Master Chief Justin L. Kaczynski
Command Master Chief

Master Chief Kaczynski is the Command Senior Enlisted Advisor at Training Center Cape May, NJ, the birthplace and hometown of our enlisted workforce. He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 2002 and is a native of Glenolden, PA.

Master Chief Kaczynski is a permanent Cutterman having served more than nineteen years at sea. His extensive operational career includes serving aboard USCGC Metompkin (Key West, FL), USCGC Sawfish (Key West, FL), Station St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, FL), and USCGC Resolute (St. Petersburg, FL). He served as the Executive Petty Officer of USCGC Seahawk from 2012 to 2015, where he earned his certifications to command Multi-Mission Ashore and Multi-Mission Afloat. He then served as Officer in Charge of USCGC Wire, executing several high-profile PWCS events in New York City as well as domestic ice-breaking operations on the Hudson River. Following this, he served as Officer in Charge of USCGC Tarpon/Brant, USCGC Kingfisher/Bonito, and lastly USCGC Finback/Sturgeon in Portland, ME, completing an 11-year consecutive span of command afloat conducting Coast Guard operations from South Padre Island, Texas, to Jonesport, Maine.

Master Chief Kaczynski is a 2015 graduate of the Chief Petty Officer Academy in Petaluma, CA, and has completed the Senior Enlisted Leadership Course. He has also earned the Advanced Boat Forces Insignia and the Advanced Coxswain Insignia.

Master Chief Kaczynski’s personal awards include seven Coast Guard Commendation Medals, two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, one Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, seven Good Conduct Medals, and numerous service and unit awards.