Edward Leo Semler Jr.

Edward Semler is a retired U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant who served over 25 years in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Coast Guard. In the Army he was an enlisted man and obtained the rank of specialist four (E-4). He served with the 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Pelham, Korea on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and the 5th Infantry Division at Fort Polk, Louisiana. While in Korea he deployed for Team Spirit in 1983 and attended the Republic of Korea Ranger School. While at Fort Polk he deployed for REFORGER 1984 in Germany. In the Coast Guard he was an enlisted man obtaining the rank of master chief petty officer (E-9), was commissioned as an officer, and retired as a lieutenant (0-3E). He served at several shore stations and afloat in the Sumac (WLR-311), Seneca (WMEC-906), Tampa (WMEC-902), Eagle (WIX-327), Sherman (WHEC-720), and Dependable (WMEC-626). He commissioned the Seneca and in Eagle he sailed on her summer 1998 cruise. In 1999, as a senior chief petty officer (E-8), he attended the U.S. Air Force senior non-commissioned officers academy. While in the Sherman he was assigned as the main propulsion chief and held the position of command enlisted advisor. He made her historic deployment to the Persian Gulf and circumnavigation of the globe in 2001. In Dependable he served as an officer and assigned as the assistant engineering officer and damage control assistant. While on the "Mighty D" he was involved in numerous multi-million dollar drug busts to include the $274 million dollars in drugs found aboard the M/V Miss Mery Hill. Fully retired he lives in Schulenburg, Texas with his wife Jana, a retired Air Force senior master sergeant. If you would like to contact Ed, he can be reached at mkcm378@gmail.com or check out his website at edsemler.com