Rear Admiral Thomas W. Jones

Rear Admiral Thomas Jones serves as the United States Coast Guard’s Director of Operational Logistics, responsible for the delivery of mission support logistics for Coast Guard operations during steady state and contingency response and for planned events of national significance. Previous to this assignment, Rear Admiral Jones served as the Coast Guard’s Director of Strategic Management and Doctrine. Rear Admiral Jones was commissioned in 1984 after graduating from Coast Guard Officer Candidate School in Yorktown, Virginia. His diverse career includes staff and field assignments across the Coast Guard enterprise. His staff assignments include: Chief of the Office of Civil Engineering, where he oversaw the policy, resources, and overall asset management for the Coast Guard’s total portfolio of shore facilities, pollution response equipment and fleet vehicles; Chief, Office of Budget and Programs at Coast Guard Headquarters, where he served as the principle resource advisor to the Commandant of the Coast Guard; Program Reviewer and the Acquisition, Construction and Improvements Budget Coordinator in the Coast Guard Chief of Staff’s Office; and Fifth Coast Guard District Civil Engineering staff. Rear Admiral Jones field assignments include service as Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Research & Development Center; Commanding Officer of Civil Engineering Unit Providence; Project Manager at the Facilities Design and Construction Center, Atlantic; Facilities Engineering Officer at Integrated Support Command Portsmouth; Greater Antilles Section Civil Engineer and Industrial Manager; and sea tours in Coast Guard Cutters TANEY and INGHAM. Rear Admiral Jones has earned a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College; a Master of Public Administration Degree from Old Dominion University; and a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland in 1983. His awards include three Legions of Merit, three Meritorious Service Medals, two Coast Guard Commendation medals and three Achievement Medals. He was also recognized as the Coast Guard Engineer of the Year in 2004. Rear Admiral Jones is also a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.