b'that moment he felt sure that he was a good commandingGeib never raised his voice. He threw in enough sirs to be officer and that his boss would be very pleased on his visitrespectful. His message was crystal clear. That day I was the following month.to learn the most valuable lesson I was ever going to get as a junior leader, Lee said. That is this: we are all three That afternoon, there was a knock at his office door. Itpeople. We are who think we are. We are who other people was Chief Petty Officer Bill Geib asking if he could have asee us as. And we are who we really are. The closer those word. For the next 30-40 minutes Geib commenced to telllines of bearing cross, the healthier we are. One of my lines Lee in no uncertain terms that he was coming up short as awas way off. When I came to work that morning, I thought commanding officer. One after another, he just nailed meI was a good commanding officer, but I had just been in-between the eyes with every little leadership flaw I had,formed otherwise. He reset me. Lee said. He let me have it and I couldnt refute a thing he said because I knew that he was absolutely right. Lees response could have been to remind the officer of who was in charge. Instead, he told Geib that what he did And one more thing, sir. Geib then did what Lee called thetook courage and asked for his help. The two men made unthinkable, he gave Lee an ultimatum. Sir, you must makea pact. Lee would focus on dealing with the public, the a decision today whether you want to have the most immac- higher command, and the press. Geib would work with the ulately maintained Coast Guard station on the Eastern Sea- men to take care of everything on the base and promised to board, or whether you want to have four boats that run andmake Lee look good. At the end of Lees tour, they were the crews that are trained to run them, but you cant have both.number one-rated unit in the region. Not because of me, Theres not enough of us. Whats it going to be, sir? he said, but because of Chief Petty Officer Geib who had YOUR PROPULSION EXPERTSmore flexibility LET ASSUREDPARTNERS MCM MANAGEYOUR INSURANCE SO YOU CAN more comfort FOCUS ON YOUR VOYAGEAssuredPartners MCM is a leading independent insurance brokerage based in the Pacic Northwest. Ourmore space combined experience placing insurance and managing the marine industrys unique risks.Whether were working with vessel operators, builders, AssuredPartners MCMContact: Damon L. Nasman SCHOTTEL EcoPeller SCORES Direct Line: 206.262.6375 WITH COMPACT VERSION Damon.Nasman@assuredpartners.comThe German propulsion expert SCHOTTEL presents a space-saving CLE installation variant of its proven EcoPeller (SRE). The space-optimized support structure, the omission of the gearbox and an integrated electric motor (LE-Drive) enable an www.assuredpartnersmcm.com extremely low overall height while maintaining low noise and vibration levels. This makes it ideally suitable for the passenger vessel sector.www.schottel.com21 MARCH 2025240119_AZ_Foghorn_4.625x7Zoll.indd 1 19.01.24 10:57'