Commander Michael S. Kazek, U. S. Coast Guard, Retired, serves as a faculty member
in the Engineering Technology Department at The California Maritime Academy (CMA).
He currently teaches Naval Architecture, Thermodynamics, Property of Materials and
Applied Fluid Mechanics laboratories, Engineering Ethics, and is the faculty advisor
for the student section, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. As of
July 2013, he assumed the role as Director, US Coast Guard Licensing Programs, for
both the deck and engine programs at Cal Maritime.
Commander Kazek retired in 2005 from Active Duty after serving honorably for over
21 years. While in the Coast Guard, he completed over seven years of sea duty culminating
in his assignment as Executive Officer, USCGC BOUTWELL, homeported in Alameda, CA.
While attached to USCGC BOUTWELL, he participated in the successful proof of concept
evaluation of Operation New Frontier in the Eastern Pacific, seizing three high speed
vessels with a total of 7.4 metric tons of contraband. In 2003, he completed a highly
successful 7-month deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He also served for three years as Chief Engineer,
USCGC SENECA, homeported in Boston, MA. When not at sea, Commander Kazek worked in
Coast Guard Naval Engineering finishing his career as Commanding Officer, Naval Engineering
Support Unit, Boston, MA.
From 2005 until 2008, Commander Kazek served as the Deputy Director for Leadership
Development and Deputy Commandant of Cadets at Cal Maritime.
