Johnson Takes the Helm
The Coast Guard Auxiliary Welcomes its new Chief Director
Biography: CAPTAIN SCOTT L. JOHNSON, Chief, Auxiliary and Boating Safety
Captain Johnson is the Chief of the Coast Guard
Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety where he
serves as the Chief Director of the Coast Guard
Auxiliary as well as the National Coordinator for the
National Recreational Boating Safety Program.
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His previous assignment was a Division Chief in the
Coast Guard’s Office of Design and Engineering
Standards where he led the development of U.S.
national maritime safety and environmental protection
regulations and policies for complex shipping,
oil and gas projects. In his tenure, Commander
Johnson produced standards for dynamic positions
systems, safety management systems and portable
accommodation systems, as well as numerous novel
ship designs.
In 2010, Captain Johnson was assigned to Sector
Anchorage in Alaska as the Chief of Prevention. In
this role, he was responsible for all Marine Safety,
Waterways Management, and Port Security missions
in Western Alaska. While assigned to Sector
Anchorage Captain Johnson oversaw Arctic oil
drilling operations, served as Deputy Federal On-
scene Coordinator for a major Incident Command
System response when the Mobile Offshore Drilling
Unit KULLUK grounded, and served as On-scene
Commander for Operation Nome Energy Support
winter delivery of fuel to Nome, Alaska.
In 2006, Captain Johnson was assigned to the Coast
Guard Marine Safety Center in Washington D.C. as
the Division Chief of the Tank Vessel and Offshore
Division. In this capacity, he supervised a staff of
naval architects and engineers performing technical
plan review of tank vessels, offshore supply vessels,
mobile offshore drilling units and oil production
facilities. He oversaw the technical review of
numerous novel vessel designs, including the United
States’ first Floating Production Storage and Offload
System, an innovative oil production ship.
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Previous assignments include serving as Executive
Officer of Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge, as a
marine inspector and investigating officer at Marine
Safety Office New Orleans, and as an engineering
officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter ALERT.
Captain Johnson is a 1994 graduate of Norwich
University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering. He also graduated from the
Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA in 2006
with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Captain Johnson is a native of Covington, Louisiana.
He and his wife Tamara live in Stafford, Virginia with
their five children: Madison, Nolan, Benjamin, Teagan
and Callahan.
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