Retired Washington Army National Guard Lt. Col. Doug Mayne will become the vice director of Hawaii State Civil Defense in March, the state announced last week.

He will succeed Ed Teixeira, vice director since 2000, who resigned in October.

Mayne, who lives in Olympia, Wash., retired from the Washington National Guard in 2008. He then took the post of federal coordinating officer for the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency Region X, where he led responses to seven disasters in six states during the past four years.

In his new position, Mayne will report directly to Maj. Gen. Darryll Wong, state adjutant general and director of state Civil Defense.

Mayne worked with the Hawaii Joint Force headquarters staff in 2007 during the annual Makani Pahili disaster response exercise.