Secretarial
SECRETARIAL
The United States Coast Guard served under the Department of Transportation from the latter’s inception in 1967 until it transferred to the newly formed Department of Homeland Security in March 2003.
Norman Y. Mineta
14th Secretary of Transportation
2001 - 2006
(Final Secretary of Transportation to serve as the
Coast Guard’s service secretary before the
Coast Guard offcially transferred to the
Department of Homeland Security in March 2003)
Secretary of the Coast Guard
Norman Y. Mineta
14th Secretary of Transportation
2001 - 2006
(Final Secretary of Transportation to serve as the
Coast Guard’s service secretary before the
Coast Guard offcially transferred to the
Department of Homeland Security in March 2003)
Secretary of Transportation
VADM Thomas J. Barrett
U.S. Coast Guard Retired
9th Deputy Secretary of Transportation
June 2007 - May 2009
23rd Vice Commandant of U.S. Coast Guard
2002 - 2004
Tom Ridge
1st Secretary of Homeland Security
January 2003 - February 2005
Michael Chertoff
2nd Secretary of Homeland Security
February 2005 - January 2009
Secretary of the Coast Guard
Michael Chertoff
2nd Secretary of Homeland Security
February 2005 - January 2009
Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
3rd Secretary of Homeland Security
January 2009 - September 2013
Secretary of the Coast Guard
Janet Napolitano
3rd Secretary of Homeland Security
January 2009 - September 2013
Secretary of the Coast Guard
Janet Napolitano
3rd Secretary of Homeland Security
January 2009 - September 2013
Secretary of Homeland Security
Jeh Charles Johnson
4th Secretary of Homeland Security
December 2013 - January 2017
Jeh Charles Johnson
4th Secretary of Homeland Security
December 2013 - January 2017
John F. Kelly
General, U.S. Marine Corps Retired
5th Secretary of Homeland Security
January 2017 - July 2017
Elaine C. Duke
7th Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
April 2017 - April 2018
(First to have a personal challenge coin)
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
July 2017 - December 2017
Kirstjen M. Nielsen
6th Secretary of Homeland Security
December 2017 - April 2019
(2.5” diameter)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Office of the Secretary (S1)
(Generic coin used by various “Acting” Secretaries and the
7th Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Mayorkas,
during the 2019 - 2021 period)
Military Advisor
to the
Secretary of Homeland Security
Military Advisor
to the
Secretary of Homeland Security
