish additional 

newsletters) 

― Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers 

Association: The Beacon 

― Lighthouse Digest: The Lighthouse Digest 

Magazine 

― USCG Lightship Sailors Association 

International, Inc.: The Fog Horn 

― Other official Coast Guard publications: 

CG Reservist Magazine and Proceedings 

of the Marine Safety Council 

In addition, individual units and organized cutter 

crews publish newsletters memorializing events. 

The editors invite anyone with direct knowledge 

of events and names of participants in this Wake 

Island evacuation by the Coast Guard HC- 

130B crew to contact tom@fcgh with a cc to 

William.H.Thiesen@uscg.mil for the rest of the 

story and particularly to acknowledge and honor 

those unnamed HC-130B crewmembers. 



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WITH FLYING 

COLORS 

Aircrews at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers 

Point in Oahu, Hawaii, conduct flight formations 

in the soon to be retired HC-130H Hercules 

airplane. The Hercules has earned a reputation 

as a military workhorse. The HC-130H model 

has been assigned to the unit since 1959 and is 

being replaced by the HC-130J Super Hercules, 

a long range surveillance aircraft providing 

heavy air transport and long-range maritime 

patrol capabilities. 

photo: U.S. Coast Guard LCDR Scott Handlin 



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U.S. COAST GUARD INFORMATION ACTIVE DUTY 

FROM 

WORKING 

ON CRUISE 

SHIPS TO A 

LOVE OF THE SEA HAS INSPIRED GREAT 

NOVELS by Hemingway, Melville, and Steinbeck, 

and driven countless maritime adventures 

throughout the ages. The ocean calls many of 

those who serve within the Coast Guard, and 

each one of us has a unique tale that brought us 

to military service. 

For Ensign Spencer King of Coast Guard Cutter 

STRATTON, his journey veered off the traditional 

course, navigated him through the Sea Cadets, 

COAST GUARD 

COMMISSION 

By Ensign Alexander Mastel, 

USCGC STRATTON 

a maritime academy, and a cruise line, and was 

nearly fouled due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

His simple decision to join the Sea Cadets 10 

years ago plunged him into a rigorous maritime 

adventure like few others. King attended the 

Massachusetts Maritime Academy and said he 

enjoyed going to school there, even though the 

academic demand was arduous. His time at the 

academy bolstered his desire to work upon the 

sea; he took three sea terms in the academy 

Training Ship Kennedy and plied the ocean 

aboard the Matson container ship Kodiak, where 

he helped deliver supplies between Kodiak, AK 

and the remote island port of Dutch Harbor. 

“When you’re a young mate on the bridge, it’s 

nothing but adrenaline,” said King, recounting 

his opportunity to conn the Matson Kodiak out 

of Dutch Harbor. 

Following his graduation from the maritime 

academy, King pursued employment aboard 

American Cruise Lines cruise ships. As a junior 

mate, he sailed the East Coast, Mississippi River, 

and coastal Alaskan waters. His time on the 

bridge of those vessels improved his judgement, 

skills, and confidence at the helm and included 

a promotion to full mate. 

King developed more than just his capabilities 

there. He developed comradery and friendship 

with his shipmates. Though he didn’t realize it 

until much later, two vessel masters who were 

former Coast Guard members, one a captain and 

one a chief, were instrumental in King’s future 

transformation. Their time on the bridge together, 

sharing stories of the sea and Coast Guard 

missions, inspired King to reconsider pursuing 

a career in the military. 

In March of 2020, COVID-19 swept across the 

globe and brought mask mandates and shelterin-place 

orders that crippled the cruise line 

industry. King was laid off from work, and what 

seemed like a promising young career upon the 

sea abruptly halted. 

“Losing my job and financial stability created 

stress in my life, as I worried about providing for 

my family,” said King. 

But King thought about his time on the bridge 

with his former shipmates and their Coast Guard 

stories. He decided his future was on the sea 

and in the Coast Guard as it was the perfect 

way to combine the love of going to sea as 

well as providing for his family. He applied to 

Coast Guard Officer Candidate School and 

two direct commission officer programs. King 

was waitlisted for only MARGRAD, a program 

only for graduates of maritime academies. 

This young man had committed to serving his 

country and nothing was going to stand in his 

way. He shifted his trackline, enlisted in the 

Coast Guard, completed boot camp at Cape 

WHEN YOU’RE 

A YOUNG 

MATE ON THE 

BRIDGE, IT’S 

NOTHING BUT 

ADRENALINE. 

May, NJ., and was assigned to Coast Guard 

Cutter STRATTON as a fireman. 

The day before King was to graduate boot camp, 

he was informed he would receive a commission 

through the MARGRAD program. 

“I was elated and couldn’t believe this was 

happening,” said King. 

He graduated boot camp the next day and 

began his cross country journey to report aboard 

STRATTON as Fireman King. For his first month, 

King performed the normal duties of a fireman: 

working in the engine room and supporting the 

cutter’s machinery technicians. 

Spencer King took his oath of office on the 

flight deck of Cutter STATTON, November 16, 

2021, becoming Ensign King. He thought about 

the decade-long journey he had traveled from 

Sea Cadet, to student, to full mate for American 

Cruise Line, to U.S. Coast Guard fireman, and 

finally to ensign. 

“I thought about the example I’ve made for my 

son,” said King. “If you want to do something, 

make it happen by putting in the effort and hard 

work regardless of the road block. I wanted to be 

an officer in the Coast Guard, I wanted to be on 

the bridge of a ship for my career, and I made 

that happen.” 

King will stay aboard STRATTON and start 

breaking in as a deck watch officer. The cutter 

is scheduled to head west into Oceania soon in 

support of Operation Blue Pacific. Here, King’s 

love of the sea will serve as the building blocks 

to his own Coast Guard adventure. 

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CUTTER 

POLAR STAR 

ENJOYS FARM 

TO GALLEY 

PRODUCE, 

GROWN IN THE 

HANGAR 

The Coast Guard Cutter POLAR 

STAR was underway off 

Antarctica this January when 

100 unexpectedly lush, green 

dinner salads showed up in 

the galley. 

“It was the freshest produce I’ve eaten on a Coast 

Guard cutter,” said CDR Tom Przybyla, executive 

officer on the 399-foot heavy icebreaker. “And it 

was even more of a treat to have it 30 days out 

from our most recent port call.” 

This farm-to-table feat was possible because 

the lettuce was grown on the ship. For the past 

four months, researchers aboard the POLAR 

STAR have been experimenting with a vertical, 

hydroponic garden that has yielded at least three 

harvests so far. 

Both the Navy and the International Space 

Station have piloted indoor farms in recent 

years to help provide fresh produce for crews 

during long deployments where opportunities to 

resupply are limited. Coast Guard researchers 

have been intrigued, says Shalane Regan, who 

is overseeing the project for the Research and 

By Kathy Murray, MyCG Writer 

Development Center (RDC), but the idea of 

putting one on a cutter only took root last winter. 

That was after a last-minute change in port calls 

left the Coast Guard Cutter POLAR STAR - and 

Regan - deployed in the Arctic without any fresh 

vegetables for weeks on end. “It just seemed (a) 

pretty fitting place to start," Regan said. 

The garden, a three-paneled frame that looks 

like an oversized vanity with mirror lighting, was 

designed by RDC researchers in New London, 

CT, before it was installed on the POLAR STAR. 

The garden was ready as the ship got underway 

for Operation Deep Freeze, its annual resupply 

mission to Antarctica. 

A hydroponic garden anchors plants to a 

frame to grow without soil. Instead, they rely on 

water, nutrients, and a light source to develop. 

Researchers on the POLAR STAR planted the 

Left to Right: LTJG Collin McMillian (NOAA Corps), Fireman 

Leah Maholmes, and LT Lydia Ames (NOAA Corps) 

Photo: Salane Regan, USCG Research & Development 

Center research engineer 

first seedlings for the lettuce on November 30, 

2021, after the ship left Hawaii. These thrived in 

the heat as the cutter traveled across the equator. 

On December 19, they were transplanted from 

seed boxes to the garden system while the 

icebreaker transited the islands of New Zealand. 

Temperatures ranged from 60 to 80 degrees, 

Regan said, so the plants had a good start before 

heading into the cold. 

The garden structure is eight feet tall, which limits 

where it could be put on the ship. Eventually, it 

was installed in the hangar, a heavily trafficked, 

multi-purpose space. It has its own lighting 

system that requires one 120 volt plug to operate 

and is on 14 hours a day. 

Initially, people were curious about the garden 

because they didn’t know what it was. But now 

Regan says crew members regularly comment on 

the growth of the lettuce and want to know when it 

will be ready to eat. A few even do their workouts 

where they can view the growing plants. 

Others have gotten involved with the planting and 

maintenance. 

For Lt. Lydia Ames, watching something fresh and 

green thrive in a normally austere environment 

has been a treat. “It was also a refreshing way to 

shake up some of the inherent monotony of life 

at sea,” said Ames, an officer with the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

Corps assigned to POLAR STAR. “Plus, I got to 

work with people that I don’t usually work with and 

grow some delicious fresh veggies for the crew!” 

During the first harvest, volunteers took only the 

outer leaves and left the rest in place to continue 

to grow. Salads were served the week of Jan. 17 

at 2 meals. “The timing was perfect because we 

were essentially out of fresh vegetables,” Regan 

said. More salads from subsequent harvests 

came at the end of January and in February. 

