Corey Braddock
Homeland and National Security Thought Leader
Specialties & Interests
NATIONAL SECURITY
The nation’s security depends on diplomatic clout, informational supremacy, military might, and economic efficiency. Tackling such challenges requires innovative and cross-functionally connected thought leaders.
EDUCATION
Protecting the nation’s homeland requires Presidential, Congressional, and citizen-level advocacy. My goal is to promote an understanding of resource prioritization, threat analysis, and program implementation at all levels of government.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Recruiting tomorrow’s homeland security leaders demands active engagement. I am passionate about publicly promoting homeland security professionals, praising their service to the nation, and leading others to serve.
ABOUT
Captain (Select) Corey Braddock is a 27-year veteran of the U.S. military—19 years with the Coast Guard (CG) and 8 with the Army.
Corey currently serves as a National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, where he is focused on the national security enterprise and foreign policy implementation. Prior to the Hoover, Corey was second-in-command for CG Air Station San Francisco—a military unit that provided search and rescue, law enforcement, and maritime security for 70% of California’s coastline and 3 of the nation’s busiest maritime ports. Operationally, Corey’s CG career included assignments in Savannah, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida; and Detroit, Michigan. He also completed a tour at CG Headquarters where he oversaw Executive and Congressional-level advocacy for the Service’s $6 billion human resources portfolio. Having 4,000 hours piloting military aircraft, Corey is a helicopter instructor pilot, flight examiner, and maintenance test pilot.
Prior to his CG service, Corey flew the UH-60 Blackhawk and led troops in the United States Army. In the Republic of Korea, he was an operational planner for a 2,500-soldier aviation brigade and the Commanding Officer of a helicopter company. Stateside, he trained National Guard and Reserve units for combat operations and led an aviation platoon.
Corey graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and complemented that education with a Master of Business Administration Degree and a Master of Public Administration Degree. The latter from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
CHDS AFFILIATION
- Executive Leaders Program Alum
- Ellen Gordon Award winner
HIGHLIGHTS
Q&A: Commander Corey Braddock (US Coast Guard), National Security Affairs Fellow
Commander Corey Braddock represents the US Coast Guard as a Hoover Institution National Security Affairs Fellow for the academic year 2022–23.
Briefing paper on Federal Budget Policy
Corey wrote this research paper while a student at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. More specifically, the research was conducted/published while enrolled in a Harvard Law School course (Federal Budget Policy) and under the guidance of Professor Howell E. Jackson. Corey aimed to highlight the complexity and nuances of budgeting for homeland security.