USCGC KIMBALL (WMSL 756)

Captain Robert J. Kinsey

Commanding Officer

USCGC KIMBALL (WMSL 756)

CAPT Kinsey is a permanent Cutterman with over 14 years of sea service in eight USCG Cutters including three afloat commands in CGC SAPELO (2007-2009), CGC MOHAWK (2017-2019) and the National Security Cutter CGC KIMBALL (2023-present).  He has conducted afloat operations including: search and rescue, alien migration interdiction, homeland security, counter-drug and national defense missions from the Northern reaches of the Bering Sea to South America and the Middle East.

His accomplished shoreside assignments include: Officer-in-Charge of Law Enforcement Detachment 406 at Tactical Law Enforcement Team South in Miami, FL, where he deployed worldwide with United States naval assets conducting counter-drug and counter-terrorism missions. He served as Intelligence Directorate Targeting Chief at Joint Interagency Task Force South in Key West, FL where he provided intelligence products supporting the efficient employment of U.S. and partner nation all domain assets conducting counter illicit trafficking missions spanning a 42 million square mile area of responsibility. As Sector Intelligence Officer at Sector New Orleans in New Orleans, LA, he supervised the creation of the Gulf Coast Joint Intelligence Group, as well as spearheaded the implementation of the nation’s first operation supporting cyber intelligence to Prevention Operators nationwide.  As Chief of Cutter Forces for Coast Guard Pacific Area  he oversaw the full spectrum of USCG afloat operations spanning the Arctic, Antarctic, Bering Sea, Indo-Pacific, Oceania and Eastern Pacific Theaters. Recently, he served as Chief of the Seventh District’s Response Enforcement Branch and Homeland Security Task Force Southeast’s Operation Vigilant Sentry Operations Section Chief where he led the nation’s whole of government operational response to the largest maritime migration surge in over 20 years and directed all martime response operations during hurricanes Ian, Fiona, Nicole and the response to the devastating 2021 Haiti earthquake.

A native of Logansport, Indiana, CAPT Kinsey graduated from the University of Louisville in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and earned a Masters Degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College in 2010. He earned the title of USCG Intelligence Fellow after completing the 2016 Intelligence Fellowship Cohort that included a 12-month project focused on intelligence support initiatives to improving Cyber security in the maritime transportation system.

He has been awarded the Joint Meritorious Service Medal, multiple Coast Guard Meritorous Service Medals, the Coast Guard Commendation Medal (3), the United States Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, mulitple Coast Guard and United States Navy and Marine Corps Achiement Medals, Military Oustanding Volunteer Service Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon as well as several unit and service awards.  CAPT Kinsey’s most prized honor was his nomination and selection as a USCG “Honorary Chief” in 2018.

CAPT Kinsey is happily married to the former Autumn Reed of Muscatine, Iowa and together they have four children.

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Commander Eric Quigley

Executive Officer

USCGC KIMBALL (WMSL 756)

Commander Eric Quigley reported to USCGC KIMBALL (WMSL 756) as Executive Officer in May 2024 after completing a two-year assignment as the Executive Assistant to the Director of Governmental and Public Affairs (CG-092) at Coast Guard Headquarters where he provided support to the Director in the executive management of enterprise-wide policy, guidance, and program management for Public Affairs, Congressional Affairs, Governmental and Tribal Affairs, External Outreach, and Coast Guard Heritage.

Commander Quigley is a career Cutterman with previous shipboard assignments as Deck Watch Officer aboard USCGC DAUNTLESS (WMEC 624) in Galveston, TX, Executive Officer aboard USCGC GALVESTON ISLAND (WPB 1349) in Honolulu, HI, Executive Officer aboard USCGC WILLOW (WLB 202) in Newport, RI, and Commanding Officer of USCGC MOBILE BAY (WTGB 103 & CGB 12002) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, where he led a crew of 30 responsible for servicing over 100 Aids to Navigation in Lake Michigan and conducting domestic icebreaking operations and law enforcement operations throughout the Great Lakes.

Commander Quigley’s other Headquarters assignments include the Deputy for Living Marine Resources Enforcement Policy Division in the Office of Maritime Law Enforcement overseeing the execution the Coast Guard’s domestic and international fisheries enforcement missions and the Aids to Navigation and Icebreaker Platform Sponsor in the Office of Cutter Forces in Washington, D.C.

Commander Quigley, a native of Green Bay, WI, graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT in 2006, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management. He attended the University of North Carolina Wilmington and earned a Master of Science Degree in Coastal and Ocean Policy in 2016.

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Senior Chief Petty Officer Christine Strenkert

Command Senior Enlisted Leader

USCGC KIMBALL (WMSL 756)

Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Christine Strenkert reported to the Coast Guard Cutter KIMBALL (WMSL-756) in Honolulu, Hawaii in May 2023. Selected to be the Senior enlisted leader in July 2023, Senior Chief Strenkert, acts as the primary enlisted advisor to the command, ensuring smooth and efficient operation of day-to-day activities on board the CGC KIMBALL. Additionally, she is responsible for providing accurate and timely information to the crew and acts as a liaison between the command and the Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Mess. Senior Chief Strenkert dedicates herself to promoting a positive and thriving atmosphere on board the ship, constantly endeavoring to enhance the quality of life at sea.

Senior Chief Strenkert's career has been marked by various roles in Afloat assignments. She began her career by attending the Food Service Specialist "A" School at TRACEN Petaluma in California from August 2005 to December 2005, following her graduation from boot camp in company X-ray-171. She then served on the USCGC POLAR SEA (WAGB 11) from February 2006 to December 2008, where she completed Operation Deep Freeze 2006-2007. Her next assignment was as the Food Service Officer for the Commissioning Crew of USCGC Sea Fox (WPB 87374) in Silverdale, WA, from December 2008 to May 2011. She then moved to USCGC EAGLE (WIX 327) in New London, CT, from May 2011 to May 2013, taking part in OPSAIL 2012 and the War of 1812 commemoration. Senior Chief Strenkert later became the Food Service Officer at USCG Station Calumet Harbor in Chicago, IL, from July 2016 to June 2018, where she was promoted to Chief Petty Officer. Following that, she served as the Food Service Officer on USCGC HARRIET LANE (WMEC 903) in Portsmouth, Virginia, from July 2018 to July 2021, and acted as the Senior Enlisted Leader during the COVID-19 pandemic. CGC Harriet Lane Culinary Specialists received recognition as the Dining Facility of the Year in 2020 and was the runner-up in 2019. Her most recent assignment is with the Pre-Commissioning Crew of USCGC ARGUS (WMSM 915) in San Pedro, CA, from December 2021 to April 2023.

Hailing from Greene, New York, Senior Chief Strenkert enlisted into the U.S. Coast Guard in 2005 through the Syracuse recruiting office. She graduated the U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Academy, Petaluma, California in September 2018 and completed Chiefs Call to Initiation October of the same year. She receives unwavering support from her husband, Navy veteran James Dale.

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