>> the marine corps was, from what i understand, the national science foundation directed the marine corps to pose these documents in a library on their website, because it had "nsf" at the end of the url, and was a typical, what i call a typical military maneuver. when they did it, they did not vet it very well. they probably had two low level guys in there, scanning the things, and they posted. they had internal email, stuck with people's names, phone numbers. it was a violation of the privacy act. number one. number two, there were some really damaging documents in there, dimming for them, and i was in virginia when tom called me and told me they had posted these library documents, and i said while. no kidding? -- i said wow. i was with a friend, helping to clear some land, and when i got home, i started looking at this, and i thought, my god, this is the holy grail. >> where were you born? >> pennsylvania. >> what down? >> chambersburg, but then i grew up outside of hershey, pa.. >> where do you live now? >> north carolina. >> do you live near jacksonville? >> i am miles up from c

while recruiting and retention in the navy and marine corps remain strong, we should carefully consider plans for 15,100 fewer active and reserve members of the united states navy and 20,000 fewer marines as the department is currently proposing under its budget plan, covering the next five years. the administration is proposing a reduced defense budget at a time where the challenges to our security are arguably more daunting than at any time in recent history. in particular, the pacific area of command responsibility is predominantly a mare time theater and our presence and power projection will continue to depend on the navy and marine corps. if they remain short of their goal of 315 ships and it proposes under its current budget request to get seven cruisers earlier than planned, two amphibious lift ships needed by the marine corps, cuts to our naval capabilities without a plan to compensate for them puts our goals in the asia pacific region at greater risk. first on the f-35 joint strike fighter program, about 50% of the work needed to build all 32 jets of early projection aircraft

first at camp lejeune the marine corps says this is what happened. d then we find out that that's not the truth. >> compliance is a number one priority for us. we're talking about the health and welfare of our marines and their families. >> the chemicals were first discovered in the early 1980s. the base was trying to determine the source. as soon as they discovered the source of the chemicals, that well was shut down. >> when i first started looking into this as someone who knew nothing about camp lejeune, the first thing i wanted to know was what happened. as i've started reading what happened, i could hear in my mind the technicians talking. why aren't you doing something about it? why are you still using this water? i went looking and found mike hargett. >> we had recognized some contaminants that we didn't expect to see. i went on base and we went to talk with some personnel in public works. >> now, was this a civilian? >> no, this was a uniformed personnel. uniformed officer. >> do you recall his rank? >> he was a major. it was a very brief meet

the marine corps will also return to its mare time roots and resume its role as the expeditionary force in readiness. our marines retain the lessons of a decade of hard and effective fighting in iraq and afghanistan as they transition back to a middle weight amphibious force optimized for forward presence, engagement, and rapid crisis response. we'll carefully manage the redekz in active duty instrength from 202,000 to 182,100 by the end of fiscal year '16 in order to keep faith with our marines and families, the maximum extent possible. this restructured marine corps developed under a plan we'll maintain our effort to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and use energy more efficiently. they have already made us better war fighters by deploying to afghanistan with solar blankets to recharge radios and other thinks, they decreased the risk for risky resupply missions. using less fuel will mean fewer fuel convoys and that will save lives. for every 50 convoys we bring in, a marine have killed or wounded. we know the reality of a volatile global oil mark. every time the cost goes up $1 a

marine corps forces europe and africa from 2005 to 2007. and then the marine corps mobilization command until his retirement in 2008. general davis also has eight years previous experience as the executive director and president of the american press institute, also a membership-based institute. please join me in welcoming our exciting new executive director, major general drew davis. [ applause ] >> thank you for the introduction. first, all of these sessions from this point forward, we would like to have as an interaction with all of you. and on your seats you see cards that we invite you to fill out with your questions for each of the speakers. we will have our staff collect those cards and as the speaker is done with prepared remarks, we'll deliver your questions on your behalf to each speaker. the first of whom is the administrator of nasa. the honorable charles bolden, who told me to be very brief, but i'm not going to be. he said all he wanted in his introduction was that he was married to jackie and had three grandchildren. he's a g

