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MIDGETT Commanding Officer
Captain William R. Meese
Captain William
Meese is reporting to MIDGETT from the Coast Guard Academy where he was
assigned Department Head of Cadet Professional Maritime Studies, charged
with developing the essential fleet-specific professional knowledge and
skills required of all Academy graduates.
In 1988, Captain Meese was commissioned and received a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the Coast Guard Academy at
Captain Meese served in several sea tours including Commanding Officer in USCGC LEGARE (WMEC 912), Executive Officer in CGC MOHAWK (WMEC 913), Operations Officer in CGC FORWARD (WMEC 911), Commanding Officer in CGC POINT COUNTESS (WPB 82335), and Deck Watch Officer in CGC HARRIET LANE (WMEC 903). He has happily completed over eleven years of sea duty and is eager to rejoin the fleet.
Captain Meese’s
other staff tours include: Commanding Officer of the Training Quota
Management Center in Chesapeake, Virginia; Command Center Controller in the
Fifth Coast Guard District, Portsmouth, Virginia; and he served with the
U.S. Navy’s Surface Group Two training division at Naval Station Mayport,
Florida.
In 1999, Captain
Meese received a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic
Studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
Captain Meese’s personal awards include the Coast Guard Meritorious
Service Medal (2 awards), the Coast Guard Commendation Medal (4 awards), the
Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Coast Guard Achievement Medal
and the Commandant’s Letter of Commendation (2 awards).
Captain Meese is
married to the former Colleen Donovan, also of
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