District Commander
Rear Admiral Sean P. Regan
Rear Admiral Sean Regan assumed the duties of Commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard District in June 2024. He is responsible for directing Coast Guard operations throughout Oceania, including Hawai’i, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and activities in Singapore and Japan. The Coast Guard conducts operations and activities across the Fourteenth District as part of the Department of Homeland Security team protecting the U.S. and as one of the six armed services and part of the joint forces defending it. The Coast Guard works closely with allies to advance maritime governance as part of the rules-based international order essential to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Prior to his current assignment, Rear Admiral Regan most recently served as the Director of Training, Exercise, and Wargaming and the Deputy Director of Operations for Head- quarters, United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). The Directorate of Operations is the principal advisor to the Commander USNORTH-COM on all operational matters, providing strategic guidance to plan and execute USNORTHCOM missions within the area of responsibility; conduct- ing Homeland Defense including land, air, and maritime operations, as well as Defense Support of Civil Authorities.
Rear Admiral Regan previously completed a military fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations prior to that he served as Chief of Staff, Coast Guard Atlantic Area.
Rear Admiral Regan is a 1992 graduate of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Between 1992 and 2002, he served in a variety of operational assignments related to oil and hazardous material response, marine accident investigations, merchant vessel inspections, hazardous material cargo management, and waterways management in major seaports. In 2002, he served as Executive Officer of the Coast Guard’s first anti-terrorism team on the U.S. east coast. Then in 2004, he commanded the Maritime Safety and Security Team, New Orleans. Under his command, MSST NOLA conducted homeland security missions across 12 states and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Notably, this unit provided immediate critical support in the wake of the hurricane KATRINA in 2005 where he led over 400 security and search and rescue forces in the metropolitan area conducting rescues and providing security for the massive urban search and rescue effort.
In 2006, he attended the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico Virginia earning a Master of Arts in Military Science. Promoted to Commander in 2007, he managed Maritime Homeland Security policy in the Coast Guard’s Office of Counterterrorism and Defense Operations.
Between 2009 and 2011, he served at the White House as Director, Maritime Security Policy and Director, Arctic Region Policy on the President’s Na- tional Security Staff (NSS). On the NSS, he advised the National Security Advisor, Homeland Security Advisor and President on issues such as piracy, Arctic oil drilling, mass migration, the Fukushima nuclear release, and maritime security policy.
In 2011, he attended the U.S. Naval War College, College of Naval Warfare, Newport, Rhode Island earning a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. From 2012 through 2014, he served as Deputy Sector Commander, Sector Southeast New England where he led over 150 Coast Guard members and six patrol boats across nearly every Coast Guard mission. At Sector, he furthered regional port security, search and rescue, ship inspections, and state, federal, and civilian inter-agency coordination.
In 2014, he assumed command of the Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT), the Coast Guard’s east coast maritime law enforcement counter-terrorism unit. MSRT supported National Security Special Events, deployments to the Caribbean and U.S. Central Command, Bahrain.
Between 2016 and 2019, he served as the Chief of Operations, US Coast Guard Atlantic Area coordinating operational and policy support for two-thirds of all Coast Guard effort world-wide. Here, he coordinated Coast Guard forces for natural disaster response, counter-drug operations, and Coast Guard operations from the Rocky Mountains to the Arabian Gulf. As Chief of Staff, he led the organization and executive support for a 3-Star operational command, five subordinate District Commands, and 49 operational Coast Guard units.
Rear Admiral Regan’s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (2nd Award), the Meritorious Service Medal (5th Award), the Coast Guard Commendation Medal, and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal (2nd Award).
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Chief of Staff
Captain Alan B. McCabe
Captain McCabe currently serves as the Chief of Staff for Coast Guard District 14 where he oversees the District 14 staff and four subordinate commands, comprising over 1200 personnel stretching from the Main Hawaiian Islands to Guam and Japan. Captain McCabe most recently served as the Chief of Response for Coast Guard District 17 overseeing operations across the North Pacific, Bering Sea and Arctic.
Captain McCabe has over 13 years of sea time, including past tours as Commanding Officer-USCGC MIDGETT (WMSL 757) in Honolulu, HI, Commanding Officer-USCGC SENECA (WMEC 906) in Boston, MA, Executive Officer- USCGC THETIS (WMEC 910) in Key West, Fl, Commanding Officer-USCGC SANIBEL (WPB 1312) in Woods Hole, MA, Executive Officer-USCGC ROANOKE ISLAND (WPB 1346) in Homer, AK, Deck Watch Officer and First Lieutenant- USCGC ACUSHNET (WMEC 167) in Ketchikan, AK and Seaman-USCGC MIDGETT (WHEC 726) in Seattle, WA.
Captain McCabe’s assignments ashore include serving as the Coast Guard Liaison Officer to the United States Senate, the Coast Guard Liaison Officer to Commander Naval Forces Europe Africa and Commander Sixth Fleet in Naples, Italy, the Executive Assistant to the Director of Operational Policy at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and the Fishery Enforcement Policy Officer and Admiral’s Aide at District 17 in Juneau, Alaska.
Captain McCabe is a 1994 graduate of Montana State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1997 and graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1998. He earned a Master’s degree in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island in 2003. Captain McCabe was selected as an International Fellow to the Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy administered through the Center for Strategic and International Studies in 2010. Captain McCabe graduated with a Masters of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 2014 with a focus in operational planning through the Maritime Advanced Warfighting School.
