Master Chief Petty Officer
                                 Louis Kitchin

  District Seven Command Master Chief

Master Chief Lou Kitchin is a native of the Commonwealth of Virginia and enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in May 1980. Master Chief Kitchin completed his recruit training in Cape May, NJ and was assigned to Coast Guard Group Baltimore and attached to Coast Guard Station Stillpond on the eastern shore of Maryland. Master Chief graduated from Boatswain’s Mate “A” school in Yorktown, VA in Jun of 1981 and was assigned to Coast Guard Station St. Simons Island in the Seventh District. Master Chief’s follow on assignments include Cutter CHEROKEE, Executive Petty Officer Station Taylors Island CG BOAT 60047, Executive Petty Officer Coast Guard Station Annapolis, Officer in Charge Coast Guard Sta Curtis Bay, Executive Petty Officer Cutter METOMPKIN, Officer in Charge Cutter PT. GLASS, Officer in Charge Cutter GANNET, Command Master Chief of the Fifth Coast Guard District, Officer in Charge Cutter SOCKEYE, Officer in Charge Cutter SEA LION, and Command Master Chief of the Seventh Coast Guard District. Master Chief Kitchin has attended numerous service schools and is a graduate of the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy, Class 41. Master Chief Kitchin’s military awards include six Coast Guard Commendation Medals, two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, the Commandant’s Letter of Commendation, ten Good Conduct Medals, and numerous other awards. He has earned his permanent Cutterman’s insignia and Command insignias ashore and afloat.