in the navy and marine corps today, what challenges do you face. how do you plan to overcome those challenges to create a culture where we can put sexual assault in the past? make that a problem of the past. and what further steps need to be taken to hold more of the perpetrators of these heinous crimes accountable for their actions? >> senator, you described what happens very accurately. it's a crime. it's an assault. it's an attack on a service member. we have -- the people who join the navy/marine corps swear to not only to protect the united states but also their fellow sailors and marines. this is an attack on one of their shipmates and any amount of sexual assault is unacceptable. we have done a lot and we're continuing to do a lot. first, i established an office of sexual assault prevention, and in my office, reports directly to me. i see the person in the office on a routine basis. as a result of that, we have undertaken a lot of programs particularly in the most at-risk elements. the young sailors and marines who -- ages 18 to about 25. we

so you're in the marine corps, and you should tell everybody where cabera is. what skills did you get in the marine corps that got you involved in that kind of work and how did you decide when you left the stint in the service, to do this? >> how many of you all have heard of khyber before? all right. it's located on outskits of nairobi, kenya. residents there call it a slum and it is a slum community, about half a million folks live there in an area about the size of central park, and i was a junior at usc chapel hill, and i knew that i was going into the marine corps because that was really my first calling in life. my father had served in the marines, and like all of us here in this room, you know, i wanted to make a difference, and the marine corps appeared to be a way to do that. and so i chased that dream, and it had a clarifying effect. when you're at college, you often hear that, use this opportunity to discover what you want to do, and i think it is an amazing moment in life to discover what you want to do, but it really helps if you have a little bit

the application is not focused on the young nco as is the marine corps program. i don't say it because i'm a marine but i just sense that the nco identifying in iraq or afghanistan that there's a problem you can start the dialogue right there. and you can start the reconciliation process right there and you don't have 0 wait six months after he returns and he's got this problem and he pulls out when he's by himself. so we try to restore and very successfully restore because all of these veterans that have come in and actually volunteered their services. this past week, we did 35 marines. we had an individual drive all the way from oregoning to see six times. his brother was killed in vietnam as a company commander. he himself was a marine corps officer, he's the ceo of a very successful business but he's given up a week of his time. we had an orthopedic surgeon come in. it doesn't take very long to tell that these people are giving themselves for me so that chasm of trust is taken care of pretty quickly. i would say by wednesday of a sev seven-day program, these p

you will not see this again either. 2012 is the 100 anniversary of the marine corps aviation. year, and you will see to read of it as a evidence by the new zocor -- the drum and bugle corps. you will see more of it right now. he was a distinguished aviator preserved in the record 35 years and it -- in the marine corps 35 years. it is my pleasure to introduce major general usns he retired, charlie bolden. -- retired united states marine corps, charlie bolden. [applause] >> thank you very much. to my mazing colleagues who flew this incredible machine and the entire shuttle fleet, thank you very much for what you've given to my country. there is a group to my left and to my right. you see those? they wear those iridescent green safety jackets and stuff. they are part of the incredible career of people who make it possible for us to do what we do. they represent the united states alliance, boeing, lockheed, you name it. it is the entire na family. please, give them a hand. [applause] and i will tell you, if you want tmeet some incredible people and shake their hands and get some st

we have, outside the academy, taken action to make sure for both the navy and the marine corps that we are gathering in highly qualified, diverse background americans, not just diversity and ethnicity or national origin but also in terms of geography, in terms of backgrounds, in terms of educational experience because we believe we will be a better fighting force having that diversity of points of view that we bring to bear on any issue. the final thing -- well, next to final thing that i would note is that we have also expanded naval r.o.t.c., returning it to some schools such as harvard, yale, columbia where it has historically been but where it has been absent for 40 years. we're bringing naval r.o.t.c to other schools like arizona state and rutgers to make sure that we do reach the widest population possible in that. and finally, the other thing we've got to do in the military is not only get these young, diverse americans to sign up, but also to remain and make the navy and marine corps a career so that the diversity at our higher ranks will mirror the ones at our lower ranks. >>

