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Newly-retired Coast Guard commandant proud of the service he leaves behind

Forty years after he graduated from the Coast Guard Academy and began a career that would ultimately ascend to a role as commandant, Adm. Paul Zukunft sails int...

Federal News Network Staff

June 5, 2018 3:05 pm

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Today’s U.S. Coast Guard is not your father’s service, much less you’re grandfather’s. No one knows that better than retired Commandant, Adm. Paul Zukunft. His change-of-command ceremony took place Friday, marking his retirement. In a wide-ranging interview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Zukunft described some Coast Guard assets that people are not always aware of, particularly assets that fly. Before he sailed off to a retirement in Hawaii, Zukunft reflected to Federal News Radio on his 40-year career.