Lars Slobodow

Lars S. Slobodow is currently serving as a Petty Officer 1st Class in the United States Coast Guard as a Search and Rescue coordinator and is a junior at Arizona State University. His writing does not represent the opinion or findings of the Coast Guard. He previously served as a Combat Information Center Watch Supervisor onboard the USCGC Thetis, working for JIATF-S in the counter narcotic theatres of the East Pacific and Caribbean Sea. He is getting his degree in Political Science and in the future hopes to find innovative ways to help achieve the national security objectives of the United States of America.