1 00:00:00,239 --> 00:00:02,128 Hi , I'm Brooke Millard . I'm the 2 00:00:02,128 --> 00:00:04,017 commanding officer of coast guard 3 00:00:04,017 --> 00:00:06,128 cutter Bear , I've been on board this 4 00:00:06,128 --> 00:00:08,350 ship for just over a year . This cutter 5 00:00:08,350 --> 00:00:11,489 just reached its 100,000 hour milestone 6 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:13,829 on its number one main diesel engine , 7 00:00:14,060 --> 00:00:16,284 which I think is pretty remarkable when 8 00:00:16,295 --> 00:00:18,239 I talk to other people outside the 9 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,295 coast guard and I say , oh , we have 10 00:00:20,295 --> 00:00:22,517 original engines on our ship . And then 11 00:00:22,517 --> 00:00:24,351 when I say that our engines have 12 00:00:24,351 --> 00:00:26,517 reached 100,000 , 100,000 hours . They 13 00:00:26,517 --> 00:00:28,628 just think that's incredible . I love 14 00:00:28,628 --> 00:00:30,795 the boat to death . I got blessed with 15 00:00:30,795 --> 00:00:32,962 a really good engineering crew . These 16 00:00:32,962 --> 00:00:35,295 engines takes a lot to get them running , 17 00:00:35,295 --> 00:00:37,573 how they do , but we keep them running . 18 00:00:37,573 --> 00:00:39,795 That's all that counts . I'm excited to 19 00:00:39,795 --> 00:00:41,962 celebrate this milestone here with you 20 00:00:41,962 --> 00:00:44,073 today . What's really cool about this 21 00:00:44,073 --> 00:00:46,128 40 years of Bear in this engine ? If 22 00:00:46,128 --> 00:00:48,295 you think about it , I did some math . 23 00:00:48,295 --> 00:00:50,462 I'm not a mathematician either , but I 24 00:00:50,462 --> 00:00:52,517 did some math and I think this means 25 00:00:52,517 --> 00:00:54,739 that this engine has been running if we 26 00:00:54,739 --> 00:00:56,851 were to run consecutively for over 11 27 00:00:56,851 --> 00:00:58,851 years . And one of our crew members 28 00:00:58,851 --> 00:01:00,962 said that if we were running at about 29 00:01:00,962 --> 00:01:03,128 10 knots . If it was pushing the shift 30 00:01:03,128 --> 00:01:05,239 to run about 10 , then the ship would 31 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:07,966 have , I think traveled about 800,000 32 00:01:07,975 --> 00:01:10,305 miles . Can you imagine if your car ran 33 00:01:10,316 --> 00:01:12,926 800,000 miles ? Like that's just insane . 34 00:01:12,935 --> 00:01:15,846 So , I think it's a huge milestone for 35 00:01:15,856 --> 00:01:17,585 the Bear . It's also a time to 36 00:01:17,596 --> 00:01:19,763 celebrate all the engineers who worked 37 00:01:19,763 --> 00:01:21,818 on . Bear . The most of the folks on 38 00:01:21,818 --> 00:01:24,040 board this ship , they work on the ship 39 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,985 for 2 to 3 years . So if you think 40 00:01:25,985 --> 00:01:27,874 about 40 years or four decades of 41 00:01:27,874 --> 00:01:29,707 service , we've had so many blue 42 00:01:29,707 --> 00:01:31,961 suitors and support personnel , uh work 43 00:01:31,972 --> 00:01:34,722 on these engines to maintain them and 44 00:01:34,732 --> 00:01:37,111 to keep us on mission and get us down 45 00:01:37,122 --> 00:01:39,289 range and just think about some of the 46 00:01:39,289 --> 00:01:41,511 amazing things we've done . 40 years of 47 00:01:41,511 --> 00:01:43,733 counter narcotics , 40 years of migrant 48 00:01:43,733 --> 00:01:45,872 interdiction at sea . Uh 40 years of 49 00:01:45,882 --> 00:01:48,222 search and rescue . We are just part of 50 00:01:48,232 --> 00:01:50,121 a long blue line and just part of 51 00:01:50,121 --> 00:01:52,351 maintaining these amazing engines and 52 00:01:52,361 --> 00:01:53,382 doing this amazing work .