The structure was completely cleaned after the 

second harvest, before new seedlings were 

attached. 

“I was super excited to hear about the vertical 

garden project,” said Fireman Leah Maholmes. 

“It was a one-of-a-kind experience and I feel very 

privileged to have been a part of it. Watching the 

seedlings grow was equally as good as finally 

enjoying a salad grown on the POLAR STAR.” 

The current garden setup will stay on the 

icebreaker. That’s a good thing since they will go 

nine weeks before restocking on this deployment. 

The POLAR STAR crew is also interested in 

expanding the garden in future deployments. 

While no one expects vertical gardening to grow 

enough volume to meet a crew’s produce needs, 

its ability to augment onboard nutrition sources 

and role as a morale booster can’t be overlooked. 

Ensign Mikael Axelsson described the entire 

undertaking as a bonding experience. 

“The camaraderie was irreplaceable,” he said. 

“Everyone involved provided unique solutions 

to the problems they encountered. Between the 

lettuce and the crew members, there was a lot 

of growth.” 

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59


“I BELIEVE THAT WHAT IS PAST IS NOT 

OVER,” said Coast Guard Museum curator Jen 

Gaudio. “History is the foundation of the present. 

You can trace practically anything back to the 

root cause and origin in the past.” 

The idea that history sets the context for the 

present is something that has motivated Gaudio 

throughout most of her career. Now retired after 

more than 13 years of service, she is the longestserving 

permanent curator of the museum, which 

is located on the grounds of the U.S. Coast Guard 

Academy in New London, CT. 

Established in 1966, the museum holds roughly 

6,800 artifacts detailing the history of the 

Service, including the original figurehead from 

"America’s Tall Ship," Barque EAGLE, which 

hangs as if still mounted on the bow of the 

cutter. 

FAIR WINDS AND 

FOLLOWING SEAS: 

COAST GUARD MUSEUM 

CURATOR RETIRES 

By David M. Santos, 

U.S. Coast Guard Academy External Affairs 

Before coming to work for the Coast Guard, 

Gaudio served as curator at the Czechoslovak 

Heritage Museum, the Lynn Museum & 

Historical Society in Lynn, MA, and the 

American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar 

in Richmond, VA. 

At the Coast Guard Museum, Gaudio accepted 

and carefully preserved significant artifacts, 

such as a set of nautical charts used onboard 

a landing craft during D-Day that were kept by 

a Coast Guard coxswain who piloted one of the 

vessels during the invasion. 

During her tenure she oversaw a $300,000, 

year-long museum renovation project in 2012 

which was completed with support from the 

Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Office of 

Governmental and Public Affairs. 

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy served 

as guest speaker during the museum's grand 

opening at the completion of the renovation 

project. The facility averaged about 13,000 

visitors per year before the pandemic. According 

to museum records, more than 100,000 visitors 

have visited the renovated gallery in the last 10 

years. 

In 2013 Gaudio appeared on an episode of the 

Mysteries at the Museum program on the Travel 

Channel to explain the historical significance of 

the Overland Relief Expedition and display the 

snowshoes Ellsworth Bertholf used to travel 1,600 

miles to rescue a group of trapped whalers. 

The following year she coordinated an extensive 

exhibit at the museum highlighting the little known 

mission of the Coast Guard Cutter COURIER, 

which served as a mobile broadcasting base 

for the Voice of America in the 1950’s, sending 

information beyond the iron curtain to counter 

Soviet propaganda. The exhibit also served as 

a reunion for the ship’s crewmembers, family, 

and friends who flocked to the museum for the 

opening of the exhibit. 

“As a lifelong student of leadership, I note Jen's 

exceptional qualities as an inspirational leader. 

She's principle-centered, people-oriented, 

positive, purposeful, and passionate,” said retired 

Vice Adm. Manson Brown. “And she's made a 

positive and lasting difference in expanding the 

scope and reach of our museum.” 

In 2018 Gaudio contacted Brown for Coast 

Guard material to include in an exhibit “Take 

“JEN MADE IT A POINT TO 

INTERACT WITH THE STAFF, 

CADET CORPS, OFFICER 

CANDIDATES, AND NOAA 

PERSONNEL TO INSTILL IN 

THEM AN APPRECIATION FOR 

THE SERVICE’S HISTORY AND 

ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE,” 

SAID SCOTT PRICE, U.S. COAST 

GUARD CHIEF HISTORIAN. 

Our Stand: African American Military Service in 

the Age of Jim Crow” by the American Civil War 

Center. Brown, who retired a few years earlier as 

the top-ranking African American officer in the 

Service, said he was inspired by her efforts to 

ensure the exhibit, “reflected the rich diversity of 

our Coast Guard.” 

Gaudio also hosted visits from former Supreme 

Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, as well as 

a number of foreign military dignitaries at the 

museum. 

Her belief in the power of history to connect 

people to the present led her to work with Officer 

Candidate School (OCS) instructors to create a 

popular program to educate officer candidates 

training at the Academy. 

“I thought a lot about the collection’s purpose, 

and I felt that having the museum on Academy 

grounds was perfect to experiment with those 

members of the Coast Guard community who 

had little experience with their history and 

probably didn’t know that the heritage asset 

collection existed,” she said. 

Allowing Coast Guard officers in training to 

physically interact with artifacts at the Museum, 

under supervision of the curator, served to 

consolidate and solidify their experience with 

the Service’s history. “That is the whole reason 

the heritage asset collection exists,” Gaudio said. 

Officer candidates consistently rated the history 

class Gaudio helped to create as one of the best 

experiences in the 17-week program. 

Gaudio, who has been battling early onset 

Parkinson's disease for many years, underwent 

two deep brain stimulation surgeries in 2015. She 

returned to work 30 days after the first procedure, 

and 45 days after the second, with her strong 

work ethic intact. 

However, as the years passed the disease 

continued to progress, which led to her recent 

retirement from government service. 

“Jen made it a point to interact with the staff, 

cadet corps, officer candidates, and NOAA 

personnel to instill in them an appreciation for the 

service’s history and its cultural heritage,” said 

Scott Price, U.S. Coast Guard Chief Historian. 

“Her work with young cadets will ensure her 

legacy will be intact for decades yet to come.” 

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RESERVE 

RESERVE ENGINEERING 

CHIEF HONORED AT 

ANNUAL STATE OF THE 

COAST GUARD ADDRESS 

RESERVE 

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Zimmerman, District Seven 

Public Affairs, courtesy of Reservist magazine 


WHEN COAST GUARD STATION ANNAPOLIS 

EXPERIENCED A SURGE OF RESPIRATORY 

ILLNESSES due to poor air-conditioning quality 

at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, command 

wasted no time in finding the right technician for 

the job. They placed a call to Chief Petty Officer 

Aaron Schwartz. 

“I started flushing their chill water system, and 

it was pitch black,” said Schwartz, a reserve 

machinery technician assigned to Sector 

Jacksonville. “These were problems the 

contractors didn’t know about. In the end, we 

were able to get that all fixed and start training 

people on how to maintain it.” 

Solving HVAC problems is all in a day’s work 

for Schwartz. Having learned the trade in his 

grandfather’s air-conditioning business, he now 

works as the lead HVAC/R technician at a large 

Florida hospital. He has been a reservist for 13 

years, and like all reservists, his civilian expertise 

is an asset to the Coast Guard. More recently, his 

willingness to deploy has been critical to mission 

readiness. 

In the past four years, Schwartz has mobilized 

seven times in response to service-wide needs 

for HVAC/R support. During that time, he 

accumulated approximately 440 days on active 

duty, reporting to more than 19 Coast Guard units 

and servicing 453 HVAC units. 

“I’m used to working 80-hour weeks as an HVAC 

technician in Florida,” Schwartz said, “so I know 

all about being on the job for long periods of time.” 

Schwartz’s recent mobilizations include two 

deployments to Puerto Rico in response to 

Hurricane Irma. In 2021, he deployed to Chula 

Vista, CA, to support border operations. Just ten 

days after returning home, he volunteered for an 

additional deployment to Base Galveston to fill 

an urgent need for HVAC/R services. 

Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Boehmer, reserve 

command master chief for Sector Jacksonville, 

lauded Schwartz’s impact on operational 

success and equipment maintenance. 

“Using his keen technical prowess and critical 

thinking skills, MKC Schwartz resolved an 

array of complicated electrical and mechanical 

issues relating to HVAC,” he said. “MKC 

Schwartz saved the Coast Guard roughly 

$377,450 in contractor fees, services and 

materials.” 

For some active duty Coast Guard members, 

however, Chief Schwartz’s impact resonates on 

a personal level. Among his many deployments, 

Schwartz volunteered in support of the Coast 

Guard’s parental leave program, allowing new 

parents to spend time with their families. 

“In Crisfield, I got to work with the husband of 

one of the people I was relieving, and he was 

appreciative for sure,” he said. 

Schwartz is continuously developing strong 

relationships with his active duty counterparts, 

who rely on not just his technical expertise but 

his mentorship and guidance as well. 

USING HIS KEEN 

TECHNICAL PROWESS 

AND CRITICAL THINKING 

SKILLS, MKC SCHWARTZ 

RESOLVED AN ARRAY OF 

COMPLICATED ELECTRICAL 

AND MECHANICAL ISSUES 

RELATING TO HVAC. 

