Vice Adm. Chuck Michel, Coast Guard deputy commandant for operations, speaks to Lt. Cmdr. Mark Jorgensen, engineer officer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, about the damage control capability on the cutter while underway in the Chukchi Sea Sept. 10, 2014. The Stratton is one of the Coast Guard’s new national security cutters, an important asset in accomplishing missions in the Arctic and elsewhere. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)