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Good afternoon , distinguished guests ,

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colleagues and the dedicated men and

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women of the United States Coast Guard .

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I am master chief , Jason Vander Heyden .

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It is my privilege to be here at

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beautiful air station Clearwater

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florida . What an amazing four years

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it's been

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Throughout my 10 years . Mike bog I've

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seen our service continue to flourish

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in spite of many challenges . The Coast

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Guard is growing in number and

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advancing our organizational culture .

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We have new state of the art assets

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coming online which will dramatically

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improve the way we operate in the

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future . Last year in san Diego , we

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talked about the tech revolution

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through hard work and innovation . We

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advanced our technology systems with

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increased mobility at sea

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communications and improved analytics

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to make data driven decisions . Through

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your help completing workforce surveys

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and field field data collection , we

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updated our human resource policies ,

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removing equity and inclusion barriers

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to remain the world's best . Coast

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Guard As the commandant often says ,

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the demand for Coast Guard services has

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never been hired and you've met those

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demands both domestically and globally ,

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from hurricane responses and oil spills

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to increased I Uu fishery missions and

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operationalize . Welcome . You all have

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answered the call and despite today's

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challenging environment , our total

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workforce not only exceeds what it

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means to be ready , relevant and

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responsive , but your innovation ,

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dedication and agility has been an

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inspiration to all who serve our

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country . Take for example , CS one

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Zachary Knapp . He's based charleston's

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local housing officer and he provides

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support for the states of south

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Carolina and Georgia . During a time

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when housing costs have skyrocketed CS

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one nap worked tirelessly to collect

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data in an effort to accurately reflect

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housing costs for more than 55,000

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members of all branches of the military

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and his hor showing remarkable

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creativity and ingenuity . He created a

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new data tracking system resulting in

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an increase in Bh for 94% of pay grades .

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That's the highest in south Carolina

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and Georgia history . CS one nap . Your

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work has helped increase the quality of

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life for not only your shipmates of

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base charleston , but the rest of the

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armed forces in the entire area . Way

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to go Shipmate

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and I want to highlight another great

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coast E . B . M . To jennifer

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Williamson from Station Wrightsville

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Beach . BMW two Williamson is a

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critically important member of her unit ,

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both on and off duty this summer . She

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showcased her skills and quick decision

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making . While on liberty with her

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family at the beach in fort fisher

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north Carolina , three men got caught

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in a rip current and were quickly being

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pulled from shore and others attempted

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to reach the men but failed because of

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the strength of the current ,

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recognizing she couldn't battle the

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current and hold all three men above

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the water . She grabbed a boogie board

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from a bystander and used it to reach

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the men and bring them to safety . BM

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two Williamson's quick thinking and

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training resulted in three lives saved

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that day . BMW two Wilson Williamson .

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You are a hero

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and MK two mila caldwell stand up

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miller . She's from station Yankee town ,

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an outstanding leading petty officer at

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a remote small boat station . She has

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been key in meeting operational

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requirements supporting her teammates ,

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demonstrating exceptional bias for

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action . Over the past 10 months , she

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led the unit and law enforcement

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efforts conducting more than 100

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fisheries boardings and 200

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recreational safety boardings . And if

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that isn't enough , MK Two caldwell

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also serves as the units law

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enforcement instructor where she is

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assisted in qualifying over a dozen

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boarding officers and boarding team

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members . Her technical expertise in

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Acumen earned her the engineering lead

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in the operational testing , evaluation

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of the services , new shallow water

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craft and to date she's helped 16

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members earn their qualification on the

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asset . MK two caldwell's

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professionalism and devotion to duty ,

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make her an invaluable member of Team

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Coast Guard , bravo , zulu , MK two

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caldwell way to go .

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And these are just a few examples of

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how amazing people have led and

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succeeded through challenging times .

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Your professionalism and dedication is

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unmatched . The U . S . Coast Guard's

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enduring success is because of you ,

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all of you , our people ever adaptive

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agile resilient and united in service

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to advance the Coast Guard to protect

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the homeland and to support our

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nation's prosperity and security .

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Thank you for everything that you do

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each and every day And now it's my

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privilege to welcome to the podium .

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The 26th Commandant of the United

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States Coast Guard . Admiral Karl

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Schultz ,

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Thank you Master . Chief Vander Heyden

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and thanks for calling out those

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exceptional coast Guardsmen to Captain

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joe McGill E . And the Air Station

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Clearwater Team . Thank you for hosting

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this year's State of the Coast Guard

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address . Thank you . Secretary

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Mayorkas , represented here by our

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local DHS teammates in attendance to my

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shipmates across the Coast Guard .

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Thank you for your participation today .

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Today , the State of the Coast Guard is

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strong , may be stronger than ever

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before because we are united in service ,

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adapting to new challenges and

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opportunities presented by a rapidly

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changing maritime domain . We've seen

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massive ships pushing the limits of

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both ports and waterways evolving

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autonomous vessel technology ,

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including the recovery of spacecraft at

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sea growth in offshore wind energy ,

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increasingly busy shared use ,

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waterways , escalating cyber threats ,

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the vessels and critical infrastructure

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in our ports and more frequent and

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costly weather events . We have

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monitored distant water fishing fleets

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who set lines and nets more than 9000

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miles from their native shore's and

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absent any flag state oversight to

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assure responsible behavior . And we've

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observed what were historically frozen

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waters become increasingly navigable .

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In addition , we have been both

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organizationally and personally

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affected by disruptions to our

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interconnected global supply chain .

