Mr. Gary Rasicot assumed the duties as the Acting Chief of Staff at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in April 2025. Prior to assuming these duties, Mr. Rasicot served in several capacities within the Coast Guard and DHS, including the Deputy for Personnel Readiness (DCMS-DPR), Acting Assistant Secretary for the DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, TSA Chief of Operations and Acting Deputy Administrator, and Director Marine Transportation Systems. As the Acting Chief of Staff, he is standing up an office that’s been vacant for more than a decade, remaking the Headquarters operating model to facilitate alignment across Headquarters elements to enhance operational and tactical execution by expediting strategic decision-making.
Mr. Rasicot served as an active-duty Coast Guard officer for 24 years. His military assignments included Chief, Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Program; Liaison Officer to the Joint Staff Counternarcotic Division; Commanding Officer, USCGC MOHAWK; Director for Maritime Security Policy, Homeland Security Council at the White House; and Chief of the Coast Guard Office of Counterterrorism and Special Missions. Mr. Rasicot’s final active duty assignment was Deputy Commander, U.S. Deployable Operations Group, where he was responsible for the establishment of the Coast Guard’s single point of control for the staffing, training, and logistics support for deployable capabilities. In his role as Deputy Commander, Mr. Rasicot oversaw the consolidation and daily operations of 27 field units comprised of 3,000 persons.
Mr. Rasicot is a 1984 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. He holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Maryland. He is also the recipient of both Distinguished and Meritorious Presidential Rank Awards.