USCG LANTAREA Reserve Command Master Chief

I served with Master Chief Dikun (pronounced "deacon") at Port Security Unit 305. I am very pleased to see this.

R 042200Z DEC 07
FM COMLANTAREA COGARD PORTSMOUTH VA//A//
TO ALLCOGARD LANT
INFO COMCOGARD PERSCOM ARLINGTON VA//RPM//
COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
COMPACAREA COGARD ALAMEDA CA//PCMC//
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UNCLAS //N01306//
SUBJ: ATLANTIC AREA RESERVE COMMAND MASTER CHIEF ASSIGNMENT
1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER WILLIAM J. DIKUN AS THE PROSPECTIVE ATLANTIC AREA RESERVE COMMAND MASTER CHIEF.
2. MASTER CHIEF DIKUN ENLISTED IN THE COAST GUARD RESERVES IN 1986. HE HAS SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AT VARIOUS STATIONS AND PORT SECURITY UNITS (PSU'S) THROUGHOUT ATLANTIC AREA. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, MASTER CHIEF DIKUN HAS SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS THE FIRST COAST GUARD DISTRICT RESERVE COMMAND MASTER CHIEF.
3. MASTER CHIEF DIKUN BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO ATLANTIC AREA. HE SERVED WITH PSU 303 IN SAUDI ARABIA DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM, WITH PSU 305 IN NEW YORK CITY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SEPT 11TH AND LATER IN GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AND WITH THE REDEPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND INSPECTION DETACHMENT (RAID) TEAM IN IRAQ AND KUWAIT TO SUPPORT OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. IN A LESS EXOTIC LOCALE, HE WAS OOD AT A SMALL BOAT STATION OVERSEEING WEEKEND SMALL BOAT OPS. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE COAST GUARD LIAISON TO THE US AIR FORCE 421ST GROUND
COMBAT READINESS SQUADRON WHERE HE ADMINISTERED AND CONDUCTED ADVANCED PSU/NAVAL COASTAL WARFARE TRAINING OF CG PERSONNEL.
4. A STRONG PROPONENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION, MASTER CHIEF DIKUN IS A GRADUATE OF THE USCG CHIEF PETTY OFFICER RESERVE COURSE, THE USAF SENIOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER ACADEMY, AND THE USN SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY. HE IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE USA SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMYNON-RESIDENT CLASS WITH AN ANTICIPATED GRADUATION IN SUMMER 2008. HE ALSO HOLDS A MASTER OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE DEGREE, A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE, AND SEVERAL ASSOCIATES OF ARTS DEGREES.
5. MASTER CHIEF DIKUN WILL RELIEVE RESERVE COMMAND MASTER CHIEF DENNIS KIRK ON 23 JAN 2008 AT THE ATLANTIC AREA OFFICES. I WISH MASTER CHIEF KIRK CONTINUED GREAT SUCCESS AS THE CMC OF THE NEWLY COMMISSIONED MARITIME FORCE PROTECTION UNIT KINGS BAY GA. I THANK HIM FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO ATLANTIC AREA OVER THE LAST FOUR
YEARS. HE HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE ATLANTIC AREA TEAM AND I WILL MISS HIS WISE COUNSEL.
6. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
7. VADM D. B. PETERMAN, COMMANDER ATLANTIC AREA, SENDS.
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