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These changes together trigger

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persistent demand for more Coast Guard

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work . This transformational change in

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the maritime domain and its blistering

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pace is not confined to the United

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States . Rather it is global . These

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changes taking place in coastal waters ,

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act as a forcing mechanism compelling

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coastal nations worldwide to establish

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or bolster their own coastguards and to

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adapt or expand their existing maritime

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security capabilities . For it is Coast

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Guard work to ensure safety of life at

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sea , to protect marine environments

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and to promote economic prosperity and

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to generally maintain what we call good

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order and governance in the waters of

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coastal State jurisdiction . In

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response to your Coast Guard has done

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what we always have done . We have

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continued to evolve . We are a learning

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organization with a growth mindset ,

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Continuously adapting to emerging

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national and international challenges

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and opportunities are enduring success

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throughout our 232 year history

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accentuated by these uniquely

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challenging past three years is because

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we are ever adaptive , agile and

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resilient and because we are united in

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service , we are always ready .

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Some may think we're hard to define

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because our missions are vast in scope

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and geography , but we're not defined

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by what we do . We're defined by who .

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We are

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driven by our values and united by a

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purpose to protect , defend and

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save to enable

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prosperity and do whatever it takes to

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help those in need anytime anywhere .

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It's this purpose that connects our

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missions . It's what pushes us during

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those crucial moments when we answer

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the call and in this era of Coast Guard ,

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it's what unites us with partners

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around the world . We are united in

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service . We are the United States

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Coast Guard

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Yeah ,

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almost four years ago we launched a

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strategic framework for already

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relevant and responsive Coast Guard to

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address America's most complex and

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dynamic maritime challenges because we

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are united in service within our own

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communities and across the organization

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with our Department of Homeland

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Security counterparts with the

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Department of Defense , Joint Force and

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across the Interagency . And with our

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international partners , we have driven

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forward our strategic plan and we are

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building the Coast Guard the nation

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needs today and well into the future .

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While we adjust course the best address

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enduring and emerging challenges , one

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constant remains the need to deliver

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the assets , the resilient

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infrastructure and capabilities

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necessary to accomplish the mission .

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Our coastguards amidst the largest

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shipbuilding effort since the Second

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World War . As we build the fleet that

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will serve the nation for decades to

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come . This june the 10th National

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Security cutter to be named for the

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first Master Chief Petty Officer . The

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Coast Guard Charles calhoun will be

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christened and detailed work remains

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underway in preparation for

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construction of our first Polar

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security cutter . That will be a state

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of the art ship requiring exacting

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designs , complex steel work and

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systems integration and today I'm

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excited to name the first polar

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security cutter and that name will be

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Polar sentinel

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when our fleet of Polar security

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cutters becomes operational . The work

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of these uniquely capable assets will

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be essential to protecting our economic ,

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our environmental and our national

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security interests in the Polar or what

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we call the high latitude regions . In

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our first offshore patrol cutter , the

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Argus is over 60% complete the second

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OPC hole number two . Chase is well on

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its way this spring . We anticipate

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awarding the largest acquisition

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contract in the history of our service

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for the next 11 offshore patrol cutter

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holes . And that is stage two of the

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OPC program . The OPC program is a

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program of record for 25 cutters and

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deliver of this full fleet is critical

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to recapitalizing the capability

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provided today by our 28 medium

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endurance cutters , many of which are

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50 plus years old . That legacy fleet

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today loses nearly 500 patrol days on

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an annual basis due to unplanned

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maintenance and repairs . And if you

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sort of stretch this out , if we look

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at these lost patrol days and just

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assign them to one mission

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counternarcotics . If these are just

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average days in terms of medium

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endurance cutter productivity That

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equates to about 20 metric tons or

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£44,000 of illicit drugs that could

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have been interdicted and prevented

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from reaching streets of America . So

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replacing this legacy fleet at best

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speed is absolutely vital for the Coast

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Guard to effectively carry out our

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evolving missions And we're making

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progress on the acquisition of 30

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waterways commerce cutters . These new

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tenders will have greater endurance

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speed and deck load capacity to

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officially made 28,000 AIDS to

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navigation marking over 12,000 miles of

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navigable inland waterways , these AIDS ,

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navigation or critical component of our

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marine transportation system upon which

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cargoes and commodities comprising 25%

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of our nation's gross domestic product

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move annually . And for the first time

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in history , our entire inland fleet

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will be able to accommodate mixed

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gender crews providing all enlisted

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members of our service . These unique

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afloat experiences in the interim

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period , we're creating additional

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float billets for our women's shipmates

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like third class boson made Hayley

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Larue , who operates a board cutter

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wire for sector new york

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and much changes afoot in our aviation

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community where we are recapitalizing

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and changing the composition of our

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fleet , delivering new and upgraded

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fixed wing platforms and strategically

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relocating assets . We now have two

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long range HC 1 30 J . Super Hercules

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in Hawaii where air crews have greater

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capability to conduct missions in a

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region that's known for the tyranny of

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distance . Our medium range HC 1 44

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cited in Miami Mobile , Cape Cod and

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Corpus Christi as well as our C 27 J .

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S in sacramento are instrumental to

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meeting mission objectives as well .

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Both platforms are receiving upgrades

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to their capabilities including

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installation of the minotaur mission

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system that enables our aircrews to

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better gather process and share

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critical tactical information in real

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time with units both underway and

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ashore and by this time next year , the

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new C 27 J . Simulator aviation

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training center mobile , we'll be up

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and fully operational And as I talk

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about aviation , I'd like to thank the

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top notch professionals at Elizabeth

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City's Aviation Logistics Center . It's

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around 1700 strong and they formed the

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hub of Coast Guard aviation support .

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They keep our 200 plus aircraft flying

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the Aviation Logistics Center A . L . C .

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Continuously adapts and continues to

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amaze including their recent blade fold

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tail fold , mh 60 conversion project

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From depot level maintenance where they

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entirely deconstruct and rebuild

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aircraft with new components and new

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mission systems to organically

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manufacturing critical spare parts .

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The team in aviation logistics center

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enables our crews to fly 47,000 plus

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sorties every year . I'm a bit of a

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throwback muscle car junkie in aviation

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logistics . It's the Coast Guard

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aircraft that's chip foose is to

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overhaul and muscle cars . So I'd ask

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you to take a look at this video that

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captures a couple of these aircraft

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operating out of air station Cape Cod .

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I was laying in my bunk and I felt the

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whole boat shake four levels up . This

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was something beyond what I could

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fathom 60 knot winds , 30 ft seas . I

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knew it was going to take everything

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that Canada and the United States Coast

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Guard had

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Air Sea Search and rescue bonjour . We

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were alerted through our Coast Guard

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radio station , a vessel was on fire

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due to the weather and the

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circumstances behind their their

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distress . We reached out to our store

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partners including the U . S . Coast

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Guard , they said it was taking on

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water approximately 200 miles or more

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off of Cape Cod . So We launched to go

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200 miles offshore into the dark Texas .

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When you look down at the vessel in

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distress , the atlantic destiny . It

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was just out of control . It was just

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at the mercy of the wind and the waves .

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It's not every day you get to see a

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large vessel like that being battered

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by uh significant sea state , you could

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see it in their faces . They're

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starting to be concerned . Some of the

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older guys they've been around , they

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know how many vessels get lost out here

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and you know , they've been around the

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block . I kept thinking that I wanted

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to get home and knowing that there

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was people being lifted and going home ,

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gave me hope that I would join them as

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well . We were still trying to rescue

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people and then my helicopter ended up

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having a major malfunction . I had to

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make the choice to leave my own crew

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members on that vessel and leave with

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who I had on board and try and make it

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back to shore helicopters gone ,

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nothing I can do about that . This

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rescue still needs to happen . And I

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can see the Jayhawks starting to come

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in And we have to now divide and

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conquer . With both 60's we moved in

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position , we jettisoned our mask

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rescue operations raft and deployed our

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pump to the vessel in order to make

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room for all the survivors . I could

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hear over all the noise and through my

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headset all the , all the guys in the

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back just cheering like as you know ,

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I'm pulling another person in

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hearing that like okay , we can get one

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more , we can get one more . Um , so

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that's what we did .

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We are honored to be with you today to

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talk about some extraordinary Coast

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Guard men and women that did

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extraordinary things . Mm hmm .

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It was just , it was teamwork at its

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finest . I mean by every agency

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involved , something went wrong at

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every step and it was rectified and we

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just kept going . That's the point

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where everyone made it back to shore .

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Everybody took their job seriously and

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make sure that we were all going to get

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home safe . It makes everything worth

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it being able to see a family reunited

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after a case like that .

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What a great case with our

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international Canadian partners . You

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know , every operational commander

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knows that Coast Guard missions begin

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and end at a facility . During my last

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day of the Coast Guard , I emphasized

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that to remain always ready , we must

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invest in our short facilities . A

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message that fortunately has been heard

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loud and clear . We have seen historic

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support for our infrastructure

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including $429 million recently enacted

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in the infrastructure investment and

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jobs act to address critical short

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needs those funds , address 18 distinct

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projects across the Coast Guard . And

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thanks to congressional support , we

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have many sizable construction projects

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underway right now at eight small boat

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stations like Station key west At the

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Coast Guard yard and that three new

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cutter home ports . And we're building

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the first new Coast Guard air station

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in decades from the ground up in

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ventura California and that is

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scheduled to be completed this time

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next year . And we're currently

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executing about $1.4 billion

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$200

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million 22 budget , which will

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allow us to tackle another critical 11

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infrastructure projects and I'd be

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remiss if I did not think the

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hardworking civil engineers and

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contracting officers who will make

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these projects a reality Absging these

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increased demands on this community ,

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which is a good problem to have . Our

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fiscal 22 budget includes 20 new civil

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engineering positions . We must

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continue to invest in this workforce

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and enable them with the people , tools

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and technology to rebuild facilities

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needed to execute our critical missions .

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And we must ensure every dollar

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invested in shore infrastructure

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provides maximum impact . In addition

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to investing in facilities that support

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our missions . We are investing in

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facilities that support our workforce .

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Do you know the last time we built a

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new child Development center was 10

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years ago in Petaluma and before that

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25 years ago in san juan Puerto rico no

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longer thanks to congressional support ,

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we've received $120 million in funding

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for new construction of childcare

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development centers in Alameda , kodiak

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Mobile Astoria and Elizabeth city and

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modest improvements to our child care

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center in Cape Cod massachusetts .

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As congress remains supportive to

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updating our infrastructure building to

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climate and form the resilient

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standards is at the forefront of our

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minds . In late january , I visited

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training center Petaluma to break

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ground for the Coast Guard's newest

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sustainable energy project , a solar

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grid designed to provide 10 days of

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self sustaining power for the entire

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training center . Campus initiatives

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like this enable our service to remain

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always ready as we adapt to more

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prevalent and severe natural disasters

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such as California wildfires and

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hurricanes striking our atlantic and

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gulf coast regions . And we're also

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making tremendous progress as master

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chief noted in the tech revolution ,

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Our new medical health record system .

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MHS genesis has gone live service wide ,

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making patient records retrieval easier

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and faster reducing administrative

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errors and allowing electronic

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information exchange with the

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Department of Defense veteran's Affairs

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system as well as commercial care

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providers . And we've shifted to D . O .

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D 3 65 cloud computing ahead of our D .

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O . D . Counterparts , allowing our

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members to access their work accounts

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from personal computers with the use of

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a simple common access card reader

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device . This capability especially

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helps our Coast Guard reservist who can

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now access the Coast Guard email and

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other collaboration tools from anywhere

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and by august we anticipate our

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personal electronic records management

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system will also go live to enable our

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members as well as those retired or

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separated from service to have on

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demand access to their military

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personal records . And we started

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recapitalizing 48,000 all 48,000 Coast

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Guard standard computer workstations

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with more modern mobile capabilities .

