NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES NEW YORK COMMANDERY Monday, 5 May 2008 1130 - Reception 1200 - Luncheon Racquet & Tennis Club 370 Park Avenue New York City Scott A. Rae Lieutenant Rae graduated from Northern Michigan University in 1988, enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1990 and was assigned to the Intracoastal Waterway near Charleston, SC. Qualifying as a small boat coxswain, he quickly advanced to Boatswain Second Class in Baltimore in charge of a 10 person duty section conducting search and rescue, law enforcement and environmental protection on the Upper Chesapeake Bay. In 1995 he was transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter POINT HIGHLAND homeported in Chincoteague, VA. Qualifying as an underway OD, he advanced to Boatswain First Class, became Executive Petty Officer and in 1997 was named the Enlisted Person of the Year for Coast Guard District Five. Accepted to Officer Candidate School, he graduated in 2000 and was transferred to Coast Guard Cutter BRITOL BAY in Detroit, MI, then to Coast Guard Cutter ADAK as the Executive Officer in Sandy Hook, NJ. Four months after reporting aboard, ADAK deployed to the Middle East, where they patrolled the Persian Gulf throughout 2003. After his overseas tour, he became Deputy Group Commander of Coast Guard Group Eastern Shore, Chincoteague, VA and then Command Duty Officer of Coast Headquarters Command Center in Washington DC. Since July 2007 LT Rae has commanded Coast Guard Cutter STURGEON BAY in New York. Lieutenant Rae’s awards include the Permanent Cutterman and Coxswain Insignia, CG Commendation Medal, Navy/Marine Corp Commendation Medal, CG Achievement Medal, CG Commandants Letter of Commendation, Combat Action Ribbon, Iraq Campaign Medal and several Unit and Team Awards. http://navalorder.org http://nousny.org