Quote:
"We owe it to the men and women of the Coast Guard who have answered the nation's call to provide them with the most capable, reliable, and safest tools necessary to perform duties that are unavoidable, inherently hazardous given the nature of our maritime operating environment."

Rear Admiral Gary T. Blore, Program Executive Officer, Integrated Deepwater System Program at Armed Forces Day speech in Scranton, PA, May 2006