Episode 58: Thad Allen - 23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard (Ret.)

They Had to Go Out

23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard Thad Allen (Ret.) talks being trapped by fire in the radio room of his first cutter, responding to his first mass casualty event when a plane went down in the Florida Everglades, a surf rescue in blizzard conditions off the New Jersey coast, playing a leading role in the national response to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, and the leadership lessons he considers most important for those who now serve. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theyhadtogoout/support