{"id":11206,"date":"2021-02-04T10:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/?p=11206"},"modified":"2021-02-04T10:36:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:36:43","slug":"maf-grad-student-lennie-day-promoted-to-lieutenant-commander-us-coast-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/2021\/02\/04\/maf-grad-student-lennie-day-promoted-to-lieutenant-commander-us-coast-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"MAF Grad Student Lennie Day promoted to Lieutenant Commander, US Coast Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 1st, Marine Affairs graduate student Lennie Day (M.M.A. Class of 2021) was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in the United States Coast Guard. Lennie joined the Coast Guard in 2005 and has served in many roles and locations in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Caribbean. Just before coming to URI, he served as the Commanding Officer of the USCG Cutter Benjamin Bottoms, a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter engaged in maritime border security missions, international counter-drug operations, and search and rescue off the coast of California and in the Eastern Pacific. Prior to this command afloat, Lennie served as the Military Aide to Deputy Commandant for Operations at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C, a role that provides valuable insight into homeland security strategy and policy. During his time in the Coast Guard, Lieutenant Commander Day has been awarded two Commendation Medals and two Achievement Medals.<\/p>\n<p>The Marine Affairs department typically welcomes 2-3 Coast Guard officers into its graduate programs per year. At URI, Lieutenant Commander Day brings his extensive experience in maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and at-sea interdiction into the graduate classroom, where he is delving deeper into related topics like Arctic governance and coastal zone management. His promotion to Lieutenant Commander is a significant milestone in the military, and upon graduating with his Master&#8217;s degree, Lennie&#8217;s mission will include both maritime law and law enforcement. Congratulations on your promotion, Lieutenant Commander Day! We look forward to watching you become a leading voice in protecting the nation&#8217;s living marine resources through policy and enforcement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11212\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11212 size-half_column\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-500x750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-364x546.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-1280x1920.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-2000x3000.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-2560x3840.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/LT-Day-and-Monica-Wife-at-Commissioning-Ceremony-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LCDR Lennie Day and his wife, Monica.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LCDR Day will graduate with his Masters in Marine Affairs in May 2021, and return to the Coast Guard with a new role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3922,"featured_media":11209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11206"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11233,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11206\/revisions\/11233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}