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USCGC TAMPA (WMEC 902)
Portsmouth,
Virginia
COMMANDER
CDR Susan Polizzotto
Commander Polizzotto is from Vestal, New York. She was
commissioned July 5, 1995. Following the Direct Commission Officer School in
Yorktown, Virginia and the Basic Lawyer Course at Naval Justice School in
Newport, Rhode Island, Commander Polizzotto reported to the U.S. Coast Guard
First District Legal Office for duty as an Assistant Legal Officer. Her
subsequent assignments include Appellate Government Counsel, Office of
Military Justice, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters; Deck Watch Officer and
Weapons Officer, USCGC HAMILTON (WHEC 715); Command Duty Officer and Surface
Action Officer, Joint Interagency Task Force South; Staff Judge Advocate,
Maritime Law Enforcement Academy; Executive Officer, USCGC MOHAWK (WMEC
913); and Senior Coast Guard Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of State,
Bureau of Political Military Affairs.
Commander Polizzotto is a graduate of Brigham Young University (BA 1988; JD
1991) and the U.S. Naval War College (MA 2009, National Security and
Strategic Studies). She is admitted to the bars of the State of New York,
Third Appellate Division, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed
Forces, and the United States Supreme Court. Prior to receiving her
commission, she practiced law for over three years in Binghamton, New York.
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