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Command Chief
Meet the Command Chief, HSC Kevin Cronin
HSC Kevin Cronin is originally from Pepperell, Massachusetts and enlisted into the U.S. Coast Guard in 1992. He graduated from USCG Recruit Training Center, Cape May, NJ and was transferred to Station Scituate, Massachusetts where he participated in law enforcement missions and conducted search and rescue cases throughout the Massachusetts Bay area. In 1995, he graduated from Health Services Technician (HS) A-School, in Petaluma California and transferred to Integrated Support Command Boston’s Medical Clinic. In 1998, he was selected to attend and graduated with honors from the U.S. Navy’s Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman School located at U.S. Naval Hospital Balboa, San Diego, California. In 1999, he was assigned to the USCGC RELIANCE (WMEC-615), homeported in Portsmouth NH. Onboard CGC RELIANCE he deployed on patrols along the North Atlantic seaboard and Caribbean Sea where he participated in numerous rescues and repatriation of migrant refugees. In 2002, he transferred to Sector St. Petersburg, Florida where he helped design and oversaw the construction of a $1.2 million waterfront medical facility servicing over 1200 sailors stationed within the Western Florida area. In 2007, he was assigned to the Special Missions Training Center, Camp Lejeune, NC where he was responsible for all medical services and joint service training ranges for Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps tactical training courses. In 2009, he promoted to Chief Petty Officer and transferred to his current duty station at the Atlantic Strike Team, where his responsibilities include Command Chief, Independent Duty Corpsman, and National Strike Force Response Member duties on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. HSC Cronin’s personal awards include the 2003 Coast Guard’s Health Service Technician of the Year (Ashore), 2006 GEICO Military Service Award, 2008 Coast Guard’s Health Sciences Technician of the Year (Independent Duty), 2 Coast Guard Commendation Medals, 2 Coast Guard Achievement Medals, 6 Coast Guard Commandant Letters of Commendation (06), 6 Coast Guard Good Conduct Medals, and numerous other awards and recognition.
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