COMMANDING OFFICER
Commander Nolan J. Cuevas
Commander Cuevas reports to TAHOMA from the Coast Guard Academy in New London Connecticut, where he served as the Personnel Support Branch Chief and Planning Officer for the past three years.
He has held a variety of sea-going and staff positions throughout his career, including ten years of sea duty on five Coast Guard Cutters. Before reporting to CGC TAHOMA, he served as the Executive Officer of USCGC SPENCER, Commanding Officer of USCGC GRAND ISLE, Operations Officer of USCGC TAHOMA as well as Commanding Officer of USCGC DORADO, and Deck Watch Officer onboard USCGC MOREGENTHAU.
Commander Cuevas was assigned to shore duty as the Command and Operations School, Deputy Department Head from 2015-2019 and Operations Officer and Destroyer Squadron 50 Coast Guard Liaison Officer (CGLO) for CG Patrol Forces Southwest Asia from February 2010 to April 2011. As the Operations Officer and CGLO, he managed the operational schedule of 11 Patrol Craft that conducted over 20,000 hours of Maritime Security and Infrastructure Protection in the Arabian Gulf.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 2006.
Commander Cuevas resides in Shushan, New York with his wife, Erika and his children.