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Captain Kenin reported to his current assignment as the Coast Guard
Seventh District Chief of Staff in July 2011. Prior to that he
served as the Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Air Station Miami
where he was responsible for the employment of eleven aircraft and
380 Coast Guard members executing missions throughout the Caribbean
Basin. Captain Kenin earned his ‘Wings of Gold’ in 1987 and
accumulated 15 years as an operational aviator in both fixed and
rotary wing aircraft. In addition to Air Station Miami, his tours of
duty included Coast Guard aviation units in Mobile, AL, St.
Augustine, FL, North Bend, OR, and Houston, Tx, which he also
commanded. His staff assignments include: Assignments Officer at the
Coast Guard’s Personnel Command, Coast Guard Fellow working on the
staff of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, and Executive Assistant to the Coast Guard Deputy
Commandant for Operations in Washington, D.C. In that position he
led the most comprehensive reorganization of Coast Guard operations
since World War II and achieved the first major step in the
Commandant’s Modernization plan. Captain Kenin earned a Bachelor of
Science majoring in Marine Engineering/Naval Architecture; a Masters
of Public Administration from The John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University; and a Master of Science in
Strategic Studies from the National War College. He also holds
civilian designation as an Airline Transport Pilot with fixed and
rotary wing qualifications. A native of Anderson, SC, Captain Kenin
was commissioned in 1984 upon graduating from the United States
Coast Guard Academy. Captain Kenin has received the Legion of Merit,
Meritorious Service Medal, the 9/11 Medal, Coast Guard Commendation
medals, the Coast Guard Achievement Medal, and the Commandant’s
Letter of Commendation as well as various service and unit awards.
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