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USCG SECTOR JACKSONVILLE
4200 OCEAN STREET
ATLANTIC BEACH, FL 32233
(904) 564-7500

Captain Andy BlommeSector Commander
Captain Andy Blomme

Captain Andy Blomme reports to Sector Jacksonville having recently completed a three-year assignment as Military Assistant to the Secretary of Homeland Security. In this position Captain Blomme was honored to serve both Secretary Michael Chertoff and Secretary Janet Napolitano and traveled throughout the United States and around the world in fulfilling his duties.

Previous command tours have included the Coast Guard Cutter DILIGENCE, a 210’ medium endurance cutter homeported in Wilmington, NC, Cutter NANTUCKET, a 110’ patrol boat homeported in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico and Key West, FL and Cutter POINT HURON, an 82’ patrol boat homeported in Little Creek, VA. Captain Blomme rounded out his nearly twelve years of sea duty with tours aboard Cutter GALLATIN in Governors Island, NY and Cutter CHASE in San Diego, CA. Additional operational tours included three years as a controller in the Coast Guard’s Fifth District Command Center in Portsmouth, VA and three years as the Operations Officer at Coast Guard Group Miami.

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cdrpopielSector Deputy Commander
Commander James McLaughlin

Commander McLaughlin, a native of Massachusetts, graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Transportation. Upon graduation in 1987, he sailed for Exxon Shipping Company out of Houston, TX. Commander McLaughlin entered the U.S. Coast Guard in 1989 and was assigned to Marine Safety Office San Juan, Puerto Rico where he served as the unit’s Senior Investigating Officer. Following that tour, he was assigned to Marine Inspection Office New York, NY, where he oversaw vessel inspections conducted in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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cmcCommand Master Chief
Senior Chief Miller

Senior Chief Yeoman Robert Miller became Sector Jacksonville’s second Command Master Chief (CMC) on 19 February 2010. He will be filling this important role until AMTCM Kenneth Morris arrives later this summer from the Army Sergeant Major’s Academy.

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Last Modified 3/14/2010