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Master Chief Michael Leavitt

Command Master Chief for Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Operations

Master Chief Michael Leavitt hails from Fruitland, Idaho. He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard on May 9, 1982 and attended recruit training in Cape May, New Jersey.

Master Chief’s Leavitt’s assignments have included USCGC BOUTWELL, Seattle, WA; Station Coos Bay, OR; Station Umpqua River, OR;
USCGC NAUSHON, Ketchikan, AK; Executive Petty Officer (XPO) Station Siuslaw River, OR; Officer In Charge (OIC) Station Maui, HI; XPO USCGC KANAWHA, Pine Bluff, AR; OIC USCGC POINT DORAN, Everett, WA; OIC CG Station Hatteras Inlet and Station Ocracoke, NC;
OIC CG Station Humboldt Bay, CA; OIC CG Station Tillamook Bay, OR, and OIC CG Station Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco ,WA. He is currently serving as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Deputy Commandant for Operations at Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC.

Master Chief Leavitt’s awards include the Coast Guard Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with an operational distinguishing device, five Coast Guard Commendation Medals with the operational distinguishing device, three Coast Guard Achievement Medals with and the operational distinguishing device and numerous other individual and unit awards. He has earned a permanent Cutterman insignia, Surfman insignia, Boat Forces Operations insignia and Command Afloat and Ashore devices.

He is a graduate of the Chief Petty Officers Academy Class 34. He earned a Bachelor of Science Business Administration (BSBA) and is pursuing a Master of Arts Training and Education.

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