COMMANDING OFFICER


Captain Patrick Sullivan

Captain Sullivan serves as the Commanding Officer of Base Boston, responsible for leading a 541-person crew delivering services and systems to support steady state and contingency response operations across 8 Northeast states and throughout the Coast Guard. Most recently, Captain Sullivan served as Base National Capital Region Commanding Officer leading a team of mission support professionals focused on delivering quality, responsive, and coast effective services within the 5th Coast Guard District and to Coast Guard Headquarters. 

Captain Patrick Sullivan graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Government. After graduation, he reported aboard the USCGC BEAR in Portsmouth, VA and served as Deck Watch Officer, Educational Services Officer, and First Lieutenant. Following his underway tour, he reported to the PACAREA/District Eleven Command Center where he earned qualifications as Maritime Homeland Security Watch Stander and Search and Rescue Duty Officer. Concluding his tour in the command center, CAPT Sullivan was selected for graduate school and earning his Master of Business Administration at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.

Following graduate school, CAPT Sullivan served in a variety of roles at the Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) in Curis Bay MD, including Budget Officer and Fiscal Operations and Policy Supervisor. During his tour, he was the primary command representative for all Chief Financial Officer (CFO) compliance issues and initiatives, ensuring financial stewardship of $290 million worth of surface asset inventory. After SFLC, CAPT Sullivan joined Sector Jacksonville, FL as Command Center Chief. In this position, he served as Search and Rescue (SAR) Mission Coordinator and led a team of specialists maintaining situational awareness over a diverse area of responsibility encompassing 190 coastline miles and 409 river and intracoastal waterway miles. From Sector Jacksonville, CAPT Sullivan was assigned to Air Station Clearwater, FL, where he served as unit Comptroller, managing a $315 million personal property program and executing a $24 million operating budget supporting 10 helicopters and four fixed wing aircraft.

He then reported to Coast Guard Headquarters, where he worked in the Deputy Commandant for Mission Support (DCMS) front office, serving as Executive Assistant and principal advisor for both the Deputy for Personnel Readiness (DPR) and to the Deputy for Materiel Readiness (DMR). Following his special assignment, CAPT Sullivan served as Executive Officer at Base Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay, MA, where he was responsible for the oversight of all Mission Support functions for Cape Cod and for Pay and Personnel functions for all of District One. Additionally, CAPT Sullivan served under DCMS-DPR as the Coast Guard Academy's Program Manager, where he served as the primary liaison between the Academy and Coast Guard Headquarters and managed the school's Board of Trustees.

During his career, CAPT Sullivan earned both the Certified Government Financial Manager certification and Certified Defense Financial Manager certification. His awards included the Meritorious Service Medal (2), Commendation Medal (3), Achievement Medal (2), and various unit commendations.

 


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