he expects the army to work like lee's army does. he said he was a man of the lee and jackson school. trying to do these flank attacks, tries to pull these things off but he cannot do it. another thing with hood, his army is unwieldy. when he starts the tennessee campaign after the fall of atlanta, he does not have any veteran war commanders. stewart is his senior corps commander and has been in command since june. this thing kicks off in september. as the campaign opens in september, he has frank cheetham commanding. after the fall of atlanta, he says, either he goes or i go. jefferson davis steps in and transfers hardy out of the army. the army's high command is new and it is suffering from within on the lower levels. the atlanta campaign had seen a slow bleeding of the army of tennessee's junior officers. the war was changing, just as it was changing in georgia, too. they marched out of dalton, georgia, preparing to fight the war the way they had been fighting. trench warfare is coming in. sharpshooters. repeating weapons. these a

air force passed for 195 yards versus army. there in army's house. navy could not get that going with zach abey. >> adam: oerm army, they don't care how or why, they just care this is happening, beating >> rick: they took a page from navy, we talked about it in the pregame navy likes to be the boconstrictor, take the ball and play keepaway, over 40 minutes of possession time for army -- they outnavied navy. >> brian: we thought it was possible navy was worn out, first time, you said it during pregame, 1941, they didn't have a bye week going into the ballgame and played in the a.a.c. championship game a week ago, lost to temple but in the second half they started to show they were the navy of old in the way they got down the field and zach abey a beautiful run by heim. looked like he was going to go down, tacklers were there, but hield not be denied. >> adam: were you surprised based on the time of possession and army's ability to run the ball when they didn't turn it over that navy punted when they did late in the game? >> rick: it was a calculated c

and he has the army. he now has to contend with new officers as far as core commanders that are not necessarily geling together either. i use this quite often when i talk about those going there and the bad luck the army of tennessee has. they just have bad luck. every time they're going to get to kick the football. the football gets yanked out from under them. also the leader of the army. he's a self-serving little guy. and with the battle of franklin he is not so much the guy in charge of the army. he kind of brings it there and he is worried about trying to get out of franklin. general jacob cox and others that will actually do the defense. david stanley until he gets shot but also this talk is about great attacks. so not necessarily a defense so we won't spend a whole lot of time. but we'll talk about the men that will fight this and hood's men will be facing and then of course the men that john bell hood actually commands veteran soldiers of the army in tennessee as ill stlated here. this common sold

army today. but the last thing and the one thing i really want to show you is what maybe actually the most important thing in this trunk. and it's the straight razors. why is this, you ask? keep in mind, in world war i was the first introduction of chemical warfare in gas. and a man's ability to get his gas mask on in a matter of seconds sometimes was the difference between life and death. but there was another factor as well. gas masks don't get a good seal on the face if you have stubble or if you have a beard. so everybody was required to be clean shaven. and so, effective use of the razor and keeping yourself clean shaven could sometimes be the difference between life and death. now i mention mcarthur's brother in passing a few minutes ago and i want to call your attention to this plaque of the uss chattanooga. arthur mcarthur hunted german submarines and troop ships across the atlantic during the first world war and achieved quite a regard showing so. that he commanded during the war itself.

the army potomac and the army of the tennessee. so even though it's the official doctrine, that doesn't mean it gets used that way. so let's take a step up and talk about how division commanders are going to form for battle. this is an early war example and a mid-war example. in addition to those two formations that are primarily brigade commander level decisions, we have some formations -- we have some divisional commanders who now have to make some decisions. divisional and corps commanders received almost no training, no instruction, no theory about how to conduct military operations. they learned on the job. they used what they knew. beaurega beauregard, the battle of shiloh, is reputed to have created this confederate formation by putting one of his corps in the front line. i should -- you probably no albert sydney johnson commanded the army at shiloh. beauregard in second command. beauregard devised the battle order and drew up the formation. he put one corps in line there. one corps in line directly behind it and the other t

