R 271817Z FEB 10 

ALCOAST 093/10
COMDTNOTE 1401
SUBJ: SELECTION AS THE NEXT CHAPLAIN OF THE UNITED STATES COAST
GUARD
1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT CAPTAIN GARY P. WEEDEN, CHC, USN,
HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE NEXT CHAPLAIN OF THE COAST GUARD.
2. A NATIVE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, CAPTAIN WEEDEN ENLISTED IN THE
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL,
SERVING AS A MARINE SCIENCE TECHNICIAN FROM 1977-1981. LATER, HE
SERVED WITH THE OREGON AIR NATIONAL GUARD. CAPTAIN WEEDEN RECEIVED
HIS COMMISSION AS AN ENSIGN IN THE U. S. NAVY RESERVE WHILE
COMPLETING HIS SEMINARY STUDIES AT WESTERN SEMINARY, PORTLAND, OR.
HE HOLDS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN BIBLICAL STUDIES AND MASTERS DEGREES
IN DIVINITY, THEOLOGY, AND IN NATIONAL STRATEGY AND SECURITY
STUDIES FROM THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE.
3. CHAPLAIN WEEDEN HAS HELD A VARIETY OF OPERATIONAL AND STAFF
ASSIGNMENTS IN BOTH THE COAST GUARD AND THE NAVY. HE IS CURRENTLY
SERVING AS THE CHAPLAIN FOR COAST GUARD ATLANTIC AREA IN
PORTSMOUTH, VA.  THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, CHAPLAIN WEEDEN HAS
PROVIDED SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO
HELP BALANCE THEIR PERSONAL LIVES WITH THE DEMANDS OF MILITARY
SERVICE.
4. CAPTAIN WEEDEN'S PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP WILL
GREATLY ASSIST THE COAST GUARD IN EXECUTING OUR VAST MISSIONS AND
MANAGING FUTURE CHALLENGES.  CAPTAIN WEEDEN RELIEVES CAPTAIN
WILLIAM (BILL) F. CUDDY, JR., CHC, USN, IN A CEREMONY EARLY THIS
SUMMER AS THE CHAPLAIN OF THE COAST GUARD. CONGRATULATIONS AND
WELCOME ABOARD CAPTAIN GARY WEEDEN.
5. CHAPLAIN WEEDEN'S BIO CAN BE VIEWED HERE:
HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/LANTAREA/CHAPLAIN.ASP.
6. ADMIRAL THAD W. ALLEN SENDS.
7. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.