Commander Leon Guerrero serves as the Executive Officer of Coast Guard Activities Far East located in Fussa-shi, Tokyo, Japan.  In this capacity, he is responsible for the administration of the unit and its two subordinate offices in Sembawang, Singapore and Seoul, Republic of Korea.  Additionally, he executes the statutory duties and responsibilities of the Officer in Charge Marine Inspections, in absence of the Commanding Officer.  

Prior to reporting to his current position, Commander Leon Guerrero served as the Prevention Department Chief at Coast Guard Sector San Diego and the designated Officer in Charge Marine Inspections.  In this role, he oversaw the construction and certification of the U.S. Navy’s Lewis and Clark class T-AKE dry cargo/ammunition ships, along with the PC-1 class of double-hulled product tankers.  His other Prevention specialty assignments include Deep Draft Vessel Inspections Program Manager at Coast Guard Headquarters, Inspections Division Chief at Coast Guard Activities Europe, Supervisor of Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Saipan, and as a Marine Inspector at Coast Guard Marianas Section/Marine Safety Office Guam.  Before entering the Prevention specialty, Commander Leon Guerrero held several positions in the naval engineering field.  His assignments as a naval engineer include WPB Port Engineer at Coast Guard Naval Engineering Support Unit Honolulu, Assistant Engineering Officer/Damage Control Assistant on USCGC ALERT, and Student Engineer on USCGC RESOLUTE.  

Commander Leon Guerrero is a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy and earned a BS in Electrical Engineering.  He and his wife Jolene have two sons, Kameron and Kaleb.