 Hi, I'm General Frank McKenzie, Commander of the United States Central Command. Happy birthday to the United States Coast Guard. For 231 years, the men and women of the United States Coast Guard have safeguarded the American people and they have promoted national security. The United States Coast Guard serves as a law enforcement organization, a regulatory agency, a member of the U.S. intelligence community, a first responder, and a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. And they do all of this to save those in peril and to protect the United States. To our Coast Guardsmen's deploy to the U.S. SENTCOM region, and to their families as well. Happy birthday, Semper Paratus.