SECTOR CORPUS CHRISTI

People ¤ Mission Execution ¤ Proficiency

Emergency SAR Line: 1-866-302-0587
Command Center: 1-800-874-2143
Sector Corpus Christi Main Line: 1-877-872-4912

UNIT COMMAND

SECTOR COMMANDER

Captain Torrey Bertheau

Captain Bertheau reports aboard from his most recent assignment as Chief of Contingency Planning at Eighth Coast Guard District in New Orleans, LA where he was responsible for directing Emergency Management and Integrated Preparedness, Marine Transportation System (MTS) Recovery/Salvage, National Port Readiness and Port Security Grant programs for District 8, which includes 26 states and Gulf of Mexico.

Captain Bertheau’s field assignments include

Chief of the Response Operations at Sector Puget Sound in Seattle, WA, Chief of Enforcement at Sector Columbia River in Astoria, OR, Officer in Charge of Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 102 at Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team (PACTACLET) in San Diego, CA and as Deck Watch Officer aboard USCGC HAMILTON (WHEC-715). As a drilling reservist for Sector Corpus Christi, Captain Bertheau also served as U.S. Border Patrol Agent along the southern border based out of Laredo, TX and returned to active duty in 2010.

CAPT Bertheau’s staff assignments include Eighth Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters as Chief of the Anti-terrorism Division in the Office of Maritime Security Response Policy (CG-MSR), Coast Guard Atlantic Area as a Command Duty Officer, and Coast Guard Operations Command (OPCOM-33) as a Law Enforcement and Ports,Waterways, and Coastal Security watchstander.

Captain Bertheau earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Spanish from Centenary College of Louisiana and graduated from Coast Guard Officer Candidate School in 2003. He completed the Fleet Seminar Program in 2019, earning a Master’s Degree in Defense and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.

CAPT Bertheau’s personal awards include Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medal (2), the Coast Guard Commendation Medal (4), Coast Guard Achievement Medal (2), the Commandant’s Letter of Commendation ribbon, Iraqi Campaign Medal, and several unit and team awards.

Captain Bertheau is a native of Lake Jackson, Texas. He and his wife, Ginna have three children, Madeleine, Natalie, and Julian.

SECTOR DEPUTY COMMANDER

Captain Jennifer Andrew

Captain Jennifer Andrew currently serves as Deputy Sector Commander of Sector Corpus Christi. Her background is in marine safety, incident management, defense operations and readiness. Prior to her current assignment she served as the Commanding Officer at Marine Safety Unit Paducah, Kentucky.

Captain Andrew attended boot camp in Cape May, New Jersey in February of 1998 and is a proud member of Oscar 152. She advanced to Marine Science Technician Third Class, in the Coast Guard Reserves, before being accepted into the Coast Guard’s College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative program. After receiving her commission as an officer in 2002, Captain Andrew was assigned to the 378-foot High Endurance Coast Guard Cutter RUSH home ported in Honolulu, HI. Previous assignments include Marine Safety Office Tampa, FL where she served as a Marine Inspector and Waterways Manager, the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee, Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, TX as the Port State Control Branch Chief, Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles, LA as the Prevention Department Head and ultimately as the Executive Officer, the Coast Guard’s Office of Counterterrorism and Defense Operations in Washington, DC and Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, TX as the Chief of Prevention.

Captain Andrew’s awards include, Meritorious Service Medal, seven Coast Guard Commendation Medals, an Achievement Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, the Marine Safety Insignia and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge.

Captain Andrew is from San Antonio, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned a Master of Military Studies from the U. S. Marine Corps University Command and Staff College in 2017.

COMMAND MASTER CHIEF

Master Chief Dax Burgrabe

Master Chief Dax Burgrabe assumed the duties as Command Master Chief of Sector Corpus Christi, Texas in June 2023. As the Command Senior Enlisted Leader, his primary responsibility is to advise the Sector Commander and all personnel attached within the Sector Corpus Christi AOR, on matters impacting the workforce and their families. Most recently, Master Chief Burgrabe, served as the Officer in Charge of CGC CLAMP, homeported in Galveston, TX where his primary mission was to service and build aids to navigation throughout the Houston Ship Channel and adjacent waterways.

Master Chief Burgrabe’s previous assignments include Officer in Charge, Aids to Navigation Team, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Officer in Charge, Aids to Navigation Team, Eufaula, AL; Operations Petty Officer, CGC ALDER, Duluth, MN; Operations Petty Officer, Aids to Navigation Team New York, Bayonne, NJ; First Lieutenant, CGC SEAHAWK, Carrabelle, FL; Deck Seaman, CGC SHERMAN, Alameda, CA.

Master Chief Burgrabe is a graduate of the Senior Enlisted Leadership Course (SELC), Class 93, where he earned the Cesar Romero Exceptional Shipmate award and the Chief Petty Officer’s Academy, Class 242, where he earned the Spirit of the Chief Award. He is also a graduate of various service schools including multiple National Aids to Navigation (NATON) schools, Boat Forces Command Cadre School, and Prospective Commanding Officer/Executive Officer (PCO/PXO) Afloat School, Class 01-19, where he earned the Newcomb Award.

Originally from Herrin, Illinois, Master Chief Burgrabe enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in September 2004. His personal awards include five Commendation Medals, two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, and three Coast Guard Letters of Commendation Ribbons, all with the operational distinguishing device. In addition to various other personal and unit level awards, he wears the Officer in Charge Afloat and Ashore devices for Aids to Navigation Specialties, and the Permanent Cutterman and Coxswain Insignias.