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Vince is Director of Community Outreach for Military Advantage, a division of Monster Worldwide and the nation's largest military membership organization, Military.com. In this role he is responsible for executing the company’s grassroots outreach marketing program, oversight of the installation ambassadors program and maintaining a close liaison with contacts at all levels in the military community. In addition he serves as the company's senior program manager overseeing all of Military.com's DoD projects. He joined the organization in September 2002, first serving on the company’s advisory board, then in full time capacity in November 2004.
Vince served as the 8th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard from May 1998 until his retirement from more than 30 years of active service in November 2002. In this position he was the Coast Guard’s senior most enlisted member representing over 45,000 personnel as the principal advisor to the Commandant of the Coast Guard. His illustrious career included staff and operational assignments throughout the country, both afloat and ashore. Among his numerous military awards includes the Distinguished Service Medal, two Meritorious Service Medals, three Coast Guard Commendation Medals and three Coast Guard Achievement Medals. He also earned the ‘Cutterman’s Insignia’ for sea duty recognition, and also is one of the few Coast Guardsmen to have earned the Paratrooper’s ‘Jump Wings’ while serving in a joint service assignment with the U. S. Army’s 82nd Airborne.
He received his doctorate of education degree from American University, a master’s degree in counseling psychology at Loyola University at Chicago, a B.S. in social work from Shaw College and a B.A. in communication from Pacific College. Since retirement from the U. S. Coast Guard he later earned a Master of Theology in Applied Religious Studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. His extensive military education includes the Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, U. S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, and the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Academy. He is a member of the National Defense Intelligence College Board of Visitors, and serves on the editorial advisory board of the U. S. Naval Institute as well as a board positions on number of nonprofit organizations. He is also an ordained Unitarian minister.
Vince served as the 8th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard from May 1998 until his retirement from more than 30 years of active service in November 2002. In this position he was the Coast Guard’s senior most enlisted member representing over 45,000 personnel as the principal advisor to the Commandant of the Coast Guard. His illustrious career included staff and operational assignments throughout the country, both afloat and ashore. Among his numerous military awards includes the Distinguished Service Medal, two Meritorious Service Medals, three Coast Guard Commendation Medals and three Coast Guard Achievement Medals. He also earned the ‘Cutterman’s Insignia’ for sea duty recognition, and also is one of the few Coast Guardsmen to have earned the Paratrooper’s ‘Jump Wings’ while serving in a joint service assignment with the U. S. Army’s 82nd Airborne.
He received his doctorate of education degree from American University, a master’s degree in counseling psychology at Loyola University at Chicago, a B.S. in social work from Shaw College and a B.A. in communication from Pacific College. Since retirement from the U. S. Coast Guard he later earned a Master of Theology in Applied Religious Studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. His extensive military education includes the Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, U. S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, and the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Academy. He is a member of the National Defense Intelligence College Board of Visitors, and serves on the editorial advisory board of the U. S. Naval Institute as well as a board positions on number of nonprofit organizations. He is also an ordained Unitarian minister.
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