“Being on the civilian side, we often get our 

hands on a lot of newer technology before the 

Coast Guard does,” he said. “For example, 

there’s no C-school for building automation 

control systems, which is something I run at 

the hospital all the time. So the active duty 

technicians are always eager to learn about it.” 

In recognition of his devotion to duty, Schwartz 

was honored as part of the annual State of the 

Coast Guard Address delivered by Adm. Karl 

L. Schultz, Commandant of the Coast Guard 

on February 24 at Air Station Clearwater. The 

vignette on Schwartz also featured testimonials 

from active duty Coast Guardsman who 

benefited from his contributions. Watch the 

vignette at LongBlueLine.org 

“These professionals strengthen our readiness 

posture,” Schultz said in his address. “A 

robust readiness posture enables us to lead 

in crisis.” 

Schwartz’s service affirms that today’s Reserve 

Component continues to uphold the Coast 

Guard Reserve values of professionalism, 

patriotism and preparedness. He looks 

forward to strengthening the partnership 

between reservists and active duty Coast 

Guardsmen who specialize in HVAC/R. 

“I like deploying,” he said. “As a reservist, 

that’s the whole point of why I’m here.” 




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ABSHEAR, RYAN 

ADAMS, JAMES 

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ANGLEBRANDT, DOUGLAS 

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BALLARD, JAMES 

BARRINGTON, SHANE 

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BOSTWICK, PAUL 

BOZELL, JAMIE 

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BROWN, JOSEPH 

BUCKNER, STEVEN 

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CAGE, ALAN 

CAMPBELL, CRAIG 

CASELLAS, IVAN 

CENTER, JEFFREY 

CHAVTUR, CHARLES 

CLARK, MCKENNA 

COCHRAN, MUHAMMAD 

COLEMAN, BRIAN 

COULTER, PATRICK 

CRUM, EDWARD 

CRUZ, HUMBERTO 

CULICAN, JEREMY 

DANESE, PAUL 

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DAY, HEATH 

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DEBETHAM, BRANDON 

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DEVER, ADAM 

EDELSON, DAVID 

EIDEM, ROY 

EISEN, CINDY 

ENGLE, STEPHEN 

ETTINGER, THOMAS 

FOGLESONG, DEREK 

FONTANEZ, JUAN 

FORD, BRIAN 

FRITZ, ERIC 

GARDNER, JAMES 

GOLUB, HOWARD 

GONZALEZ, LUIS 

GOOD, DENNIS 

GREENWALD, ADAM 

GRIFFIE, DENNIS 

GUERRERO-GUTIERREZ, JOSE 

HAMILTON, DANIEL 

HAMPTON, JASON 

HAYES, BYRON 

HICKS, ARLAN 

HOCKENSMITH, WILLIAM 

HOLLAND, ROGER 

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KOTZ, JASON 

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KUHN, PATRICK 

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LUEDECKE, STEPHEN 

LUND, ELIZABETH 

MARTIN, ROBERT 

MASTER, JAMES 

MAXWELL, JESSE 

MCCAULEY, JASON 

MCCOURT, KATELYN 

MELVILLE, PATRICK 

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MORELAND, BRIAN 

MUELLER, MICHAEL 

MURPHY, KIRK 

MURRAY, RAYMOND 

MYERS, JAMES 

NEIVEL, JOHN 

OCONNELL, DENNIS 

OGAN, SCOTT 

OLLICE, CHRISTOPHER 

OLNEY, JASON 

PARKERSON, BRIAN 

PARSONS, GREGORY 

PELKEY, JARED 

PENNA, STEPHEN 

PERCELL, COURTNEY 

PERRIMAN, GARY 

PHILLIPS, JOHN 

PIETSZAK, CHAD 

PIPKIN, DANIEL 

POHLMAN, JAMES 

PRITCHETT, SARA 

PUGH, TERRELL 

RAMIREZ, JAIME 

RASELY, JEFFREY 

REAGAN, THOMAS 

REESE, DANIEL 

ROACH, DAVID 

ROBLES, HENRY 

ROGERS, BRIAN 

ROSSAL, JOSE 

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SCHEFFLER, RONNIE 

SCHLEGEL, CLINT 

SCHOLTZ, RYAN 

SCOTT, THURMAN 

SEALS, BARRETT 

SELF, JASON 

SEMLER, STEVEN 

SHEPARDSON, RAVEN 

SILVERIA, LOUIS 

SIMPSON, STEVEN 

SKENA, DAVID 

SMITH, JAMES 

SMITH, EVAN 

SNIDER, JUSTIN 

SPENCE, JASON 

SPENCER, LOVETT 

SPIDELL, SANDRA 

SPRAGUE, MATTHEW 

STANDRIDGE, RICHARD 

STANLEY, MICHAEL 

STINSON, PETER 

TARRIER, CURTIS 

TENNESSEN, GENE 

TORRES, ANASTACIA 

TORRESDELRIO, JUAN 

TOWNSEND, TROY 

TREIB, CHRISTOPHER 

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TYLER, SLOAN 

ULUFANUA, ELVIS 

VIERA, CRISTIAN 

VILLARREAL, DOMINIC 

VITA, JOSHUA 

WALLIN, CHRISTOPHER 

WALTON, SCOTT 

WANNAMAKER, MATTHEW 

WARD, CHRISTOPHER 

WARREN, ERIC 

WASSERMAN, JEFFREY 

WEAR, DAVID 

WETHERILL, BENJAMIN 

WHITE, EUGENE 

WHITEMOUNTAIN, ARIN 

WILKS, FANNIE 

WILLIAMS, KEVIN 

WILLIAMS, BRIAN 

WILLIAMS, THOMAS 

WILSON, ERIC 

WINN, DEIRDRE 

WISTER, THOMAS 

WYNKOOP, STEVEN 

ZAMBRANA, ELVIN 

ZAVILLA, CORWIN 

ZUHOWSKI, RAYMOND 

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ACKERS, MARTA-LOUISE 

AMBROSE, TIMOTHY 

ANAGICK, COLLEEN 



ARENA, MARK 

ARENA, MICHELLE 

BAILEY, JEENE 

BAKER, BENJAMIN 

BANKS-SHIELDS, MARINNA 

BARTMESS, VALENE 

BATES, DALE 

BATES, MEKESHIA 

BELDE, ROBERT 

BEYER, SANDRA 

BIGTHUMB, EVERETT 

BILLIE, HOLLY 

BLAKESLEE, CLARE 

BOLEY, MICHAEL 

BOLING, DEBORAH 

BRAINERD, HEIDI 

BUCKINGHAM, DWAYNE 

BULLARD, LYNN 

BUSH, SEAN 

CABREDO, QUIRICO 

CARTER, RAYMOND 

CHERVONI, JULIA 

CHIN, EDWARD 

CHRISTOPHER, JEFFREY 

CLARK, MATTHEW 

COLLINS, CHRISTINE 

CONDOJANI, JOHN 

CONNELL, ELIZABETH 

CORBIN, PATRICIA 

CROWLEY, LORENA 

DANIELS, VALESIA 

DAVIS, JOYCE 

DEMERS, BARBARA 

DILL, SUSIE 

DORGAN, MARY 

DOWDY, VICKY 

DROBY, RAYMOND 

DUNCAN, DAVID 

DUNNE, EILEEN 

DUSTIN, IRENE 

ELSASS, KENNETH 

USPHS 

USPHS RETIREMENT NOTICES INCLUDE CORRECTIONS TO NOTICES IN THE LONG BLUE LINE, WINTER 2022. USCG/USPHS are addressing data 

reporting issues due to differences in USPHS Officer Active and Retired ranks. As these issues are being addressed, please report errors in 

USPHS Officer Retired ranks to Robert.C.Hinds@uscg.mil. 

ESPOSITO, DOUGLAS 

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FANASELLE, WENDY 

FARABAUGH, PHILIP 

FIGAROLA, JOHN 

FISH, IRWIN 

FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL 

FRY, ALICIA 

GARNY, PAUL 

GIANZERO, JEREMY 

GISH, ARNELL 

GOLDSTEIN, SUSAN 

GORDON, SUZAN 

GOUDELOCK, DENISE 

GRAJALES, ERICA 

GRIFFITH, ROBERT 

GRITSADANURUK, NONGLUK 

GUZMAN, ANA 

HAFFER, ANDREW 

HALL, DANA 

HAMILTON-STOKES, DEVEONNE 

HANDRIGAN, MICHAEL 

HAUGLAND, CRAIG 

HELMER, BURKE 

HENNING, STACEY 

HOELSCHER, SUSAN 

HOFFMANN, SHANE 

HOGAN, LISA 

HROCH, BRIAN 

HUMBERT, JASON 

HUNT, R. 

