WEBVTT 00:04.040 --> 00:12.530 Mm. Well good morning shirt may wish. 00:13.850 --> 00:16.670 Island yes rollercoaster men and women. 00:17.430 --> 00:20.300 Friends of the coastguard ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 00:20.300 --> 00:22.840 twenty thirteen state of the coast guard address presented by 00:22.840 --> 00:26.340 uh-huh barcap the twenty fourth domino United States. Coast guard. 00:27.420 --> 00:30.070 Thank you for joining us today for this important events. 00:30.770 --> 00:33.180 I'm rabbit steve born the goes grows director of governmental 00:33.180 --> 00:36.270 and public affairs and I'll be and seeing this morning's address. 00:37.170 --> 00:39.970 I would ask first it if you have a self-harm plea silence or 00:39.970 --> 00:41.610 for the duration of the address a few word. 00:43.040 --> 00:46.900 Or secondly I would also is that you are not leave the auditorium 00:46.900 --> 00:49.240 during the address unless of course as an. Emergency. 00:51.650 --> 00:54.450 When we also ask you first to join me in a round of applause 00:54.510 --> 00:57.230 for the goes are bans brass quintet. S.. S. 00:57.770 --> 01:11.570 S. The set of those burdens or as as an in your will ben the 01:11.570 --> 01:15.440 dates back to nineteen seventy five and this is a new venue for 01:15.440 --> 01:16.280 the amount the sheer. 01:17.240 --> 01:20.500 And would more than six hundred attendee is you're part of a 01:20.500 --> 01:21.310 record krakow. 01:22.760 --> 01:23.890 And we have that mod tap. 01:24.770 --> 01:28.860 But also like if they'd Portman near a for allowing us to use 01:28.860 --> 01:29.430 as venue. 01:30.300 --> 01:34.070 And also the national to france universally for a host in the. Address. 01:36.220 --> 01:39.250 Now she is very apps rely but there were men now she very out 01:39.250 --> 01:40.100 of the coast guard. 01:40.780 --> 01:43.770 Well formally introduced the common aren't so without further ado. 01:43.770 --> 01:45.500 If I'm introduce mesh. You've won it. 01:46.980 --> 14:17.240 S. S. 14:18.820 --> 14:19.920 After the rescues. 14:20.510 --> 14:23.530 And the re constitution of our own muninzwa commands. Our first 14:23.530 --> 14:26.760 job was to work with industry and our state and local partners 14:26.760 --> 14:31.020 to reopen the port and reestablish marine them. Read transportation system. 14:32.000 --> 14:35.270 Which protocol to get the commerce flowing again as soon as possible. 14:35.870 --> 14:36.770 Specially for your. 14:37.940 --> 14:42.630 Shadowy over appliance home heating oil and gas selling for filling stations. 14:43.730 --> 14:46.970 Commander let's just Burgess let our marine transportation system. 14:46.970 --> 14:48.820 Rick card where you know. Yeah matter for. 14:49.830 --> 14:51.580 Working and nationally with no power. 14:52.210 --> 14:57.180 No computers no phones and very limited sell covered. They worked wonders. 14:57.960 --> 15:01.190 They surveyed vital shipping jails a value weighted affected 15:01.190 --> 15:05.680 waterfront facilities and through preparation inter agency communication. 15:06.410 --> 15:09.130 And tireless efforts they were able to get the ships and barges 15:09.130 --> 15:12.600 flowing with less than thirty six hours to enable the port to 15:12.600 --> 15:14.560 resume few one cargo distribution. 15:15.930 --> 15:18.560 Our Atlantic strike team deployed to the new york by an area. 15:19.150 --> 15:21.960 They were brought then after the storm surge flooding. The Brooklyn 15:21.960 --> 15:25.890 battery Tamil. So I'll bring them Sever in that vital transportation 15:25.890 --> 15:26.940 artery into the city. 15:27.980 --> 15:31.230 Finding the existing upwards to D water and open the tile slow 15:31.230 --> 15:35.520 and ineffective chief damage control Mun broke go bowl and let 15:35.520 --> 15:38.670 a team of thirty strike team members to build an employee and 15:38.670 --> 15:42.590 an innovative system up pops capable of pumping water separate 15:42.590 --> 15:46.230 stories straight up through the book perked one battery ventilation shaft. 15:47.060 --> 15:49.980 Working around the clock achieve bollen and his team park over 15:49.980 --> 15:52.780 thirty million gallons of water from the time when we stored 15:52.780 --> 15:55.800 are crucial access point to a city of eight million people. 15:57.760 --> 16:02.770 Of our success was in part due are modernized mission support structure. 16:03.620 --> 16:06.250 Perhaps the most important element of that mission support is 16:06.250 --> 16:10.860 the new director of operational logistics the dr. Well or the 16:10.860 --> 16:12.200 dollars we like to call them. 16:13.290 --> 16:17.060 The doll actively managed all mission support response resources 16:17.300 --> 16:20.430 and directed the aperture vms that recovery office in new york 16:20.880 --> 16:24.330 as well as for thirty eight shepherd deployable support elements 16:24.330 --> 16:25.670 that we sent throughout the region. 16:26.730 --> 16:30.070 For the first time this entire support organization was placed 16:30.070 --> 16:32.810 under the operational control of the Atlantic area commander. 16:33.360 --> 16:36.850 Providing for a sweater and more decisive action. Then we hadn't 16:36.850 --> 16:38.010 pass support efforts. 16:39.530 --> 16:42.710 Electronics technician first class christopher hayes always part 16:42.710 --> 16:43.680 of that mission support. 16:44.440 --> 16:47.390 A member of our coastguard reserve. He was activated assumes 16:47.420 --> 16:50.020 the threat posed by hurricane sandy became clear. 16:50.960 --> 16:52.830 He set up godzilla regenerate of power. 16:53.600 --> 16:56.860 He designated alternate satelliting network connections restoring 16:56.860 --> 16:59.990 protocol electronic navigation and communication systems. 17:01.290 --> 17:05.010 All this work was done despite. The fact that song many of our 17:05.010 --> 17:07.780 local coast guardsmen and their families raw. So impacted by 17:07.780 --> 17:08.230 the storm. 17:09.160 --> 17:12.470 Over two hundred service members and their families were displaced 17:12.470 --> 17:15.790 by hurricane sandy in the new york and new jersey area on long. 17:16.670 --> 17:19.850 Unison other areas where a fact that as well. Yeah narcos garvin 17:20.000 --> 17:24.070 performed their duties and demonstrated the real meaning of selfless service. 17:25.010 --> 17:26.510 But we all sort of here are wrong. 17:27.530 --> 17:31.240 This case he van hives known as the volunteer ombudsman and sector 17:31.240 --> 17:31.640 new york. 17:32.590 --> 17:36.420 She used every tool available to support our families filling 17:36.420 --> 17:39.010 to vacant housing units with donated goods. 