Guardians,
This week a number of senior leaders are meeting with our Sector Commanders at their annual conference. Yesterday I spent some time discussing the status of our Authorization Bill as it relates to Modernization, deployment of our new maintenance program to the small boat and patrol communities, and the FY2011 budget. We also had a good discussion regarding SAR staffing, doctrine and operating procedures. As we have reviewed our response to cases over the last several years there has been much discussion regarding how our operations centers are staffed and how we manage SAR cases. These are healthy discussions and we need to continually assess our readiness in all of our mission areas and look for areas where we need to change and adapt ... the hallmark of a change centric organization. I did pass on a personal standard I have used for over thirty years of SAR operations. If you have even a generalized location of an event and doubt as to personal safety ... launch. In short hand, doubt plus datum equals do something (D3).
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