army modernization. based on the understanding of the future armed conflict, then we describe how army forces in the future will have to be prepared to fight or fight, how they would fight to secure our nation and our vital interests as part of the joint force with multinational partners, with civilian agencies and others. so that's a description of how we have to fight in the future. that's in the high readable army concept. it's enough for you in to take to the ski slopes with you. the latest is in draft form called multidomain battle. and based on that foundation that conceptual foundation we have to identify what are the required capabilities of the future force and then we learn, we learn through seminars, experimentation, war gaming. and we learn through a framework called the war fighting challenges. these are 21st order questions, the answers to which will inform future force development. so it's an effort to learn in a focus focused, sustained and collaborative manner, not to learn repetitively

either go army or go navy. if you want to do it, i'll do it with you. >> go army, beat navy.e go. molly. >> thank you. >>> we are live at boston historic hall marketplace with thousands of holiday shoppers and we'll have more from here all hour long. i accept i'm not the hiker i was. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but no matter what path i take, i go for my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily... and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bru

>> what army is this?s. >> washington's men finally cross the delaware, four hours behind schedule. as the americans make their way through the new jersey countryside, local citizens join their ranks, eager to retaliate against their hessian oppressors. >> there were better tacticians than george washington, there were better military planners than george washington, but almost no one in american history has proven to be better in the clutch than george washington. washington had something special, and whatever he had, people believed in him. >> general, it's nearly dawn. i doubt we'll manage to surprise them. >> press on! press on, boys! >> the going is slow. washington fears that come sunrise, they will surely be detected. >> washington's plan hinges on surprise and timing. they've already blown their timetable, and they still have to march nearly 10 miles before they reach trenton. >> what often gets forgotten is that the march to trenton is actually worse than crossing the delaware. the blizzard intens

and so its use is very intermittent in the two main armies, the army of the potomac and the army of the tennessee. so even though it's the official doctrine, that doesn't mean it gets used that way. >> let's take a step up and talk about how division commanders are going to form for battle. this is an early war example and a mid war example.

those were breaking an active army. we grew the army. at the pick of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, we had 170,000 53,000 ofmployed, whom were reserve component, national guard and army reserve. of123,000 active in an army 570,000. so knowing you go to end of historicalere is a pattern. after wars, your commitments go up to consolidate the gains. on,wars are still going first of all, in afghanistan and pakistan area, in the middle east where you have a rotational brigade inchoate in addition to the forces that are committed in ,upport of iraqi armed forces kurdish armed forces, turkish armed forces in iraq. and then you have a rotational commitment to korea and went to europe now because of russian aggression. one is capacity in the army. the second thing, in previous armyds of drawdowns, the had recently been modernized. we did a lot of important things to strengthen our forces for iraq and afghanistan. but those were niche capabilities for this particular fights that are not really the modernization priorities we need to deter confl

very excited to be participating in this with the army. the army multiservice program. we're still in the early stages. but what we're finding is future vertical lift, we have a lot more in common with the needs we have identified across the services, socom, army, marine corps. than differences. i think we have put a lot of time, a lot of effort, most importantly money towards it. we're looking forward to successfully deploying the first of a large future vertical lift systems. thank you. >> thank you, colonel. and pulling up the rear guard is colonel phillips from socom. >> okay. good morning, everybody. i would like to start out saying if you get a call from someone saying, hey, come sit on a panel with a lot of experts and field some questions, consider that call carefully. consider that person who made that call and think about if that person will be on your christmas card list. i would hike to say thanks for having us here. thanks for taking us this together. thanks to csis for having is us. it should be a two-way conversation. we should hope it up. we should leave

they found the russian army still intact.elted, hepler was was to meet new russian armies and machines. we were not sufficiently on the alert. the japanese won a series of spectacular victories in the pacific. under douglas macarthur, filipino forces fought actions in the philippines. manila was found even though was declared an open city. there was an impossible sense of reinforcement. [sirens] narrator: general macarthur establishes headquarters and as commander-in-chief of united nations forces in that area, prepared from the offensive that would develop inevitably. setbacks, he had established a supply chain 6000 miles across the pacific that stretched to new zealand. like the other democracies, we were not prepared for total war. fortunately, under a land-lease act of 1941, we had set out to become the arsenal of a free and fighting nation. themtermined to supply whether they can afford to pay or not. we were buying time. time to convince the industries of peace and war, time to make ships, merchant ships and warships. t

