RDML Anthony "Jack"
Vogt, USCG
RDML Anthony "Jack" Vogt, USCG
Assistant Commandant for Response Policy
U.S. Coast Guard
Rear Admiral Anthony J. Vogt assumed the duties of the Coast
Guard Assistant Commandant for Response Policy in May,
2017. In this capacity, he is responsible for the development of
strategic response doctrine and policy guidance for all Coast
Guard forces. These policies encompass seven of the eleven
operational maritime missions in the areas of law enforcement,
search and rescue, counterterrorism and defense operations, oil
spill response, incident management and preparedness, and
contingency exercise programs.
Rear Admiral Vogt’s previous Flag Assignment was as the
Director of Governmental and Public Affairs for the Coast
Guard, where he was responsible for external engagement with
Congress, the media, and other intergovernmental bodies.
Originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Rear Admiral
Vogt is a 1987 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and
earned a Bachelor’s degree in Government. After an assignment as a deck watch officer and engineer
aboard the Coast Guard Cutter JARVIS (WHEC-725), he was selected for Naval Flight Training in
Pensacola, FL, earning his wings in 1990.
Rear Admiral Vogt has served at six Coast Guard Air Stations spanning Hawaii, California,
Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida. He was designated an Aeronautical Engineer in 1994 and has served
as an aviation engineer supporting maintenance and logistics in both New Orleans, LA and
Clearwater, FL. He flew during Hurricane Katrina operations and received the Federal Executive
Board Heroism Award for a rescue in Los Angeles. Additionally, he commanded Coast Guard Air
Station Savannah, Georgia from 2006 to 2008 and Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii from 2009 to
2012.
Rear Admiral Vogt’s staff assignments include a tour Aviation Resource Division Chief in the Office
of Aeronautical Engineering at Coast Guard Headquarters. Rear Admiral Vogt also served as the
Chief of Staff in the Seventeenth Coast Guard District in Juneau, Alaska and the Assistant
Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. Rear Admiral Vogt
earned a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Administration from Purdue University and a Master
of Science Degree in National Resources Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in
Washington, D.C.
Rear Admiral Vogt’s military decorations include the Legions of Merit, Meritorious Service Medals,
Coast Guard Commendation Medals, an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Military
Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. He is married to the former Mary Beth Sedlacek, and has four
children; Joanna, Hannah, John, and Sam.
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