Gary Blore

{{Short description|American Coast Guard admiral}} {{Infobox military person | name = Gary Thomas Blore | image = Image:Rear Admiral Gary Blore.jpg | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | allegiance = | branch = [[United States Coast Guard]] | service_years = 1975–2011 | rank = [[Rear Admiral (upper half)|Rear Admiral]] | commands = [[Thirteenth Coast Guard District]]<br>[[Integrated Deepwater System Program]] (PEO) | known_for = | battles = [[Gulf War|Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm]]; [[Mariel boatlift]] | awards = [[Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal]]<br>[[Legion of Merit]]<br>[[Meritorious Service Medal]] | alma_mater = [[United States Coast Guard Academy]]<br>[[School of International and Public Affairs|Columbia University]] | spouse = | children = | other_work = Director of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) }}

[[Image:Flag of a United States Coast Guard rear admiral.svg|thumb|Flag of a Rear Admiral of the United States Coast Guard]] '''Gary Thomas Blore'''<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1975-pt7/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1975-pt7-1-2.pdf |title=Congressional Record — Senate |date=March 21, 1975 |page=8263 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |accessdate=2020-11-20}}</ref> is a retired [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] of the [[United States Coast Guard]]. He retired as the Commander of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District in 2011.<ref name="Commander13">{{Cite web |url = http://www.uscg.mil/flag/d13.asp |title = Rear Admiral Gary T. Blore |accessdate = 2009-10-04 |date = August 5, 2009 |publisher = United States Coast Guard }}</ref><ref name="CGVIG1">{{Cite web |url = http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=606059 |title = Photo ID 090714-G-9679C-005 |accessdate = 2009-10-04 |date = July 14, 2009 |work = U.S. Coast Guard Visual Information Gallery |publisher = United States Coast Guard |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20121212023701/http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=606059 |archivedate = December 12, 2012 }}</ref> As of February 2017, he was serving as Director of Operations, Readiness and Exercises for the [[Defense Threat Reduction Agency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dtra.mil/Home/rus/|title=DTRA leadership meet with senior officials in Georgia to discuss CWMD efforts|date=February 11, 2017|website=Defense Threat Reduction Agency|accessdate=2018-01-23}}</ref>

Blore attended the [[Coast Guard Academy]], and graduated in 1975. From 1977 until 1982, he served as a helicopter aircraft commander at Coast Guard Air Station [[Brooklyn]], NY, and participated in the Mariel (Cuba) to Key West Cuban Exodus of 1980. He then attended the [[School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University|School of International and Public Affairs]] at [[Columbia University]], earning a Master of Public Administration degree in 1984.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-to-hold-ancient-albatross-change-of-watch-rear-adm-blore-retirement/2011/07/12/|title=Coast Guard to hold Ancient Albatross Change of Watch, Rear Adm. Blore retirement|date=July 12, 2011|website=Coast Guard News|accessdate=2018-01-23}}</ref>

From 1998 to 2002, Blore served as a Guardian fanjet aircraft commander at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, where he was deployed for four months to Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, in early 1991. From 2002 to 2004, Blore served as the Coast Guard's Chief, Office of Budget and Programs for the Assistant Commandant for Planning, Resources and Procurement with oversight of a $7 billion budget.

From April 17, 2006, to June 7, 2007, he served as Program Executive Officer (PEO) of the [[Integrated Deepwater System Program]]. Then from 2007 to 2009, he served as the Coast Guard's Assistant Commandant for Acquisition, or Chief Acquisition Officer.

On July 14, 2009, Admiral Blore assumed Command of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District in Seattle, Washington.<ref name="CGVIG1" />

His personal decorations include the [[Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal]], five awards of the [[Legion of Merit]], two [[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]]s, two [[Coast Guard Commendation Medal]]s and the [[Transportation 9-11 Medal]].

Rear Admiral Blore is married to the former Vera Steiner of New York City, NY. They have two children: David and Anna.

He was formerly married to Ann Pasaric-Blore, his two children from that marriage were Marie Teresa Blore and Thomas Daniel Blore.

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==External links== {{Commons category|Gary T. Blore}} *[[The Idlers]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060830072744/http://www.cgidlers.com/ former member]

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