grew the army to 570,000. at the peak of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, we had 170,000 soldiers deployed, 53,000 of whom were reserve component. so 123,000 active, did eployed. so now when you go down to 450, think about what forces you have to surge forward. guess what, the historical pattern is that after wars your commitment goes up to consolidate the gains. the wars are going on first of all, in pakistan area, in the middle east where you have a brigade in kuwait. and armed forces, kurdish armed forces, turkish, you know, in iraq and then you have rotation nal to korea, one to europe now because of russian aggression. so one is capacity in the army. the second thing is that in previous periods of draw downs, the army had been modernized. we did a lot of important things to strengthen our forces but those were really niche capabilities for those particular fights that are not really the modernization we need to respond to crises in the future, especially against capable nation states. so there is that wa

overdoing in the army. so the problem is then we'll forget about that and go on to something else. like kids soccer, right. so counterusa. the key is we have to learn under this framework on a -- in a sustained manner and then we have to analyze what we're learning effectively and bridge an implementation. i think there's a role for history in each of these phases, right, so what do we read, well, we're reading history to understand better contemporary conflicts and the threats. you know, we're reading the history of technology and interactions between technology and organizations and doctrine and so forth. so we have some work that is seminal in this area, the book that dealt with mcgrog other nox and -- lot of great literature on technology. a lot of literature on militaries that did innovate and learn effectively and those that didn't. there is work on comparing the french and ger mans. i could go on and on. the history of how we got weapon systems, the king of the killing fields. so we -- everything we

go army! >> well, up here in boston, thousands of christmas shoppers are opening up their wallets at one of the most historic markets confident in the economy, and letting us know that their loved ones are worth the best. >> i'm going to be spending more. i can show my family and friends how much i appreciate them. >>> it is a beautiful saturday here in baltimore. i am leland vittert. we're just a couple of hours away from kickoff of the army/navy game at the m&t. bank stadium. hello, molly line. >> yes, i am in for elizabeth prann. welcome to a special edition of america's news headquarters. >>> brand-new tweets from donald trump this morning on everything from fake news to pentagon spending to this. quote, as a show of support for our armed forces, i will be going to the army/navy game today. looking forward to it, should be fun. the game starts in three hours. >> and in washington, just minutes before a shutdown, the senate voted for a stop gap spending bill that will fund the government un

the union army is bottlenecked.k way up at todd's tavern and had to shift way over to the poe river. the ninth core can't get down here because of that bottleneck. they're going to swing over to the east and come down this direction today modern courthouse road. they're going to land here at stevenson ridge, because they can't get to the battlefield over here. it's going to open a second front. as lee is looking at this, he's shifting his troops around. and he realizes that he's got this bulge pretty inconvenient. a salient inherently unstable. let's pretend you guys for the moment are union soldiers. and i'm in -- how many of you can be firing at me? >> okay. all of you? all five of you can be firing at me once. >> how many of you can i fire at once? only one. they have what's called converging fire. i have what's called diverging fire, it gets weaker over a distance, it fans out while theirs concentrates. if somebody breaks through, they're in the real of the whole position, everybody's got to pull back. and we're

army beats navy 21-17. i'm joined by rick neuheisel and brian jones, for the first time since 2001 army gets it done. what a wild time it must be, from baltimore all the way to west point. >> brian: i thought army could win this year and i know i said they would win last year as well but the reason i was really -- solidified in my conviction was because the weight disparity closed on the offensive line for army. they've gotten bigger. that's the reason they were second in the nation in rushing on the season and they showed that power running game throughout this ballgame. >> rick: can you imagine what was going through army's minds -- the fans of army's minds when zach abey went for that 41-yard touchdown, 17-14, my goodness. but the 80-yard drive, 12 plays, 80 yards, the long gray line got the long anticipated drive and congratulations, army. >> brian: it was about sustaining drives. third down conversions, eight of 13. navy, two of seven. we just remarked here that army had not completed a pass. what do t

