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Acting Secretary of the Navy is a Coast Guard Commander

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Chuck Hill

Thomas W. Harker, Acting Secretary of the Navy. US Navy photo

Interesting little piece of trivia. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker was (is?) a Coast Guard Commander. USNI reports his first message to the fleet.

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John W. on January 21, 2021 at 12:51 pm said:

I spent two and a half years coaching plebes and midshipmen sailing at the USNA. Each day before my boat would get underway, I would have my crew recite, “The Coast Guard is Your Friend.”

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