His awards include five Meritorious Service Medals, four Coast Guard Commendation Medals, and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal along with various unit awards.
Captain McCabe is married to Kimberly McCabe and they have two sons: Dylan and Finn.
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Command Master Chief
Master Chief Petty Officer Michael A. Brewer
Master Chief Michael Brewer assumed the duties as the Command Master Chief for the Fourteenth Coast Guard District on May 31st, 2024. As the Command Senior Enlisted Leader, he provides enlisted perspective to the Commander on all workforce matters and Coast Guard missions throughout Oceania, including Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and activities in Singapore and Japan.
Most recently, CMC Brewer served as the Command Master Chief for Coast Guard Cyber Command in Washington, D.C.
Master Chief Brewer has served as the Marine Science Technician Rating Force Master Chief in Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington D.C. and Silver Badge Command Master Chief for Sector Boston in Boston, MA. His additional
assignments include PACAREA Incident Management, Alameda, CA; Sector Boston Prevention, Boston, MA; Instructor, Training Center Yorktown, VA; IMD Sector San Francisco, CA; Port Security Unit Detachment, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Marine Safety Office San Francisco Bay, CA; and USCGC RUSH, Honolulu, HI. In addition to these assignments, Master Chief Brewer has deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as well as numerous natural disasters and major oil spills to include Deepwater Horizon and Hurricane Katrina.
Master Chief Brewer is a graduate of the National Defense University Keystone Command Senior Enlisted Leader Course Class 23-2, Coast Guard Senior Enlisted Leadership Course Class 03-12, the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy Class CLXV, Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, CG Leadership and Management School, and other service-related schools.
Master Chief Brewer’s personal awards include, two Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medals, three Coast Guard Commendation Medals, a Joint Service Achievement Medal, three Coast Guard Achievement Medals, two Coast Guard Letter of Commendation Ribbons, and numerous other personal and service medals and awards. He has earned his permanent Marine Safety Insignia and Response Operations Ashore Insignia. Master Chief Brewer was also awarded as Sector San Francisco Enlisted Person of the Year for 2005.
CMC Brewer was born in Atlanta, GA and grew up in Houston, TX where he ultimately enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard on 17 August 1999. He has been married to his wife Kelly-Lynn since 2005 and they are blessed with their three children, Emma, Keegan and Hanna.
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DISTRICT CHAPLAIN
Lieutenant Commander Pon Chanthaphon, USN
Lieutenant Commander Pon Chanthaphon reported as U.S. Coast Guard’s Fourteenth District Chaplain in Honolulu, Hawaii in May 2023 where he is responsible for the religious ministry provision for over 3,800 Coast Guard military personnel, family members, auxiliarists, and civilian workers across the largest Coast Guard AOR including the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Japan, Singapore, and American Samoa.
From 2020-2023, Chaplain Chanthaphon served as Supervisory Chaplain at 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and deployed with the IWOARG in 2021 in support of Operation RESOLUTE SUPPORT ending the War in Afghanistan with a Non-Combat Evacuation Operation (NEO).
During the 2019-2020 academic year, Chaplain Chanthaphon attended Command and Staff College at Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia where he completed his resident-JPME Phase One. He was also a Joint Qualified Officer.
From 2016-2019, Chaplain Chanthaphon was assigned to COMNAVSURFRON-14, CNSL Operational Ministry Center (OMC) Mayport as Tactical Chaplain from which he deployed on USS HUÉ CITY (CG-66) in 2017 as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) TWO in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. Then, upon his return from the deployment, he assumed duty as Staff Chaplain as Deputy Director of the OMC, as Command Chaplain of USS ROOSEVELT (DDG-80) and USS THOMAS HUDNER (DDG-116), and as Staff Chaplain of three Coastal Patrol Crafts (PC): USS ZEPHYR (PC-8), USS TORNADO (PC-14), and USS SHAMAL (PC-13). Additionally, he served as Liaison Chaplain for USNAVSO/C4F. He completed Navy Chaplain Intermediate Leadership Course in 2018.
From 2012-2016, Chaplain Chanthaphon reported to 3D Marine Division FMF PAC, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan where he served as Tactical Chaplain of 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion from December 2012 to January 2016. With a new challenge arose at the Base Chapel after a struggling seven-month gap, he was permanently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3D Marine Division FMF PAC, III Marine Expeditionary Force in February 2016 from which he assumed duty as the Base Chaplain of the USMC Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan until June 2016.
Following his graduation from the Navy Chaplain Basic Course, Chaplain Chanthaphon reported to Naval Hospital Lemoore, Naval Air Station, in Lemoore, California where he served as Command Chaplain from November 2009 to November 2012.
In 2009, Chaplain Chanthaphon completed Officer Development School at Newport, Rhode Island and graduated from the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
In July of 2006, Chaplain Chanthaphon was ordained in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). He was installed as sole pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stockton, California and served there from July 2006 to August 2008. He was direct commissioned in June of 2009 as Lieutenant Junior Grade.
From 2001-2006, Chaplain Chanthaphon attended Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis, Missouri where he graduated with a Master of Divinity Degree (M.Div).
From 1995-2000, Chaplain Chanthaphon attended college at Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree with emphases in Lutheran Theology and Christian Outreach. Then, he worked at U.S. Bank as personal banker and sales associate at Herberger’s Department Store for one year in St. Paul. MN.
His personal awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4 awards).