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20,000 laptops are scheduled for

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delivery this year alone which will

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enable both faster and more powerful

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computing and provide additional

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mobility to our workforce . You know ,

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mobility is a key enabler that enhances

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the innovation of our personnel thanks

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to the ingenuity of forces calm and the

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Coast Guard headquarters commercial

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vessel compliance team . We've

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modernized training for delivery for

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the apprentice marine inspectors and

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our vessel examiners . These members

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will soon utilize what we call on

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demand , the learning and unit

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administered on the job training . This

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hybrid delivery method for professional

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development known as the marine

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inspection performance support

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architecture or Matzo is part of the

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Prevention Readiness Initiative and

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carries great potential to influence

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training and readiness within other

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enterprise programs And in addition to

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adapting how we deliver training . We

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are united in service modernizing how

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we collect how we use and how we

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interpret data . Modern computing will

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soon be informed by surveyor , a big

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data platform that's under development .

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Now surveyor will integrate data across

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the Coast Guard enterprise from systems

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you are all familiar with direct access ,

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all Miss missile and others to not only

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reduce the burden of manual data entry

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by Coast Guard personnel but to also

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empower our workforce to make data

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driven decisions to allocate finite

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resources judiciously towards the

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highest risks and threats to our marine

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environment in our maritime security .

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Even our most remote operators will be

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able to access this data as R . C5 I

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community continues to prove their

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support to our globally deployed coast

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guard men and women . Today our cutters

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have an increased ability to perform

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their mission while underway with

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improved access to Coast Guard software

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applications . In addition our crews

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both ashore and at sea can now enjoy

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secure access to personal email ,

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social media and even video messaging

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with family back home in the coming

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years . All afloat platforms will

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benefit from forward thinking . Next

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generation cutter connectivity designed

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to significantly increase increase

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bandwidth resilience and even provide

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wifi underway . Well there is a long

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way to go before this improved

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connectivity is available across our

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entire fleet . We are moving swiftly in

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the right direction and these recent

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tech initiatives are indicative of a

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heavy evolution and attitude within our

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own service towards data and towards I .

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T . Investments today we C . I . T .

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For what has always been an operational

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platform that supports a more ready

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Coast Guard , a platform that is

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essential for us to be united in

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service , acknowledging the critical

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importance of such technology and

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making the requisite investments is

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essential to the success of any modern

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organization . And we are grateful for

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the $275 million dollars appropriated

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by Congress since I became common on to

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support our tech revolution , which

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launched the first wave of

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transformational changes in how we

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deploy reliable and integrated mobile

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information systems to are

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extraordinarily capable team . Mm hmm .

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New platforms , processing technologies

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are indeed enabling functions they

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enable and empower our workforce . The

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backbone of our service to work smarter

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and more effectively . And as I've said

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since early in my tenure when we

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provide our workforce , which in an

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environment which all members can

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thrive in the tools to get the job done

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there and resides mission success in

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their end , resides high employee

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satisfaction as we move forward . We

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must honor and be informed by our past .

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Yesterday I had the privilege to

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commission the john Sherman the 46 of

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64 new fast response cutters and this

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is the fifth of six FRC is destined to

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support The US Navy's 5th fleet in

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Bahrain as F . R . C . S are named

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after Coast Guard enlisted heroes .

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Each commissioning ceremony adds a new

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chapter to our story in Coast Guard

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history History of the US . Coast Guard

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is comprised of moments , moments of

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danger and uncertainty , moments of

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turmoil and distress

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and it's in these moments that we

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answer the call For over 230 years .

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We've stood the watch , a legacy of

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bravery , great and determination

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to protect our communities and to serve

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our nation . Yeah . To be

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part of those moments that make a

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difference , those moments that make

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history . We need a

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place for those moments to live forever .

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Mm hmm , mm hmm . That place will be

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the National Coast Guard Museum .

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Mhm .

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Yeah . Mhm .

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Thanks Master Chief Vanderheiden for

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highlighting that ours is a rich

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history that needs to be celebrated and

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that will be the case forthcoming at

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the National Coast Guard Museum in new

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London Connecticut are top

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philanthropic priority . Our services

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most significant , ambitious

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philanthropic initiative to date . So I

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encourage you to learn more about this

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important project led by the National

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Coast Guard Museum Association . And

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when we talk of fr CS three will be

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home ported here in the Tampa Bay area

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at Sector ST Petersburg . Our modern

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vessels are different in size ,

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complexity and capability than the

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legacy platforms they replace . They

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have more systems , more parts , more

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tonnage and greater range accordingly .

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The mission support Enterprise is also

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united in service to provide integrated

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responsive and innovative support for

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our operators . Traditionally the

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responsibility of import maintenance

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has been placed largely on our cutter

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crews , but we are making substantial

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moves to ease the import workload and

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improve work life balance for those

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assigned to our cutters . 40 new cutter

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support billets will be added upon

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enactment of our current year budget ,

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including support engineers , machinery ,

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and weapons technicians and quality

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assurance personnel . And meanwhile ,

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our logistics workforces enhance

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innovating , enhanced steady state

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support to our cutters , both import

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and underway through the stand up of an

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expeditionary logistics group to help

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provide downrange logistic capabilities

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to optimally support are deployed

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assets . This capability is still in

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its infancy , is modeled after

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processes used in our land based

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contingency efforts like when we

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respond to hurricanes . When I destruct

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the Gulf region as a category Category

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four hurricane . Last year , The scale

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of destruction to Louisiana ports was

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matched by its disruptive impact to our

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workforce , including the displacement

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of over 1600 Coast Guard personnel and

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their families reconstituting the

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region's ports and waterways and

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assisting our families affected by the

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storm required . Responsive integrative

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and innovative mission support and the

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mission support enterprise again

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deliver united in service the Director

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of Operational Logistics in conjunction

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with bases , Galveston's in New Orleans ,

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coordinated with the Eighth District

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and atlantic area commanders to create

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the family assessment support tools to

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track and respond to Coast Guard

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personnel needs . This tool enabled the

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expedited securing of temporary lodging

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for over 700 coast cities and their

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families , as well as coordinated

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delivery of medical care for 32 members

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displaced from their regional providers .

