Obama followed the appointment with a relatively low ranking navy submarine commander Chip Jaenichen. He was highly unpopular and was pushed out in 2013. The position of US Maritime Administrator is traditionally held by a commercial shipowner or captain, but President Obama left the position unfilled for years then selected a former congressional staffer, David Matsuda. She does not even have experience leading navy military sealift ships. ItвЂ™s a commercial shipping appointment and she has zero experience aboard any commercial ships. The appointment looks great on paper except for one kinda big problem. She was chairman of a local government Sea Level Rise Preparedness and Resilience project. She was head of the NavyвЂ™s Climate Change Task Force and is a highly sought after consultant on climate security issues.

Phillips is a highly decorated Navy leader with a long list of accomplishments and is highly respected by everyone gCaptain has interviewed. Yesterday afternoon, President Biden announced his intention to nominate Rear Admiral Ann Phillips, US Navy (Retired), as the next US Maritime Administrator, a position that has been vacant since Rear Admiral Mark Buzby stepped down following the insurrection at the U.S. By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) The FAA is headed by a pilot, NASA is headed by an astronaut, the US Marine Corps is headed by a Marine but for the fourth time in a row, and during the worst shipping crisis of the century, the US Department of Transportation, has appointed someone to the US Maritime Administration ( MARAD) who is not a captain and has no commercial shipping experience.

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