17:39.600 --> 17:43.130 She organize other volunteers to soar in inventory and worked 17:43.130 --> 17:46.840 with the local spouses association to pack up the donating goods 17:47.130 --> 17:49.360 and to deliver them to the people who were in need. 17:50.840 --> 17:53.740 And our volunteer Co star seller a stance of the call as well. 17:54.680 --> 17:57.600 I'll tiller as doug do more line reported to station stand you've 17:57.600 --> 17:59.190 up immediately after the storm. 18:00.070 --> 18:03.300 He and his prose stirred the walks at the stations entrance in 18:03.300 --> 18:05.810 the window and the polled for over three weeks. 18:06.420 --> 18:08.930 And than they lead a team of our solar as to begin repairing. 18:08.930 --> 18:12.210 The storm damage to help the station return the normal operations. 18:12.600 --> 18:15.990 He has over four thousand hours while want Journal becomes clear. 18:17.410 --> 18:20.830 Odds orders to line and the others I mentioned commander stirred. 18:20.830 --> 18:25.510 He's seen achieved would pair cheap bollen. Petty are. So hobble. 18:26.060 --> 18:29.490 Petty OS are hazel mister while our and this ban highs and are 18:29.490 --> 18:32.480 all here with us and I'd ask you all just please stand up and 18:32.480 --> 18:34.210 be recognized by the audience here today. 18:35.360 --> 18:41.790 S S. It.. Uh-Huh. 18:43.190 --> 19:00.870 Uh-huh. The Uh-huh. 19:01.440 --> 19:06.630 Mm. As he never smiles when he re would be our job and out of 19:06.630 --> 19:07.320 a helicopter. 19:08.570 --> 19:09.460 Good to have you know here. 19:10.920 --> 19:12.790 So that's the source of my compliments. 19:13.310 --> 19:14.760 It's art coastguard men and women. 19:15.460 --> 19:19.180 And then that tragedy of hurricane sandy. We saw all the best 19:19.180 --> 19:19.940 of our those here. 19:20.760 --> 19:24.490 All the elements of our service came together and worked as a 19:24.490 --> 19:25.240 single team. 19:26.010 --> 19:27.120 And that's what we do best. 19:28.880 --> 19:31.750 My first data the coastguard address just over two years ago. 19:32.440 --> 19:34.670 I told you were going to take affects on our position. 19:35.620 --> 19:38.870 Based on the had fairness. I said I want my comrades direction. 19:39.410 --> 19:41.680 Setting a course that would study the service. 19:42.250 --> 19:43.390 On our our profession. 19:43.900 --> 19:47.670 Strengthening our partnerships and on and respect our shipmates. 19:48.060 --> 19:50.190 While focusing on four priorities. 19:51.010 --> 19:52.750 Shtick sustaining measure next once. 19:53.440 --> 19:55.530 Recapitalising and building the passerby. 19:56.130 --> 19:59.330 Enhancing crisis resource back response and management. 19:59.900 --> 20:01.130 And preparing for the future. 20:02.410 --> 20:05.800 And by so I guess data the goes go address. I told you that while 20:05.800 --> 20:09.700 we were can tell you why aren't horse worth navigating an uncertain 20:09.700 --> 20:10.690 and stormy seas. 20:11.620 --> 20:14.890 Our nation was making difficult but necessary decisions to enable 20:14.890 --> 20:15.910 us to cut the deficit. 20:16.470 --> 20:18.050 And to put our fiscal house in order. 20:18.860 --> 20:20.530 And they're reality still in service. 20:21.430 --> 20:22.720 And you were you look in the media. 20:23.360 --> 20:25.860 You'll see that we continue to maneuver and I was uncertain a 20:25.860 --> 20:30.060 stormy seas and they mayberry Wall get worse before they obeyed. 20:30.920 --> 20:33.740 But one thing i've learned is that you can change the weather. 20:34.460 --> 20:35.520 You can only adaptive that. 20:37.280 --> 20:39.170 So far we have tapping as a service. 20:39.940 --> 20:41.520 What is the state of our there was there. 20:42.730 --> 20:45.890 Well thanks to the incredible efforts of our people we've made 20:45.890 --> 20:48.470 great progress despite the challenges we faced. 20:49.750 --> 20:53.320 Today I'm release you my comma not situation report or said graham. 20:54.140 --> 20:55.260 I encourage Allah rita. 20:55.970 --> 20:59.370 The said rep reports in detail on the work we've done our services 20:59.370 --> 21:03.250 priorities and our jack tinge from the common us direction and 21:03.250 --> 21:05.920 the key work that remains on. The course of heard. 21:08.040 --> 21:11.720 And as we move forward on that work proficiency must remain are 21:11.720 --> 21:12.510 in during anchor. 21:13.500 --> 21:14.720 Proficiency and craft. 21:15.500 --> 21:16.660 Proficiency and leadership. 21:17.360 --> 21:18.440 When does a point and there should have. 21:19.330 --> 21:22.790 We must master leads to read names and the resin or short cut. 21:23.460 --> 21:26.030 And a service where we have all the lives of our shipmates and 21:26.030 --> 21:30.770 our hands and other S are standard must be and here's excellence. 21:31.670 --> 21:33.390 Proficiency has five parts. 21:34.130 --> 21:38.210 The first to all the service is obligation did individual pose guardsmen. 21:39.260 --> 21:41.540 First the service provides training. 21:42.050 --> 21:45.580 Education. Qualification and certification. 21:46.350 --> 21:51.130 Next once qualified. We provide advance knowledge experience 21:51.260 --> 21:51.960 and season. 21:52.910 --> 21:55.090 Now I will continue to provide these torpedo. 21:55.770 --> 21:58.460 But I mean coming increasingly concerned that shrinking budgets 21:58.460 --> 22:00.710 it impact that our ability to hold courses. 22:01.370 --> 22:05.000 To pay for travel and training and provide the extra bold hours 22:05.000 --> 22:08.880 and aircraft hours that we must continuously used as we seek 22:08.880 --> 22:11.970 smarter and more innovative and more economical ways to provide 22:11.970 --> 22:12.920 these experiences. 22:13.580 --> 22:16.830 Our people deserve it and our service to the public the man's it. 22:18.470 --> 22:21.640 The other three elements of proficiency we own as individuals 22:22.110 --> 22:25.420 each of us is duty-bound to perform these elements ourselves. 22:25.940 --> 22:29.630 For the good of the nation. Are service and for our shipmates. 22:30.410 --> 22:34.850 The first of these three yourself as a point and voluntary appearance 22:34.980 --> 22:36.880 to a set of rules or standards. 22:37.670 --> 22:41.550 The next is a stain drive to achieve higher levels of excellence. 22:42.170 --> 22:46.390 And finally the continuous purse shrewd of mastery of craft. 22:47.650 --> 22:48.620 And what does that look like. 22:49.970 --> 22:53.560 Yc here today and the front row. Well arcane sandy goes guardsmen 22:53.960 --> 22:55.630 who strive for mastery of crap. 22:56.650 --> 22:59.190 There are actions also demonstrate discipline the notion of. 22:59.840 --> 23:03.790 The ability to improvise in innovate. While balancing risk versus benefit. 