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You know , our spouses , parents ,

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siblings and Children often share the

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responsibilities and burdens of

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military service . I thank each and

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every family member for your support

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and I'd be remiss .

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Thank you and I'd be remiss if I didn't

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thank both Coast Guard mutual

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assistance and the Coast Guard

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Foundation for their critical support

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of Team Coast Guard . Most impressively ,

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these organizations continue to find

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new ways to best support our personnel

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and the broader Coast Guard family ,

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which in turn enables our workforce to

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deliver mission excellence anytime ,

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anywhere .

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You know , we are an agile adaptive

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force whose greatest value to this

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nation resides in our ability to

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rapidly shift our missions in our

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efforts to meet national priorities

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during both steady state and crisis .

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And it seems that we are more

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frequently responding to crises . While

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the agility , strength and resilience

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of our 42,000 strong active duty force

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continues to impress . We could not

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have performed all that was asked of us .

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If not for our reserve component in our

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voluntary auxiliary . I'm doing the

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Coast Guard Reserves because I wanted

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to build a joint service that I would

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actually do the job of the activity and

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not just trained to do the job Chief

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Schwartz is a perfect example of what

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reservists wanna do . They want to be

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able to go in under federal weekend .

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They want to be able to leverage their

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civilian knowledge , background

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expertise and be able to use that and

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actually do the job . I got started in

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the H VAC industry . My grandpa

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originally got into it after World War

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Two , after he got out of the Army .

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Just been around it all my life being

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on the civilian side . I'm on the front

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line of it . I get to mess with all the

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new technology , new equipment and I'm

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able to bring that to the Coast Guard ,

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help the active duty to bring them up

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to speed on the technology and all that .

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I learned out on the civilian side .

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Chief Schwartz has deployed seven times

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in the past four years . He's been

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there to respond for uh parental leave

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program on two separate occasions .

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I've I was like , yeah , I'll go , no

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problem . And that's the whole point

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you're in the reserves is to build a go

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when they need you knowing that like

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when I was gone , but they were going

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to have somebody come in that was

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basically qualified on the , you know ,

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our asset was nice because I knew that

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that would give them relief . He's been

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able to go in and seamlessly integrate

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relieving an active duty person from

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their jobs so they can focus on

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starting their new family . I think

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Chief shortage has shown Station

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Crisfield a bigger picture of the Coast

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Guard , He's away from his family to

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help out our family . It was just it

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showed the Coast Guard and the members

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that Station Crisfield what the Coast

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Guard really is .

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Mhm .

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You know , last fall coast guard

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personnel supported 13 contingency

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operations occurring simultaneously on

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top of steady state business and every

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major operation reservists and

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auxiliaries were united in service side

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by side with our full time personnel .

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They're among 100 medical personnel

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deployed to the southwest border

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supporting customs and border

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protection operations . They supported

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fema and among the medical contingent

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who delivered CDC recommended vaccines

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to afghan nationals in support of DHS's

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operation . Allies . Welcome and

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auxiliaries . Mark Bernie . He helped

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ensure that our workforce , our own

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workforce expeditiously received covid

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vaccines . I'm grateful to our

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dedicated medical personnel Consistent

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collectively of just 800 medical

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officers , physicians , pharmacists ,

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administrators , health service

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technicians and auxiliary volunteers .

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United in service these professionals

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strengthen our readiness posture .

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Thank you . Mm hmm .

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You know , already robust readiness

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posture enables us to lead in crisis

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sector . Los Angeles , Long beach

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Commander , Captain Rebecca or leading

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crisis as the nation watched

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establishing a unified command and

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leading 1801st responders , public

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safety professionals , assessment teams

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and response workers to clean southern

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California's waters , beaches in

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wildlife in the Coast Guard navigation

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center . Now absent as it's known ,

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employed a data driven approach to

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provide timely visuals for the unified

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Command to use in their risk based

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decision making to optimize the

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placement of finite resources in those

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areas most affected by the oil nav

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sends input captain or is leadership

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and the strong partnership between

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federal state and local agencies .

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United in service with scientists

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wildlife care experts and technical

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specialists . Was critical to the

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success of the 13 week cleanup

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operation and our robust readiness

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foster enabled the Coast Guard To be

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the first responder on scene in August

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2021 After a devastating 7.2 magnitude

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earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula .

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Southern Claw of Haiti at the request

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of the Haitian government and

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coordinated by the senior U . S .

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Official defense official in Haiti

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Reserve Coast Guard Captain Greg , Greg

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Duncan research aircraft and crews to

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help Haitian citizens .

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When we initially got word of the

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earthquake , we we really had no idea

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what we're going to be going into .

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Obviously we knew there was gonna be a

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lot of injuries . We expected to see a

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lot of trauma and when we got there

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that's that's pretty much what we

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encountered everyone that we medevacked

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out was , you know , bone breaks , some

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sort of trauma crushing injuries . They

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needed immediate care . So we were able

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to go in there and airlift them out to

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a higher level of care . Okay ,

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We landed jeremy , we get out ,

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get the doctors out and everything and

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there's bands waiting for us . We flew

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to Jeremy not really knowing what to

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expect what to what we were going to

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encounter . When we got there we landed

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and I got out of the helicopter . I

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immediately went over to the van that

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they were pulling up that had patients

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in it and they opened up the doors and

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I was immediately handed a little child .

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So I kind of had to take a step , take

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a step back , hold my breath , get my

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composure and you know , just just

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start going , going , going just

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because I wasn't expecting that right

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away , there was like four or five

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Children that we medevacked right away

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and like right there and then they're

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like all right , this is it's go time .