HUNTER, JOAN 

INDA, SHELLY 

JAMES, CYNTHIA 

JESSING, TENA 

JOHNS, MALCOLM 

JOHNSON, LEAH 

JUDD, HEATHER 

KERNS, CHARLES 

KOCSIS, MARIANN 

KOPPAKA, VENKATARAMA 

LAMBERSON, SCOTT 

LATHAM, LEA 

LEACH, JACQUELINE 

LEWIS, JANET 

LEWIS, JONATHAN 

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LINDENBERG, MARIA 

LITSINBERGER, TROY 

LOCKER, RACHEL 

LUKACS, SUSAN 

MAHONEY, GUY 

MALONEY, SAMANTHA 

MARGOLIS, ANDREW 

MARSHALL, PATRICK 

MARTINEAU, PETER 

MCCONNELL, TERRI 

MCMILLAN, ANNE 

MELSTROM, PAUL 

MEYER, CHRISTIAN 

MIDDLEKAUFF, AARON 

MISHLER, DALE 

MOHAIR, LAQUITHA 

MORIMOTO, MILES 

MORRIS, KATHERINE 

MOSQUERA, ALEXIS 

NABAKOWSKI, ANDREI 

NAZARIO, WILSON 

NDENGA, EMMANUEL 

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NOONAN-SMITH, MICHELLE 

OBJIO, TINA 

OHMAN, VALERIE 

PAPAZIAN, RAFFI 

PARKS, REBECCA 

PAZDAN, RENEE 

PHILLIPS, CHANTAL 

PRICE, DUSTIN 

PROCTOR, JENNIFER 

PULSIPHER, JOHN 

RAMSEY, ANGELA 

RAVENELL-BROWN, DORIS 

RENOLAYAN, AILEEN 

REYES, NELSON 

RHIE, JULIE 

RIORDAN, SOSSITY 

ROTH, JACQUIE 

RUSSELL, SUSAN 

SCHAREN-GUIVEL, HILDA 

SCHIEBER, RICHARD 

SCHILLINGER, JULIA 

SCHREINER, THOMAS 

SCHWARTZ, ANN 

SCOTT, ANDREA 

SCOTT, DEBRA 

SEAGO, BRIDGETTE 

SHEFER, ABIGAIL 

SHEMEK, JULIA 

SHERROD, KASSANDRA 

SMITH, ANGELA 

SMITH, JERRY 

SMITH, RANDALL 

SONG, YOUNG 

STEIN, EDWARD 

SULZBACH, ROBERT 

SUMNER, LISA 

TAGLIAFERRI, GERI 

TAYLOR, SUSAN 

UYEKI, TIMOTHY 

VALENTI, ELIZABETH 

VASQUEZ, WILLIE 

VERMILYEA, PETER 

WARGO, SUSANNAH 

WATTS, DARON 

WHITE, COLLEEN 

WILLIAMS, ROBBIN 

WILLIS, ROGER 

WINN, EDDIE 

WOODBURY, KENDRA 

WOOTEN, KATHLEEN 

WORTLEY, PASCALE 

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DREFLAK, FRANK 

NOAA 

FORREST, MATTHEW 

COAST GUARD TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 

PROGRAM (TAP) 

TAP prepares Service Members separating or retiring from the Coast Guard for their transition to 

civilian life. All eligible SMs are required to complete the standardized components of the TAP. 

These components are 1) Pre-separation Counseling and 2) the Transition Seminar, encompassing 

the Transition Goals, Plans, and Success (GPS) core curriculum. 

dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Human-Resources-CG-1/Health- 

Safety-and-Work-Life-CG-11/Office-of-Work-Life-CG-111/Transition-Assistance-Program/ 

TRYING TO CONNECT WITH A FELLOW 

USCG, USPHS, OR NOAA RETIREE? 

If you need help connecting with a USCG, USPHS, or NOAA 

retiree, you may provide the individual’s name (and rank/ 

paygrade if known), along with your contact information to: 

Robert Hinds, CG Retiree Services 

e-mail: Robert.C.Hinds@uscg.mil 

phone: 202-475-5451 

(An attempt to contact the individual and provide 

your contact information will be made by email) 

DO NOT SEND PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII), SUCH 

AS SSN, EMPID, THROUGH PUBLIC E-MAIL (E.G. AOL, G-MAIL, ECT.) 



CDR 

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TAPS 

BERRY, LEWIS 

WOODBURN, OR 

MKC 

RET. 12-01-1975 

TAPS 01-12-2022 

CAPATI, VICENTE 

GARDENA, CA 

CSC 

RET. 11-01-1972 

TAPS 12-06-2021 

TAPS 

BIGGNESS, WALTON 

YUMA, AZ 

CWO2 

RET. 07-01-1983 

TAPS 11-22-2021 

CARDIN, MICHAEL 

CROSSVILLE, TN 

FA 

RET. 10-07-1980 

TAPS 12-05-2021 

BLASTOW, KALSEY 

NASHUA, NH 

BMC 

RET. 10-01-1986 


CARLSON, FREDERICK 

SARALAND, AL 

ADCS 

RET. 02-01-1978 

TAPS 12-30-2021 

BLISS, RUDOLPH 

ST PETERSBURG, FL 

AE1 

RET. 09-01-1994 

TAPS 12-06-2021 

CARNE, ROY 

SAULT ST MARIE, MI 

MK1 

RET. 09-01-1989 

TAPS 12-07-2021 


TAPS 

DEPENDENT TAPS: To place a Dependent TAPS notice in The Retiree Newsletter, provide the dependent’s 

name, relationship to retiree, date of passing, and city/state to Robert Hinds at: Robert.C.Hinds@uscg.mil or 

phone: 202-475-5451. 

A current Coast Guard Master Decedent Affairs Officer (DAO) & Military Funeral Honors (MFH) Coordinator 

Roster is accessible at: dcms.uscg.mil/Portals/10/CG-1/retiree/docs/DAO_%20MFH_Master_Roster_. 

xlsx?ver=2018-09-07-140443-903. 

CG MFH Guidance is accessible at: dcms.uscg.mil/Portals/10/CG-1/psc/psd/docs/Military%20Funeral%20 

Honors%20Guidance.pdf?ver=2017-03-24-102439-577. 

If you need additional assistance on Casualty & Decedent affairs matters, you may contact Mr. Brian Behlke, CG 

Casualty Matters Chief, at Brian.R.Behlke@uscg.mil , or by phone at: 202-795-6637 (office) or 571-266-2375 

(24x7 work cell). 

