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COMDTNOTE 12920
SUBJ: SELECTION OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR INTELLIGENCE AND
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF MR. DAN BUTLER AS THE
DEPUTY ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR INTELLIGENCE AND CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS, U.S. COAST GUARD. IN THIS CAPACITY, UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF COMMANDANT (CG-2), MR. BUTLER WILL MANAGE, DIRECT, AND
PROVIDE OVERSIGHT ON ALL ASPECTS OF COAST GUARD INTELLIGENCE AND
CRIMINAL IVESTIGATIONS TO INCLUDE STRATEGIC GUIDANCE, POLICY
DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION, PROGRAM AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, AND
RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
2. MR. BUTLER HAS 30 YEARS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE AND INTELLIGENCE
EXPERIENCE, AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE AND
SENIOR NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE FOR OVER TEN YEARS. HE CURRENTLY
SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE COAST GUARD INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE
(CGIS), RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTION, LEADERSHIP,
AND MANAGEMENT OF CGIS, AND PROVIDING INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT FOR USCG.
PRIOR TO HIS CURRENT ASSIGNMENT, MR. BUTLER SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR OPEN SOURCE, SENIOR
ADVISOR FOR POLICY AND OVERSIGHT WITH THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR OPEN SOURCE, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND DEPUTY
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GOVERNMENT LIAISON AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR AND COORDINATOR OF STRATEGIC
PLANNING WITH THE NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE. HE SERVED ON
ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE U.S. NAVY FROM 1981 TO 1991 AS A NAVAL
INVESTIGATOR, RESIDENT-AGENT-IN-CHARGE, AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. MR.
BUTLER HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN ECONOMICS FROM COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY, MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DEGREE FROM HARVARD
UNIVERSITY JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, AND MASTER OF
SCIENCE DEGREE IN STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE FROM THE JOINT MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE COLLEGE.
3. MR. BUTLER ASSUMED THE DUTIES OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR
INTELLIGENCE ON 15 JANUARY 2012.
4. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MR. WILLIAM TARRY FOR HIS OUTSTANDING
SERVICE AS THE OUTGOING DEPUTY, AND WISH HIM SUCCESS IN HIS NEW
POSITION AS THE PRINCIPAL DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTELLIGENCE AND
ANALYSIS AT DHS.
5. VADM SALLY BRICE-OHARA, VICE COMMANDANT, SENDS.
6. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.