Captain Peter Troedsson
U.S. Coast Guard
District 8 Chief of Staff
Captain Peter Troedsson has served as Chief of Staff of the Eighth Coast Guard District since July 2010. Prior to this assignment he served as Chief of the Response Division, Eighth Coast Guard District, managing the Eighth District’s programs in search and rescue, security, law enforcement, and oil and hazardous materials spill response. He reported to this position from Astoria, Oregon where he commanded Coast Guard Group/Air Station Astoria. Previously he commanded Air Station Savannah, Georgia, and served as Executive Officer at Air Station San Francisco, California..
Captain Troedsson received his commission from Officer Candidate School in 1984. He is a designated Naval Aviator, earning his “wings” in 1987, and was designated an Instructor Pilot in the HH-65 helicopter. Aside from numerous operational tours prosecuting a wide range of Coast Guard missions and managing boat and aviation forces and their associated logistics, Captain Troedsson has also served as an exchange pilot with the Royal Navy’s 771 Squadron, and as a management analyst on the staff of the Coast Guard’s Resource Director where he was responsible for developing and communicating the Coast Guard’s capital investment plan. Captain Troedsson has accumulated over 5000 hours as a pilot in Coast Guard, Navy and Royal Navy aircraft.
A native of Los Angeles, California, Captain Troedsson holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Scandinavian Languages from UCLA, a Masters in Public Administration from George Washington University, (1998 MPA Honor Graduate from the GWU School of Business and Public Management) and a Masters in National Security Studies (with highest honors) from the US Air Force Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama.
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