Veteran's Day Presentation: Color Guard and the "Mission of the Coast Guard" by Captain Joshua Birch

Captain Joshua Burch, Commanding Officer, Training Center Petaluma, U.S. Coast Guard

 

Captain Joshua Burch took command of the Training Center Petaluma in July 2025 after completing an assignment as the Coast Guard Liaison Officer to the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. In this role he managed maritime homeland defense policy, interagency response to global maritime threats to U.S. shipping, countering unmanned systems within the homeland, and coordinating efforst between the Department of Defense and the U.S. Coast Guard for maritime security events.

Originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania Captain Burch is a 2002 graduate of the U. S. Coast Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine and Environmental Science. He later earned a Master of Science in Instructional Systems at The Pennsylvania State Univerity in 2011.

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