23:04.210 --> 23:06.260 Another rendering anchor of our. Service. 23:08.600 --> 23:11.380 Wide told you about our efforts and hard teen sandy and about 23:11.380 --> 23:14.600 the success of our reorganization the sectors and the creation 23:14.600 --> 23:17.930 of the dial and the mission support organization. Let me highlight 23:18.170 --> 23:19.480 to other areas for you. 23:20.280 --> 23:23.330 Sustaining mission excellence remains our highest priority. 23:23.940 --> 23:27.460 In keeping with that priority we continue to make significant progress. 23:27.460 --> 23:31.160 Integrating are deplorable specialized coarsens or ds south. 23:32.020 --> 23:35.590 And you are sure based force as a maritime patrol forces to form 23:35.590 --> 23:39.210 once referred to and publication three point. Oh as the maritime 23:39.210 --> 23:40.450 tried and of forces. 23:41.270 --> 23:44.200 But two years ago. I directed a stem to stern review of these 23:44.200 --> 23:48.440 deployable force us to build and sustain at them as a more profession 23:48.470 --> 23:50.280 and permanent component of that tribe. 23:51.340 --> 23:54.180 As the coastguard expanded to deploy will force was after the 23:54.180 --> 23:58.060 terrorist attacks on nine eleven the deployable operations group 23:58.090 --> 24:03.130 or the dog was created to fully develop those forces and improve proficiency. 24:04.010 --> 24:07.220 I am profile clean proud of the leadership of the deployable 24:07.220 --> 24:10.340 operations group commanders and staff over the past six years 24:10.560 --> 24:11.630 conducting this mission. 24:12.210 --> 24:16.110 Because of their work. We have an incredibly capable force and 24:16.110 --> 24:19.100 we're now ready to involve the way that we organise train and 24:19.100 --> 24:22.340 operate the ds have within our new budget realities. 24:23.790 --> 24:26.850 We will shift from a and they controlled Wall deployable specialised 24:26.850 --> 24:29.840 force as to the senior operational commanders at the area level. 24:30.710 --> 24:33.240 This will fully integrate them with a sure based force was in 24:33.240 --> 24:36.750 the maritime patrol force was and the shake realization enforcers 24:36.750 --> 24:39.910 reminds us that we are one postcard one. Service. 24:41.900 --> 24:44.890 We're also continuing to build our on our preparations to meet 24:44.890 --> 24:47.360 the challenges of the growing responsibilities in the Arctic. 24:48.420 --> 24:51.500 We recently completed a Arctic shield two thousand twelve. 24:52.010 --> 24:55.330 I'm not a month in a rage you see operation consisting of out 24:55.330 --> 24:59.720 reach operations assessment capabilities including the deployment 24:59.720 --> 25:03.330 of a national security cutter and to warmer auction going pace. 25:03.500 --> 25:04.690 Capable bluey tankers. 25:05.460 --> 25:08.480 We also searched you helicopters three hundred miles above the 25:08.480 --> 25:09.160 Arctic circle. 25:10.330 --> 25:13.580 Now given the lack of short infrastructure in the remote reaches 25:13.580 --> 25:18.460 of the Arctic our national security cutter provided us with offshore infrastructure. 25:19.380 --> 25:23.320 He's Peter's care in the supply is needed use just for sustained presence. 25:23.780 --> 25:27.330 They kerry emarketer small boats and helicopters and they conduct 25:27.330 --> 25:31.020 a whole range of coastguard missions and they provide a robust 25:31.020 --> 25:34.330 we'd of communications capabilities. That's white one reason 25:34.330 --> 25:36.700 why I am committed to the completion of the national security 25:36.700 --> 25:37.300 cutter for you. 25:38.130 --> 25:38.850 It's our. 25:39.840 --> 25:43.870 Credit goal requirement to me our ability use and expanding missions 25:43.870 --> 25:44.360 and the Arctic. 25:45.590 --> 25:48.520 Our next priority is to assure we have the Carter's boats and 25:48.560 --> 25:51.920 aircraft and infrastructure necessary to conduct our missions 25:52.410 --> 25:54.770 recapitalising and building capacity. 25:55.800 --> 25:59.640 Now now comma not is ever are satisfied with the pace of recapitalization. 26:00.320 --> 26:03.140 With considering the budget reality is that we've been facing 26:03.200 --> 26:04.490 we've been doing pretty darn good. 26:05.370 --> 26:08.150 We're tremendous support from secretary nepal tot our in our 26:08.150 --> 26:11.730 lectern officials we've made significant pras progress and the 26:11.730 --> 26:13.600 recap illustration of our aging fleet. 26:14.430 --> 26:17.230 Over the last year. I was honored timber side of the commissioning 26:17.230 --> 26:20.790 of the first three wrist fast response batters and we commission 26:20.790 --> 26:24.460 the for it's just a week ago our fear will be delivered next month. 26:24.740 --> 26:28.490 It more are currently in production and five more on the. Contract. 26:30.650 --> 26:33.120 We're also working to replace our medium endurance gutters. 26:33.760 --> 26:36.910 We had a very strong response to our request for proposal for 26:36.910 --> 26:38.140 the offshore patrol better. 26:38.690 --> 26:41.320 And will soon announce three finance for that project. 26:42.070 --> 26:43.690 This work is desperately needed. 26:44.480 --> 26:47.780 RBA men derives gutters are all. Well past their service life. 26:48.700 --> 26:51.110 The first of our two hundred and seventy foot Peter's turned 26:51.110 --> 26:51.930 thirty this morning. 26:52.590 --> 26:55.070 And our own was the mark two hundred and ten foot Carter's will 26:55.070 --> 26:56.630 turn fifty next year. 26:57.290 --> 27:00.610 It's only through the determination the resell yen some are carter 27:00.610 --> 27:04.370 man neighbor wigeon heirs and the modernise mission support system. 27:04.530 --> 27:05.930 But they continue to. Operate. 27:08.150 --> 27:10.170 The state of our high-end there is a better as is now better 27:10.540 --> 27:12.310 and they begin to durant fifty next year. 27:12.990 --> 27:17.390 However we now have their first three replacements the national 27:17.390 --> 27:18.720 security kind of bird toff. 27:19.320 --> 27:20.600 Way she and Strata. 27:21.130 --> 27:22.960 And they're out there doing the nation's work. 27:23.690 --> 27:27.110 They're proving to be amazing ships front in rejecting drug and 27:27.110 --> 27:29.010 migrant smuggling and that you strip a separate. 27:29.600 --> 27:33.380 To providing command and control helicopter and boat capabilities 27:33.630 --> 27:37.000 and most importantly persistent presents and the pacific ocean 27:37.260 --> 27:39.450 and the bearing see as well as the Arctic. 