ALCOAST 123/09
COMDTNOTE 5360
SUBJ: RETIREMENT OF MR. JAMES SLOAN FROM THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE
SERVICE
1.  IT IS WITH THE DEEPEST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE THAT I
ANNOUNCE MR. JAMES SLOANS RETIREMENT TODAY AFTER 34 YEARS
OF FEDERAL SERVICE.  MR. SLOANS CAREER STANDS AS AN EXEMPLAR
OF FAITHFUL AND INSPIRATIONAL SERVICE TO OUR NATION.  HE HAS
SERVED AS THE COAST GUARDS ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR
INTELLIGENCE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS SINCE NOVEMBER
2003.
2.  LEADING A LIFE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, MR. SLOAN BEGAN
HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A LIEUTENANT IN THE U.S. ARMY IN
1967.  IN THE FOLLOWING DECADES HE HAS SERVED THE COAST GUARD
AND THE NATION IN MANY CAPACITIES, FROM ASSIGNMENTS AS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
(FINCEN) AND THE ACTING UNDER SECRETARY (ENFORCEMENT),
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, 21 YEARS IN THE SECRET SERVICE
INCLUDING AS DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PROTECTIVE
OPERATIONS, AND SERVICE AS A POLICE OFFICER AND INVESTIGATOR
IN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS, AND MARYLAND, MR.
SLOAN HAS EPITOMIZED THE GUARDIAN ETHOS.
3.  AS ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR INTELLIGENCE AND CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS, MR. SLOAN GUIDED THE MATURATION OF THE COAST
GUARD INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM FROM OUR INFANCY AS A MEMBER
OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, TO OUR CURRENT
STATUS AS AN ACCEPTED AND RESPECTED PARTNER UNDER THE
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.  HE ENCOURAGED
INTERAGENCY COOPERATION AND BRIDGED THE SEAMS BETWEEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE, INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS, AND
NATIONAL LEVEL INTELLIGENCE.  A CHAMPION OF THE INTELLIGENCE
SPECIALIST (IS) RATING AND INTELLIGENCE SECURITY SPECIALIST (ISS)
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER SPECIALTY, HE WITNESSED THE
CONVERSION OF OVER 350 ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE POSITIONS
THEREBY ENHANCING THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE COAST GUARDS
INTELLIGENCE WORKFORCE.  WITH A PREMIUM ON PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, HIS VISION WAS REALIZED IN THE STANDUP OF THE
FIRST CLASSIFIED ENVIRONMENT AT ANY SERVICE ACADEMY, AND THE
STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE COAST GUARD
ACADEMY.  UNDER HIS WATCH, COAST GUARD PARTICIPATION IN THE
MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE STUDIES AT THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COLLEGE HAS GROWN INTO THE
LARGEST POST GRADUATE PROGRAM OFFERED THROUGH THE COAST
GUARD.  RESPECTING THE POTENTIAL OF INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT TO
INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATIONS, HE ADAPTED THE COAST GUARD
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE AND PLACED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES AT
JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCES, INTERPOL, AND OPERATION PANAMA
EXPRESS, PROMOTING CRITICAL INFORMATION SHARING AND
PROVIDING REAL-TIME CUEING TO OPERATIONAL COMMANDERS.
UNDER HIS PERSISTENT STEWARDSHIP THE COAST GUARD
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE SERVICE HAS BLOSSOMED FROM CONCEPT TO
A WELL-RESOURCED AND FULLY OPERATIONAL ORGANIZATION.  THE
COAST GUARD CRYPTOLOGIC GROUP HAS JOINED THE NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY ENTERPRISE AND COAST GUARD INTELLIGENCE
SPECIALISTS ARE SERVING GLOBALLY.  UNDER COAST GUARD
MODERNIZATION AND STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATION, MR. SLOAN
CHARTED THE COURSE TO INTEGRATE THE MARITIME INTELLIGENCE
FUSION CENTERS INTO OUR FUTURE OPCOM, AND REALIGN THE FIELD
INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TEAMS UNDER SECTORS.
4.  MR. SLOAN SERVED ON NUMEROUS NATIONAL-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE
AND INTERAGENCY FORA REPRESENTING THE COAST GUARD WITH
DISTINCTION AND EFFECT.  HIS LEADERSHIP ON THESE MANY
EXECUTIVE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES BROUGHT RECOGNITION AND
RESPECT TO THE COAST GUARD.
5.  I COUNT JIM SLOAN AS A TRUSTED ADVISOR, CONFIDANT AND
FRIEND. HE LED COAST GUARD INTELLIGENCE AND CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS WITH VISION, COMMITMENT AND INTEGRITY.  OUR
NATION IS SAFER AND MORE SECURE DUE TO HIS SELFLESS
DEDICATION, AND THE COAST GUARD IS A BETTER ORGANIZATION
BECAUSE OF THE TIME HE SERVED WITH US.  AS WE MARK MR. SLOANS
RETIREMENT, PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE
BREADTH AND IMPACT OF HIS SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND THE
COAST GUARD.
6.  ADMIRAL THAD ALLEN, COMMANDANT, SENDS.
7.  INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.