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We're getting them onto the helicopter

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with their parents and escorting them

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out . So I think all the crew , we

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didn't know what to expect going into

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it and that's kind of like how what the

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pace was the whole time . It was a lot

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of , a lot of Children , a lot of , a

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lot of injured people and from there we

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just met a vacuum supported prince to a

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higher level of care .

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Mhm . So I wasn't sure what to expect .

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Um I was blown away with the amount of

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hurt and injuries and the devastation

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with the infrastructure there , but we

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were there to help out

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higher medical attention and to save as

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many lives as we could . And that's

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what we did . The aircraft , the

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helicopters down there were flying all

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day long , a lot of flight hours

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nonstop only stopping to fuel and

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pretty much was the only time that we

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shut down . The reason we do what we do

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back home , like all of our training

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flights , all of the maintenance

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practices that we follow every single

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thing that we do and we make , you know ,

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wonder at times like why we're doing it ,

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that purpose was very much evident to

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me once we're down there executing

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these missions . Obviously it's

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difficult to train for such a natural

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disaster like this one , but we do

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train all the time . We are always

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ready and ready to take the call .

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Okay , mm hmm

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mm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm

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hmm mm hmm .

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Here today on the hangar deck of our

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largest Coast Guard air station , Let

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me ask the members of Clearwater team

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who supported these Haitian earthquake

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operations to please stand

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well done team . Thank you

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As the video highlights the United

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States Coast Guard was on scene with

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just 24 hours of the tragic quake . Our

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adaptability , agility and

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responsiveness allow us to get in

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places before anyone else in the MH-60

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Jayhawk with its endurance and power

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proved invaluable . During the Haiti

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response efforts this past year we

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transform air station borinquen into a

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Jayhawk unit To provide the 7th Coast

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Guard district with more rotary wing

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capability . And we look forward to the

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innovative ways . Aircrews will employ

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these helicopters further downrange as

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threats to our national security and

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our nation's prosperity evolved . So

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too must we evolve . Our nation's

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economic prosperity relies on free and

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open maritime trade . This begins with

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the safety , security and efficiency of

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America's 360 ports this past year .

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Americans came to recognize the

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interconnectedness of the global

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economy where many were personally

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affected by the temporary closures of

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the Suez canal and the colonial

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pipeline as well as ship congestion off

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Los Angeles and other U . S . Ports .

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Much of the responsibility to assure a

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safe and efficient court relies on our

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short forces enterprise 15,000

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personnel assigned to 37 sectors

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located across the nation . Theirs is a

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dynamic job as they adapt operations to

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meet the triple challenge , sustaining

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a safe marine and maritime environment

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for all users , responding to

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industry's efforts to increase ports

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and waterways . Throughput in keeping

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pace with continuously advancing

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technologies now and well into the

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future , effective waterways management ,

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import stakeholder collaboration will

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enable the safe utilization of our

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nation's shared waterways . We intend

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to grow our waterways workforce in the

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coming years to meet the new demands in

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the risk of cyberattacks , The maritime

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critical infrastructure and maritime

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organization's threatens the resilience

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of our nation's maritime transportation

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system . This past august we released

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an updated cyber strategic document

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that outlays how the Coast Guard is

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adapting to protect the marine

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transportation system as well as defend

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our own network and how we operate in

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cyberspace . These efforts range from

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prevention and response strategies ,

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leveraging relationships with

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interagency partners in building a

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robust cyber workforce . A workforce

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that I'm excited to announce now

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includes a new cyber mission specialist

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rating within the Coast Guard and its

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own Chief warrant officer specialty .

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Yeah .

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You know , clearly the maritime domain

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is changing . Global fish stocks are

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dwindling . The threat of piracy

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endures and storms have become more

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frequent and destructive as nations

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confront these challenges , They

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increasingly look to Coast guards and

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they see our service , the United

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States Coast Guard as a global standard

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bearer . The White House to has

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recognized the value of sharing our

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centuries of experience with like

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minded navies and Coast guards . The

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administration's recently released indo

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pacific strategy calls to expand U . S .

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Coast Guard presence and cooperation

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against transnational threats .

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Advancing Coast Guard work with key

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partners across the globe is a charge

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we accept with vigor , you know , in

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the indo pacific we are active today .

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Our seagoing buoy tenders , fast

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response cutters team and conduct

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expeditionary patrols across oceania ,

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exercising bilateral agreements and our

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deployable specialized forces . DSF

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forces , strengthened partners ,

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Maritime domain awareness and law

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enforcement capabilities . National

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Security cutters operate with the

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maritime forces of Japan Australia ,

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numerous Southeast Asian nations . In

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this summer , National security cutter

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Midgett will work with partners perhaps

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as far away as the indian ocean . And

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last spring on the Black Sea . National

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Security cutter Hambleton conducted

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exercises with regional naval forces

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including the Ukrainians , the Turks ,

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the georgians to strengthen

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relationships with partners and allies .

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for three successive years , Cutters

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have deployed to West Africa to

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participate in the Africa . Maritime

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Law Enforcement Partnership , commonly

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referred to as ambulance , a program

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we've supported with coast guard

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deployable specialized forces and

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mobile training teams dating back to

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2010 . These operations showcase how we

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are united in service with the joint

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force supporting every geographic

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combatant command in every numbered U .

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S . Naval fleet playing a critical role

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to secure our national interests and

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confront threats and challenges before

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they reach american shores . two weeks

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ago I had the privilege to engage 36

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defense leaders from the African

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continent that US Afrikaans Chiefs of

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Defense conference describing how the

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United States Coast Guard might help

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them develop their skills and their

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capabilities . This work advances to

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tri service maritime strategy with our

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U . S . Navy and U . S . Marine Corps

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teammates , you know , pivoting to the

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centcom theater . Here's a specific

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example of how the Coast Guard supports

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the joint fight In both May and

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December of 2021 . In the Arabian Gulf .

