The National Commodore (NACO) of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is its most senior and principal officer. The national commodore represents the Auxiliary and reports to the commandant of the Coast Guard through the vice commandant of the Coast Guard. Additionally, the national commodore represents the Auxiliary with all Coast Guard flag officers and flag officer equivalent civilians at Coast Guard headquarters on Auxiliary matters. The national commodore functions to support the commandant's strategic goals and objectives and serve auxiliarists.

Evolution of title The title of national commodore dates to 1951, when Bert C. Pouncey, Jr. was elected as the first NACO at the first National Conference.

List of National Commodores There have been 37 national commodores of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since the office was enacted in 1951. Mary Kirkwood is the current National Commodore.

No. NACO Photo Tenure 1 NACO Bert C. Pouncey, Jr. 1951–1952 2 NACO Alexander S. Bauer 1953–1954 3 NACO J. Webb L. Sheehy 1955 4 NACO John Brent Tanner 1956–1957 5 NACO Charles S. Greanoff 1958–1959 6 NACO Bliss Woodward 1960–1961 7 NACO Homer L. Byers 1962–1963 8 NACO Elsworth A. Weinberg 1964–1965 9 NACO Grover A. Miller, Jr. 1967–1968 10 NACO John B. Stone 1969–1970 11 NACO Harry S. Osbourn 1971–1972 12 NACO Harold B. Haney 1973–1974 13 NACO Anderson A. Cordill 1975–1976 14 NACO J. Kevin Mitchell 1977–1978 15 NACO Dr. Robert L. Horton 1979–1980 16 NACO Aime R. Bernard 1981–1982 17 NACO Martin S. Herz 1983–1984 18 NACO Christopher G. Lagen 1985–1986 19 NACO Will C. "Papa" Harr 1987–1988 20 NACO Henry G. Pratt, III 1989–1990 21 NACO Stanley Y. Kennedy 1991–1992 22 NACO Joseph J. Lanz, Jr. 1993–1994 23 NACO Peter W. Melera 1995–1996 24 NACO Everette L. Tucker, Jr. 1997–2000 25 NACO Viggo C. Bartelsen 2001–2002 26 NACO E.W. Edgerton 2003–2004 27 NACO Gene M. Seibert 2005–2006 28 NACO Steven M. Budar 2007–2008 29 NACO Nicholas Kerigan 2009–2010 30 NACO Jim Vass 2010–2012 31 NACO Thomas C. Mallison 2012–2014 32 NACO Mark Simoni 2014–2016 33 NACO Richard A. Washburn 2016–2018 34 NACO Larry L. King 2018–2020 35 NACO Alex Malewski 2020-2022 36 NACO Agostino (Gus) Formato 2022-2024 37 NACO Mary L. Kirkwood 2024-Present

See also

Commandant of the Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard

References

External links National Commodore's official website