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
Alex Malewski
since November 2020
Formation1951
First holderBert C. Pouncey, Jr.
Websitehttp://www.cgaux.org/leadership/

Evolution of title

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

There have been 34 national commodores of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since the office was enacted in 1951. Alex Malewski is the current national commodore.[1]

No.NACOPhotoTenure
1NACO Bert C. Pouncey, Jr.1951–1952
2NACO Alexander S. Bauer1953–1954
3NACO J. Webb L. Sheehy1955
4NACO John Brent Tanner1956–1957
5NACO Charles S. Greanoff1958–1959
6NACO Bliss Woodward1960–1961
7NACO Homer L. Byers1962–1963
8NACO Elsworth A. Weinberg1964–1965
9NACO Grover A. Miller, Jr.1967–1968
10NACO John B. Stone1969–1970
11NACO Harry S. Osbourn1971–1972
12NACO Harold B. Haney1973–1974
13NACO Anderson A. Cordill1975–1976
14NACO J. Kevin Mitchell1977–1978
15NACO Dr. Robert L. Horton1979–1980
16NACO Aime R. Bernard1981–1982
17NACO Martin S. Herz1983–1984
18NACO Christopher G. Lagen1985–1986
19NACO Will C. "Papa" Harr1987–1988
20NACO Henry G. Pratt, III1989–1990
21NACO Stanley Y. Kennedy1991–1992
22NACO Joseph J. Lanz, Jr.1993–1994
23NACO Peter W. Melera1995–1996
24NACO Everette L. Tucker, Jr.1997–2000
25NACO Viggo C. Bartelsen2001–2002
26NACO E.W. Edgerton2003–2004
27NACO Gene M. Seibert2005–2006
28NACO Steven M. Budar2007–2008
29NACO Nicholas Kerigan2009–2010
30NACO Jim Vass2010–2012
31NACO Thomas C. Mallison2012–2014
32NACO Mark Simoni2014–2016
33NACO Richard A. Washburn2016–2018
34NACO Larry L. King2018–2020
35NACO Alex MalewskiStarting November 2020

See also

References
  1. "Meet Larry L. King, National Commodore". 1 November 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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