William R. Kelly, CAPT
Coast Guard Service Advisor
Military Professor
Special Advisor - Coast Guard/NSDM
Profile
Captain William R. Kelly, U.S. Coast Guard, serves as the Coast Guard Service Advisor to the Naval War College where he is the primary subject matter expert to the Naval War College community on all aspects of Coast Guard capabilities, authorities, policies and strategic vision.
Additionally, he joined the NSDM staff in July 2009 and currently teaches the Senior Leadership Seminar (SLS) and Leading Organizations Effectively (LOE). He graduated from Coast Guard Officer Candidate School, in Yorktown, Virginia and received his commission in 1987. CAPT Kelly holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Fairliegh Dickinson University, in Rutherford, NJ and a Master of Arts degree from the Naval War College, Newport, RI. He has served in a variety of operational and command staff positions across the full range of Coast Guard mission areas and specializes in Cutter operations, Maritime Law Enforcement (LE) and Search and Rescue (SAR).