Chief Petty Officer PERKINS: A Case Study

Chief Petty Officer PERKINS is cited for outstanding achievement while serving as a Duty Surfman, Boarding Officer, Operations Petty Officer, Senior Duty Officer and Surf Trainer at USCGS Oregon Inlet, from July 2014 to June 2018. On New Year’s Eve, 2015, demonstrating exceptional Surfman prowess, Chief PERKINS rescued the crew of the fishing Vessel BODY COUNT after they became disabled in heavy seas. He expertly towed the vessel across an 8’ breaking bar, then used the MLB to assist in hauling up the outrigger’s so he could fit the vessel through the narrow Bonner Bridge. As the units Surf Trainer Chief PERKINS completed 112 hours of surf missions resulting in the qualification of qualification of 01 Surfman, and 02 Hevyweather Coxswain.

With consummate ease, Chief PERKINS concluded hundreds of Fisheries boarding’s, including eight with notable fisheries violations resulting in hefty monetary fines. Chief PERKINS actively pursued joint training and operations with local NOAA and NMFS teams including the 2016 Bluefin Tuna surge operation that resulted in the issuance of seven warnings and four summary settlements. Outside of work, Chief Petty Officer PERKINS selflessly devoted his time to the local community supporting the Dare County Friends of Youth Mentorship. These programs included the coaching of baseball and basketball teams as well as working with high risk and troubled youth. Chief Petty Officer PERKINS’s dedication, judgment, and devotion to duty are most heartily commended and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard.