
Acting Assistant Commandant for C4 & IT
Chief Information Officer
US Coast Guard
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CAPT Lytle is a 1981 graduate of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy in New
London, CT. Upon graduation with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Management, he was assigned to duty on board the USCGC BOUTWELL in
Seattle, WA as the Anti-submarine and Weapons Officer. In 1983 he
moved to Miami, FL and served tours in the District Seven Command
Center and in what is now the District Seven Maritime Intelligence
Center. In 1989, CAPT Lytle was selected for the Post Graduate
Training Program and attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables,
FL. He graduated in 1991 with a Master of Science degree in
Computer Information Systems and a Master's Certificate in
Telecommunications. CAPT Lytle's next tour took him out of Miami
to the Coast Guard Research and Development Center in Groton, CT. In
1995, CAPT Lytle returned to Miami to serve as the Operations Officer
for Coast Guard Group Miami until 1997 and then as the Commanding
Officer of Electronic Systems Support Unit Miami. From 2000 to
2003 he served as a Division Chief in the Information Systems
Directorate at the Telecommunications and Information Systems Command
(TISCOM). From 2003 to 2005 he completed duty at CG Headquarters
as the Chief, Office of Command and Control Capability. He
returned to TISCOM in 2005 to serve as the Commanding Officer.
Captain Lytle is currently serving as the Coast Guard’s Deputy
Assistant Commandant for C4IT (CG-6d) and as Acting Assistant
Commandant for C4IT (CG-6).