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The Coast Guard's Advanced interdiction

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Team , an element of our maritime

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security and response team interdicted

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thousands of assault weapons and

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hundreds of thousands of rounds of

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ammunition pictured here . These

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efforts by our highly trained and

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dedicated teams prevented illicit

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weapons from reaching those who

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threaten our young U . S . Forces and

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our coalition partners . Such efforts

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help ensure legitimate commercial

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shipping can transit freely on the

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world's oceans . This past year ,

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National security cutters kimball and

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birkhoff deployed to the Bering Sea ,

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the gateway to the arctic , A region

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from which 50% of our nation's fish and

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shellfish are harvested and while there

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they monitored a chinese naval surface

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action group which was operating a mere

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50 miles off the aleutian island coast

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without question , warming air and

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rising sea temperatures are increasing

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the number of actors and their

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activities in the arctic elevated

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activity increases risk to maritime

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safety , National security in the

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marine environment . To that end , for

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over 150 years , the United States

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Coast Guard has made a consistent

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presence in the geo strategically

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important Arctic region with the

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planned delivery of Polar security

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cutters in the years ahead . That

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presence will continue this past year .

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Our medium endurance or medium

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icebreaker , the Healy , completed the

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historic circumnavigation of north

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America via the Northwest Passage and

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today are sold heavy icebreaker . The

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Polar star is wrapping up work in

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antarctic waters after enabling

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replenishment of the McMurdo station

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star continues south to set a new world

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record transiting to the southernmost

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navigable waters on the planet . Our

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ice breakers . They sail with a diverse

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contingent of crew members , scientists ,

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key partner nation naval officers and

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even some Coast Guard auxiliaries as I

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continue to unequivocally note in the

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high latitudes , presence absolutely

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equals influence . You know , here in

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the Western hemisphere , we remain

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united in service with interagency and

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international partners as we thwart

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bulk shipments of narcotics smuggled at

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sea . Last week I had the privilege of

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joining the crew of national security

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cutter James for their second large

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drug offload in the past six months

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collectively James offloaded £130,000

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of illicit drugs interdicted across 40

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separate seizures by various cutter

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crews , law enforcement attachments

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deployed aboard U . S . Canadian and

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dutch naval vessels and enabled buy a

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helicopter interdiction . Airborne use

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of force capabilities , interdicting

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bulk quantities of narcotics at sea

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keeps drugs off american streets and it

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deprives transnational criminal

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organizations of their illicit revenue

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streams well done to all those who feed

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the interdiction cycle of success

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or hemispheric neighbors to the south

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have a lot at stake in this fight . As

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transnational criminal organizations

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gravely threaten their way of life ,

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their economies and their individual

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and collective security , persistent

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interagency training and collaboration

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across the vast joint interagency task

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force South operating area has been

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tremendously successful . In 2021

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Panama , Colombia Costa Rica

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collectively removed 225 metric tons .

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That's nearly £500,000 of illicit

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narcotics from the Maritime Transit

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zone . They are highly effective

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counter narcotics partners . Perhaps a

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joint interagency framework to counter

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illegal , unreported , unregulated

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fishing could yield similar successes .

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We , the United States Coast Guard look

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forward to contributing a leadership

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role towards such ends .

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Most people don't think about the ocean

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space as this interconnected geo ,

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politically charged vital zone .

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Foreign nations stealing fish on large

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levels can cause governments to topple ,

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mm hmm .

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They're really eroding maritime

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governance . If you think about it ,

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it's lying and cheating and stealing .

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Thank you . We have large factory

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vessels with huge catching capacity

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that are illegally operating in those

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waters . It has a negative effect on

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the trophic food chain .

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Illegal fishing is a crime that ties to

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arms trafficking . See slavery ,

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murder . The

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oceans are absolutely essential for the

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survival of the planet .

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Yeah , There's no one

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better in the US government than the US

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Coast Guard to talk about some of the ,

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you know , kind of brutalities and

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worries that exist out there . We've

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been involved in , you know , combating

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illegal fishing for 150 years . That's

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what the coast guard can really bring

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to this . This mission is our is our

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expertise and we can help train other

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coast guards so that they might be able

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to similarly enforce those laws in the

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easiest of their countries were re

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sourcing major cutters to get after

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this mission in places where there has

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historically been relatively low

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enforcement . Ultimately ,

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we're looking for global adherence to

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international agreements and

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conservation measures that promote the

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recovery , preservation and long term

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economic viability of global fish

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stocks . We're only going to make a

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dent in the challenge that is , are you

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fishing when we can stand united , no

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single country or individual can tackle

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this . Um All right , it is our

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collective effort that is going to have

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an impact in this .

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I think what unites all people

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is an awareness of how little we

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know and how little we police the space

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on the one hand , and how important it

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is to our survival . On the other hand ,

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illegal unreported , unregulated

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fishing , commonly referred to as I . U .

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U . F . Is certainly a global challenge .

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This past year we launched an

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implementation plan to support our I .

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UF strategic outlook released in

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september 2020 . Our efforts to help

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counter I um fishing behaviors have

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created new avenues to collaborate and

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share best practices of Coast Guard

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work . All these initiatives ,

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modernizing our assets , capabilities ,

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support functions and operations and

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countless others were informed ,

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created , supported and implemented by

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you are incredibly talented , agile and

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dedicated Coast Guard workforce is the

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key to our success has always been .

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Our people are diverse workforce of

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active duty civilian reserve and

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auxiliary volunteers . In 2019 , I

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asked you to join me in building a

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tidal wave of energy to ensure all

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members of team coast guard were

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respected , empowered and included and

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you have informed by our partnership

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with the rand corporation to deliver

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the woman's retention and

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underrepresented minority studies and

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inside our own lifelines . Work through

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RL . Dax and affinity councils . We

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have been united in service to create a

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more inclusive Coast Guard , a service

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where every member of our team can

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experience a strong sense of belonging .

