Executive Officer Command Senior Chief Command Philosophy
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Captain Kelly L. Hatfield |
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Captain Hatfield, a career cutterman, has served aboard 6 cutters prior to WAESCHE. All his sea going duty was in the Pacific where the missions included Law Enforcement and Search and Rescue in the Alaskan waters of Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, Fisheries Enforcement and Port State Control off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, Counterdrug and Migrant interdiction off the Central American coasts of the Eastern Pacific, and Law Enforcement and Exclusive Economic Zone enforcement off the Hawaiian and Central Pacific Islands. Most recently he served as Executive Officer and as part of the commissioning crew and plankowner in CGC BERTHOLF from 2006 to 2008 in Alameda, CA. He commanded CGC ALEX HALEY in Kodiak, AK in 2007 and commanded CGC ALERT from 2001 to 2003 out of Astoria, OR. He sailed out of Port Angeles, Washington from 1996 to 1998 where he was assigned to CGC ACTIVE as the Executive Officer. He served three years as Operations Officer in CGC RESOLUTE out of Astoria, OR from 1990 to 1993. His initiation to the rigors of afloat duty was as a Deck Watch Officer and Weapons Department Head in the high endurance cutter MIDGETT out of Alameda, CA from 1985 to 1987
He recently completed a staff tour serving as Chief, Pacific Area Response and Chief, Pacific Area Maritime Patrol Forces Management and Allocation from 2008 to 2010. Other shore assignments include serving as Chief, Coast Guard District Eleven’s Law Enforcement and Intelligence Branch from 2003 to 2006, Coast Guard Liaison Officer to the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1999 to 2001, Assistant Facilities Engineer at Coast Guard Support Center Kodiak, Alaska from 1993 to 1996, and as the Law Enforcement Detachment program manager on the Operations, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence staff for Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District in Miami, Florida from 1987 to 1990.
Captain Hatfield graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1985 and he earned an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the College of Naval Command and Staff, U.S. Naval War College, in Newport, Rhode Island in 1999.
Captain Hatfield has been awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medals, two Coast Guard Commendation Medals, two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, and numerous other operational and unit awards.
A native of Livingston, Montana, Captain Hatfield is married to the former Amber Ashenfelter of North Bend, Oregon. A graduate of Oregon State University, Amber holds a bachelor's degree in Fisheries Science. They have four daughters, Kelsy, Brianna, Jenna, and Ashley.