hitler's armies were not hitler's armies were not smashed in the campaign.ries of spectacular victories in the pacific. under general douglas macarthur, american and filipino forces fought a fabulous delaying action in the philippines. manila was declared an open city. because of that system, it was impossible to send supplies for reinforcements. general macarthur established his headquarters in australia and as commander-in-chief of united nations forces in that area, prepared for defenses that would develop inevitably, four, despite setbacks, we had established a supply chain 6000 miles across the pacific that stretched to new zealand. like the other democracies, we were not prepared for total war. fortunately, under a land lease act of march 1941, we had set out to become the arsenal of the free and fighting nations. we were determined to supply them, if they could afford to pay or not. we were buying time -- time to convert the industries of peace into war. time to make ships -- merchant ships and warships. time to make planes and more planes, bombers, a

not to put too much on the army of the potomac or the confederate armies, but i don't see a lot of sort of -- well, in the summer of 1862, the union armies and confessed rderate ar are fighting all the time. they don't have the luxury of time quite the same way the army of the cumberland had between january 1863 and june when they kick off their first major offensive of 1863. they have almost six months where they do nothing but drill. they learn the new drill manuals. they learn those steps from the bottom up and they become very, very proficient at it. so some armies do it better than others maybe is the short answer. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. [ applause ] >>> wednesday, morning history tv in primetime continues with emerging civil war blogs conference on great attacks of the civil war. at 8:00 p.m., john bell hood's assault at atlanta. at 8:45, the army evof tennesses assault at franklin. at 9:45, the federal breakthrough at petersburg. at 10:45 p.m., four influential civil war military wives. great attacks of the civil war, 8:00 p.m. eastern wednesday here on c-span3. >>

this is my army? >> you asked what i need dr. franklin. i need everything and i need it now or this war will be over before it even begins. >> let us declare our independence. >> all men are created equal. >> general howe's army is here. >> you are outmanned, and outgunned. >> hundreds of men died. i cannot lose anymore. we must evacuate across the river. keep your eyes open elijah. >> haven't much time. you will have your boat within the hour. thank you for your service to our country. >> how do i get paid? >> that is a matter for congress to decide. good luck. what are you doing here? down! >> you boys all right? >> yeah. >> are you general washington? >> i am. unfortunately. ♪ my country 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ land of our father's ♪ ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ ♪ from every mountainside let freedom ring ♪ >>> pushed to their limits by an oppressive empire, a determined group of rebels unites under the cause of liberty. their quest for freedom will unify a people, ignite a revolution and forge a new system of governmen

army and it was to that army that three enslaved men ran on may 23rd of 1861 making sells the business of general benjamin butler, the officer at fort monroe. part of the story of butler it is contraband in the lives of three men then meets the eye, we will look at both later. it goes like this. sheppard mallory, baker and james went to work building confederate fortifications when they learned their owner, confederate colonel charles mallory plan to remove them further south for the confederate army and separate them from their families. they decided to look at portland's row. the colonel sent an agent to demand their return and compliance to the fugitive slave law but refused, to build fortification, armed rebellion against the united states and the of war to confiscate has contraband. butler used slaveholders own assistance this lambda legal property of their owners to release from their owners grasp. they are unavailable in peace time. and wherever the union army went, enslaved men, women and children go to a blue line, and unimaginable risk to get there. they gambled against us, f

the army of the potomac. troublesome subordinate -- if this guy was cautious and questioning your orders, why the hell would you give him one of the lead positions when you reorganize the army? is a custom, tailor-made him.to get the hell rid of didn't do it. warren led the corps until the battle of five forks, often exercising independent command. while many generals are adaptized for failing to to the realities, killing power civil war weaponry and forts, heren is criticized because did. what has been regarded as caution or hesitance on his part called prudence. thends on how you look at man. what's your predisposition? ofody could accuse him ace.d he is criticized for making attacks against his better judgment, when he was ordered to do it, then he's for not doing it, against his better judgment. warren was the man called upon it.o and he performed. and he performed as well or better than many other corps commanders. he had high standards and expectations for himself. little regard for those who did not do

