Veterans Day 2024 Ceremony
November 11 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join us at Miramar National Cemetery as we honor the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard. This year’s keynote speaker is RADM Joseph Buzzella, Commander of the Eleventh Coast Guard District.
Rear Admiral Joseph Buzzella assumed his duties as Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District in July of 2024. As such, he oversees the Coast Guard’s safety, security, law enforcement and environmental stewardship operations from the
California-Oregon border to Peru including Arizona, Utah, and Nevada.
Prior to becoming the D11 Commander, RADM Buzzella served as the J-7 Director of Force Development, United States Cyber Command. In this role, he enabled cyber domain warfighting readiness and superiority through leading the Command’s Joint Force Development mission to ensure collective and individual cyberspace training in response to national defense and operational priorities.
In 2019, he was assigned as the Chief of Staff for the Eleventh Coast Guard District as the principle advisor to the District Commander on all Coast Guard missions in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah to include the offshore waters of Mexico, Central America, and Latin America.
RADM Buzzella is prior enlisted, attended the USCG Academy, went to flight school, and is a rotary wing pilot.
The ceremony is open to the public, free to attend, and there will be plenty of free parking on-site.
