Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr. assumed the duties as Chief of Staff, United States Coast Guard and Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C., in April 2006. Vice Admiral Papp oversees general management functions of the Coast Guard. Vice Admiral Papp’s previous assignment was Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District with responsibility for all Coast Guard missions on the Great Lakes. Vice Admiral Papp was promoted to Flag rank and appointed Director of Reserve and Training in October 2002 and was responsible for support of 13,000 Coast Guard Ready Reservists and all the Coast Guard’s Training Centers.
He has served in six Coast Guard Cutters and commanded the cutters RED BEECH, PAPAW, FORWARD, and the Coast Guard’s training barque EAGLE. He served as commander of a task unit in Operation Able Manner off the coast of Haiti in 1994, enforcing United Nations sanctions and supplementing Naval forces during the intervention in Haiti, Operation Uphold Democracy.
Assignments ashore have included the Commandant of Cadets staff at the Coast Guard Academy; Aids to Navigation staff in the Third Coast Guard District; Chief of the Capabilities Branch in the Defense Operations Division; Chief of the Fleet Development Team; Director of the Leadership Development Center; Chief of the Coast Guard’s Office of Congressional Affairs and, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard.
Vice Admiral Papp is a 1975 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT. He holds a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies awarded by the United States Naval War CollegeinNewport, RI and a Master of Science degree in Management awarded by Salve Regina College, also in Newport, RI.
Vice Admiral Papp is a native of Norwich, CT. He is married to the former Linda Kapral of East Lyme, CT. Vice Admiral and Mrs. Papp have three daughters: Lindsay, and twins Caitlin and Jillian.
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