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USCGC MOHAWK (WMEC-913)
KEY WEST, FLORIDA
LIFESAVER - ENFORCER - DEFENDER
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CDR Robert T. Hendrickson Commanding Officer CGC MOHAWK |
Commander Hendrickson is a 28 year Coast Guard veteran, having enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio in 1981. After completing recruit training at Coast Guard Training Center Alameda, CA, he reported to the Coast Guard LORAN Station at Johnston Atoll, Hawaii. Subsequent tours included apprentice training at the U.S. Navy Quartermaster “A” and Signalman “A” Schools at Naval Training Center Orlando, Florida; cutter DECISIVE in St. Petersburg, Florida; Rescue Coordination Center San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Second Coast Guard District Search and Rescue Branch in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1991, then-Quartermaster First Class Hendrickson was selected to attend Coast Guard Officer Candidate School in Yorktown, Virginia.
Upon graduation and commissioning, he was assigned as a Deck Watch Officer in cutter DURABLE in St. Petersburg, Florida. Follow-on afloat tours included Executive Officer in cutter SITKINAK, Key West, Florida; Commanding Officer in cutter KODIAK ISLAND, Panama City, Florida; Executive Officer in cutter DECISIVE, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and most recently Executive Officer in cutter DALLAS, Charleston, South Carolina. Between ships, he served as Chief Instructor at the National Search and Rescue School in Yorktown, Virginia; Deputy Chief of Fisheries Law Enforcement Division at Coast Guard Headquarters, and as the Coast Guard Liaison Officer to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Law Enforcement in Washington, DC.
Commander Hendrickson is a Permanent Cutterman. His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal with Operational Device (2), Coast Guard Commendation Medal with Operational Device (3), Coast Guard Achievement Medal with Operational Device (3), Commandant’s Letter of Commendation with Operational Device, Good Conduct Medal (3), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and the Humanitarian Service Medal (4) in addition to numerous other unit and organizational awards. Also, the Commander and his family are enthusiastic participants in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Program and are cancer patient mentors and advocates.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
c/o Sector Key West
100 Trumbo Point Annex
Key West, FL 33040
(305) 292-8750 Phone
(305) 292-8792 Fax