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The United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association is unique among service organizations in that it was created by the Chiefs, of the Chiefs, and for the Chiefs of the United States Coast Guard.
The 66th U.S. Congress officially approved and established the Coast Guard’s Chief Petty Officer grade on 18 May 1920. The Coast Guard adopted the Navy’s rate structure and its Chiefs inherited equal status with their Navy counterparts. The “Chief” captured a place in Coast Guard history.
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association In Respect For Those Who Have Gone Before Us, And As A Guide For Those Who Follow
The challenges imposed upon you were meant to encourage and strengthen you. By experience, by performance, and by testing, you have been advanced to Chief Petty Officer in the United States Coast Guard. With your advancement, your entire way of life has now changed.
The Coast Guard CPOA was formed to advance the interests of the United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Corps, encouraging integrity and fidelity to the Service, and fellowship within our ranks.
The United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association is unique among service organizations in that it was created by the Chiefs, of the Chiefs, and for the Chiefs of the United States Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association (CPOA) was chartered on April 7, 1969 to advance the interests of the United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Corps and to encourage integrity, fidelity and fellowship within our ranks.
The Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman was written in 1938 by Vice Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, who served as Commandant of the Coast Guard from 1932 to 1936. The Creed has been described as ‘a contract an individual makes with the Coast Guard’ by former Commandant Thad Allen.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard Reserve on April 13, 1942, and obtained the rank of Chief Petty Officer (BMC) during World War II until his release on May 28, 1946.
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