USCGC HOLLYHOCK (WLB 214)

Pua of the Pacific

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Commander Jessica McCollum

LCDR Jessica McCollum assumed command of CGC HOLLYHOCK in April 2024. Her prior operational tours focused on Aids to Navigation operations and Fisheries Law Enforcement. She was first assigned as Deck Watch Officer onboard the “Bar Tender,” CGC FIR homeported in Astoria, Oregon from 2010-2012. She later served onboard CGC WALNUT in Honolulu, Hawaii as Operations Officer from 2012-2014, and then Executive Officer from 2018-2020.

LCDR McCollum’s staff assignments include Domestic and International Fisheries Policy Analyst in the office of Maritime Law Enforcement at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington D.C. from 2015-2018. Later she served as Current Operations and Domestic Fisheries Officer at the Fourteenth Coast Guard District from 2020-2024.

Originally from Vero Beach, Florida, LCDR McCollum graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine and Environmental Science. She completed a Master of Marine Affairs degree from the University of Rhode Island in 2015.

LCDR McCollum’s significant awards include the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and Coast Guard Commendation medal, both with operational distinguishing device.

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