Rear Admiral Bob Little
Commander, Coast Guard Cyber Command
Bob Little earned a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and received a Master’s of Business Administration from both the College of William and Mary and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College.
Little served on six Coast Guard Cutters, operating in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He commanded a national security cutter supporting the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet operations in the Western Pacific, the Arctic Ocean, and Bering Sea. He also supported the U.S. Southern Command in the Eastern Pacific. Little has led several combined military and law enforcement operations with international partners.
Little has served in onshore staff positions, including Executive Assistant to the Commandant of the Coast Guard. He has also served as Chief of Maritime Forces for the Coast Guard’s Pacific Area, Special Assistant to the 28th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard, Appropriations Manager in the Office of Resource Management, and Deputy Comptroller at the Coast Guard’s Training Center.
Little served as the Director of Joint Interagency Task Force West, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, before being appointed Commander, Coast Guard Arctic District in July 2025.
In the News…
The Coast Guard Cutter Munro has conducted Operation Frontier Sentinel to monitor two Chinese research ships transiting the Arctic. The vessels are the first from China to enter the exclusive U.S. economic zone and over the U.S. extended continental shelf this year.
The Pentagon stated, “The Coast Guard remains vigilant to ensure their activities comply with established international laws. In particular, conducting marine scientific research within this area would require advance permission from the United States and subsequent sharing of the information collected.“
Rear Admiral Bob Little, U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District commander, said, “Alongside the Department of War, the Department of State, and our international partners, we are actively responding to competitor activities across an increasingly contested Arctic”
