District Commander's Perspective

摘要

I am honored and excited to present this inaugural edition of the storied Proceedings magazine focused on a specific Coast Guard District's operations, environment, and challenges. During my tenure here, I have learned something new and fascinating nearly every day! This outstanding collection of articles highlights many of the unique attributes of our service's work in these shared, sensitive, and salt-free bodies of water. The most striking of which is the dramatic shift in operations caused by changing seasons. We refer to these two operating environments as "soft water" in the summer months and "hard water" in the winter. The resulting cyclical training and equipment preparations, and different risk profiles, truly test our crews.