{{Infobox official post | post = National Commodore of the <br />United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | flag = Flag of the National Commodore of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.jpg | flagborder = yes | flagsize = 200px | insignia = Seal of the USCG Auxiliary National Senior Leadership.png | insigniasize = 120px | incumbent = Mary L. Kirkwood | image = | imagesize = 200px | incumbentsince = September 2024 | formation = 1951 | first = Bert C. Pouncey, Jr. | website =http://www.cgaux.org/leadership/ }} The '''National Commodore''' ('''NACO''') of the [[United States Coast Guard Auxiliary]] is its most senior and principal officer. The national commodore represents the Auxiliary and reports to the commandant of the Coast Guard through the [[Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard|vice commandant of the Coast Guard]]. Additionally, the national commodore represents the Auxiliary with all Coast Guard flag officers and flag officer equivalent civilians at Coast Guard headquarters on Auxiliary matters. The national commodore functions to support the [[commandant of the Coast Guard|commandant]]'s strategic goals and objectives and serve auxiliarists.
==Evolution of title== The title of national commodore dates to 1951, when Bert C. Pouncey, Jr. was elected as the first NACO at the first National Conference.
==List of National Commodores== There have been 37 national commodores of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since the office was enacted in 1951. Mary Kirkwood is the current National Commodore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cgaux.org/leadership/naco.php|title=Meet Larry L. King, National Commodore|access-date=26 May 2019|date=1 November 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! NACO !! Photo !! Tenure |-– 2008-12-12|- | 1 || NACO Bert C. Pouncey, Jr. || || 1951–1952 |- | 2 || NACO Alexander S. Bauer || || 1953–1954 |- | 3 || NACO J. Webb L. Sheehy || || 1955 |- | 4 || NACO John Brent Tanner || || 1956–1957 |- | 5 || NACO Charles S. Greanoff || || 1958–1959 |- | 6 || NACO Bliss Woodward || || 1960–1961 |- | 7 || NACO Homer L. Byers || || 1962–1963 |- | 8 || NACO Elsworth A. Weinberg || || 1964–1965 |- | 9 || NACO Grover A. Miller, Jr. || || 1967–1968 |- | 10 || NACO John B. Stone || || 1969–1970 |- | 11 || NACO Harry S. Osbourn || || 1971–1972 |- | 12 || NACO Harold B. Haney || || 1973–1974 |- | 13 || NACO Anderson A. Cordill || || 1975–1976 |- | 14 || NACO J. Kevin Mitchell || || 1977–1978 |- | 15 || NACO Dr. Robert L. Horton || || 1979–1980 |- | 16 || NACO Aime R. Bernard || || 1981–1982 |- | 17 || NACO Martin S. Herz || || 1983–1984 |- | 18 || NACO Christopher G. Lagen || || 1985–1986 |- | 19 || NACO Will C. "Papa" Harr || || 1987–1988 |- | 20 || NACO Henry G. Pratt, III || || 1989–1990 |- | 21 || NACO Stanley Y. Kennedy || || 1991–1992 |- | 22 || NACO Joseph J. Lanz, Jr. || || 1993–1994 |- | 23 || NACO Peter W. Melera || || 1995–1996 |- | 24 || NACO Everette L. Tucker, Jr. || || 1997–2000 |- | 25 || NACO Viggo C. Bartelsen || || 2001–2002 |- | 26 || NACO E.W. Edgerton || || 2003–2004 |- | 27 || NACO Gene M. Seibert || || 2005–2006 |- | 28 || NACO Steven M. Budar || || 2007–2008 |- | 29 || NACO Nicholas Kerigan || [[File:SELC Day Three- Auxiliary National Commodore, Nick Kerigan (4117845153).jpg|border|85px]] || 2009–2010 |- | 30 || NACO Jim Vass ||[[File:NACOM Jim Vass.jpg|border|85px]] || 2010–2012 |- | 31 || NACO Thomas C. Mallison ||[[File:31st National Commodore of the United State Coast Guard Auxiliary.jpg|border|85px]] || 2012–2014 |- | 32 || NACO Mark Simoni ||[[File:Mark Simoni.jpg|border|85px]] || 2014–2016 |- | 33 || NACO Richard A. Washburn || [[File:COMO Washburn sm.jpg|border|85px]] || 2016–2018 |- | 34 || NACO Larry L. King || [[File:COMO Larry L. King, USCGAUX.png|border|85px]] || 2018–2020 |- | 35 || NACO Alex Malewski || [[File:NACO Malewski.jpg|border|85px]] || 2020-2022 |- | 36 || NACO Agostino (Gus) Formato || || 2022-2024 |- | 37 || NACO Mary L. Kirkwood<ref>{{cite web|title=COAST GUARD AUXILIARY NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CHANGES|url=https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSCG/2024/09/10/file_attachments/2992922/352-24_ALCOAST%20-%20COAST%20GUARD%20AUXILIARY%20NATIONAL%20LEADERSHIP%20CHANGES.pdf}}</ref> || || 2024-Present |}
==See also==
*[[Commandant of the Coast Guard]] *[[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://cgaux.org/leadership/naco.php National Commodore's official website]
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