MILWAUKEE -- Rear Adm. Michael Parks, commander of the 9th Coast Guard District, delivers the keynote address during a ceremony marking Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan'??s acceptance of Rescue 21, the Coast Guard'??s new communications system, April 20, 2012. Rescue 21's state-of-the-art technology is enhancing search and rescue mission execution and maritime safety along Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan-s nearly 1,500 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class George Degener.