Former USCG Admiral Thad Allen is a transformational leader in the history of the service, a rock through thick and thin. Today he talks about resource allocation, risk management and homeland ...

On Thursday, reports surfaced that BP may have accidentally plugged its nightmare Gulf of Mexico well from the bottom, thus eliminating the need to complete the drilling of a relief well to inject ...

Two months after stepping down as national incident commander, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen recalled a conversation with President Barack Obama about whether there were enough resources in the ...

Allen said there are “anomalies” much closer to the wellhead, including some leakage in the “capping stack” that’s keeping the gusher contained, and bubbles around the base of the well’s blowout ...

The most valuable words I ever heard about leadership were provided by retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, whom I met in 2010 at RAND’s Washington, D.C., offices. He’s best known for bringing ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Thad Allen, the national incident commander of the Unified Command for the ...

“Legal experts said bringing a civil case against BP for violating the federal Clean Water Act could be relatively straight-forward. But to bring a successful criminal case, the government must ...

The White House said Jan. 19 that President Bush has chosen Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen, who entered the spotlight to take over federal hurricane-response efforts after FEMA was relieved, to be ...

Well, the powers that be have declared Part One is over, with the end of Deepwater Horizon Response to now former National Incident Commander Thad Allen's stepping away from his role overseeing the BP ...

Last month Maritime Reporter & Engineering News was invited to join Admiral Karl Schultz, the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, on a trek to New Orleans for an underway tour on board a ...