ALCOAST 134/22 - APR 2022 SELECTION OF THE NEXT CHAPLAIN OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

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FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCOAST
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UNCLAS
ALCOAST 134/22
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SUBJ: SELECTION OF THE NEXT CHAPLAIN OF THE UNITED STATES
COAST GUARD
1. I am pleased to announce the selection of Captain Daniel L. Mode,
Chaplain Corps, USN, as the next Chaplain of the Coast Guard.
He will relieve Captain Thomas J. Walcott, Chaplain Corps, USN,
on 20 April 2022.
2. A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Chaplain Mode received his
undergraduate degree from the Pontifical College Josephinum in
Columbus, OH, Masters of History and Theology from Mount Saint
Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and was ordained a
Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia in
May 1992. Chaplain Mode was commissioned a Chaplain Candidate
Program Officer in 1988 and accepted a superseding appointment
to the U.S. Navy Reserve Component in 1998. During his nine years
of reserve time he drilled at the National Naval Medical Center
in Bethesda, Maryland, the Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains
and MEFREL 106 in support of Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.
From May 2005 to March 2007, he was mobilized for service in
Operation Enduring Freedom, attached to the Commander, Joint
Task Force 76 in Bagram, Afghanistan. As supervisory chaplain
there, he coordinated the ministry of seventeen US and coalition
chaplains in providing pastoral care to more than 30,000 soldiers
at over 50 forward operating bases. He was assessed to the Active
Component of the U.S. Navy in June 2007.
3. Chaplain Mode currently serves as the U.S. Seventh Fleet
Chaplain. Since entering active duty, he has held a variety of
operational and staff assignments in the Coast Guard and Navy.
He served at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy from June 2009 to
June 2012. Other Navy assignments include USS HARRY S. TRUMAN
(CVN-75), Command Chaplain for the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON Strike
Group and Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Immediately prior
to his current assignment, CAPT Mode served as the Division
Director of Plans and Operations for the Chaplain Corps and
completed a seven month fellowship at the Religious Freedom
Institute in Washington, DC.
4. The Coast Guard's strength resides in its people. In line
with my objective to cultivate a mission ready total workforce,
Chaplain Mode will use his leadership and professional experience
to help shepherd the spiritual and moral well-being of our ready,
relevant, and responsive 21st century workforce.
5. POC: CAPT Matt Moyer, Special Assistant to the Commandant.
6. ADM Karl L. Schultz, Commandant (CCG), sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.