VICE COMMANDANTS

VICE ADMIRAL RICHARD D. HERR
20th Vice Commandant
1996-1998
First Vice Commandant to have a personal challenge coin

VICE ADMIRAL JAMES C. CARD
21st Vice Commandant
1998-2000

VICE ADMIRAL THOMAS H. COLLINS
22nd Vice Commandant
2000-2002

VICE ADMIRAL THOMAS J. BARRETT
23rd Vice Commandant
2002-2004

VICE ADMIRAL TERRY M. CROSS
24th Vice Commandant
2004-2006

VICE ADMIRAL VIVIEN S. CREA
25th Vice Commandant
2006-2009
First woman to serve as Vice Commandant
First woman to attain the rank of Vice Admiral in the Coast Guard
First woman to attain Flag Officer rank in the Coast Guard
First woman in the U.S. Armed Forces to serve as a Presidential Military Aide in 1984
First woman to command a Coast Guard Air Station in 1992
First woman to be recognized as the Coast Guard Ancient Albatross in 2008
First Coast Guard Aviator to be inducted into the Women of Aviation International
Pioneer Hall of Fame in 2010

VICE ADMIRAL SALLY BRICE-O-HARA
27th Vice Commandant
2010-2012

VICE ADMIRAL PETER V. NEFFENGER
29th Vice Commandant
2014-2015

ADMIRAL CHARLES W. RAY
31st Vice Commandant
2018-2021

ADMIRAL LINDA L. FAGAN
32nd Vice Commandant
2021-2022
First woman to attain the rank of Admiral in the Coast Guard
Coast Guard's first Gold Ancient Trident
(the officer with the longest service record in the Marine Safety field)

ADMIRAL STEVEN D. POULIN
33rd Vice Commandant
2022-2024