Captain Mark McCadden

Captain McCadden serves as the Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Activities Far East located in Fussa-shi, Tokyo, Japan.  He has worked in the Coast Guard for 33 years and was previously assigned as the Chief of External Affairs for the Coast Guard’s Thirteenth District Office in Seattle, Washington. 

Captain McCadden has held numerous positions in the Coast Guard’s Prevention program including Chief of Prevention at Sector Seattle, Commanding Officer of Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles Louisiana, Chief of Port Operations at Marine Safety Office Wilmington North Carolina, Supervisor of Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan Alaska, Marine Inspector and Investigator at Marine Safety Office Portland Oregon, and served as an instructor and assistant school chief at the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Schools at Training Center Yorktown Virginia.  In 1998 he completed a six month Port Safety Industry Training program in the port of Hampton Roads Virginia where he worked and trained with more than 35 companies.   

Captain McCadden has eleven years of enlisted service, achieving the rank of Chief Petty Officer in 1990.  His enlisted experience includes service at an air station, small boat station, cutter BOUTWELL, lightship NANTUCKET, and as a keeper at Plymouth Lighthouse.  He holds a BS degree from Excelsior College and earned a graduate degree in management with the University of Phoenix.