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Publication No. 1
R 061627Z FEB 02 ZYB
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//G-C//
TO ALCOAST
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UNCLAS //N16000//
ALCOAST 047/02
COMDTNOTE 16000
SUBJ: COAST
GUARD PUBLICATION 1
1. I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT AMERICAS MARITIME GUARDIANS: U.S. COAST GUARD PUBLICATION 1 TO THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN MEN AND WOMEN OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD, COAST GUARD RESERVE, AND THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY.
2. THE SUBTITLE, U.S. COAST GUARD PUBLICATION 1, DESERVES SOMEEXPLANATION. PUBLISHED 211 YEARS AFTER THE FOUNDING OF OURSERVICE, PUBLICATION 1 IS CLEARLY NOT THE FIRST COAST GUARDPUBLICATION, BUT IT IS THE FIRST DOCTRINAL PUBLICATION TO SYNTHESIZE WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND HOW WE DO THINGS. PUBLICATION 1 CONTAINS OUR HISTORY, ETHOS, VALUES AND REASON FOR EXISTENCE.
3. AS A MILITARY, MULTIMISSION, MARITIME SERVICE, AND AS AMERICAS SMALLEST ARMED SERVICE, WE PERFORM AN ASTONISHINGLY BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES TO OUR COUNTRY. PUBLICATION 1 PROVIDES THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE MISSIONS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NATION. IT IS DESIGNED TO LET THE RIGHT HAND KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING AND TO REMIND BOTH HANDS OF THE MAGNIFICENT BODY TO WHICH THEY ARE JOINED. THIS IS OUR COMMON UNDERSTANDING ABOUT OURSELVES. MY HOPE IS THAT IT WILL ENABLE EVERY COAST GUARD SERVICE MEMBER, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE AND VOLUNTEER TO SERVE MORE EFFECTIVELY.
4. PUBLICATION 1 IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE TO BE USED BY THE SERVICE TO SHAPE THE THINKING OF CURRENT AND FUTURE LEADERS. TO THAT END, IT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO SERVICE INDOCTRINATION AND TRAINING CURRICULUMS AT CAPE MAY, THE ACADEMY, THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER, PETALUMA, YORKTOWN, AND OTHER ACCESSION POINTS AS WELL AS IMBEDDED IN UNIT ALL HANDS REQUIRED TRAINING. FIELD COMMANDERS SHALL BE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATIONS CHAPTER OF PUBLICATION 1 FOR ALL OPERATIONAL DECISION-MAKING.
5. ALL UNITS WILL RECEIVE COPIES IN THE COMING WEEK.
6. READ IT TO LEARN. READ IT WITH PRIDE.
7. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
8. ADM J.M. LOY, COMMANDANT, SENDS.
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