Vice Adm Steven Poulin, inbound leader of the Coast Guard Atlantic Command, deals with the target market throughout his change-of-command event in Portsmouth, Virginia, June 10, 2020. Poulin easedVice Adm Scott Buschman. UNITED STATE Coast Guard image by Petty Officer firstClass Stephen Lehmann
Vice Adm. Steven D. Poulin thought tasks as Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander, Coast Guard Defense Force East Commander, as well as Director of DHS Joint Task Force-East throughout a change-of-command event at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Va., today.
Poulin thought command fromVice Adm Scott A. Buschman that acted as the Atlantic Area Commander considering that May 2018.
Before representing leader of Atlantic Area, Poulin acted as the UNITED STATE Southern Command’s Director of Operations, routing UNITED STATE army procedures throughout the Caribbean Basin plus Central as well asSouth America Poulin’s various other flag projects consist of the Judge Advocate General as well as Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard, where he led a committed team of lawyers as well as was accountable for the shipment of all lawful solutions on behalf of the Coast Guard’s goals, its devices as well as its individuals. From June 2012 to April 2014, he acted as the Director of Governmental as well as Public Affairs, where he was accountable for outside involvement with Congress, the media as well as various other intergovernmental entities.
Previously, Poulin acted as the Chief, Office of Maritime as well asInternational Law From April 2009 to July 2010, he was the Commander of Coast Guard Sector Mobile, where he routed Coast Guard procedures in Mississippi, Alabama, as well as theFlorida Panhandle He better acted as the Incident Commander for Deepwater Horizon oil spill reaction procedures because very same geographical location from April 2010 to September 2010. His previous functional trips consist of Deputy Commander, Coast Guard Sector Mobile; Deputy Commander, Coast Guard Group Galveston, Texas; as well as Law Enforcement Officer as well as Assistant Operations Officer at Coast Guard Group Mobile,Alabama He was designated as a Deck Watch Officer on the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless.
Poulin likewise was a Special Adviser for Border as well as Transportation Security in the Office of Vice President Cheney, from 2005-2007. From 2003-2004, he was the Coast Guard’s intermediary to the State Department’s Office of Oceans Affairs, where he offered on UNITED STATE delegations to myriad boards of theInternational Maritime Organization He was the Legal Counsel for the Coast Guard’s Port Security Director from 2002-2003, where he assisted bargain, draft, as well as apply brand-new port as well as maritime safety and security needs. From 1999-2001, he acted as the Legislative Counsel in the Coast Guard’s Office ofCongressional Affairs He likewise offered on the UNITED STATE delegation to the Legal Committee of the IMO, from 1994-1996. From 1992-1994, he was designated to the Coast Guard’s General Law Division.
He finished from the UNITED STATE Coast Guard Academy in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science inManagement He was granted his Juris Doctor, magna orgasm laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 1992. Other levels consist of: Master of Law (Environmental Law), with highest possible honors, from the George Washington University Law School in 2002; Master of Strategic Studies from the UNITED STATE Army War College in 2005; as well as Master of Public Administration from the University of South Alabama in 1989. His army decors consist of the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (5 honors), Meritorious Service Medal (4 honors), Coast Guard Commendation Medal (3 honors), as well as Coast Guard Achievement Medal.
Buschman is set up to eliminateVice Adm Daniel B. Abel, as the UNITED STATE Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Operations in Washington, D.C.