27:41.300 --> 27:44.120 We'll commission our for of national security veteran october 27:44.380 --> 27:47.380 the key Elaine for the fear fantasy will occur and a few short 27:47.380 --> 27:50.550 months and we've awarded the contract for a long lead materials 27:50.550 --> 27:52.030 on an icy number sects. 27:53.270 --> 27:56.470 We just place the one hundred and sixty three spots bob medium 27:56.470 --> 27:59.240 end operation last week it goes Bart station balance. 27:59.790 --> 28:03.410 We completed an overhaul of the cutter polar star returning the 28:03.410 --> 28:06.200 country's only have a ice breaker intact of service. 28:06.750 --> 28:10.510 And today we taken delivery of fork tina martin new aid C forty 28:10.510 --> 28:12.570 for medium range surveillance aircraft. 28:13.320 --> 28:16.750 We have our ninth C thirty J on the contract and we're near a 28:16.750 --> 28:19.980 lake complete whether it's sixty helicopter conversion and we've 28:19.980 --> 28:24.020 begun production on a prototype to for an upgrade tory each sixty 28:24.020 --> 28:24.990 five helicopters. 28:25.610 --> 28:29.170 And these tools are critically important and I thank the secretary 28:29.170 --> 28:32.220 camera liked. It officials were the strong support big goodness 28:32.480 --> 28:36.290 to acquire the boats the Carter's and here grab our coast guardsmen 28:36.290 --> 28:38.320 deserve and our nation needs. 28:40.250 --> 28:43.360 Now in order to fire when properly manage all these assets. 28:43.660 --> 28:46.320 We first tab jury. Sure that our fiscal house is an order. 28:47.100 --> 28:50.960 This was the first year our service out of paul scope auto all 28:50.960 --> 28:54.860 five of our financial statements and we receive the qualified opinion. 28:55.590 --> 28:57.840 They might think qualified opinion. So while. 28:58.360 --> 29:01.470 While war the first of the arms service as that of achieve this 29:01.470 --> 29:05.090 milestone and this effort has placed a significant workload on 29:05.090 --> 29:09.280 the entire goes bar and our store keepers are yo man and our 29:09.280 --> 29:12.740 civilian financial managers in particular have done tremendous work. 29:13.400 --> 29:16.930 Our goal for two thousand thirteen is a clean ardenne and we 29:16.930 --> 29:18.360 well accomplish that goal. 29:20.020 --> 29:23.470 Another big on that first this year is our move it into our new headquarters. 29:24.480 --> 29:28.550 It will be the first time in over two centuries of service that 29:28.550 --> 29:32.210 without a building design and the ground up to be a coast guard headquarters. 29:32.640 --> 29:35.950 It's almost complete and we move in of and a few short months. 29:36.590 --> 29:39.320 I'm happy to have some of our new neighbours here up from and 29:39.320 --> 29:42.990 accosted today the prince balls from eagle academy elementary 29:42.990 --> 29:46.850 school kramer middle school and balloon highschool. Welcome to 29:46.850 --> 29:47.420 all of you. 29:47.990 --> 29:51.040 We've already starting to build up our partner in a dish education 29:51.360 --> 29:54.050 program with these schools and we look forward to being great 29:54.050 --> 29:55.910 neighbors a great partners will all here. 29:57.260 --> 30:00.310 Now I could easily spend our time here today detail line our 30:00.310 --> 30:03.410 full range of efforts and mean an operational accomplishments 30:03.410 --> 30:04.290 over the past year. 30:04.800 --> 30:07.710 As most of you know I never tire talking about the great things 30:07.710 --> 30:08.810 are coastguard balance. 30:09.530 --> 30:12.350 Coastguard men and women of all ways continue to press forward 30:12.350 --> 30:14.410 and provide the services the nation needs. 30:15.360 --> 30:18.780 When storms drive others to safe harbor. That's one we go out. 30:20.060 --> 30:24.100 To rescue those in distress to enforce belong to fight for our nation. 30:24.220 --> 30:25.100 It's what we do. 30:25.760 --> 30:26.900 But it's not a map para. 30:28.800 --> 30:31.220 Yesterday I grab a training center gave main. 30:31.830 --> 30:35.480 To dedicate a building and a memorial honoring paddy OS are made 30:35.480 --> 30:38.880 and brought a bottle killed an operations offer racking two thousand 30:38.880 --> 30:39.370 and four. 30:40.850 --> 30:43.950 Tomorrow I travel aviation training center mobile to dedicate 30:43.950 --> 30:47.440 a memorial to the crewed by the helicopter six five three five. 30:47.990 --> 30:49.730 Which had the commander dale thomas. 30:50.250 --> 30:52.160 Potentially integrate thomas cameron. 30:52.730 --> 30:56.840 Chief petty officer fernando george and petty officer drew nine 30:56.910 --> 30:58.890 were killed on the crash just a year ago. 31:00.290 --> 31:01.030 In this amber. 31:01.580 --> 31:05.300 We observe the manager mark profession as I prevent put as I. 31:06.550 --> 31:10.060 Presided at a memorial service for see huge egos and main terror. 31:10.060 --> 31:13.830 Oh form of for executive petty officer of the coast guard cutter however. 31:14.410 --> 31:17.400 Who was killed while protecting our shores from a legal smuggling. 31:18.970 --> 31:21.560 During afraid our pursuit of the california ghost. 31:22.210 --> 31:25.660 When the cutter helmets small boat was about to be rammed by smugglers. 31:26.210 --> 31:29.460 Senior Jeep a arm who was the boarding ops are of liu forward 31:29.900 --> 31:33.350 to the point of impact and pushed his boat talks and the safety. 31:34.310 --> 31:35.530 He did what leaders though. 31:36.470 --> 31:38.670 You put it just proving forum self. 31:39.290 --> 31:41.320 He gave his life tory ship names. 31:42.680 --> 31:43.370 Few melding. 31:44.370 --> 31:48.300 Kurdish. Leadership why bad is the very soul of our service. 31:49.730 --> 31:52.580 And while speaking at the more more all service perceived. You've worn. 31:53.140 --> 31:55.270 And spending time talking to his parents. 31:55.940 --> 31:57.530 And as wife and as job are in. 31:58.130 --> 32:01.290 It's surge are reinforced my belief that one of our most sacred 32:01.290 --> 32:04.240 duties as leaders is to our people and their families. 32:05.660 --> 32:08.840 Through years ago. I announce that are coastguard family campaign. 32:09.550 --> 32:12.510 We've made great progress on our first duty as leaders taking 32:12.510 --> 32:13.500 care of our people. 32:14.330 --> 32:17.780 Earlier I introduce case you van heighten our ombudsman and sector 32:17.780 --> 32:18.210 new york. 32:18.860 --> 32:22.360 You can see from her rapper talent port this program as tour units. 32:22.950 --> 32:25.720 We continue to make improvements and our ombudsman program. 