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2nd Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
Philip F. Smith
MCPOCG Philip F. Smith
Born(1932-08-23)August 23, 1932
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 22, 2017(2017-06-22) (aged 84)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service / branchUnited States Coast Guard
Years of service1949—1977
RankMaster Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
Master Chief Yeoman
AwardsCoast Guard Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Medal

Philip Francis Smith (August 23, 1932 – June 22, 2017) was the second Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, serving as the enlisted advisor to the Commandant of the Coast Guard, from 1973 to 1977.

Smith became the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard on August 1, 1973, succeeding Charles Calhoun. He enlisted in the Coast Guard on September 20, 1949, and after recruit training served aboard USCGC Rhododendron, homeported at Seattle, Washington. After attending yeoman school at the Coast Guard Training Center at Groton, Connecticut in 1950, he returned to Seattle to serve in the operations division, Thirteenth Coast Guard District. Following a tour of sea duty aboard USCGC Bering Strait homeported at Honolulu, Hawaii from September 1952 to May 1954, he returned again to Seattle to serve as yeoman in the personnel division of the Thirteenth District office.

Later tours of duty included the Marine Inspection Office, Guam, Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles Washington, the personnel division at the Seventeenth Coast Guard District office, Juneau, Alaska, Coast Guard Air Station San Diego, California, and the personnel division of the Eleventh Coast Guard District office at Long Beach, California. From March 1968 to March 1969, he served aboard USCGC Staten Island, homeported at Seattle. He then returned to the personnel division in the Thirteenth Coast Guard District. He was promoted to the rating of master chief yeoman on July 1, 1966. While serving his last tour of duty at Seattle, Smith was selected as the second Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard by the Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Chester R. Bender. His service medals and awards include the Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal with silver star, National Defense Service Medal with bronze star, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Medal.

Master Chief Smith died on June 22, 2017, in Seattle, Washington.

Awards and decorations

Silver star
Bronze star
Coast Guard Achievement Medal Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal with silver award star
National Defense Service Medal
with bronze award star 		Korea Service Medal United Nations Service Medal

References

  1. "Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Phillip Smith". U.S. Coast Guard.
  2. ^ "Master Chief Philip F. Smith". Notable People. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. "Phillip F. Smith's Obituary on The Seattle Times". The Seattle Times.

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Military offices
Preceded byCharles L. Calhoun Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
1973–1977 		Succeeded byHollis B. Stephens
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