the army kept him busy. he bought a whole section of land right in this area just north of here for $2.50 an acre. he would later sell part of it as $25 an acre -- he would probably -- he would later sell part of it for $25 an acre. he became well-known. he went to california in the santa barbara area and tell them about the wondrous wonders. they believed him because he had a national reputation for integrity. he started moving in here from they startedd -- moving from california to the midwest and he was right. the weather was good. it was a good place to live. they did not have stoplights and they only9 had 400 people here in 1940. it was a slow growing place. mostly farmers. it used to be the center of town where we are. this was the first school house in scottsdale, built in the early 1900s. all this area here where i am standing now, before the civic plaza over here and all this, bodeo.s a the town was still really small and 1942. it is been -- it would grow to 2000 by 1950. it would grow especially af

if you can take out the principle army, it's a lot of . the army.bsolutely no personality, the guys -- you can't joke with them. i like him. he's good soldier, but humpries is a stoic guy. >> he's going to push the army through this area in one day. he's got a plan to go get over 3,000 supply wagons with more ambulances than all these horses, tens of thousands of that's the idea, to push through this wilderness as fast as possible. and describe this area, there are two descriptions one confederate and one union, i'll read to you. this is a modern picture across the orange plank zvroad. this gives you an idea just how they are. they're very dense at their base, one man said in 1863 at the brightest point of the day, you couldn't see the fourth floor because the foil aj was so thick on the can pi of the trees. 1864 it's unseasonably hot and dry. most of the trees are not bunted yet. when they go off, much of the foil aj is not out there ÷úyet. it's still tough to mean ym through. and most appropriate terms, a land of exhausted sandy soil supporting mo

all of that in the background since army faces off with navy. first time in years army won. mr. trump is believed to be very first president-elect to attend the match up. the annual exhibit of military and patriotism. mr. trump was humbled to become commander in chief of the men and women on the field and in the stands. >> it's humbling and a great honor but it is a great responsibility. when you see these incredible people p. we want to be strong and they want to be strong. it is beautiful to see and the spirit. you don't see it in many games. you don't see the spirit like this anywhere. they are amazing people. >> we have live team coverage for you. and brian has the latest on the transition from trump tower new york city. and we begin with leland vitter. and what an exciting day and what is the reaction there? >> reporter: boy, it was tears of joy on the army side. and tors of defeat on the navy side. the midship man of navy or army, they vow this game as the entire football season. if you win or lose any other game it doesn't matter. except for this one. this is the final pl

the yankees had seen jackson's column of march but the army hq at corps and army command. they thought that the -- that jackson was leading a retreat of lee's army. the enemy is fleeing. meanwhile, mcpherson was ready and used every bit of intel in every hour to amass troops facing the likely direction from which the rebels would attack. for all of these reasons, jackson's attack may 2nd rolled up the 11th corps. hood's attack july 22nd, despite initial success, failed to have those similar successes. quoting hood's memoir. no man is justly entitled to be considered a great general unless he has won his first. i will submit to you that general hood failed in his attacking flanking battle of july 22nd. so he was no jackson. the opportunity he acted upon it, he marshalled his troops with as great command as he could. in other words, he tried as hard as he could and, thereby, despite the absence of success, on july 22nd, john bell hood earned his spurs that day, ladies and gentlemen. i'll close with this. i'm a big fan of broken arrow from john woo in 1996. if you remember wh

and allied with the union army. they dug ditches. they did laundry. they nursed in hospitals. they built fortifications. they did the million and two things it takes to keep the 19th century army in the field and in motion. and when they did, they staked a stronger claim to the protection of the union army and national government than a slaveholder trying to overthrow the national government code. they change citizenship in a these three ways. first of all before the war and not the national government that adjudicative citizenship and it changed it because of what happened in this camps. second of all, citizenship during the war was no longer limited by race and that happened because of what went on in civil war contraband camps. finally, as a result of the civil war, citizenship involved with the protection and the way it really had not before the war and that have been partly because of what went on in civil war contraband camps. to recap part 2 of the book, tell us a story of former slaves aligned with the union

he wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, ?thank you for serving our country? and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017.