i think that's the strength of the marine corps's program. i think the problem with the army program is that it's very well built. the application is not focused on the young nco as is the marine corps program. i don't say it because i'm a marine, i just sense that the nco identifying in iraq or afghanistan that there's a problem. you can start the dialogue right there, and you can start the reconciliation process right there, and you don't have to wait six months after he returns and he has a problem -- we try to restore and very successfully restore, because all these veterans come in and volunteer their services. we had a marine whose brother was killed in vietnam. we had an orthopedic surgeon come in as a team leader from wyoming, it doesn't take a fi beta cappa to tell, these people are giving themselves for me. i would say by wednesday of a seven-day program these people start realizing, these people care about me. then you're on the road to identification. that's when you find the demons. the company commander was killed, he feels guil

marine corps and the co-chairman of the leadership council. and general kelly's extraordinarily distinguished 37-year military career which ended in 1987. he commanded the marine corps organizations at every echelon through many platoon, division, and also served as a member of the joint chiefs. gentlemen, all four of you have been leaders all your lives. and we're particularly honored to continue to be leaders, taking up the future national security of our country in a new way. following the opening remarks which will come in the form of responses to questions, these four individuals -- distinguished individuals have graciously agreed to take questions from the audience. as moderator, i will begin by asking some questions of our panelists before turning it over to our conference center audience here for questions and answers. you can also submit questions via twitter. please send them to us at hudson institute. now, one last note by way of introduction. i should note lastly how pleased we are to be working with safe and hudson. very different

it's a capability that the marine corps does not have a backup plan for. correctly pointed out that the british when they retired their carrier. we did that to extend the life of the carrier to make sure we had the vertical takeoff and numbers of the f-35-b. >> thank you. mr. secretary, gerald r. ford cost overruns are $1 billion and i'm not sure how much it is complete. will the navy be asking for legislative relief from the cost cap of $600 billion? >> senator, not this year, but i'm certain we will be asking next year. >> is it accurate that there is at least $1 billion cost overrun on the gerald r. ford? >> i think it's accurate that it's at least $1 billion over the original estimate. and i think it's important to note what we have done to contain these costs. when i took office, we -- since i have taken office, we have recovered back the fee almost completely from the ship builder. that is building this carrier. so there -- whatever monies they get from now will simply cover their cost. secondly, for some of the government furnished equipment from ot

. >> very exciting, and thank the marine corps for that great work. second mabus, i wonder if in light of the navy's need for strategic dispersal of undersea warfare assets, scl the clinic could comb through and give us your assessment of the marine patrol value of the submarine base in new london. >> the submarine base in new london is one of the key components to strategy just in terms of what you pointed out, the fact that we will be keeping attack submarines in a 40-60 split, atlantic-pacific. what mr. greenert testified to a little bit earlier, that it's. where the capacity and the meeting of these incredible warships are needed, and i also want to thank the state of connecticut is needed. they've addressed about 40 million dollar into the sub base there. so that we can maintain that base at the high operate of operational readiness after it been washed and. . . it become such an important mission, and would you agree also that with the increasing trend toward unmanned, under water vehicles and counter mine warfa warfare, that base is only increa

the active marine corp. at 160,000. those would be reasonable numbers as long as we recognize the asset in you. i don't want to push the argument too far. we need to do this in a careful way. i think looking at the full range of threats to the country including the threat of the debt that it makes sense to try to use the portfolio of active reserve in a way that favors the reserve component a little more than we have so far. with that, i'll look forward to your comments and questions. thank you. [ applause ] >> typically provocative. >> thank you. >> again, please if you have questions pass them into the center of the aisle. our sergeant in arms will collect them and they'll hand them up to me. i see a stack already building. i'll kick things off. this may be down in the weeds a little bit. you already picked on the navy a little bit. why do we need big carriers with 5,000 people when we're currently embarked on the most expensive koefs acquisition program with the f-35? and the short takeoff and vertical landing capabi

