National Commodore (United States Coast Guard Auxiliary)

The National Commodore (NACO) of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is its most senior and principal officer. The national commodore represents the Auxiliary and reports to the commandant of the Coast Guard through the vice commandant of the Coast Guard. Additionally, the national commodore represents the Auxiliary with all Coast Guard flag officers and flag officer equivalent civilians at Coast Guard headquarters on Auxiliary matters. The national commodore functions to support the commandant's strategic goals and objectives and serve auxiliarists.

National Commodore of the
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Incumbent
Mary L. Kirkwood
since September 2024
Formation1951
First holderBert C. Pouncey, Jr.
Websitehttp://www.cgaux.org/leadership/

Evolution of title

edit

The title of national commodore dates to 1951, when Bert C. Pouncey, Jr. was elected as the first NACO at the first National Conference.

List of National Commodores

edit

There have been 36 national commodores of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since the office was enacted in 1951. Gus Formato is the current National Commodore.[1]

No. NACO Photo Tenure
1 NACO Bert C. Pouncey, Jr. 1951–1952
2 NACO Alexander S. Bauer 1953–1954
3 NACO J. Webb L. Sheehy 1955
4 NACO John Brent Tanner 1956–1957
5 NACO Charles S. Greanoff 1958–1959
6 NACO Bliss Woodward 1960–1961
7 NACO Homer L. Byers 1962–1963
8 NACO Elsworth A. Weinberg 1964–1965
9 NACO Grover A. Miller, Jr. 1967–1968
10 NACO John B. Stone 1969–1970
11 NACO Harry S. Osbourn 1971–1972
12 NACO Harold B. Haney 1973–1974
13 NACO Anderson A. Cordill 1975–1976
14 NACO J. Kevin Mitchell 1977–1978
15 NACO Dr. Robert L. Horton 1979–1980
16 NACO Aime R. Bernard 1981–1982
17 NACO Martin S. Herz 1983–1984
18 NACO Christopher G. Lagen 1985–1986
19 NACO Will C. "Papa" Harr 1987–1988
20 NACO Henry G. Pratt, III 1989–1990
21 NACO Stanley Y. Kennedy 1991–1992
22 NACO Joseph J. Lanz, Jr. 1993–1994
23 NACO Peter W. Melera 1995–1996
24 NACO Everette L. Tucker, Jr. 1997–2000
25 NACO Viggo C. Bartelsen 2001–2002
26 NACO E.W. Edgerton 2003–2004
27 NACO Gene M. Seibert 2005–2006
28 NACO Steven M. Budar 2007–2008
29 NACO Nicholas Kerigan   2009–2010
30 NACO Jim Vass   2010–2012
31 NACO Thomas C. Mallison   2012–2014
32 NACO Mark Simoni   2014–2016
33 NACO Richard A. Washburn   2016–2018
34 NACO Larry L. King   2018–2020
35 NACO Alex Malewski   2020-2022
36 NACO Agostino (Gus) Formato 2022-2024
37 NACO Mary L. Kirkwood[2] 2024-Present

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Meet Larry L. King, National Commodore". 1 November 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ "COAST GUARD AUXILIARY NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CHANGES" (PDF).
edit