USCG 

ADAMSON, ROBERT 

TUCSON, AZ 

ADRAGNA, WILLIAM 

DEL RAY BCH, FL 

ALLEN, JAMES 

JUPITER, FL 

ALLEN, STEPHEN 

BERMUDA DUNES, CA 

ANDERSON, BENJAMIN 

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UT 

ANDERSON, EDWARD 

GARDEN GROVE, CA 

ANDRES, GODOFREDO 

LOMITA, CA 

ANGELES, RESTITUTO 

WALNUT, CA 

ANJAIN, JOHN 

GASPORT, NY 

CDR 

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FS1 

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RET. 10-23-1963 

TAPS 11-06-2021 

RET. 07-02-2000 


RET. 09-01-1992 


RET. 08-01-1999 

TAPS 12-12-2021 

RET. 12-28-1984 

TAPS 12-31-2021 

RET. 04-03-1958 

TAPS 12-20-2021 

RET. 07-01-1976 

TAPS 11-29-2021 

RET. 02-01-1989 

TAPS 12-22-2021 

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ARROYO, RAFAEL 

TAMPA, FL 

ASAHAN, HORACIO 

WARNER ROBINS, GA 

BACH, RICHARD 

YORK, ME 

BARTON, MERRILL 

ASHLAND, VA 

BECKMAN, JOHN 

GREEN VALLEY, AZ 

BELL, CHARLIE 

MEMPHIS, TN 

BENNER, PAUL 

POOLER, GA 

BERG, JOHN 

BOTHELL, WA 

BERGER, WILLIAM 

LONG BEACH, CA 

FS2 

FSCS 

BMC 

CDR 

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ENG3 

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QMC 

RET. 10-01-1976 


RET. 04-01-1975 


RET. 11-01-1997 

TAPS 11-17-2021 

RET. 09-08-1992 

TAPS 11-10-2021 

RET. 10-01-1985 

TAPS 12-11-2021 

RET. 02-23-1998 


RET. 08-01-1986 


RET. 05-01-1976 


RET. 11-01-1977 

TAPS 12-20-2021 

BOONE, ELLIS 

BONIFAY, FL 

BORLASE, ROBERT 

BETHANY, OK 

BORUM, RICHARD 

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 

BOUDREAUX, WINSTON 

METAIRIE, LA 

BOURASSA, GEORGE 

VASSALBORO, ME 

BOWLES, STEPHEN 

NEW LONDON, CT 

BRAZIL, CHARLES 

NICEVILLE, FL 

BRIDE, JAMES 

NASHVILLE, TN 

BRYSON, DENNIS 

NEW ORLEANS, LA 

BUGENSKE, RONALD 

BOWDOINHAM, ME 

BURGESS, JOHN 

CLEVELAND, AL 

BURR, ALEXANDER 

KENNEBUNK, ME 

BUSKIRK, GRAHAM 

BEAUFORT, NC 

CAFFREY, JOHN 

MOHEGAN LAKE, NY 

CALLOWAY, JOHN 

MONROE, LA 

CANCELLARE, STEPHEN 

PENSACOLA, FL 

MK1 

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MKC 

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MK1 

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BMC 

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RET. 12-01-1979 


RET. 01-01-1975 

TAPS 12-23-2021 

RET. 02-05-2002 


RET. 06-21-1996 

TAPS 11-15-2021 

RET. 04-01-1992 

TAPS 11-26-2021 

RET. 06-01-1983 


RET. 03-01-2016 


RET. 10-01-2007 

TAPS 12-18-2021 

RET. 08-01-1974 

TAPS 12-13-2021 

RET. 10-01-1994 

TAPS 12-19-2021 

RET. 07-01-1976 

TAPS 12-22-2021 

RET. 04-01-1969 

TAPS 12-12-2021 

RET. 08-01-1978 

TAPS 11-01-2021 

RET. 12-01-1990 

TAPS 11-30-2021 

RET. 12-01-2001 

TAPS 11-12-2021 

CARROLL, EARL 

COEUR D ALENE, ID 

CASTER, WILLIAM 

CLEMSON, SC 

CHALMERS, CHARLES 

DELRIO, TX 

CHLISZCZYK, FRANK 

KITTY HAWK, NC 

COFFMAN, WAYNE 

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 

COLLINS, JAMES 

LAKE WALES, FL 

COLLINS, WESLEY 

BONIFAY, FL 

CONSIGLI, RICHARD 

SAN DIEGO, CA 

CONTRATTO, JAMES 

BOULDER CITY, NV 

COWLEY, DANNY 

HIXTON, WI 

CURRY, SEAN 

WAUTOMA, WI 

D'AGOSTINO, RICHARD 

TARPON SPRINGS, FL 

DAMRON, JOHN 

SATELLITE BEACH, FL 

DARLING, FRANCIS 

HAYWARD, CA 

DAVIDSON, JAMES 

RINCON, PR 

DAVIS, MELVIN 

PINELLAS PARK, FL 

ADC 

CAPT 

CWO2 

CAPT 

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CAPT 

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YNCM 

BMC 

RET. 06-01-1964 

TAPS 12-31-2021 

RET. 09-01-1990 

TAPS 12-18-2021 

RET. 07-02-1984 

TAPS 12-29-2021 

RET. 07-01-1995 

TAPS 11-13-2021 

RET. 12-18-2010 

TAPS 11-04-2021 

RET. 04-01-1978 

TAPS 12-05-2021 

RET. 04-18-1996 

TAPS 12-04-2021 

RET. 07-01-1990 


RET. 10-01-1982 

TAPS 11-28-2021 

RET. 04-01-1985 

TAPS 12-22-2021 

RET. 07-01-1996 

TAPS 11-28-2021 

RET. 08-19-2013 


RET. 08-01-1977 

TAPS 12-30-2021 

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TAPS 12-19-2021 

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TAPS 11-29-2021 

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DEPPERMAN, KENNETH 

HINGHAM, MA 

CAPT 

RET. 07-01-1985 


GARLOW, ROGER 

BAKERSFIELD, CA 

LCDR 

RET. 07-01-1985 

TAPS 12-18-2021 

HOGARTH, ARTHUR 

TRAVERSE CITY, MI 

HSCM 

RET. 10-12-1988 

TAPS 12-12-2021 

KUNZ, FRED 

NEVADA, TX 

CWO2 

RET. 07-01-1988 

TAPS 11-18-2021 

TAPS 

DEW, TEDDIE 

YUMA, AZ 

SKC 

RET. 06-01-1975 

TAPS 12-24-2021 

GIESEKE, JERRY S 

CHARLESTON, WV 

CWO4 

RET. 10-01-1982 

TAPS 12-27-2021 

HOLMES, JAMES 

JOHNSON CITY, TN 

ETCS 

RET. 03-01-1985 

TAPS 12-27-2021 

LAFLAMME, JOHN 

ENFIELD, NH 

LT 

RET. 10-01-1976 


DIXON, WILMER 

THEODORE, AL 

BM1 

RET. 03-01-1989 

TAPS 12-01-2021 

GILBERT, RUSSELL 


LT 

RET. 08-01-1972 

TAPS 12-22-2021 

HORN, DAVID 

ABERDEEN, WA 

MK1 

RET. 03-01-1976 

TAPS 11-16-2021 

LANDSTROM, BRIAN 

DULUTH, MN 

OS2 

RET. 06-24-2011 

TAPS 12-25-2021 

DIXON, WILLIAM 

WEST DOVER, VT 

PS1 

RET. 07-08-1998 


GILLINGHAM, WILLIAM 

TOQUERVILLE, UT 

DCC 

RET. 07-01-1975 

TAPS 11-20-2021 

HRABAK, DONALD 

EAST PEORIA, IL 

BM1 

RET. 02-01-1969 

TAPS 12-09-2021 

LANE, KENNETH S 

MITHFIELD, NC 

ENC 

RET. 02-01-1967 

TAPS 12-22-2021 

DOCKENS, BOBBY 

PAINTED POST, NY 

BMC 

RET. 08-01-1975 

TAPS 11-03-2021 

GODFREY, JOHN 

MILFORD, CT 

BMC 

RET. 09-01-1991 

TAPS 12-24-2021 

HUDDLESTON, JOHN 

EL CAJON, CA 

CDR 

RET. 08-01-1986 

TAPS 12-26-2021 

LEAMER, HARRY 

NAYVILLE, WI 

CWO2 

RET. 06-01-1988 

TAPS 12-28-2021 

DOWD, PAUL 

EDGEWATER, FL 

FTCS 

RET. 11-01-1982 


GRAY, JEFFREY 

TIVERTON, RI 

ELC3 

RET. 09-01-2007 


HUNT, ROY 

BRANDON, FL 

OSC 

RET. 07-01-2011 

TAPS 12-06-2021 

LEQUIEU, KENNETH 

N PLATTE, NE 

MK2 

RET. 12-01-2005 

TAPS 11-12-2021 

DOYLE, GEORGE 

SANDY SPRINGS, GA 

CDR 

RET. 01-05-1990 


GUTHRIE, MARVIN 

BEAUFORT, NC 

MK2 

RET. 07-28-1986 


HUSE, WOLFGANG 

BREMERTON, WA 

CWO3 

RET. 06-01-1984 

TAPS 12-08-2021 

LERCH, VERNON 

LONG BEACH, CA 

YN1 

RET. 02-23-2012 

TAPS 11-21-2021 

ELLIOTT, GEORGE 


CAPT 

RET. 04-17-2016 


HAMENDE, ROYCE 

CRETE, IL 

LCDR 

RET. 12-06-1994 


IRELAND, GEORGE 

N KINGSTOWN, RI 

CAPT 

RET. 07-01-1986 


LEWIS, DENNIE 

HARKERS IS, NC 

BMCS 

RET. 12-27-1993 


ELMORE, VERNON 

PALM BAY, FL 

BMC 

RET. 09-07-1977 

TAPS 12-23-2021 

HANDY, WALTER 

WOODSTOCK, VA 

CAPT 

RET. 03-18-1978 

TAPS 12-13-2021 

JACKSON, ROBERT 

ALAMEDA, CA 

ENC 

RET. 03-01-1968 

TAPS 11-29-2021 

LIMNEOS, DARYL 

HAMPTON, VA 

FSC 

RET. 08-01-2009 

TAPS 11-23-2021 


EMMETT, WILLIAM 

GROVELAND, MA 

ENCARNACION, EMILIO 

STATEN ISLAND, NY 

ERVIN, PHILIP 


FENNELL, ELWOOD 

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 

FERGUSON, LOWELL 

