Dan Webster: “we want the fastest, best, smartest, most focused, and toughest military on the face of the globe.”

Your maintenance budget will only cover half of planned cutter maintenance projects in 2024.

To the Coasties who joined us here today and across the world, thank you all for your unconditional service to our nation.

I have major concerns about the funding needed to keep up with the backlog in infrastructure, the investments in new assets such as cutters and helicopters and everyday support services to the fleet.

We absolutely have to do better on this.