but the marine corps has never in a press release corrected the misinformation that happened shortly after the osprey crash when the ma reap corps' original press release indicate -- indicated possible pilot error. mr. speaker, that's why all these names that i have read today have joined me in asking the united states marine corps, who i have great respect for, they're among the best, to give the families, connie gruber and her daughter brook, to give trish brow and her two sons, matthew and mark, one letter on the commandant's stationery, clearly state to the brow family that your husband john brow, a true american hero, was not responsible for the crash on april 8 of 2000. the same for connie gruber. her daughter wrook down in jacksonville, north carolina. -- her daughter brooke, down in jacksonville, north carolina. the -- one let we are the same language as i mentioned for colonel brow, the same language for major brooks gruber. i can assure you that as long as i have the privilege to serve in the united states congress and with all these experts that i've quoted today, that are

it was always possible maureen palmer son christopher sherry a lieutenant in the united states marine corps and a member of its elite special forces committed suicide aboard a navy transport ship and was returning home after an eight month the pointed to the middle east as mother's investigation into his death including an autopsy and other testing would lead to a finding that chris had been suffering from lariam toxicity but six years ago when i sent my son to the marine corps an event that would have never been possible was that he would take his life and so in answer to your question it continues to be a huge open wound in my life. and intellectual level i understand what happened to christopher that he had evolved because the drug was in psychotic state he and psychotic break it was not in possession of his good mind when he took his life. but there is a part of me that as his mother of twenty eight years still doesn't understand how such a sound stable. vital happy young man could have devolved that fast. and that far three days before his death chris could bathing stop shaving and his

on the capabilities of the marine corps. operating in that theatre of operations. and one of the things i was more focused on than anything, i know marines can fight, is the question of how you get there and what i saw was we were having @fi die in determining how we were going to get there. as an example, i was up in bud da in in norway and a great big norwegianen air force general got very annoyed with some of the things i was saying. he came over and punched me in the chest and said you can't come to my country and tell me how i'm going to fight my war. well, his boss, who was a three-star, told him to sit down and he reminded him, said anytime, said you've got to have something to fight with before you can fight. i thought that was great answer for somebody who was getting very antagonistic. the following year, i went to the pacific area and gave about 50 pereiresentations and from t, we built a bidding block of unique and historic capabilities. numb mne was essential during the gulf war. the maritime positioning of ships. those ships would be ppelocated offsho

i didn't join the marine corps to stay in the states. i joined the marine corps to do the fighting.i like the brotherhood of the marine corps. it is very essential to the friendships that i have made. i can always depend on them and they can depend on me. i would hop out of this wheelchair in a second if i had to, if they got an eye or something. i don't know how i'd do it, but somehow, it was because of our time together and we went through all these different experiences together. >> that is also what corporal jones said. we were the family and we were continuing. >> we got phone calls saying that rob got hurt. we drove down to the hospital. immediately, even though he was drugged up on morphine, you could still see that he had the same personality. he was still joking around with. >> for being as drugged up as he was, -- that was the first time we got to our selves, thank god he is alive. c-span: ivan kander, were you when you had heard that rob jones had been injured? >> i was right here near sober spring, and i received a card from a mutual friend to let me know that rob was in

we'll gradually resize the active marine corps to about 182,000 from roughly 202,000. we'll reduce and streamline the air force's airlift fleet. in addition, the air force will eliminate seven tactical air squadrons, but we will still retain a robust force of 54 combat coded fighter squadrons, and maintain our capabilities on airlift as well. the navy, while it will protect its most flexible ships, will lower seven cruisers that have not been upgraded with ballistic missile defense capability. secondly, we felt we have to rebalance our global posture and focus on those areas that represent the greatest threats to our national security. so we will emphasize asia pacific and the middle east. the strategic guidance made clear that we must protect capabilities needed to project power in asia pacific and the middle east. these are the areas where we obviously, as you know just by picking up the newspaper, these are the places that can represent the greatest threats to our security. for that reason, we maintain the current bomber fleet. we maintain our aircraft carrier fleet