WILMINGTON, NC 

FIESTER, ROBERT 

OLDSMAR, FL 

FLEMING, ELIZABETH 

CONCORD, CA 

FLENNOY, JASON 

FAIRBURN, GA 

FOUNTAINE, FRANKLIN 

TACOMA, WA 

GALLETTE, DONALD 

VALENCIA, CA 

GARCIA, RONALD 

MIAMI, FL 

CWO2 

ETCS 

MKC 

DCC 

PSC 

CWO4 

QMCS 

LCDR 

LCDR 

EM3 

BMC 

RET. 08-01-1978 

TAPS 12-23-2021 

RET. 11-01-1990 

TAPS 12-19-2021 

RET. 03-13-1987 

TAPS 11-08-2021 

RET. 07-01-1978 


RET. 03-01-1996 

TAPS 12-12-2021 

RET. 09-01-1974 

TAPS 12-15-2021 

RET. 11-01-2000 

TAPS 12-26-2021 

RET. 06-01-2014 

TAPS 12-30-2021 

RET. 09-01-1978 


RET. 06-01-1979 


RET. 12-20-2021 

TAPS 12-20-2021 

HARMON, JERRY 

SHREVEPORT, LA 

HARRISON, LARRY 

TEXARKANA, TX 

HARTWIG, BERNARD 

NORFOLK, VA 

HEJL, LUMAN 


HELLMAN, TERRY 

TENINO, WA 

HENLEY, GILBERT 

PASADENA, MD 

HERDT, PERRY 

CARRIERE, MS 

HINOJOSA, REYNALDO 

EL PASO, TX 

HOCH, ARTHUR 

TRENTON, NJ 

HOFFER, DONALD 

EAST FALMOUTH, MA 

HOFMANN, RICHARD 

SOMERSET, NJ 

CWO2 

PSC 

LCDR 

CWO4 

AT3 

BM1 

CWO3 

DCC 

BMC 

CAPT 

RM3 

RET. 01-28-1983 

TAPS 12-01-2021 

RET. 08-11-2000 


RET. 12-13-1990 

TAPS 11-08-2021 

RET. 09-01-1980 

TAPS 11-15-2021 

RET. 02-03-1985 

TAPS 12-06-2021 

RET. 05-01-1972 

TAPS 11-26-2021 

RET. 10-01-1985 


RET. 01-01-1999 

TAPS 12-10-2021 

RET. 12-08-1994 

TAPS 11-22-2021 

RET. 03-01-1987 

TAPS 12-13-2021 

RET. 04-01-1952 

TAPS 12-17-2021 

JANEDA, ROBERT 

SUPPLY, NC 

JENSEN, MONTELL 

BOYNTON BCH, FL 

JOHNSON, RODNEY 

POQUOSON, VA 

JOHNSON, R 

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 

KAUTZ, RALPH 

KNOXVILLE, TN 

KISH, ROBERT 

MESA, AZ 

KORZEKWINSKI, BERNARD 

WAPPINGER FAL, NY 

KOVICH, ANDREW 

GALENA, OH 

KRAEMER, JOSEPH 

NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 

KRELL, LELAND 

CARTHAGE, MO 

KRISH, JAMES 

MT WASHINGTON, KY 

MKC 

CWO3 

EMC 

SA 

ATC 

AVT1 

PSC 

BM2 

HSC 

LCDR 

CAPT 

RET. 06-01-1991 

TAPS 12-01-2021 

RET. 09-01-1981 

TAPS 11-17-2021 

RET. 02-01-1999 

TAPS 12-02-2021 

RET. 08-08-1960 

TAPS 12-04-2021 

RET. 06-01-1989 

TAPS 12-18-2021 

RET. 04-01-2001 

TAPS 11-04-2021 

RET. 12-01-1995 


RET. 10-24-2004 

TAPS 12-01-2021 

RET. 09-01-1984 

TAPS 11-13-2021 

RET. 02-05-1996 


RET. 04-06-1999 

TAPS 11-09-2021 

LONDON, BERT 

SACRAMENTO, CA 

MANGAHAS, RICARDO 

ESCONDIDO, CA 

MARSHALL, CLARENCE 

HAYWARD, CA 

MARSHIA, WAYNE 

LYNDONVILLE, VT 

FS1 

F&S4 

SK1 

MKC 

RET. 11-01-1975 

TAPS 11-18-2021 

RET. 12-01-1995 

TAPS 11-29-2021 

RET. 01-01-1988 

TAPS 11-26-2021 

RET. 05-08-1999 

TAPS 11-14-2021 




73

TAPS 

MARTIN, RALPH 

STILLWATER, OK 

CDR 

RET. 09-01-1975 

TAPS 12-09-2021 

NELON, GLEN 

SMITHVILLE, VA 

CWO3 

RET. 02-01-1987 

TAPS 11-12-2021 

RICHEY, WILLIAM 

SPRING HILL, TN 

PERS3 

RET. 02-01-1999 

TAPS 12-02-2021 

STEFANIAK, JAMES 

HUNGRY HORSE, MT 

ENCS 

RET. 01-01-1974 


TAPS 

MARTIN, CHARLES 


FS1 

RET. 12-01-1974 

TAPS 12-16-2021 

NELSON, EILEEN 

IGIUGIG, AK 

YN1 

RET. 09-01-2014 


ROHRBACH, VERNE 

BEAVERTON, OR 

IVC 

RET. 01-07-1995 

TAPS 12-31-2021 

STEWART, THOMAS 

TILLAMOOK, OR 

LCDR 

RET. 11-01-1986 


MASESSA, EDWARD 

BLUE RIDGE, GA 

MKC 

RET. 07-23-1995 

TAPS 12-10-2021 

NICHOLSON, GEORGE 

HOUSTON, TX 

LT 

RET. 01-01-1977 

TAPS 12-16-2021 

ROSS, ALBERT 

EASTPORT, ME 

BM1 

RET. 02-01-1972 

TAPS 11-28-2021 

STIKA, EVERETT 

LILLIAN, AL 

MKCM 

RET. 10-31-1991 

TAPS 11-24-2021 

MCDERMOTT, THOMAS 

TWIN LAKE, MI 

ETCS 

RET. 11-01-1988 

TAPS 12-18-2021 

NOLEN, PATRICK 

WILMINGTON, NC 

IT1 

RET. 08-01-2004 

TAPS 11-07-2021 

ROWE, HERBERT 

JACKSONVILLE, FL 

MKCM 

RET. 10-02-1998 


STJOHN, DENNIS 

VANCOUVER, WA 

F&S4 

RET. 07-01-1992 

TAPS 12-16-2021 

MCKNIGHT, EDWARD 

BLUE RIDGE, GA 

GMC 

RET. 05-01-1976 

TAPS 11-19-2021 

OHANLON, MICHAEL 

SQUAW VALLEY, CA 

YNC 

RET. 12-01-2011 


RYALS, LARRY 

SAND SPRINGS, OK 

BMC 

RET. 10-01-1986 

TAPS 12-08-2021 

SWIFT, EDWARD 

DALE CITY, VA 

LCDR 

RET. 05-01-2000 

TAPS 12-21-2021 

MITCHELL, JAMES 

ANNISTON, AL 

RM2 

RET. 02-02-1977 

TAPS 11-17-2021 

OMATSU, MICHAEL 

TROY, IL 

CDR 

RET. 09-01-1999 

TAPS 11-04-2021 

SAMEK, PAUL 

BAINBRIDGE IS, WA 

LCDR 

RET. 07-01-1985 

TAPS 12-11-2021 

THOMAS, DENNY 

EDGEWATER, MD 

BMCM 

RET. 06-01-1985 


MOBLEY, RICHARD 

COULTERVILLE, CA 

HSCS 

RET. 12-01-1993 

TAPS 12-08-2021 

OXENDINE, NICK 

BRUNSON, SC 

GMCM 

RET. 10-01-1999 

TAPS 11-17-2021 

SANDAGON, MARCOS 

CAPE MAY CH, NJ 

DCC 

RET. 07-01-1988 

TAPS 11-06-2021 

TILLER, ROBERT 

LAKELAND, FL 

HSC 

RET. 08-01-1978 

TAPS 12-13-2021 

MONTFORD, JAMES 

LITHONIA, GA 

EMCS 

RET. 11-01-1969 

TAPS 11-30-2021 

PATTERSON, ROY 

DUNEDIN, FL 

AD1 

RET. 08-01-1979 

TAPS 11-14-2021 

SANTOS, DAVID 

NORTHRIDGE, CA 

RM1 

RET. 02-01-1993 

TAPS 12-16-2021 

TOLENTINO, ALFREDO 

ALAMEDA, CA 

FS1 

RET. 10-01-1975 


MORRISON, WILLIAM 

GREENEVILLE, TN 

LT 

RET. 12-01-2002 

TAPS 12-27-2021 

PIAZZA, LOUIS 

AMSTERDAM, NY 

SKCM 

RET. 04-11-2005 

TAPS 11-26-2021 

SESMUNDO, MARIO 

SAN DIEGO, CA 

MKC 

RET. 07-21-1993 


VEACH, KEITH 

CINCINATTI, OH 

BMCS 

RET. 12-01-1987 

TAPS 11-09-2021 


MUEHLENBECK, CARL 

GALESBURG, MI 

NANCE, CLINTON 

EDMONDS, WA 

LCDR 

BMC 

RET. 02-01-1982 

TAPS 12-14-2021 

RET. 06-01-2005 

TAPS 11-08-2021 

PIZARRO, PABLO 

SEATTLE, WA 

PLOWMAN, RONALD 

SPRING, TX 

POLK, MARION 

ALEXANDRIA, LA 

PORTER, GEORGE 

KETCHIKAN, AK 

PRIOR, LEROY 

MENDON, VT 

PROFFER, EDMOND 

GRENADA, MS 

PULKET, DONALD 

NOTTINGHAM, MD 

PUSKAR, PAUL 

PETALUMA, CA 

PURNELL, RONALD 

DEKALB, MS 

RACE, WILLIAM 

OCOEE, FL 

REECE, CRISPIN 

ALEXANDRIA, MN 

FSC 

DC1 

BMC 

QMCM 

IV1 

QMC 

CAPT 

FSCS 

BM1 

LCDR 

MKCS 

RET. 11-01-1982 

TAPS 11-29-2021 

RET. 12-01-2005 

TAPS 11-18-2021 

RET. 05-01-1989 

TAPS 12-06-2021 

RET. 11-01-1973 

TAPS 12-28-2021 

RET. 03-31-1999 


RET. 09-01-1965 

TAPS 12-17-2021 

RET. 05-29-1992 

TAPS 11-26-2021 

RET. 02-01-1980 


RET. 07-01-1986 

TAPS 11-02-2021 

RET. 09-01-1974 

TAPS 12-01-2021 

RET. 07-01-2005 

TAPS 11-26-2021 

SHAW, DONALD 

OREGON CITY, OR 

SHAW, HOWARD 

WASHINGTON, NC 

SHEVLIN, CHRISTOPHER 

ROCHESTER, NY 

SHIREY, GORDON 

BRULE, NE 

SHOUSE, ROBERT 

POMCA CITY, OK 

SOTO, JOE 

PHOENIX, AZ 

SOULES, FRED 

LYNN HAVEN, FL 

SPENCER, DAVID 

MICHIGAN CITY, IN 

SPIKES, JOHN 

N MIAMI, FL 

SPURGEON, JEREMY 

HANKAMER, TX 

STAYTON, ROBERT 

RENO, NV 

ASMC 

ENC 

PS1 

AM1 

SK1 

ENC 

QMCM 

BMC 

DC1 

EM2 

HSC 

RET. 07-01-1984 


RET. 08-01-1966 

TAPS 12-27-2021 

RET. 07-07-2012 

TAPS 12-30-2021 

RET. 08-01-1997 

TAPS 12-13-2021 

RET. 08-01-1991 

TAPS 12-12-2021 

RET. 05-01-1967 

TAPS 12-18-2021 

RET. 06-01-1979 


RET. 07-01-1977 