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While there's still much work to do . I

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ask you to celebrate our work in

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progress and recommit to marching the

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ball even further down the proverbial

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inclusion playing field as we work hard

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to achieve . A Coast Guard

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representative of the population we

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serve . We've placed new officer

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recruiting positions in D . C . Hampton

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roads , Atlanta Miami and Houston .

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This past November , we formally

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establish our 4th and largest to date .

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Coast Guard Junior reserve Officers

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Training corps or J . Ramsey program

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right here in this county at the Dallas

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park . 170 local students are already

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participating in this program and

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having our young americans engaged with

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our frontline service members and an

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area like this replete with many

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operational units is the absolute best

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way to generate interest in the United

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States . Coast Guard . And have you

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seen station Destin's BM three Justin

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Le Buff . He teaches the smarter

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everyday host , just how to whistle

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that Youtube video posted a month ago

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has received 4.4 million views . I

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imagine patriarchal above may have

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helped recruit many of future coast e .

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Well done there B . M . Three .

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We are united in service , eliminating

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barriers to success since 2019 .

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Congress has provided an additional $6

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million dollars for our child care

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subsidy program , expanding the pool of

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eligible members and providing targeted

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financial relief to those living in

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high cost childcare areas . The program

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nearly tripled the number of enrolled

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Children in just two years and we've

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received funds to make major

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improvements to Coast Guard housing in

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Alaska new york and California . And

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we've advocated for and anticipate

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funding in our fiscal year 22

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appropriation to start replacing our

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substandard recruit barracks at

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training center , Cape May , the home

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of our enlisted workforce . We're

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developing geographic centers of

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gravity , creating more Coast Guard

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hubs like portsmouth Virginia and

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Alameda California . These newer ,

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improved operating hubs will be in

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charleston , Seattle , Pensacola los

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Angeles and new ports Rhode island .

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And these operating hubs will allow us

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to better support our operational

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assets and to further support the

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geographic stability of our Coast Guard

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workforce . We also continue to derive

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tangible benefits from our initiative

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to provide reservist backfields to

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allow active duty members to optimize

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their parental leave , like Chief

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Schwartz in the video 365 Active Duty

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Coast Guard members have taken

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advantage of this opportunity ,

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improving their work life balance and

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affording some exceptional active duty

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opportunities to our highly capable

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Coast Guard reservists And we made

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significant improvements in telehealth

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capabilities and we have increased

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mental health care access ,

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strengthening the resilience of our

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force . These efforts include the

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hiring of 10 mental health doctors ,

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five regional nurse care managers , 14

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regional behavioral health providers

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with more to follow . And we've called

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quadrupled our auxiliary Chaplain Corps

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who augment our 46 active duty

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chaplains , providing more touchpoints

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with are geographically distributed

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workforce . And we continue to benefit

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from our robust co location policy for

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members married to members and we've

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implemented screening requirements for

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advancement to master chief petty

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officer To ensure our best leaders

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emerge from our senior enlisted ranks .

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We've also taken great steps to improve

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career management for our workforce .

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We've created enlisted career guides

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and place additional career counselors

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to guide career progression and improve

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transparency in the advancement process .

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And soon we will publish ready

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workforce 2030 building on these

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changes and describing the strategic

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vision of how the service will approach

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talent management and modernize ready

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learning in the next decade . In

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addition to achieving your professional

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goals , We want you to achieve your

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educational goals . Last year we raised

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the tuition assistance cap to $3,750 .

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Nearly 5000 members participate in

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tuition assistance and over 1200 took

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advantage of the increase Today .

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Effective immediately , the Coast Guard

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is increasing tuition assistance by

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another 20% to the $4500 maximum level

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authorized across the armed forces .

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Mm hmm . These these are just a few of

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the many examples of how your Coast

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Guard is united in service making

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investments in in adapting policies to

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attract and retain our dedicated

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workforce . And while there's always

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room for improvement on police report

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that our collective efforts to retain

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our workforce are working today , more

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women are remaining in our service

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longer . Today we have 375 more women

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in the service at the critically

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important E 67 0 for mid grade

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leadership ranks that we had a few

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short years ago in 2017 . That's a 28%

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increase of women in these mid grade

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paige bans And that trend that outpaces

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their male counterparts . You know ,

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the rising tide lifts all boats .

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Aphorism applies here today across the

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coast guard , 60% of our active duty

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workforce At the 15 year time . And

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service mark stays with the force .

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That's pretty impressive .

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This encouraging trend falls amidst the

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corporate America's great resignation

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and I think it speaks to the Coast

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Guard's growth mindset and the

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comprehensive efforts we are taking to

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value and hence retain our talented

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workforce . Members . We must continue

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this progress because we cannot be the

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United States Coast Guard . A nation

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needs without each member of our

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workforce . You the extraordinary

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members of our mission ready . Total

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workforce are the change agents who

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maximize our team's potential . You are

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the inspector who shapes novel vessel

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construction . You are the storekeeper

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who provides a much needed part to a

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frontline operator . You are the voice

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on the radio who gives hope to a

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distressed mariner and the first

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responder who pulls that mariner from

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the sea . You are the systems developer

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who collaborates and who innovates to

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get the mission done individually . You

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are valued united in service . We

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are invaluable as your commandant . I

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am ever thankful for the support of the

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local communities in which we operate

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the support of our department , the

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administration and the Congress . The

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state of the Coast Guard is indeed

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strong at a time when our when the

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demand for our services and our

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capabilities has never been higher and

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the challenges on you and your families

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uniquely difficult . You are the most

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talented , tenacious and inclusive team

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of shipmates and Coast Guard families

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that I have been blessed to serve with

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over the past four decades on behalf of

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your senior leadership team , the many

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Coast Guard and maritime agencies re

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partner with across the globe and all

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americans . I offer my deepest

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gratitude and my admiration Today . We

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celebrate your accomplishments and

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successes forever . United in service .

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Thank you and Senator Perata's , mm hmm .

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Thank you .

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Thank you . Yeah .