but you know, this new strategic plan, i'm calling it our polaris our north star, where we will orient our front line operations, our policy, budgeting, acquisitions. if there's not truth to this, we are probably not marching in the right direction. we have a lot of disparate responsibilities across 11 statutory mission sets and we had a handful of plans and we didn't dispense with any of the former plans. we had a cyberplan, an arctic plan, western hem plan, human capital plan. it was a big body of coast guard work that wasn't captured in a plan. we followed the existing plans that my predecessors put in place, and we put it under an umbrella plan that captures all the work of the coast guard. when you are making choices, you see it all in front of you, you tend to go down silos and don't pull it all together. one priority, maximizing readiness today and tomorrow, addressing the nation's complex maritime challenges, and number three, delivering mission excellence any time, anywhere. i'm not going to walk you through the whole thing but when you talk about that first priority, maximizi