Retiring in June of 2024 after 42 years in the Coast Guard. In the last eleven years worked as a civilian instructor training the top five coast guard positions in all US ports and traveled to seventy-seven different countries training foreign coast guards, police, port authorities, and navy in maritime operations.
Areas of expertise include: Assessments of domestic and foreign maritime forces Captain of the Port authorities and management tools Search and Rescue mission coordination Port Security and Law Enforcement Crisis media Counter narcotics Countering illegal migration Natural disaster response Counter-terrorism Defense operations Fisheries Oil and hazmat response Port State Control Vessel inspections and investigations