WASHINGTON– The UNITED STATE Coast Guard is grieving the current loss of among its previous commanders,Adm Robert E. Kramek, that passed awayOct 20, 2016.

Kramek acted as the Coast Guard’s 20th commander from 1994 via 1998, throughout which time he substantially increased the Coast Guard’s worldwide reach as well as impact as commander, consisting of routing energetic engagement in the mixed service/international anti-narcotic contraband procedures Frontier Shield as well as Gulf Shield, together with various other police procedures.

He led the Coast Guard’s worldwide initiatives throughout Operation Baltops in the Baltic Sea as well as aided a number of previous Soviet republics such as Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania as well as Ukraine create their very own private coastline guard companies. He additionally functioned very closely with Russia to set up joint procedures as well as arrangements to guarantee fish supplies as well as the atmosphere were proactively secured, along with guaranteeing collaborated search as well as rescue situations were efficiently accomplished.

“I witnessed the commitment of Admiral Kramek personally while serving as commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane during Operation Able Manner,” statedAdm Paul Zukunft,Coast Guard Commandant “I recall him inspiring my crew, and other responding crews, with a stirring call to service amidst difficult circumstances. He lifted our spirits and encouraged perseverance. At his final State of the Coast Guard Address as commandant, Admiral Kramek asked, ‘Are we prepared for the changes we expect in the new millennium?’ Due to his leadership, his guidance and his commitment, the answer is a resounding yes. With heavy hearts, we remember Admiral Kramek as we send our thoughts and prayers to Mrs. Patricia Kramek and the entire Kramek family.”

Kramek was an unfaltering leader throughout nationwide misfortunes, such as the collisions of Alaska Airlines Flight 301 in February 1996 off the coastline of California as well as TWA Flight 800 beyond New York 5 months later on. He efficiently led the Coast Guard via tough budget plan problems as well as guided the “streamlining” strategy mandated by President Bill Clinton’s National Performance Review as well as Mandate For Change.

Before he came to be the Commandant of the Coast Guard, his tasks as a flag police officer consisted of Coast Guard Chief of Staff, leader of the Seventh District as well as leader of the Thirteenth District.

He offered simultaneously as the Regional Drug Interdiction Coordinator as well as principal of a movement job pressure throughout his function as leader of theSeventh District His various other significant commands consisted of Governors Island, the then-largest base in the Coast Guard, as well as the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett.

He finished from the united state Coast Guard Academy in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science level in design as well as was both a surface area procedures expert as well as marine designer offering worldwide, especially in Alaska as well as the Atlantic, Caribbean as well as Pacific areas. Kramek was a long-lasting student as well as went to 4 graduate colleges consisting of the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Alaska as well as the UNITED STATE Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where he finished with highest possible difference. He obtained Master of Science levels in the areas of marine design, aquatic design, mechanical design as well as design monitoring.

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