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SUBJ:  DISTRICT COMMANDER'S DIRECTION
1.  IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ASSUME COMMAND OF THE FIRST
AND BEST COAST GUARD DISTRICT. THE FIRST'S EXCELLENT REPUTATION IS
WELL DESERVED, CONSIDERING THE CASES YOU HAVE WORKED AND THE HEROES
YOU HAVE MADE. I AM PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU AS SHIPMATES.

2.  WHETHER IN THE COLD BOUNDARY WATERS OF MAINE OR THE BUSTLING
PORTS OF NY/NJ, WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR MISSION EXECUTION
THROUGH OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. IT IS WHAT WE DO AND HAVE DONE
SINCE 1790. IT IS WHAT TEAM COAST GUARD IS ALL ABOUT, AND IT IS
WHERE I WILL PLACE MY EMPHASIS. WE WILL PROVIDE OUR FELLOW
CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS REGION, THE SECURITY, SAFETY, AND
STEWARDSHIP OF OUR OCEANS DEMANDED IN AN UNCERTAIN TIME AND AN
OFTEN DANGEROUS WORLD. AS ADM ALLEN HAS STATED, WE ALL HAVE TO KNOW
HOW TO BE THE LEADERS - TO BE COMBAT READY WARRIOR DIPLOMATS. WE
WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO SEEK CREATIVE SOLUTIONS IN OFTEN AMBIGUOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES.  WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE AND WILL BE ONLY AS
GOOD AS THE COXSWAIN, OFFICER OF THE DECK OR OUR MOST JUNIOR
WATCHSTANDER WHO IS AT THE VERY TIP OF THE OPERATIONAL SPEAR. MY
PLEDGE IS TO KEEP THAT SPEAR SHARP THROUGH EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION
AND OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS.

3.  TO THIS END, I WILL ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR TEAM COAST GUARD
MEMBERS, WHETHER THEY BE AUXILIARISTS, RESERVISTS, ACTIVE DUTY OR
CIVILIANS ARE WELL TRAINED AND HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT WE CAN GET
THEM. I WILL ENSURE THAT BOTH THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE WELL
TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN THE EXPERIENCE AND
KNOWLEDGE OF MY COMMAND MASTER CHIEFS, JACK DOWNEY AND BILL DIKUN.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE SUPERIOR FIELD COMMANDERS, AND AN OUTSTANDING
STAFF AT BOTH THE OPERATIONAL AND SUPPORT LEVELS TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.

4.  I LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING ALL OUR DISTRICT UNITS IN THE NEAR
FUTURE, TO SEE FIRST HAND YOUR CHALLENGES AND NEEDS, AS WELL AS TO
CELEBRATE YOUR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I WILL ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD
WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR KEEPING THE OPERATIONAL SPEAR SHARP. I
WILL CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE THE SPIRIT OF OUR MANY HEROES HERE IN
THE FIRST DISTRICT AND I ASK YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO STAND TALL ON
WATCH. STAY PREPARED FOR ALL THREATS, ALL HAZARDS AND BE ALWAYS READY.

5.  RADM SULLIVAN SENDS.