Maine. His seagoing service includes spending five winters patrolling Georges Bank in the Gulf of Maine. and his Ocracoke crew seizing 23 tons of marijuana and 2 tons of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea. Captain Boynton served at the White House as the Director for Global Affairs on the National Security Council staff. coordinating national policy for drug interdiction and migrant smuggling. He was also the senior Coast Guard liaison at the Department of State. coordinating intemnational Coast Guard operations with the diplomatic community. He served as the Chief of Intelligence on a multiagency drug task force in New York City.