TAPS 12-19-2021 

RET. 02-01-1984 

TAPS 12-23-2021 

RET. 09-01-2017 

TAPS 12-08-2021 

RET. 06-01-1996 

TAPS 12-11-2021 

VICTOR, JOSEPH 

BRADENTON, FL 

WARD, GEORGE 

STOCKTON, MD 

WESTPHALEN, WAYNE 

HARTLEY, IA 

WHITE, DANIEL MT 

LAUREL, NJ 

WILKENS, GEORGE 

AMENIA, NY 

WILLIAMMEE, CHRISTOPHER 

LAWRENCEVILLE, PA 

WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS 

N CHARLESTON, SC 

WILSON, JAMES 

PERRY, ME 

WULFF, RAYMOND 

KENT, WA 

YANCEY, KEARNEY 

LIBERTY, MS 

YELTON, FRANKLIN 

SAVANNAH, GA 

CAPT 

BMC 

YN1 

QMC 

LCDR 

CDR 

YNC 

BM1 

AD1 

CAPT 

CWO4 

RET. 11-06-1980 

TAPS 11-21-2021 

RET. 02-01-1999 


RET. 12-05-1972 


RET. 09-01-1994 

TAPS 12-20-2021 

RET. 01-03-1988 


RET. 10-01-2018 

TAPS 12-12-2021 

RET. 07-01-2011 

TAPS 11-05-2021 

RET. 04-01-1977 

TAPS 11-16-2021 

RET. 11-01-1979 

TAPS 11-21-2021 

RET. 06-13-1981 

TAPS 11-11-2021 

RET. 10-01-1983 

TAPS 11-17-2021 




75

TAPS 


USPHS 

ARCHER, DOUGLAS 

GAINESVILLE, FL 

BODY, DENIS 

SEQUIM, WA 

BOGGS, DONALD 

COSBY, TN 

CAHALAN, PAULINE 

ALBUQUERQUE, NM 

DEAN, WINSTON 

ROCKVILLE, MD 

FEHNEL, PAUL 

ROCKVILLE, MD 

FOWLER, TED 

DURHAM, NC 

MCBEAN, ALEXANDER 

TETON VILLAGE, WY 

NOAA 

DECOSTE, JOHN 

PORTLAND, ME 

RADM 

CAPT 

CAPT 

CDR 

CAPT 

CAPT 

CAPT 

CAPT 

CDR 

RET. 01-01-1994 


RET. 05-01-1991 

TAPS 11-23-2021 

RET. 03-01-1982 

TAPS 12-01-2021 

RET. 09-01-2000 


RET. 02-01-1999 


RET. 02-01-1986 


RET. 04-01-2000 


RET. 07-01-1995 

TAPS 11-02-2021 

RET. 11-01-1981 


MUSIC, STANLEY 

JENKINTOWN, PA 

RAHMAN, JAMES 


SABA, VIRGINIA 

WASHINGTON, DC 

SMITH, MORRIS 

INDEPENDENCE, MO 

STARK, CHARLES 

MINT HILL, NC 

WELLS, BILLY 

NORCONA, TX 

YARROW, SHEPPARD 

SILVER SPRING, MD 

CAPT 

CAPT 

CAPT 

CAPT 

CAPT 

CAPT 

CAPT 

RET. 01-01-1997 

TAPS 11-22-2021 

RET. 02-01-1991 


RET. 03-01-1985 

TAPS 11-20-2021 

RET. 01-01-1992 

TAPS 11-21-2021 

RET. 07-01-1984 

TAPS 11-14-2021 

RET. 10-01-1980 


RET. 01-01-1990 

TAPS 12-09-2021 

DEPENDENT TAPS 

CARMELITA L. RUTLOWSKY 

PASCO, WA 

NETTIE A. HANCOCK 

CLEARWATER, FL 

JOYCE GORDON-BRATTI 

BAYFIELD, WI 

CHANCE R. KOHBERGER 

COLUMBIA, MD 

MARY JANE NIKIRK 

ROSEBURG, OR 

JO ANN MEEKINS 

MANTEO, NC 

ILENE M. ALEBA 

DELRAY BEACH, FL 

BARBARA “BOBBIE ANN” JOHNS 

BEAUMONT, TX 

ANNELIS “ANN” BLOETH 

N. MASSAPEQUA, NY 

ROSEMARY DALY WATKINS 

WARREN, MI 

SHEILA CRABTREE 

MOBILE, AL 

CAROLYN J. DUNN 

HARLINGEN, TX 

LOIS A. MAXNER 

NASHUA, NH 

MIRIAM SWORDS RIKER 

CINCINNATI, OH 

MARY LYNN BANDZAK 

SANDWICH, MA 

GWENN ANN LEWIS 

SOUTH HADLEY, MA 

PAMELA CAMPBELL BERRY 

YARMOUTH, ME 

ROSA A. CRISTLER 

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 

MARY LYNN MATTHEWS 

LEAGUE CITY, TX 

DIANE M. WELSCH 

ATHENS, TN 

ALICE S. BURGESS 

SEATTLE, WA 

BONNIE G. SOULES 

LYNN HAVEN, FL 

WIFE OF BMC RONALD RUTKOWSKY, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF CWO4 MICHAEL G. HANCOCK, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF BMC PAUL J. BRATTI, USCG (RET) 

SON OF LCDR REED H. KOHBERGER, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF YNCS JAMES NIKIRK, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF CWO4 WILTON REX MEEKINS, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF CWO JOSEPH C. ALEBA, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF LCDR RICHARD G. JOHNS, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF IVCM ROBERT T. BLOETH, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF CWO2 MICHAEL H. WATKINS, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF BMC MICHAEL CRABTREE, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF BMCM DAN R. DUNN, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF BMCS STEPHEN E. MAXNER, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF RADM J. T. RIKER, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF CDR DONALD G. BANDZEK, USCG (RET) 

WIFE AD1 RICHARD LEWIS, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF HSC WILLIAM (BILL) BERRY, USCGR (RET) 

WIFE OF BMC DANIEL J. CRISTLER, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF ADC MICHAEL MATTHEWS, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF CWO3 CHARLES “CHARLIE” A. WELSCH, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF CDR STANLEY BURGESS, USCG (RET) 

WIFE OF CWO3 ROBERT SOULES, USCG (RET) 




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77

U.S. COAST GUARD RETIREE INFORMATION CHAPLAIN'S CORNER 

atch the news lately? It’s information 

W 

overload. Is it fake news? We can find 

facts to justify almost anything. So is our 

task simply to pick and choose what to believe 

to achieve our goals? 

What makes something true? Is it just a matter 

of usefulness? Some say we can never know 

the truth of anything – even 2+2 = 4 isn’t really 

true, it is just useful. So, "You believe what you 

believe, and I will believe what I believe." 

Most of us however are not satisfied to abandon 

truth in exchange for mere usefulness. Why not? 

Thinking about lying may offer some clues. 

Why would somebody lie? Maybe they tell a 

false story in order to impress or save face -- 

they lie as a sort of status game. Maybe they 

are trying to avoid getting in trouble -- they lie 

because they are afraid. Maybe they are just 

plain trying to assert their will -- they lie in order 

to control. In each of these cases, they are 

making statements that are useful, even a sort 

of good use. It’s true for them, right? So what is 

the problem? 

The problem, as I will often say to my kids, is that 

"You can't be friends with a liar." I mean a couple 

of things by this. First, by lying we present false 

personas. This means at best that we may 

befriend false persons and are befriended as 

false persons. Second, by lying we demonstrate 

that we are unreliable to each other. This means 

that we will be hesitant to cooperate -- or at least 

the cost of cooperation will increase as we will 

have to devote more resources to verifying what 

a person says or take on increased risk. In both 

cases the lie sets people into separate worlds 

and interacting amounts to using one another. 

So what makes something true? I will agree that 

truth is matter of a certain type of usefulness, 

specifically, truth is what allows us to make 

friends. Truth is what allows us to share a 

common world and help one another towards 

common goods. Truth is what makes possible 

the difference between using one another and 

helping and being helped by one another. 

So I worry less about fake news than I do 

about fake friends. And I doubt any additional 

information will help us know the truth unless we 

learn first how to be friends. 

