The 2019 State of the Coast Guard introductory video highlights how the men and women of the Coast Guard are Masters of water, the common element critical for global survival, security and prosperity. From search and rescue response, undermining Transnational Criminal Organizations in the Western Hemisphere, to ensuring access to opening shipping routes in the Arctic and asserting sovereignty, the Coast Guard lives up to and continues to be Always Ready. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco.