Lieutenant Kidwell graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 2013 and served in naval engineering billets on board the USCGC Vigorous (WMEC-627). After earning a master’s degree in data analytics, he reported to the Operations Research Post Graduate Advanced Education Program in 2018 and attended George Mason University. As a follow-on tour, he reported to the Office of Requirements and Analysis, where he later responded to the solicitation for the Data Readiness Task Force.

Articles by Joseph Kidwell

Coast Guard

The Path to a Data-Driven Coast Guard

By Lieutenant (junior grade) Evan Twarog and Lieutenants Joseph Kidwell and Caleb James, U.S. Coast Guard
August 2021
Coast Guard Essay Contest—Second Prize, Sponsored by the U.S. Naval Institute. Integrated data-management systems will empower Coast Guardsmen to better and more efficiently do their jobs.