Dennis Travis

professional precise dutiful

Dennis Travis commands Coast Guard operations and co-authors urgent reports on natural disasters with USGS experts like David Elsin. He details the Battletree Lake glacial outburst—a 300-foot-wide surge of ice, water, and rock that floods Kachadee—for White House briefing by Josh Lyman. This positions Travis as a key link in federal crisis response, delivering precise geological and hydrological data that shifts senior staff priorities from policy debates to evacuation and international aid coordination.

3 appearances

U.S. Coast Guard disaster monitoring

Dennis Travis's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

3 moments

S4E18 · Privateers

Kachadee Outburst — Leo Briefed on a Melting Glacier

Not onstage; presented as urgent operational actor whose capabilities must be coordinated.

Commander Dennis Travis is cited as the Coast Guard co-reporter; his operational role is the implied provider of rescue and evacuation capability referenced by Josh.

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S4E18 · Privateers

From Melting Glacier to Media Triage

Not present; his cited role conveys urgency and practical rescue authority driving calls for airborne assets.

Commander Dennis Travis is named alongside USGS as a Coast Guard source; his operational co-report gives the briefing military and rescue credibility though he is off-stage.

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S4E18 · Privateers

Pirates, Privateers, and the DAR Distraction

Not present; inferred operational gravity conveyed through the briefing's tone.

Commander Dennis Travis is cited as co-reporting with the USGS; his operational authority frames the outburst as an active emergency requiring coordinated rescue.

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Affiliation

United States Coast Guard

Maritime Search and Rescue, Coastal Interdiction, and Federal Maritime Law Enforcement