COMMANDING OFFICER

Captain Chad Brick

Captain Brick serves as the Commanding Officer of Base Boston, responsible for leading a 541-person crew delivering services and systems to support steady state and contingency response operations across 8 Northeast states and throughout the Coast Guard. Most recently, Captain Brick served as Base Galveston’s Commanding Officer with a crew of 171 personnel and was responsible for the creation of the Procurement Requisition Expedited Service System (PRESS) fast-tracking purchasing and procurement, the Family Assessment Support Tool (FAST) streamlining contingency resources to CG families, and the development of Service Level Standards (SLS) providing Performance metrics alongside Workload and Staffing to drive policy and enterprise resource decisions. 

CAPT Brick previously served as the Organizational Change Management Lead at CG Headquarters, Washington, DC where he drove modernization of Finance and Procurement Services and created the CG Common Core (CGCC), a web-based system used to manage $13B in transactions, coordinate logistics, and enhance contingency response.

CAPT Brick spent seven years at sea serving as DWO aboard USCGC's RUSH, JARVIS, FORWARD, STORIS, MOHAWK, and most recently as Commanding Officer of USCGC DRUMMOND.  While underway, he led Law Enforcement training and bilateral engagements with the People's Republic of China, Japan, Korea and Russia. CAPT Brick also played a key role in the seizure of 84,500 lbs. of cocaine resulting in high-profile case court appearances in the US's fight against transnational criminal organizations. 

CAPT Brick's staff tours center on Operations, Interagency Engagement and Resource Management to include service as Budget, Alien Migrant Interdiction and Counter Drug Officers, as well as the Major Cutter and Patrol Boat Scheduler for the 7th CG District. During this time, CAPT Brick became a lead Interagency Coordinator and established a written agreement with Dept of State (DoS) that allowed Coast Guard Operational Units to receive support services from 280 DoS embassies and consulates worldwide.

CAPT Brick is a 2001 graduate of the US Coast Guard Academy with a B.S. Degree in Management and additional studies in Computer Science. In 2013, he graduated from the University of Miami with a M.B.A. Degree in Management and a concentration in Finance. His honors include three CG Meritorious Service Medals, four CG Commendation Medals, six DHS & CG Chief Financial Officer Awards for Excellence, the American Society of Military Comptrollers Meritorious Award, as well as five DHS & CG CAPT Niels P Thomsen Innovation Awards for Process Automation, Interagency Coordination, COVID Response & Quarantine Logistics, Organizational Change Management, and most recently, Contingency Standardization. CAPT Brick earned the Permanent Cutterman Insignia and is commissioned as the Coast Guard's first Honorary Chief Warrant Officer.

CAPT Brick is a native of Southern New Jersey. He is married to Elizabeth (Raffaell) of Portland, Oregon and they have two sets of twins – Noelani, Tyler, Alison, and Michael.