i'm proud to say that my son also followed me into the marine corps. he's now a lieutenant colonel stationed here at the pentagon and is an f-18 back seater and spanish foreign area officer and doing all kinds of great things. my military career opened vistas that i never could have dreamed possible when i was a student in segregated south carolina, trying to live up to the high ideals of my parents to get a good education and pursue my dreams. like me, many of our astronauts have come from the military. precisely for the skills and values that the military helps us develop. while we are civil space agency, nasa, dod and the national security apparatus share many of the same technologies. we share many of the same enabling systems, a common industrial base. we have similar facility needs and we have similar workforce needs. we have many differences too, but the key to cooperation is to work together to overcome challenges and focus on activities that benefit both organizations. and i will say if you go through the ranks of our nasa employees, many of t

but the great thing about the marine corps is the training process that the young men and women go through gives them all the ability to kill at least one time to put that warrior ethos in effect and then once you've done it. then it's on you. as so many things happen in a war that put you at odds with your sense of right and wrong. i've seen things that would be described as his war crimes. the sergeant who had the ring of ears who. is not a secret i mean he's walking around with a big wiring with human ears pushed through the low been there all hanging on the ring these are people he has cut off their ears to try to get information. shooting civilians. you don't really call it it's not like you're shooting a scene. it's like. collateral damage. it is. all.

general james conway retired a 34th kmorcoalder in the united states marine corps. he served as a member of the joint chiefs in a 40-year distinguished career under active duty. under his leadership, the corps grew to 315,000 active reserve which he is responsible for organizing, equipping and training. and he was especially responsible for bringing weapons systems into the marine corps. lastly, j.p. kelly. general kelly's extraordinarily distinguished 37-year career which ended in 1987, he commanded marine organizations through every echelon. he also served as a member of the joint chiefs. gentle @ll four of you have been leaders all your lives. we're particularly honored that you continue to be leaders. take me through the future of the national security company in a new way. following their opening remarks which will come in the fo of responses to questions, these four individual -- distinguished individuals have graciously agreed to take questions from the audience. as moderator, i will begin by asking some questions of our panelists before turning it over to ou

happens there he must be buried in his marine corps uniform. and that upsets me because i don't understand how faithful he is and how fermented he is and i have to respect his wishes so for me i don't understand how the government can actually. treat a man that we. understand. this country. the army refuses to recognize its responsibility six months in iraq were enough to shatter the lives of gerard and his family. in fallujah thousands of inhabitants still live in these buildings destroyed by american bombing seven years in a contaminated city. hospital was short staffed and cruelly lax medical equipment nothing can be done to save these children so to keep evidence of their births a photographer has been drafted by the doctors. i. was going to play photographing them. but you know why my photograph i'm sure because. this is the straw database. we try to keep it updated every month these photos are unbearable most of these babies will only live for a few hours every month twenty or so babies like these are born and then die in this hospital no

marine corp.. and general kelly's extraordinarily distinguished 37-year military career which ended in 1987, he commanded marine corps organizations at every echelon from platoon through division, was the youngest marine ever to be made a general and also served as a member of the joint chiefs. gentlemen, all four of you have been leaders all your lives, and we're particularly horned -- honored that you're continuing to be leaders. following their opening remarks which will come in the form of responses to questions, these four individuals, distinguished individuals have graciously agreed to take questions from the audience. as moderator, i will begin by asking some questions of our panelists before turning it over to our conference center audience here for questions and answers. you can also submit questions via twitter. please send them to us @hudson institute. one last note, i should note lastly how pleased we are to be working with s.a.f.e., s.a.f.e. and hudson are different os, but i think it