32:26.230 --> 32:30.100 With a new headquarters program manager. New regional ombudsman 32:30.130 --> 32:32.670 board Nader's working directly for the area commanders. 32:33.290 --> 32:36.740 And the release of new policy that washer every postcard unit 32:36.740 --> 32:39.940 has an ombudsman or access to one for their families. 32:41.130 --> 32:44.770 We continue to enhance and expand opportunities for affordable 32:44.770 --> 32:48.060 and quality child care and ensure that are child development 32:48.060 --> 32:50.660 centers continue to meet the highest national standards. 32:51.410 --> 32:54.500 We're adding new child care providers and space as we're families 32:54.500 --> 32:58.810 can have access to in-home chow care a coast guard only unleashed housing. 32:59.980 --> 33:02.480 And on the subject of housing weren't proving it. 33:03.210 --> 33:06.540 We completed a national housing assessment inventory Co start 33:06.540 --> 33:07.150 own house right. 33:07.810 --> 33:11.230 We assessed availability and suitability of housing and began 33:11.230 --> 33:14.460 to get rid of excess or on suitable housing. So we can devote 33:14.460 --> 33:18.180 our scarce resources to making renovations to our housing in 33:18.180 --> 33:19.570 the regions with the greatest need. 33:20.850 --> 33:23.980 We're changing policies to increase occupancy of coastguard own 33:23.980 --> 33:26.760 housing to better meet the needs of our postcard families. 33:28.250 --> 33:30.080 So let me focus our Co star people. 33:31.560 --> 33:34.430 We're making great strides with a diverse we have our workforce. 33:35.690 --> 33:38.250 If you know our history. You know but the coast guard itself 33:38.300 --> 33:41.560 is built from a mosaic of agencies the blooded together over 33:41.560 --> 33:43.010 time perform our service. 33:43.720 --> 33:47.130 And we're now far more stronger incapable than any of those prior 33:47.130 --> 33:48.750 organizations would a ban on the wrong. 33:49.690 --> 33:51.020 It's the same with our people. 33:51.740 --> 33:54.940 We are stronger and better when we have diverse leave culture. 33:55.560 --> 34:00.080 Experience and viewpoints in those people by perform arm rations. 34:00.790 --> 34:03.830 And more making real progress in realizing that promise. 34:05.050 --> 34:07.860 Thirty seven% of the young men and women who've joined are active 34:07.860 --> 34:11.550 duty ranks this year are under represented minorities and twenty 34:11.550 --> 34:12.710 five% or one. 34:13.530 --> 34:16.070 And these new coastguard matter Wyman or some of the best we've 34:16.070 --> 34:16.710 ever seen. 34:17.510 --> 34:20.530 The armed forces qualification test scores for our new enlisted 34:20.530 --> 34:22.710 members leave the five military service. 34:23.370 --> 34:26.230 And well over half our new members have college experience. 34:26.980 --> 34:29.670 And all of those granted early admission to the coast guard academy 34:29.670 --> 34:33.940 over one third are women over a quarter under represented minorities 34:34.250 --> 34:37.570 and fourteen% of them finish first or second and our high school 34:37.570 --> 34:41.600 class and over one third or in the top five% of their high school plants. 34:42.130 --> 34:44.400 No wonder I'm so optimistic about our future. 34:45.860 --> 34:47.440 But in spite of my optimism. 34:47.990 --> 34:49.040 Problems remain. 34:50.360 --> 34:53.340 While I'm incredibly proud of all the things we've done the key 34:53.340 --> 34:54.440 bar server sound. 34:55.060 --> 34:58.510 We still must eliminate those things that have no part of our 34:58.510 --> 34:59.040 pros care. 35:00.100 --> 35:01.080 Sexual assault. 35:02.110 --> 35:02.690 He's in. 35:03.560 --> 35:04.370 Per ras meant. 35:04.910 --> 35:05.930 Now I Wall of beers. 35:06.840 --> 35:09.980 Or any other activity. That's contrary to our core values. 35:10.770 --> 35:13.050 He's behaviors undermine armor wow. 35:13.720 --> 35:17.040 They degrade our readiness. They damage are gershon performance 35:17.170 --> 35:20.300 and more importantly they break our obligation to one another 35:20.790 --> 35:21.590 and to our nation. 35:22.960 --> 35:25.530 As I told you and shipmates message nineteen. 35:26.150 --> 35:30.050 As coast guardsman we each have a duty to respect our shipmates. 35:30.590 --> 35:31.370 And that duty. 35:31.940 --> 35:33.610 Against with the demands courage. 35:34.830 --> 35:35.970 And we're making progress. 35:36.680 --> 35:39.750 Our sexual assault prevention and response task force completed 35:39.750 --> 35:44.060 a year of work to identify the problems and to propose solutions. 35:44.660 --> 35:47.820 Our sexual assault prevention council will direct implementation 35:47.820 --> 35:51.190 of the task force recommendations and coordinate servers wide 35:51.190 --> 35:54.130 efforts to eliminate sexual assault from our service. 35:55.020 --> 35:57.210 We're emphasizing education and training. 35:57.720 --> 36:01.450 Improving our response capability in victim support network and 36:01.450 --> 36:04.550 ensuring accountability for those who engage in this by want 36:04.550 --> 36:07.380 prime or oppose will allow it to occur. 36:08.090 --> 36:12.580 Remember there are no bystanders and the go spear and I need 36:12.580 --> 36:14.040 all of you to help me with us. 36:14.570 --> 36:18.940 We we all eliminate sexual predators from are matched we will 36:18.940 --> 36:21.800 protect our shipmates and whole predators accountable. 36:22.830 --> 36:26.320 And I reject the assertion of sa max birds that sexual assault 36:26.590 --> 36:29.340 is an unavoidable realm of military service culture. 36:29.860 --> 36:31.400 Locked in my toaster. 36:32.930 --> 36:36.760 We'll also continued to combat the insidious problem of alcohol abuse. 36:37.360 --> 36:40.150 This demands the attention of every member of our service. 36:41.130 --> 36:44.970 We publish new direction for Arce substance-abusing treatment program. 36:45.550 --> 36:49.160 And we're focusing our efforts on early and proactive intervention 36:49.160 --> 36:50.420 for act rest behaviour. 36:51.130 --> 36:54.180 We will intervene early to help those who show signs of alcohol 36:54.180 --> 36:58.370 abuse and will exercise leadership to set the example at all 36:58.370 --> 36:59.460 levels of the coast guard. 37:01.780 --> 37:05.110 It's only by eliminating those things that are inconsistent with 37:05.110 --> 37:09.380 our core values and taking care of our people that will be prepared 37:09.380 --> 37:10.910 to meet the promise of our future. 37:11.470 --> 37:15.580 We must commit ourselves today and every day to prepare for that future. 37:16.970 --> 37:20.330 Now one example of what the future holds can be seen in the emerging 37:20.360 --> 37:23.540 frontier of the Arctic where there's a whole blue ocean appear. 