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Date: Nov. 14, 2008 |
Coast Guard officer selected for three-star admiral |
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SEATTLE — Rear Adm. John P. Currier, a native of Westbrook, Maine and commander of the 13th Coast Guard District here, has been selected for Vice Admiral and nominated to be the Coast Guard Chief of Staff by the Commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Thad Allen. Once approved by Congress, Currier will oversee acquisition, personnel, budgeting, communication technologies, engineering and logistics for the service. As the commander of the 13th District, Currier directs and oversees all Coast Guard operations in the Pacific Northwest including Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. . Currier was commissioned in 1976 upon graduation from officer candidate school and was designated as an aviator after completion of Naval Flight training in 1977. Currier was previously stationed as commander of Coast Guard Air Stations Miami and Detroit. He has also been stationed at Air Stations in Cape Cod, Mass., Sitka, Alaska, Traverse City, Mich., and Astoria, Ore., and served as the deputy program manager of engineering for the Coast Guard HH-60J and Navy HH-60H helicopter acquisition at the Naval Air System Command in Washington, D.C. As an aviator Currier has flown more than 6,000 hours and is a graduate of the Air Force Air War College in Montgomery, Ala. Currier currently holds a Masters in business from Embry-Riddle University and is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine. Currier is the son of William and Janet Currier of Westbrook and is married to the former Mary Jane Greenleaf of South Portland, Maine. They have two adult sons, Benjamin and Andrew. |
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