i remember a sergeant major, a black sergeant major, a senior sergeant major in the marine corps, his name was edgar huff. he risked his life during the tet offensive when he decided to go out into machine gunfire to fall over the body solve a white marine who was half his age to save his life. i asked sergeant major huff who faced discrimination in our society as well as the marine corps for most of his life, i said, how could you do that? how could you risk this in middle age? he said, wally, it was very easy. when i heard him cry mother i did not hear the color of his skin, i heard the color of our flag. in vietnam i believe we found a common humanity, whether we were carrying weapons or carrying our cameras or carrying our pins. there were men i found my common humanity with, i, a black man who came from harlem in new york found in white men who came from other parts of the world, zalan grant from south carolina, marsh clark from missouri, ray herndon from texas, dick swanson from iowa and larry burrells from england, i found in them brothers. we found in each other brothers. i'm

you will not see this again either. 2012 is the 100 anniversary of the marine corps aviation. ntire year, and you will see to read of it as a evidence by the new zocor -- the drum and bugle corps. he was a distinguished aviator preserved in the record 35 years and it -- in the marine corps 35 years. it is my pleasure to introduce major general usns he retired, charlie bolden. -- retired united states marine corps, charlie bolden. >> thank you very much. to my mazing colleagues who flew this incredible machine and the entire shuttle fleet, thank you very much for what you've given to my country. there is a group to my left and to my right. you see those? they wear those iridescent green safety jackets and stuff. they are part of the incredible career of people who make it possible for us to do what we do. they represent the united states alliance, boeing, lockheed, you name it. it is the entire nasa family. please, give them a hand. [applause] and i will tell you, if you want to meet some incredible people and shake their hands and get some stories about where the skeletons are

patterson graduated from texas a & m in 1969 and received his commission in the united states marine corps. in 1972, he volunteered for duty in vietnam and was later designated as a naval flight officer. he served in marine fighter squadrons until his retirement from the marine corps reserve as a lieutenant colonel in 1993. his love of history likely derives at least in part from the fact that five consecutive generations of his family have served our nation in time of war. commissioner patterson demonstrates not only his love of history but also his courage in everything he does. both attributes will be much needed as he and the general land office take on new challenges in the future. especially efforts to preserve the greatest texas history shrine of all, the alamo. i can't think of a more appropriate person or organization to take on this charge. please join me in welcoming and thanking a great friend of texas history, land commissioner jerry patterson. [ applause ] >> i think it's time to sit down and shut up if you have a good introduction and folks are aplayeding you, you can't make

not to follow the commander-in-chief's orders, the marine corps announcing today that sergeant garytein will be given an other than honorable discharge for violating policy limiting speech of service members meaning he'll lose most of his veterans benefits. a couple of political notes from the gingrich campaign he's suspending his year long presidential campaign and on tuesday he is expected to endorse mitt romney. last night in manchester, new hampshire the republican presidential candidate mitt romney turning the page and turning his attention to the general the election contest with the president. let's begin with our lead story and that's the comments of the fed chairman ben bernanke as he spoke to reporters on capitol hill and coming up in just a couple of minutes we'll share with you news from great britain on the pace of its recovery. but the fed chairman saying he's frustrated that the economy is recovering but not at the pace he expected. policymakers are holding off any additional steps to boost the economy. this amid signs that the two year expansion is gaining some stren

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so halsey really repairs a lot of that ill will that existed between the navy and the marine corps. and i think, you know, from that point forward it's very much the case that the two services fought side by side and threw everything they had against the japanese. so i hope i'm not losing you with all these subthemes and shifts of gears and jumping back andford in time. -- forward in time. guadalcanal's a complex campaign. telling the story in one book was a trick because we had to account for the changing of the guard, for the comings and goings of ships and officers and men of every rank. every battle had a different order of battle, the different commanders on different sides. so the story is really one of the institution of the navy learning how to fight. so i've established, i told you about norman scott and about how he wins the battle of cape's prance. the japanese don't quit. in fact, two days after that battle was won, the effect, you could say, was almost negligible. the japanese are able to work over the cactus air force for about two hours on the night of october 15th. a