Joseph F. Frana, LT, CHC, USN 

USCG SECTOR Key West Chaplain 



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jamesmontgomery@usa.net 

Paul Sibenkittel 

psiebenkittel@netzero.com 

Kevin Brown 

CGRetireeNorthEast@gmail.com 

Thomas Hall 

tadahall@msn.com 

David Swanson 

ddswanson@msn.com 

RADM Bert Kinghorn 

CoChairs@cgretirenw.org 

LCDR Phil Johnson 

CoChairs@cgretirenw.org 

Cody Brazier 

brazier6@gmail.com 

Jeff Rosenberg 

cg.rrc.pns@gmail.com 

Arturo Aviles 

araviles@aol.com 

James Davidson 

jimdavidson11@hotmail.com 

James Armstrong 

James.S.Armstrong@uscg.mil 

Gerald Nauert 

gnauert@oldhamcountyky.gov 

Keith Livingstone 

bassbolt@yahoo.com 

Becky Livingstone 

rebalivingstone@att.net 

Don Goldstein 

DGoldstein1@tampabay.rr.com 

LeRoy Dennison 

LeRoy@dennison.com 

Al Buechler 

abuechler1@cox.net 

David Bunch 

dcbunch52@verizon.net 

Recouncil@TCYYorktown.ucg.mil 

CG PAY & PERSONNEL CENTER, RETIREE & 

ANNUITANT SERVICES (PPC-RAS), DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE & 

OTHER IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS & WEBSITES 

Directory Assistance and Other Important Phone Numbers & Websites are also accessible at: 

dcms.uscg.mil/portals/10/cg-1/ppc/ras/rasdirectory.pdf 

Questions, Address or Direct-Deposit Changes 

If you need information or have questions 

about: 

• Your retired or survivor benefit plan (SBP) 

annuity payments 

• Your retired/annuitant statement 

• IRS Form 1099-R (reporting taxable 

income) 

• You need to change your and your 

dependents’ home mailing address (for 

retired/annuitant statement, newsletter, 

1099-R, correspondence) 

• Your financial institution or account 

number for your direct deposit 

• Report a change to your designation of 

beneficiary for payment of unpaid retired 

pay (Note: use Form *CG PPC-3600 

Designation of Beneficiary for Payment of 

Unpaid Retired Pay) 

You may make the requests listed above by 

telephone, by fax, or in writing. The telephone 

and fax numbers are: 

Toll free: 1-866-772-8724 

Commercial: (785) 339-2200 

Fax: (785) 339-3770 

Allotments, SBP Coverage and Beneficiary 

Changes 

If you need to: 

• Start, stop, or change an allotment (you may 

use Form *CG PPC-7221 Retired Allotment 

Authorization Form, fax in the form or a 

written request, call us or send us an e-mail 

request). 

• Report a change to your survivor benefit 

plan (SBP) coverage (must be in writing) 

You may fax your request to (785) 339-3770 

or mail to: 

Commanding Officer (RAS) 

USCG Pay & Personnel Center 

444 SE Quincy St 

Topeka, KS 66683-3591 

(*) Note: Forms are available from the PPC website at: 

www.dcms.uscg.mil/ppc/pd/forms/ or directly from the IRS. 

Income Tax Withholding Changes 

If you need to: 

• Start or change the amount of state tax 

withholding (retirees can call, e-mail, fax or use 

*IRS Form W-4, or state form. If using IRS form, 

indicate that the form is for state income tax 

withholding, not federal, which state it’s for and 

the dollar amount to be withheld, (minimum 

amount is $10.00, no cents)). We cannot 

withhold state tax for annuitants. 

• Change your federal income tax 

withholding (retirees use Form W-4, 

annuitants use Form W-4P) 

• Change exemptions or additional 

withholding 

Federal tax changes must be in writing. The 

original Form IRS W-4 or W-4P must be mailed 

to PPC (RAS) for action and filing, per IRS 

requirements. PPC (RAS) cannot accept a 

faxed W-4 or W-4P. Please mail to: 




Topeka, KS 66683-3591 

(*) Note: Forms are available from the PPC website at: 

www.dcms.uscg.mil/ppc/pd/forms/ or directly from the IRS. 

Report of Death 

To report the death of a Coast Guard, NOAA 

or PHS retiree/annuitant call: 

Toll free: 1-866-772-8724 

Commercial: (785) 339-2200 

Fax: (785) 339-3770 

Or write: 




Topeka, KS 66683-3591 

DEPENDENT TAPS: To place a Dependent TAPS 

notice in The Retiree Newsletter, provide the 

dependent’s name, relationship to retiree, date 

of passing, and city/state to Robert Hinds at: 

Robert.C.Hinds@uscg.mil 

phone: 202-475-5451 





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MEDICARE PART B ENROLLMENT IS MANDATORY AT AGE 65 

dcms.uscg.mil/Portals/10/CG-1/retiree/docs/pdf/Turning_65_with_MEDICARE.pdf?ver=2018-09-07-143218-930 

When you turn 65, your medical benefits will change. MEDICARE will become your primary medical 

coverage and TRICARE pays secondary to MEDICARE. You MUST enroll in MEDICARE PART 

B to retain your TRICARE coverage. If you are within 90 days of your 65th birthday, you should 

log on to www.ssa.gov or medicare.gov to enroll in MEDICARE PART B. Additional information is 

accessible at: tricare.mil/Welcome/Eligibility/MedicareEligible.aspx?sc_database=web or by phone 

at 866-773-0404. You may also call the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) 

at 800-538-9552. 

OTHER IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS AND WEBSITES 

Medical/Dental Benefits/Phone/Websites/ 

Notes 

Eligibility (DEERS)/ID Cards 

1-800-538-9552 

(TTY/TDD) 

1-866-363-2883 

www.tricare.mil/deers 

In CA: 1-800-334-4162; 

In AK & HI 1-800-527-5602 

Mail-Order Pharmacy 

1-877-363-1303 

www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/home/ 

Prescriptions/Filling Prescriptions/TMOP 

Federal Employee Dental & Vision Insurance 

Program (FEDVIP—Retirees) 

1-877-888-3337 

https://www.benefeds.com/ 

TRICARE Overseas 

1-888-777-8343 

www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/home/overview/ 

Regions/RegionsNonUS 

TRICARE East Region Contractor 

1-800-444-5445 

TRICARE West Region Contractor 

1-844-866-9378 

www.tricare.mil 

TRICARE For Life 

1-866-773-0404 

www.tricare.mil/tfl/default.cfm 

www.tricare.mil/LifeEvents/Retiring 

TRICARE Eligibility—Pharmacy 

(Medicare info) 

1-877-363-1303 

www.tricare.mil/ CoveredServices/Pharmacy/ 

Eligibility.aspx 

Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program 

(FLTCIP) 

1-800-LTC-FEDS (1-800-582-3337) 

www.LTCFEDS.com 

CG Health Benefits Advisor 

1-800-942-2422 

Veterans Benefits 

Phone/Websites/Notes 

Department of Veterans Affairs 

1-800-827-1000 

www.va.gov 

Insurance Information 

1-800-669-8477 

www.insurance.va.gov 

Veteran’s Group Life Insurance 

www.insurance.va.gov/sglisite/vgli/vgli.htm 

New VGLI Applications and VGLI 

Reinstatements: 

OSGLI 

PO Box 41618 

Philadelphia, PA 19176-9913 

1-800-419-1473 

Overseas phone 

(973) 548-5699 

Overseas fax# 

(973) 548-5300 

Death and accelerated benefits claims only: 

Fax: 1-877-832-4943. 

All other fax inquiries: 

1-800-236-6142 

e-mail at: osgli.claims@prudential.com 

All other inquiries: osgli.osgli@prudential.com 

General Correspondence: 

Office of Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

80 Livingston Avenue 

Roseland, NJ 07068-1733 

Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents 

1-800-827-1000 

www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp 

VA Pamphlet 80-02-1 

Headstones and Markers 

1-800-697-6947 

www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp 

Additional Important Number and Websites 

Final Active Duty Pay 

1-866-772-8724 

Overseas 

(785) 339-2200 

www.dcms.uscg.mil/ppc/separations/finalpay/ 

Commanding Officer (SEP) 


444 SE Quincy St. 

Topeka, KS 66683-3591 

Contact PPC (SEP) for information on severance 

pay, separation pay, disability severance pay, 

LES’s, IRS Form W-2. 

Social Security 

1-800-772-1213 

www.ssa.gov 

Travel Claims 

1-866-772-8724 

Overseas 

(785) 339-2200 

www.dcms.uscg.mil/ppc/travel/ 

Send final travel claim to: 

Commanding Officer (TVL) 


444 SE Quincy St. 

Topeka, KS 66683-3591 

Service Records 

(314) 801-0800 

www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records 

Write to: 

National Personnel Records Center 

Military Personnel Records 

1 Archives Drive 

St. Louis, MO 63138-1002 

Veterans or next-of-kin of a deceased veteran 

can access www.archives.gov/veterans/ 

military-service-records to make requests. 

All others must write in and include complete 

name, rank/grade, SSN, dates of service, and 

date of birth of the veteran. DD-214s are also 

available via the website 

WWII U.S. Merchant Marine Awards and 

Decorations 

www.maritime.dot.gov/outreach/marinermedals 

Contact: 

Awards, Flags, Medals 

Deveeda Midgette 

Maritime Awards Officer 

Office of Sealift Support 

1200 NEW JERSEY AVE., SE 

WASHINGTON, DC 20590 

United States 

Email: 

Deveeda.Midgette@dot.gov 

Phone: 202-366-2354 

Alt Phone: 202-366-2323 

Fax: 202-366-5904 

Business Hours: 

9:00am to 5:00pm ET, M-F 

CG Social Media Sites 

A list of Official CG Social Media Sites including 

Facebook and Twitter is accessible at: 

http;//coastguard.dodlive.mil/official-sites/ 

CG National Retiree Help Desk 

(202) 475-5381 

Toll free 1-833-224-6743 

email: NRHDesk@gmail.com 

Do NOT send Personally Identifiable Information 

(e.g. SSN, EMPID) to the CG National Retiree Help 

Desk. Visit: https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/retiree/ 

nrhd-pii/ 





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