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COASTIE CORNER

Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: Petty

Officer 1st Class Michael Gould

Written by Chief Petty Officer John Masson, Pacific Area Public Affairs

U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schutlz, Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Gould, and Reserve Force Master Chief Petty Officer
George Williamson pose for a photo at the Enlisted Person of the Year award ceremony in Washington, D.C., April 25, 2019. U.S. Coast
Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco.

or Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Gould, the Coast development coach for third class petty officers – he also
Guard’s 2018 Enlisted Person of the Year for the served as water survival training program master and
FReserve Component, there doesn’t seem to be any training petty officer for members working to attain their
such thing as a part-time job. coxswain qualifications.

Gould, a boatswain’s mate with Port Security Unit 311 In his civilian life, Gould is a regional sales force manager
out of San Pedro, California, returned home this month who supervises more than 30 people, so he’s able to use
from a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, similar skills to help lead enlisted members in his Coast
Cuba. While working long hours as a coxswain there – Guard career. He also is an inveterate volunteer, dedicat-
and beyond his role as the unit’s primary professional ing countless hours to local organizations as varied as a

12 The Mariner • 2019 SUMMER Edition • Volume 62 • Issue 2