37:24.320 --> 37:27.650 And september we observe the lawless sea ice extent and recorded 37:27.650 --> 37:31.260 history and there are vast areas of open water where they used 37:31.260 --> 37:31.910 to be is. 37:32.790 --> 37:36.610 You cause of this activity in the most remote reaches of alaska. 37:37.460 --> 37:40.870 Activity continues to evolve and grow including plan drilling 37:40.870 --> 37:44.500 operations and the chuck she employ offered sees borrowed tankers 37:44.500 --> 37:47.080 years in the northern shia rich which transit through the Behring 37:47.080 --> 37:50.640 strait and the bearing saying and small crew ships pressing even 37:50.640 --> 37:51.680 further into the are. 37:52.770 --> 37:56.370 As the receding is increasingly gives way to commercial badgers 37:56.640 --> 38:00.740 and here met an economic presence increases. So does the postcards 38:00.740 --> 38:01.720 responsible office. 38:02.400 --> 38:06.500 We must continue to refine our ability to provide and then support 38:06.840 --> 38:08.910 a persistent operational presence. 38:09.420 --> 38:12.460 During periods of increasing activity environmental rest. 38:13.100 --> 38:16.830 Operations in this environment revoir specialize capabilities 38:17.020 --> 38:20.350 and personnel trained and equipped to operate in extreme climates. 38:21.200 --> 38:23.930 I'm pleased to announce that next month. We plan to release the 38:23.930 --> 38:26.420 first comprehensive Co star Arctic strategy. 38:27.040 --> 38:29.750 A strategy will focus on three main priorities. 38:30.380 --> 38:32.670 We're stick improving Arctic awareness. 38:33.260 --> 38:33.870 So I can. 38:34.500 --> 38:39.260 Modernizing governance and then last bribing or. Partnerships. 38:41.180 --> 38:42.400 But at the same time. 38:42.950 --> 38:45.540 We have to balance operations and there's new ocean with our 38:45.540 --> 38:47.340 other mentions and competing priorities. 38:47.960 --> 38:50.440 All of those center resource train can environment. 38:51.980 --> 38:54.770 I told you what I started the day that this was a challenging time. 38:55.540 --> 38:57.620 But it's also a very consequential time. 38:58.460 --> 39:01.760 Our presence both in the Arctic and elsewhere is important. 39:02.330 --> 39:06.150 And as we continued to work in the Arctic as we conduct fisheries 39:06.150 --> 39:10.090 patrols and the vast us exclusive economic zone and enforce the 39:10.090 --> 39:13.940 ban on the high seas drift nets and the pacific as we fight maritime 39:13.940 --> 39:17.800 drug smuggling and human trafficking now as we respond to natural 39:17.800 --> 39:21.200 disasters like hurricane sandy or a bowl water on the Mississippi 39:21.520 --> 39:25.130 and man-made ones like Deepwater horizon and as we ensure their 39:25.130 --> 39:28.500 safe and secure a flow of commerce to roar ports and a long or 39:28.500 --> 39:34.000 anime waterways. We must remember views are not discrete on related actions. 39:35.210 --> 39:38.280 These activities like Waller mentions are much more than the 39:38.280 --> 39:41.390 sum of their parks they define us as one coz here. 39:42.640 --> 39:45.640 Now people are often surprised to hear that the same Co star. 39:45.640 --> 39:48.610 That's rescuing mariner is off the coast of north carolina. 39:49.120 --> 39:53.140 Managing oil spills and the GOP a mexico teaching folding safety 39:53.140 --> 39:53.790 in florida. 39:54.380 --> 39:57.900 And maintaining its navigation along the Mississippi is the same 39:57.930 --> 40:01.530 goes garbage doing joint warnings offer africa or patrolling 40:01.530 --> 40:05.460 the a rave in golf or eternity smugglers off south america or 40:05.460 --> 40:06.810 breaking ice in an arc. 40:08.120 --> 40:11.760 Well that's sense of surprise displays a misunderstanding of 40:11.760 --> 40:14.160 what we do and our value into the country. 40:15.220 --> 40:19.530 Human activity affecting our nation of law for analysts it continues 40:19.530 --> 40:20.180 to expand. 40:21.260 --> 40:24.650 More than ninety five% of global commerce is carried by saying. 40:25.320 --> 40:28.920 Well over one million's seafarers serve on commercial ships and 40:28.920 --> 40:32.740 over two billion passengers board ferries and cruise ships around 40:32.740 --> 40:33.120 the work. 40:34.180 --> 40:37.400 New energy exploration as planned in the Arctic and off the shores 40:37.400 --> 40:37.890 of cuban. 40:38.670 --> 40:40.770 And in newly expanded panama can now. 40:41.290 --> 40:43.990 Along with the opening of the Arctic ocean has the potential 40:43.990 --> 40:47.430 got walter world wide shipping routes and bring an even greater 40:47.430 --> 40:50.010 number of increasingly larger ships to our ports. 40:51.050 --> 40:54.670 Are russians insurer adhere rents to a system on roles and sustain 40:54.670 --> 40:58.830 the mechanisms designed to provide for the security safety and 40:58.830 --> 41:03.210 prosperity of our nation and all those who use the maritime domain. 41:04.070 --> 41:07.050 This is the daily work of go around the provides us with both 41:07.080 --> 41:09.250 order an opportunity on the oceans. 41:09.870 --> 41:13.110 A short what we're doing is providing maritime governance. 41:13.890 --> 41:17.670 I believe that one measure of a nation's greatness is the resources 41:17.670 --> 41:20.780 that provides for mariner as to safely and securely approach 41:20.780 --> 41:21.390 of shores. 41:22.210 --> 41:25.950 Maritime governance and it is critical to our national security. 41:27.800 --> 41:30.460 Now people often think of national security especially in the 41:30.460 --> 41:33.660 maritime environment and when they drank a bit big break at national 41:33.660 --> 41:36.750 de france and the work that are maybe in our marine or deaths. 41:37.490 --> 41:40.620 Now the maybe them break or provide for control to see my naval 41:40.620 --> 41:45.330 supremacy tittering aggression projecting a power and fighting 41:45.330 --> 41:46.710 and winning america's warts. 41:47.340 --> 41:48.670 And the coast guard's a part of that. 41:49.480 --> 41:52.790 We have a long proud history of filling those roles were special 41:52.790 --> 41:54.030 expertise as needed. 41:54.840 --> 41:56.610 But we're more than a military service. 41:57.360 --> 42:00.400 And national security is more than just national but france. 42:00.940 --> 42:02.280 Its economic security. 42:02.870 --> 42:04.270 It's environmental security. 42:04.840 --> 42:06.650 It's the security of our courts. 42:07.280 --> 42:08.330 Homeland security. 