Lt. Donald Flusche, the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island, speaks at the Block Island's decommissioning ceremony at Fort Macon, N.C., Friday, March 14, 2014. The Block Island, commissioned in November 1991, was a 110-foot multi-mission patrol boat capable of search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, environmental protection and homeland security. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert)