MR’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY said this about climate change, “You can ciencies. The current role of the Coast more ef? ciently spend money or more Were you enforcing maritime safety?competently get the job done?suffer, you can adapt, or you can man- Guard in the intelligence community age.” The same can be said for social As commandant, I made a con- is not well understood, nor is the value If we have a statutory obliga-media. We’ve demonstrated that there is certed effort to reach out to all stake- demonstrated every day by what our real value – and considerable risk – to tion to do something, and we elect not to holders in the maritime community. We people do in intelligence. We are a full crowd sourcing. It’s a new area of col- do it because of a risk-based decision or put resources back into the regulatory member of the intelligence community; laboration; a new area of social interac- lack of resources, that’s one thing. But if compliance functions and put into place we have a service cryptographic element tion where we don’t have a lot of history, it’s been decided for policy reasons that a long-term safety and improvement at Fort Meade. We have people that work and we’re really not sure where we are we shouldn’t be in line of work anymore, plan. [Rear Admiral] Jim Watson wrote with DoD every day, adding value. We going. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t use it might not be within our authority to it from when he was still in the Coast have unique capabilities because the it because we’re scared of it. The fact make that decision. This is a tricky ques-Guard. And he took concrete steps to Coast Guard operates in places that other is, it’s there, and there’s no fear of en- tion because if you remember during my make sure we were carrying out our re- agencies don’t. The government would try when an event occurs and anybody tenure as commandant, the Coast Guard sponsibilities. be well served to ? nd more ways to standing around with a cell phone with a resided inside another committee, not use the unique capabilities of the Coast Are there missions currently housed camera in it can actually become part of inside the homeland security committee. Guard, because there are some out there.elsewhere that the Coast Guard could the event or the outcome of that event. I There was concern that we hadn’t been more ef? ciently take on?Is the Coast Guard now housed in the think we have to deal with the fact that enforcing the marine safety statutes and right place – DHS – or would it be bet-regulations that we were provided with this is the reality we live in. ter situated in another domain? We should talk about this in after 9/11, and that we might’ve been di-context to any capacities and capabilities Are there missions the Coast Guard verting resources away from those mis-that might be exploited for greater ef? - I testi? ed repeatedly during my could cede to others in an effort to sions.’ Then President George W. Bush (R) greets Commander, Joint Task Force Katrina, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, and Director of FEMA Relief Efforts, U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen (L) as he steps off Air Force One on board Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, Oct. 10, 2005.U.S. Navy Photo34 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • MARCH 2014MR #3 (32-41).indd 34 MR #3 (32-41).indd 34 3/4/2014 10:51:20 AM3/4/2014 10:51:20 AM