Doug Fears

Doug Fears
8th United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office
June 1, 2018 – July 12, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byRob Joyce (Acting)
Succeeded byPeter Brown
Personal details
Born
Douglas Margrave Fears

Maryland, U.S.
EducationUnited States Coast Guard Academy (BA)
Naval War College (MA)
Harvard University (MPA)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Coast Guard
Years of service1982–2022
Rank Rear Admiral
CommandsUSCGC Hamilton
USCGC Diligence

Douglas Margrave Fears[1] is a retired United States Coast Guard rear admiral who last served as Director of Joint Interagency Task Force South. He previously served as Assistant Commandant for Response Policy.[2] Fears was the Homeland Security Advisor to President Donald Trump until July 12, 2019.[3]

Early life and education

Fears was born in Maryland[4] and enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1982, receiving an appointment to the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1985. He was commissioned as an ensign in 1989[5] after earning a Bachelor of Science in government from the Coast Guard Academy. He later received a master of arts in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College and a master of public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[6]

Career

Fears has been the captain of three vessels, including the USCGC Diligence[4] and the USCGC Hamilton, a National Security cutter,[7] and has served on five others. He has also been in charge of the Coast Guard's Office of Law Enforcement, has been a program reviewer in the Coast Guard headquarters, has been a liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives, and has served as chief of staff to the commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command.[8] He currently holds the rank of rear admiral (lower half) in the Coast Guard.[8]

Additionally, Fears was a Coast Guard Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies from 2009 to 2010 and a fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI on Foreign Politics, International Relations, and the National Interest.[8]

In addition to his Coast Guard career, Fears has served in the administration of President Donald Trump as a special assistant to the President, as director for Central America and the Caribbean on the National Security Council staff,[8] as senior director for resilience policy for the National Security Council, and as Homeland Security Advisor.[9]

References

  1. ^ Sutton, Stephen L. (8 October 2006). "Obituaries, Oct. 8, 2006". The Star Democrat. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Rear Admiral Douglas M. Fears". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. ^ Trump Homeland Security Adviser to Leave Soon, Sources Say
  4. ^ a b Butcher, Brittany (11 September 2007). "'Diligence' leader born to life at sea". Wilmington Star News. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. ^ "PN71 — Coast Guard". U.S. Congress. 8 February 1989. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Breaking: Bolton Taps USCG Doug Fears for Acting Homeland Security Advisor". Security Debrief. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Coast Guard Christens 4th National Security Cutter". Military.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d "Congratulations to Three Former CSIS Coast Guard Fellows". Center for Strategic and International Studies. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  9. ^ Geller, Eric (1 June 2018). "Trump names Coast Guard official as new homeland security adviser". Politico. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Rob Joyce
Acting
 United States Homeland Security Advisor
2018–2019 		Succeeded by