42:09.660 --> 42:12.750 And while our role and the national defence strategy is relatively 42:12.750 --> 42:16.580 small where the leaders and that Brodeur understanding of national 42:16.580 --> 42:20.200 security in the maritime domain and where the strong maritime 42:20.230 --> 42:22.110 arm of the department of homeland security. 42:23.450 --> 42:27.060 There's a broader range of persistent threats from both human 42:27.060 --> 42:30.670 and natural adversaries that are not easily subject of the military 42:30.670 --> 42:32.330 power of the defense department. 42:33.350 --> 42:35.090 Oil spills on the gulf of mexico. 42:35.670 --> 42:37.730 Tanker groundlings in the gulf of alaska. 42:38.240 --> 42:42.150 The depletion of fish box that feeder nation disruption of traffic 42:42.150 --> 42:45.410 into our ports the flow of the legal drugs in migrants and the 42:45.410 --> 42:46.800 list goes on her mom. 42:47.690 --> 42:50.330 These are not host of other threats npu dark trait. 42:50.970 --> 42:53.710 Weaken our economy and create instability. 42:54.440 --> 42:58.880 They disrupt regional and global security economies of our partner 42:58.880 --> 43:02.620 nations and access to resources and international trade. 43:03.380 --> 43:06.780 All of these are vital elements of our national prosperity. 43:07.580 --> 43:11.250 And is this prosperity which birch investment and global development 43:11.550 --> 43:15.630 provides jobs and provide the resources to paper both our national 43:15.630 --> 43:17.720 security and or national the fence. 43:18.530 --> 43:23.260 Our activities in the maritime domain enhance our security reinforced 43:23.260 --> 43:27.130 the role of law support stability at home and abroad and increase 43:27.130 --> 43:28.720 our current our. Prosperity. 43:31.760 --> 43:35.050 Now as reminded me unique value and nature of our service recently 43:35.050 --> 43:39.050 by harcourt entitled the need for unified coz care. 43:40.290 --> 43:42.980 I got email I was taken a little bit back when I saw the Tylenol 43:42.980 --> 43:43.610 that are called. 43:44.150 --> 43:46.750 As I just described and very proud of the fact that we already 43:46.750 --> 43:48.400 have a unified our coast guard. 43:49.370 --> 43:52.840 But then I noticed that the article was from china daily and 43:52.840 --> 43:55.690 I also realize that they are quote was not talking about our 43:55.690 --> 43:58.980 coast guard. It was talking about the china maritime where search. 43:59.890 --> 44:03.290 It made the point the china is on able to deliver or ferment 44:03.290 --> 44:04.460 of maritime governance. 44:05.660 --> 44:09.160 Chinese maritime forces are spread between five different government 44:09.160 --> 44:11.210 ministries each whether separate file points. 44:11.840 --> 44:13.570 Because of those the article asserted. 44:14.090 --> 44:15.230 They are in a fashion. 44:15.750 --> 44:19.950 They lacked synchronization unity of command and comment culture 44:19.950 --> 44:23.200 a necessary to make them unaffected maritime governance ports. 44:24.350 --> 44:26.960 It also made the point that they should model of a force was 44:26.960 --> 44:29.960 after the most powerful coastguard in the world the United States 44:29.960 --> 44:30.480 close here. 44:31.370 --> 44:32.760 I felt much better after that. 44:34.480 --> 44:38.200 I'm Now we used to suffer from the same problem though it was 44:38.200 --> 44:41.380 a time in our history one our duties were performed by five different 44:41.380 --> 44:42.410 government agencies. 44:43.050 --> 44:44.370 The revenue cutter service. 44:45.270 --> 44:49.900 The lifesaving service the lighthouse service the Steamboat inspection 44:49.900 --> 44:52.510 service and the beer or grab big asian. 44:53.240 --> 44:56.600 Fortunately our country realized a long time ago the bringing 44:56.600 --> 45:00.990 these organizations together do unified their missions of already 45:00.990 --> 45:04.650 see capabilities would make for a far more capable and efficient 45:04.690 --> 45:07.780 force than any of those organizations would a ban on the wrong. 45:08.590 --> 45:11.680 We may not have bar in terms of mare time governance ben but 45:11.680 --> 45:13.880 that's exactly what we were providing fork. 45:14.470 --> 45:16.710 And we set the standard for the rest of the world. 45:17.470 --> 45:20.760 You can see that is as you look at other postcards and small 45:20.760 --> 45:23.800 maybe is around the world as they seek to replicate our model. 45:24.500 --> 45:26.740 Off the coast of nations all over the world. 45:27.290 --> 45:28.690 You see ship to painted white. 45:29.320 --> 45:32.990 With a diagonal covered stripe down the side and it's VladTV. 45:33.890 --> 45:37.230 Us Co star on the sign they say things like japan coast guard. 45:37.910 --> 45:39.260 Order whiny echoes Sierra. 45:39.780 --> 45:43.390 Or sabotage it Mantell mer de among or pushed the market. 45:44.300 --> 45:48.050 Now this is recognition of the value are unified coastguard provides 45:48.050 --> 45:51.320 and securing and maintaining the prosperity and security of our nation. 45:52.460 --> 45:55.520 And just as the value we provide to the nation is greater than 45:55.520 --> 45:59.250 the song of the services we provide who we yards greater than 45:59.250 --> 46:00.340 a list of our missions. 46:01.210 --> 46:05.290 We've been seen as many fans by many people. And we've even the 46:05.290 --> 46:09.500 find ourselves or labelled ourselves by slogans life savers. 46:10.080 --> 46:11.230 Smoke he's of the save. 46:11.970 --> 46:17.870 Warriors guardians small sorrows big job and arm service and more. 46:18.600 --> 46:22.490 Now all be slogans are accurate but none of them as a nun because 46:22.490 --> 46:25.370 in truth we're separately what we've always ben. 46:25.930 --> 46:26.920 We are the coast guard. 46:28.400 --> 46:30.900 Now what I began this morning. I told you that I see the world 46:30.900 --> 46:31.840 as a coast guardsmen. 46:32.450 --> 46:35.640 I said that while we still sale and on certain in stormy seas. 46:36.090 --> 46:39.490 I learned long ago that the wind in the Caesar simply beyond 46:39.490 --> 46:40.210 our control. 46:40.970 --> 46:44.270 What his own are control is how we navigate through those seeds. 46:45.150 --> 46:48.020 I was reminded of those recently when talking to our can that's 46:48.020 --> 46:49.150 what the coast guard academy. 46:50.420 --> 46:54.450 After my remarks I got a question from one of our forth basket S. 46:55.040 --> 46:56.130 Her name is here. We smell. 46:57.330 --> 47:00.960 I asked or to be here with us today as I did would seem and recruits 47:00.960 --> 47:05.000 wrong jobs and a member of recruit company tango one eighty seven 47:05.030 --> 47:06.540 from training center Kate met. 47:07.330 --> 47:10.790 I met seaman recruit Johnson yesterday up at the dedication abrupt 47:10.790 --> 47:11.550 involve hollow. 