sell to the army, collect, steal from the army, sell, then collect again. you left out the most important collection of all: crazy horse. he pays more than anybody else... in gold. we're gettin' ready to drive 'em over the mountain and make delivery right now. money in a sock. hurry up and saddle up. when i say move, i mean move. grannick handles that kind real well. they're no goods, freebooters, deserters. there ain't nothin' they won't tackle. what's to keep 'em from breakin' loose, goin' it alone? there's no corner on this raidin' business. maybe not, but there is knowing where toto raid. gotta hand it to you, mccool, you sure seem to know. susu. he's the only one that knows where the information comes from. us, we just take orders. i'm kind of fond of that arrangement. suppose somethin' happens to you? what happens to us? if something happens to me, i'm not interested in what happens to you. so that's what happened to cheyenne. we shouldn't deal with mccool... not if he hires a man like bodie. we'll buy horses from anyone who brings 'em in to us. yes,

the army corp is extremely thorough and has a very rigorous process. we came out on the other end with a project that they liked and daerchled it in the best interest of national infrastructure. $8.9 million which deepens the central basin back down to the optimal depth of 32 feet and importantly after-that take on the maintenance dredging fold over what is a problematic situation for the port and shipyard tenet for year jz years as long as they have been there, fold it into had normal federal operation and maintenance dredging program so it comes off or books. the cost benefit ratio looks good. every dollar the federal government spends they spend to recope all most 3. that is mostly from ships not diverting to the next closest shipyard which is not that close. the steaming costs are expensive. this is what we are looking at, this is the dredge footprint itself. what you are look ing at in the lower right are the two dry docks are big vessels that submerge like a bathtub, it sinks itself and ship floats up and picks pback out of the water. the dry doc

the army corp is extremely thorough and has a very rigorous process. we came out on the other end with a project that they liked and daerchled it in the best interest of national infrastructure. $8.9 million which deepens the central basin back down to the optimal depth of 32 feet and importantly after-that take on the maintenance dredging fold over what is a problematic situation for the port and shipyard tenet for year jz years as long as they have been there, fold it into had normal federal operation and maintenance dredging program so it comes off or books. the cost benefit ratio looks good. every dollar the federal government spends they spend to recope all most 3. that is mostly from ships not diverting to the next closest shipyard which is not that close. the steaming costs are expensive. this is what we are looking at, this is the dredge footprint itself. what you are look ing at in the lower right are the two dry docks are big vessels that submerge like a bathtub, it sinks itself and ship floats up and picks pback out of the water. the dry doc

army and it was to that army that three enslaved men ran on may 20 third, 1861. making themselves the business of general butler. there's more to the story butler and his contraband decision in the lives of the three men that meets the eye. we'll look at both later. in chapter three if you're counting. but a brief a brief outline goes like this, shepherd, david were put to work building fortifications. when they learn that their owner the confederate plan to remove them federal saw and separate them from their families they decided to try their luck at fort monro. the colonel sent an agent to demand the return a compliance of the slave law. butler refused on the grounds that they had used the man to build fortification that would aid to force an armed civilian against the united states. and so the rules of role conferred authority to confiscate the three slaves as contraband property. in a stroke butler use slave owners owners assistance as slaves or the legal property of the owners to release slaves and their owners grasp. he illustrated how ror could create pos

army in 1943.ng basic training as a medic, he was selecte to the army specialized training program and assigned to an engineering unit at drexel institute. due to an impending shortage at the program was discontinued halfway through in april 1944. mr. howerton and 2800 other cadets were assigned without rank to the 84th infantry division, training for overseas service at cap cleburne, louisiana. in the 84th division, mr. howerton served with the three 35th infantry as a rifleman, messenger, radio operator and communications sergeant. commencing in the siegfried line in germany in 1944, he served in the battle of the bulge and across germany to the west bank. after the hostilities ended, sergeant howerton was at the army of occupation in germany, a student at the sharp and ham university in england, and came home with the division in 1946. after the war, mr. howerton attended university of gender -- university of delaware with an mp in education with a long career as a federal civil servant with the

army's 84th infantry division. the 55-minute program begin with flag presentations zoo r to over a dozen world war ii veterans in attendance. . [applause] >> before we do now as we call off each crirn, they will stand and we'll have old glory, the flag that's been taken around the world, presented to each one of them and they'll be saluted for their service. presenting the flags is a father and son team, jason atiri from the national defense . iversity and his son r. garnett h. hammond. mr. hammond enlisted in the u.s. army reserves officers training corps while attending howard university, as an army soldier, he served in the you apparent theater in world war ii serving in england, france, and germany and was a tech 5 sergeant and served as a mail clerk until receiving an honorable discharge in 1946. after the war, mr. hammond worked as the united states national postal museum in washington, d.c. for 35 years. ladies and gentlemen, mr. garnett h. hammond. second is mrs. burt bresher, serving with a woman accepted

