USCGC GALLATIN (WHEC 721)
CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA
Captain Caleb Corson
Commanding Officer, USCGC GALLATIN
Captain Caleb Corson is a 1987 graduate of the U.S.
Coast Guard Academy where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Mathematical Sciences. Since commissioning he has served in a wide variety
of challenging and rewarding assignments both afloat and ashore.
With over 12 years afloat experience, Captain Corson has served as
Operations Officer aboard CGC IRONWOOD (WLB 297), Executive Officer of
cutters BASSWOOD (WLB 388) and DALLAS (WHEC 716) and Commanding Officer of
cutters MORRO BAY (WTGB 106), SASSAFRAS (WLB 401) and CGC VIGILANT (WMEC
617). In July 2009 he began his most recent assignment as the Executive
Assistant to the Assistant Commandant for Coast Guard Intelligence and
Criminal Investigations in Coast Guard Headquarters.
While not serving aboard cutters he has enjoyed tours ashore as the
Assistant Operations Chief for the Fifth Coast Guard District’s Aids to
Navigation Branch and the Fifth District Commander’s Aide, the Sponsor’s
Representative for the Juniper and Keeper Class buoy tender acquisition
projects at Coast Guard Headquarters, and the Assistant Chief of the
Operations Branch within Training Center Yorktown’s Training Division. He
also worked in the Pentagon as an Action Officer on the Chief of Naval
Operation’s Staff as the Coast Guard’s Liaison to the Navy’s Expeditionary
Warfare Division OPNAV (N85) where he served for a year before moving to the
Coast Guard Liaison position in OPNAV (N3/N5), Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Information, Plans, and Strategy.
Captain Corson holds a Master of Science Degree in International Management
from Troy State University and a Master of Arts Degree in National Security
and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in Newport, RI. He is also
licensed as a Master of Vessels up to 200 Tons in the Merchant Marine. His
personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (3), the Coast
Guard Commendation Medal (3), the Department of Transportation 9-11 Medal,
the Coast Guard Achievement Medal (3) and the Commandant’s Letter of
Commendation (2).
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