Mr. Gary C. Rasicot
Global Maritime Operational Threat Response (MOTR) Coordination Center
US Coast Guard
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Mr. Gary Rasicot assumed duties as Director, Global Maritime Operational Threat Response (MOTR) Coordination Center in February 2010. His directorate serves as the Nation’s primary coordinator of the MOTR process, responsible for facilitating the development of interagency approved U.S. Government courses of action in response to threats against the United States and its interests in the maritime domain.
Prior to his appointment to the Senior Executive Service, Mr. Rasicot was President and Chief Executive Officer of SureShip, Inc., a national company providing end-to-end e-commerce, inventory management and fulfillment services for major corporations, non-profits and entrepreneurs. Mr. Rasicot served as an active duty Coast Guard officer for 24 years. His military assignments included Chief, Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Program; Liaison Officer to the Joint Staff Counternarcotics Division; Commanding Officer, USCGC MOHAWK; Director for Maritime Security Policy, Homeland Security Council at the White House; and Chief of the Coast Guard Office of Counterterrorism and Special Missions. Mr. Rasicot’s final active duty assignment was Deputy Commander, U.S. Deployable Operations Group, where he was responsible for the establishment of the Coast Guard’s single point of control for the staffing, training, and logistics support for deployable capabilities. In his role as Deputy Commander, Mr. Rasicot oversaw the consolidation and daily operations of 27 field units comprised of 3,000 persons.
A majority of Mr. Rasicot’s military career as a senior officer involved the development and implementation of National and Coast Guard Policy on National Security. He led policy development and coordination efforts of 22 federal agencies that resulted in National Security Presidential Directive 41/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 13, creating the first strategically-focused maritime security policy for the United States. Additionally, Mr. Rasicot assisted in the interagency development and implementation of the Nation's Maritime Operational Threat Response Plan. The plan made an immediate impact in developing interagency cooperation and coordination for U. S. maritime security response efforts for “real world” events. He co-authored the MOTR Forces Plan, which was signed by the President and provides the interagency structure to ensure maritime combating terrorism resource needs are met.
Mr. Rasicot is a 1984 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. He holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Maryland.
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