James Baxter Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Base Commanding Officer.Formulated and implemented policies concerning morale, welfare, job satisfaction, discipline, utilization, and training 657 personnel. Delivered logistics support to 3500 personnel supporting Coast Guard operations across 26 states from the Florida Panhandle to the Rocky Mountains and the Gulf of Mexico to Minnesota.Oversaw $7M in annual funding, $4M in property, coordinated interagency leases, operated 4 industrial production facilities, directed waterfront operations, managed 35 CG-owned housing units, 38 leases units, 378 rooms. Provides daily logistics support to 8,000+ personnel for 125 CG units (7 Sectors, 3 Air Stations, 46 cutters).

Bahrain

Senior enlisted leader advising the commanding officer. Formulated and implemented policies concerning morale, welfare, job satisfaction, discipline, utilization, and training 324 personnel to equip, deploy, and support mission-ready Coast Guard forces to conduct maritime operations across the Middle East for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command. Oversaw $25M in annual funding, managed 130 leased housing units in foreign market, developed interagency doctrine.Coordinated the delivery integration of the first two ships replacing 30+ year old fleet of six patrol boats.

Lockport, Louisiana

Lead mechanical inspector for a 3.8 billion dollar acquisition. Responsible for contract compliance, at sea testing, root cause analysis of failure, and training of 13 inspectors. Coordinated training for 15 perspective ship crews. Provided logistics and training support personnel in 14 locations across the US.

Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Led team of 4 to inspect and train 800 personnel at 16 units in all aspects of Coast Guard operations and material condition requirements. Safety Manager for all CG operations in the state of Virginia.

Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Led team of 10 to train, maintain and operate 4 boats conducting maintenance on 560 aids to navigation in Long Island Sound and waterways in the CT, RI and NY.

Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Panama City Beach, Florida, United States

Led 4 personnel in the maintenance and repair of all hull, mechanical, electrical, electronics of an 87' coastal patrol boat in the Gulf of Mexico.

Alameda, California, United States

Led a team of 5 to provide on site training to 33 CG vessels throughout the west coast including AK, HI and Guam. Instructed topics of shipboard firefighting, damage control, team coordination, first aid/CPR, navigation, and seamanship. Published manual used by all inspectors in CG to inspect CG assets for operational readiness.

Fort Pierce, Florida, United States

Led team of 5 to train, maintain and operate 2 boats conducting maintenance on 930 aids to navigation on the east coast of FL from Melbourne to Jupiter.

Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States

Led 5 personnel in the maintenance and repair of all hull, mechanical, electrical, electronics of a 110' patrol boat. Lead boarding officer conducting fisheries and counter-narcotics law enforcement in the North Atlantic. Managed 680 maintenance procedures and data entry. Managed 60k budget.

Coram, New York, United States

Pollution investigator, facility inspector, boarding officer, federal on scene coordinator. Maintained fleet of 7 pollution response trailers. managed 25k budget.

Yorktown, Virginia, United States

Technical training in diesel engines, hydraulic systems, power generation, potable water making systems, outboard engines, maintenance and repair for ships and boats, maintenance management systems

Key West, Florida, United States

Engineer watch stander, maintenance technician trainee.