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Captain Robert D. Phillips
US Coast Guard

Capt Robert D. Phillips

Captain Phillips joined the Coast Guard in 1988 and is a career military aviator, qualified in both C130 “Hercules” Maritime Patrol Airplane and HH-65 “Dolphin” Short Range Rescue helicopter.  His previous tour was serving as Chief of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District’s Incident Management Branch where he was responsible for managing Search and Rescue, as well as oil spill response efforts, throughout Alaska.  Prior to that assignment he served as the Executive Officer at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, the largest operational unit in the Coast Guard.  Other assignments include serving as the Operations Officer at Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, as well as two previous flying tours in Kodiak, two tours at Air Station Houston, Texas, and a tour as an Instructor Pilot in the HH-65 helicopter at the Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama.

Captain Phillips grew up in the rural town of Galena, Kansas, and graduated from Galena High School.  He continued his education at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, Oklahoma, where he earned an Associate of Science Degree, and Kansas State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree. He also received a Master of Science Degree in Instructional Design from the University of South Alabama.

While attending college Captain Phillips met his wife Lorie “Payton” Phillips of Afton, Oklahoma.  The Phillips’ have been married for 30 years and have two children, Stephanie who lives in Springfield, Missouri, and Christopher who currently resides in Huntington Beach, California.

Captain Phillips' personal awards include the two Meritorious Service Medals, three Coast Guard Commendation Medals, the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and two Commandant's Letters of Commendation.


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