Rear Admiral Thomas P. Ostebo
Assistant Commandant for Engineering & Logistics
US Coast Guard
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Rear Admiral Thomas P. Ostebo is currently serving as the Coast Guard’s Assistant Commandant for Engineering and Logistics (CG-4). He is responsible for all naval, civil, aeronautical, and industrial engineering and logistics for the Coast Guard's $25 billion capital plant which includes 23,000 facilities, 230 ships, 1,800 boats, and 200 aircraft. Responsible for executing an annual budget of $1 billion, he also leads 2,200 personnel at Coast Guard Headquarters and three major Headquarters commands.
Previous tours of duty include Executive Assistant to the Commandant of the Coast Guard, Executive Assistant to the Chief of Coast Guard Operations, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Air Stations Cape Cod and Traverse City, and Chief Aeronautical Engineering
Officer at both Air Station Clearwater, Florida and Air Station Sitka, Alaska. He also served as Chief of Inventory, Logistics, and Finance at the Coast Guard’s largest industrial depot, the Aircraft Repair and Supply Center, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and as First Lieutenant aboard USCGC Active in New Castle, New Hampshire. In 1984, he completed Naval Flight Training in Pensacola, Florida and completed tours of duty at CGAS Cape Cod, CGAS Sitka, CGAS Clearwater, CGAS Traverse City, and the CG Aircraft Repair and Supply Center. During this time, he flew 4,000 flight hours, attained qualifications in the HH-3F, HH-60J, HC-130H, HH-65A/B and the HU-25, and qualified as an Aircraft Commander and Instructor Pilot. Admiral Ostebo also completed his Civilian Airline Transport Rating and Airframe and Power Plant Authorization.
A native of Kings Park, New York, Admiral Ostebo graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1981 with a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science. In 1993, Admiral Ostebo earned a Master of Science in Industrial Administration from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Business. He also completed a Senior Fellowship in National Security at Harvard University in 2002 and a Senior Fellowship at the Naval War College in 2005. His military decorations include two Legions of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Meritorious Service Medals, two CG Commendation Medals, and the CG Achievement Medal.