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Create a CIA–Coast Guard Exchange Program

By Commander Paul J. Miller and Lieutenant Commander Nicholas Anderson, U.S. Coast Guard
February 2021
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In 2008, the Coast Guard entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Navy allowing a few Coast Guard members the opportunity to attend Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, which is the Navy’s gateway to the SEAL program. The initiative, which ended quickly after its inception in 2011, attempted to build unique competencies within Coast Guard ranks in the service’s burgeoning Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF) community as a response to post-9/11 maritime security demands.

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Commander Paul J. Miller, U.S. Coast Guard

Commander Miller served at the White House on the National Security Council from 2017 to 2019. He is currently assigned in the San Francisco, California area.

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Lieutenant Commander Nicholas Anderson, U.S. Coast Guard

Lieutenant Commander Anderson is the Coast Guard’s Deputy Liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was recently the commanding officer of Coast Guard Cryptologic Unit Hawaii and has served eleven years in both Coast Guard Intelligence and intelligence community assignments.

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