USCGC KIMBALL
(WMSL 756)

Captain Allen commands the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball, a National Security Cutter homeported in Honolulu Hawaii. He served  in  six  previous  afloat  assignments,  including Commanding Officer of cutters Steadfast, (Astoria, OR). William Flores (Miami, FL) and Baranof (Manama, Bahrain), Executive Officer of cutters Waesche (Alameda, CA) and Tornado (Pascagoula, MS), and Assistant Operations officer of cutter Venturous (St. Petersburg, FL).

Over the course of his seagoing career, Captain Allen has led law enforcement, search-and-rescue, security cooperation, and national defense missions across a vast area that includes the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Guinea, and Caribbean Sea. 

Ashore, Allen’s most recent assignment was Chief of Emerging Policy for the Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Operations. In that role, he led a team of strategic analysts who developed, synchronized, and articulated emerging Service-wide strategy and policy initiatives, including oversight of the Coast Guard’s strategic foresight program, Project Evergreen. Allen has also served as an action officer in the Coast Guard’s Office of Counterterrorism and Defense Operations, and as a nautical science instructor at the US Coast Guard Academy.

Captain Allen holds a Bachelor of Science in Government from the US Coast Guard Academy, a Master of Military Studies from the US Marine Corps Command and Staff College and completed a yearlong National Security Fellowship at Harvard University. He has authored several articles for various professional publications and is co-author of the 9^th Edition of Farwell’s Rules of the Nautical Road. He currently serves as a member of the US Naval Institute Editorial Board.

A Pacific Northwest native, Captain Allen is married to the former Christina Henry from Highland, New York. Together they have three teenage children: Alexandra (15), and twins Brooke and Connor (13).

Commander Eric Quigley reported to USCGC KIMBALL (WMSL 756) as Executive Officer in May 2024 after completing a two-year assignment as the Executive Assistant to the Director of Governmental and Public Affairs (CG-092) at Coast Guard Headquarters where he provided support to the Director in the executive management of enterprise-wide policy, guidance, and program management for Public Affairs, Congressional Affairs, Governmental and Tribal Affairs, External Outreach, and Coast Guard Heritage.

Commander Quigley is a career Cutterman with previous shipboard assignments as Deck Watch Officer aboard USCGC DAUNTLESS (WMEC 624) in Galveston, TX, Executive Officer aboard USCGC GALVESTON ISLAND (WPB 1349) in Honolulu, HI, Executive Officer aboard USCGC WILLOW (WLB 202) in Newport, RI, and Commanding Officer of USCGC MOBILE BAY (WTGB 103 & CGB 12002) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, where he led a crew of 30 responsible for servicing over 100 Aids to Navigation in Lake Michigan and conducting domestic icebreaking operations and law enforcement operations throughout the Great Lakes.

Commander Quigley’s other Headquarters assignments include the Deputy for Living Marine Resources Enforcement Policy Division in the Office of Maritime Law Enforcement overseeing the execution the Coast Guard’s domestic and international fisheries enforcement missions and the Aids to Navigation and Icebreaker Platform Sponsor in the Office of Cutter Forces in Washington, D.C.

Commander Quigley, a native of Green Bay, WI, graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT in 2006, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management. He attended the University of North Carolina Wilmington and earned a Master of Science Degree in Coastal and Ocean Policy in 2016.

Senior Chief Machinery Technician Nathan Petrowski reported to Coast Guard Cutter KIMBALL July 2025. Appointed as the Senior Enlisted Leader in December 2025, MKCS is a prominent member of the KIMBALL Command Cadre and a principal enlisted partner in the exercise of command.  As SEL, it is a primary responsibility to maintain direct communications with the Commanding Officer to keep informed for crew achievements and concerns and advise on courses of action to maintain a proper balance of operations, readiness, training, crew and family needs, morale, and good order and discipline.

Prior to reporting aboard KIMBALL, Senior Chief Petrowski completed a three year tour from 2022-2025 at CG Station Oak Island, NC. Senior Chief Petrowski was assigned as the Engineer Petty Officer.

Senior Chief Petrowski is a native of Adrian, MI and enlisted in the Coast Guard in fall of 2011. He was first assigned to CGC Mobile Bay located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin as a Fireman Apprentice. Senior Chief Petrowski struck the rate of Machinery Technician in his first year aboard and ultimately advanced to MK2 by the end of a 3.5 year tour in 2015. Senior Chief Petrowski subsequently was assigned to CG Station Charleston where he advanced to MK1 in 2018. By 2021, he advanced to Chief while serving as EPO of ANT Saginaw River.

Senior Chief Petrowski has attended numerous schools surrounding both his personal and professional life. Senior Chief Petrowski has extended his education over the course of 8 years; receiving an Associate of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. Additionally, Senior Chief Petrowski is a USCG licensed 100 Gross Registered Tonnage Master. Senior Chief Petrowski’s military schools include Leaders 360 (Air Force), Boat Forces Command Cadre, Chief Petty Officer Academy, and the Marine Mechanics Institute.

Senior Chief Petrowski’s awards include three Coast Guard Commendation Medals, one Coast Guard Achievement Medal, four Commandant Letters of Commendation, one Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal and numerous other personal and unit awards.

Senior Chief Petrowski is married to Kasey Petrowski who obtained a Master of Science in Management and Leadership in 2020. She is currently Director of Strategic Initiatives at Freeman Inc. Additionally, Kasey is an certified Professional Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Together, they have one daughter named Amelia who is Seven years old. Amelia attends Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, HI focusing on Arts and Sciences.