47:12.150 --> 47:15.640 Seamen for jobs and graduates from read for training on friday 47:15.960 --> 47:18.250 and they'll be assigned to the coast guard cutter more layout 47:18.250 --> 47:19.340 of jones board main. 47:19.880 --> 47:22.360 And I suspect de three gets the more eight you'll be a lot more 47:22.360 --> 47:23.910 relaxed you know think about it. 47:24.590 --> 47:28.420 Bra controls share money come down cv comma not go back and graduate 47:28.420 --> 47:29.280 into the coast guard. 47:30.650 --> 47:31.820 Quite a couple of days. 47:32.950 --> 47:36.960 But to gather kid at smell and seamen are group jobs and represent 47:36.960 --> 47:37.560 our future. 47:38.480 --> 47:42.660 They personify the commitment and optimism that sustains our service. 47:43.460 --> 47:46.890 They come to watch wanting to believe they want to be a part 47:46.890 --> 47:48.560 of something picker them themselves. 47:49.150 --> 47:52.770 But they also come to us with a healthy adult dose of skepticism 47:52.770 --> 47:53.770 towards institutions. 47:54.950 --> 47:58.470 It gained that skepticism do the notable failures ababa leaders 47:58.470 --> 48:00.940 and organizations during the time there were growing up. 48:01.610 --> 48:05.120 It's up to us as leaders to assure our coastguard as worthy of 48:05.120 --> 48:05.840 their commitment. 48:07.260 --> 48:10.060 Now PMI leadership lecture into the core of today. That's could 48:10.060 --> 48:13.670 at smear but obviously been reading the news and she asked me 48:13.670 --> 48:16.070 a question about the current fiscal situation. 48:16.920 --> 48:19.530 Now I'm afraid I started by giving or or cervix lesson. 48:20.400 --> 48:23.580 I display in the budget process and I taller there's was the 48:23.580 --> 48:26.110 worst fiscal mass. I never seen a my career. 48:26.650 --> 48:30.100 And that with the threat of sequestration the debt ceiling and 48:30.100 --> 48:33.720 they can chairing resolution were facing a fiscal per for xperia. 48:34.760 --> 48:38.040 In fact after talking about leadership for an hour of the next 48:38.040 --> 48:40.530 day the local paper puts out a front page story. 48:41.160 --> 48:44.270 Cap. Far worse just goal mess he's ever. Seen. 48:48.890 --> 48:51.560 Well I really stirred up the public relations machinery back 48:51.560 --> 48:52.680 to headquarters like. Anti. 48:55.630 --> 48:59.330 Or while that a answer will really wasn't wrong. It really didn't 48:59.330 --> 49:00.680 get to the heart of of question. 49:01.640 --> 49:05.170 You see what she was really concerned about was the impact of 49:05.170 --> 49:05.890 our coast guard. 49:06.800 --> 49:10.700 As a fourth class get at a freshman she was concerned about the 49:10.700 --> 49:13.810 future of the organization machine and seamen were or charts 49:13.810 --> 49:14.610 and have committed to it. 49:15.780 --> 49:18.790 So I while teller that our services value out of the nation as 49:18.790 --> 49:19.320 in durham. 49:20.120 --> 49:23.710 It's true that the challenges we face are rio and mike every 49:23.710 --> 49:26.580 want and our government we may be a acid do less with less. 49:27.090 --> 49:29.590 Or at least do the same worker by different means. 49:30.140 --> 49:33.640 But there will be a place for a car and seamen under Johnson 49:33.970 --> 49:38.510 and for our coastguard today tomorrow and into the future as 49:38.510 --> 49:39.630 far as I can see. 49:40.140 --> 49:42.090 That the horizon and beyond. 49:43.030 --> 49:46.960 Her question and what I told our help me at thank about our current 49:46.960 --> 49:50.740 fiscal realities and how much impacting our service and how I 49:50.740 --> 49:52.850 might respond to that question in the future. 49:53.560 --> 49:54.790 And then I got my chance. 49:56.020 --> 49:59.470 The next week. I receive the same question from reporter and 49:59.470 --> 50:02.290 there's reporter was obviously looking for a provocative headline. 50:03.830 --> 50:06.690 So I told that I can now is that we have fiscal challenges. 50:07.200 --> 50:10.200 But we also have to understand that the origin and the existence 50:10.200 --> 50:12.130 your simply be on the coast guard's control. 50:13.190 --> 50:16.320 Jest task the sea and the whether it brings as always beyond 50:16.320 --> 50:16.940 our control. 50:17.540 --> 50:22.990 All I can do in fact all we can do is prepare and adapt and keep 50:22.990 --> 50:23.710 moving forward. 50:24.630 --> 50:25.410 Our job. 50:26.150 --> 50:28.920 Our mission as a set of course for the service. 50:29.720 --> 50:31.680 We was put our efforts in the movie forward. 50:32.290 --> 50:34.380 Prudently navigating tour the. Horizon. 50:36.900 --> 50:40.460 When you on coast guardsmen. First feel the rolled a C or the 50:40.460 --> 50:41.940 deck moving on and leave their feet. 50:42.800 --> 50:45.790 Me start to get that uneasy feeling in the pit of their star mike. 50:46.940 --> 50:48.070 The first thing we tell back. 50:48.930 --> 50:50.300 Is to watch the horizon. 50:51.200 --> 50:52.120 It's stat is down. 50:52.640 --> 50:54.990 It restore as their sets a balance and equilibrium. 50:55.980 --> 50:59.840 But even after that feeling passers and we become used to that 50:59.840 --> 51:00.520 pitching deck. 51:01.180 --> 51:02.750 We continue to watch the horizon. 51:04.220 --> 51:07.160 Where you first see the mast of an approaching ship coming over 51:07.160 --> 51:07.740 the horizon. 51:08.300 --> 51:10.520 And you see the signs of whether it's a friend or file. 51:11.240 --> 51:13.870 It's where you first see the change in the water the let you 51:13.870 --> 51:15.180 know the scholz might be ahead. 51:16.440 --> 51:20.100 It's also the first place. But you see the break and the class 51:20.370 --> 51:24.010 or the shift in the wendy and the path through those uncertain 51:24.010 --> 51:24.980 and stormy seas. 51:26.020 --> 51:29.560 It's where the sun rises and sense and is where the start we 51:29.560 --> 51:31.120 used to navigate first appear. 51:32.060 --> 51:33.200 And for that reason. 51:33.840 --> 51:36.480 We Wall is move forward towards the horizon. 51:37.640 --> 51:40.630 Course will never reach it. Because over every girl rising. 51:41.280 --> 51:42.410 Waves another horizon. 51:43.100 --> 51:45.340 And that's the promise that moves as forward. 51:46.190 --> 51:47.200 And we do have urged. 51:47.760 --> 51:49.030 Because we're coast guardsmen. 51:49.850 --> 51:51.220 This is our chosen profession. 51:51.940 --> 51:52.650 This is our way. 51:53.490 --> 51:54.350 This is what we do. 51:55.330 --> 51:57.800 Thank you all for being here today and several crunch. 51:58.490 --> 52:02.130 S S S..