one of the benefits of the world-class army. >> one hallmark of a professional army at this time is a high state of discipline. physical, corporal punishment for various crimes. and the punishment of choice was the lash. >> the derogatory term lobster for british soldiers or what later becomes lobster back doesn't actually have anything to do with the red coats most british soldiers wear. the term comes from the welts and the scars many of the men have on their backs from being whipped. >> please help my husband, sir. >> john, take her. >> punishment for desertion could bring 250 lashes. with a number that high, the torture will be spread out for days. each session could be the one a soldier doesn't survive. >> mr. samuel adams of boston here to see you, my lord. >> send him in. >> general gage. i mean this from the bottom of my heart -- what a shame it is that a man of your marshal distinction has been forced to accept such an -- such a mission -- >> out -- >> no, to free englishman and deny countrymen -- >> seize him. >> you m

in 2016, an external review of the army -- by the army audit agency validated its effectiveness and found the system substantially improved with controls throughout eligibility, monitoring and payment phases of the incentive process. state adjutant generals have provided annual statements of insurance since 2012, documenting internal controls, processes to help prevent similar situations from occurring. additionally, based upon reviews and assessments of the entire army national guard, fraud and incentives program is not a nationwide program. in november 2016, the united states property and fiscal officers provided additional assurances while reviewing their state incentive programs. there are no issues outside of what we know to be normal. currently mr. peter levine performing duties as the under secretary of defense for personnel ready sentence chairg a cross-functional team with the national guard bureau, united states army, office of secretary of defense general counsel and the defense finance and accounting service. this team is leading the effort to exped,ly resolve the cases involv

our soldiers are our nations and army's greatest assets. the california national guard discovered inaccuracies and launched an investigation in 2010. the investigation revealed that the california guards incentive program had been grossly mismanaged and there were instances of fraud which were discovered. as a result, california took measures to ensure these individuals engaged in their perpetration of fraud were punished. in 2011, the california incentive task force identified more than 17,000 california army national guard cases that were potentially linked to the unethical management of the incentives program between 2004 and 2011. in 2011 the california national guard with assistance from the national guard bureau established a soldier incentive assistance center to assist any california national guard member affected by the mismanagement of the incentives program, every california national guard soldier impacted received a formal written letter to inform them of this option. this center will continue to provide assistance to each affec

it cost them a whole army. another of the expert theories -- my expert theories -- the british are expert planners, but when it comes to executions, not so much because they are not nearly as forceful as we are. they must stop to have their teatime anywhere. i am not kidding about that. i have seen that with my own eyes. we left holland a few days after thanksgiving in 1944. i remember the base giving -- thanksgiving dinner that we had. we had biscuits that tasted like sand. inedible. we were told we would be in a small village near reims, france. speaking of living it up, we were in the heart of the champagne district. and better yet only 80 miles , from all of our dreams in paris. we thought we had died and gone to heaven. we could trade a pack of cost a nickel at the time for a bottle of champagne. of course i didn't drink much, , just all i could. [laughter] colonel shames: and if you think that ain't heaven, what is? the icing on the cake is that we would get passes to paris. and how about speckles on that

the army corp is extremely thorough and has a very rigorous process. we came out on the other end with a project that they liked and daerchled it in the best interest of national infrastructure. $8.9 million which deepens the central basin back down to the optimal depth of 32 feet and importantly after-that take on the maintenance dredging fold over what is a problematic situation for the port and shipyard tenet for year jz years as long as they have been there, fold it into had normal federal operation and maintenance dredging program so it comes off or books. the cost benefit ratio looks good. every dollar the federal government spends they spend to recope all most 3. that is mostly from ships not diverting to the next closest shipyard which is not that close. the steaming costs are expensive. this is what we are looking at, this is the dredge footprint itself. what you are look ing at in the lower right are the two dry docks are big vessels that submerge like a bathtub, it sinks itself and ship floats up and picks pback out of the water. the dry doc