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- [Instructor] Good Morning.

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Last week, I joined Coast
Guard senior leaders

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along with the commandant and the

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Master Chief Petty Officer the
Coast Guard in Washington DC

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to talk about the state
of the Coast Guard,

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and our future direction

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as described in the Coast
Guard strategic plan.

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There are three important takeaways

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I wanted to share with you.

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The first is that the work you're doing

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across the 14th district
has never been more relevant

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or more important to the Coast Guard

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or the national security
of the United States.

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I heard that loud and clear.

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I'm very proud of the work we're doing.

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Keep up the great work.

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Bravo zulu.

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Second.

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Readiness remains the top priority

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for the commandant.

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Building and sustaining our
readiness across the force.

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Now that starts with every
individual Coast Guard

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man and woman, and your families.

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Your readiness is the cornerstone of

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unit readiness and force readiness.

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And the Coast Guard is
investing significant effort

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and resources to improve your readiness.

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Now some of that information
is being pushed out

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and it's available at CG
portal, or the All Hands blog,

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and more will be pushed out
to you and your families.

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But if you have questions,
our readiness efforts

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are being led by our chiefs mess,

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so go ask the chief and get your answers.

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Third.

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This is the 25th
anniversary of the capture

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of the coastguards core values of

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honor, respect and devotion and duty.

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And we spent a lot of time talking about

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the second core value respect.

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And how the term inclusion,

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which is a term you may
not have heard much about

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but we're going to be talking a lot about,

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is the way we're going to live that

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second core value of respect.

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Now that's much more than
keeping a minimum standard

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of how we treat people, it's
actually leaning forward

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and actively valuing every
individual and their viewpoint,

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regardless of how senior
they are in the organization,

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or where they came from.

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Valuing every individual
is how we live respect

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as a core value.

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And so we're going to
be talking a lot more

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about that in the coming months.

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So again, thank you for
the continued service

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across the district.

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I'm very proud to be your
commander and serve with you.

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Semper paratus.