[laughter] the division commander, carl spang, was the division commander. him at supperad that night and the next day he went on his way to the p.o.w. camp. mitchell wentnt, when we first arrived on the outskirts under a thee flag and talked to commanding germinal -- general who was a lieutenant general and urged him to surrender. they refused and sent mitchell back out, all very proper and respectful. ground away. we went down, i don't know if you are interested in this or the but we went down to laureat area. some of our units remained. one of them was under general van fleet. a -- there on the du was a little peninsula that went into the estuary on the south side of brest. that little peninsula. they went down to check on them. liberatorshe b24 that had been destined to bomb the sub pens at brest. they created a lot of dust and fuhrer, but the sub pens remained intact. . we went ultimately to the eastern part of france and ultimately went towards the rhine. unit tothe first contact the horses coming up from the south, the invasion of hone river- the r va

he is given high command early on. he is essential in the defense of charleston, in the early phase of the war when it successfully defeats a british invasion, although they will later be conquered. he was also put in charge of the defense of new york and does whatever but he considers to be considersrybody to be a capable job with very little resource. charles lee also has a very different, and i would say revolutionary, notion of what the american strategy should be. he thinks it is a waste of time to try to fight the british in a traditional, european manner. george washington argues that the americans need to have a proper army that is able to fight in the european way. partly he sees it as the clear way to contain the british and to fight the british properly, but also it is political. if they have a real army, they can be considered a real country. like, the europeans will give them respect. whereas charles lee early on is emphasizing the importance of what we would call guerrilla warfare or, bringing the war int

general omar bradley, commandant of the infantry school, soon to be given a top field command., commanding army air forces. general brian summer veil, moved up to the chief of the services of supply with the stupendous task of logistical support for what would finally be an army of many millions deployed throughout the world. the first of our troops began arriving at overseas staging areas. in north ireland, england, australia, on bloody guatal canal, army troops relieved battle-scarred and weary marines who continued the fight for the solomon islands. the united states was demonstrating not only a will to fight, but the capability of fighting a two-front war against great odds on far-flung battlefronts half a world apart. ♪ >> on the eighth of november 1942, american amphibious forces struck the shores of north africa. >> we were, to use an appropriate american phrase, in business. the business of an all-out fight against powerful aggressors who had reached out to conquer the world. we had come thousands of miles but not for conquest. >> in 1942, the commander of our ground fo

it is the commander who's responsible you know to the chain of command for how that investigation proceeds i know that there's been numerous times in my career that i regretted the new vigil commander had the the total say so over a case and most them don't have the training or the education to determine what's appropriate and serious foley commodus cations the problem in the military is the convening authority who is not legally trained makes the final decision. they had a team to command at my old squadron where the credit rating it was still station. he'd only been and command for 4 days and he made the decision over illegal to stop the case but i saw was was commanders i mean our field grade officers lieutenant colonels colonels. who have been 2025 years you know their career officers they sweep cases under the rug the last thing a company commander in the army wants to do is make the phone call to his or her battalion commander to say i have had a an allegation of a rape in my unit this is viewed in many cases as a failure to command that will adversely then affect their career someti

general douglas mcarthur commander in the south pacific, commander chester ness.eral dwiegt general dwight d. eisenhower. general leslie mcmayor, commander general of all american ground forces. general omar bradley commandant of the infantry school soon to be given a top field command. general henry hap arnold, commanding air armed forces. the general moved up to the chief of services of supply with for what would finally be an army of many millions deployed throughout the world. the first of our troops began arriving at overseas staging areas. in north ireland, england, australia, and army troops relieved battle scarred and weary marines who continued the fight for the solomon islands. the united states was demonstrating not only a will to fight but a capability of fighting a two-front war against great odds on far-flung battlefronts half a world apart. on the 8th of november, 1942, american amphibious forces struck the shores of north africa. we were to use an appropriate american phrase, in business. the business of an all out fight against powerful aggressors

the first world war caught the eye of the assistant commandant of the infantry school, lieutenant commander george c. marshall. his performance their mark him as a martial man and destine him for the future success he would see. after the command general staff school, he moved to manila where he pioneered a method for crossing a river using only the battalion's organic equipment. almond began his transition to the army's senior leadership of attendance at the u.s. army war college where his classmates included major omar bradley, with whom he had also taught at fort benning, william halsley, and 46 other future flag officers. after graduation, he was assigned to the war department general staff. his love for training was rooted in his own thirst for knowledge, and he lobbied hard for the chance to attend both the air force tactical school, which is a predecessor of the air war college, and the naval war college. he did very well in all of his academic assignments, and this unfortunately earned him a teaching spot at the naval war college. he turned down that assignment in order to go back t

was was commanders i mean our field grade officers lieutenant colonels colonels. who have been 2025 years you know they're career officers they sweep cases under the rug the last thing a company commander in the army wants to do is make the phone call to his or her battalion commander to say i have had a an allegation of a rape in my unit this is viewed in many cases as a failure to command that will adversely then affect their career sometimes you'd see a guy get for 5 years for selling minor amount of drugs and you'd see a guy get you know 2 weeks of duty for rape that the military hides behind. it is really really hard almost impossible to prosecute but when you look at prosecution rates in the 2010 department of defense reports you begin with 2410 unrestricted reports and 748. what that means is they've already funneled 748 sexual assault victims into a system that has absolutely no adjudication whatsoever. then you take the 2410 that have been reported of those they identify 3223 perpetrators know what happens once you send a perpetrator over to command the c

it happens once you send a perpetrator over to command well the command has just completely unfettered discretion to do whatever it is they want and what is it that they do do 1st off they dropped 910 of them they just don't do anything then of the 1025 where they actually take some action do they court martial them know only half of them 529 actually got court martialled the rest 256 were subjected to article 15 punishments 190 administrative discharges and then 131 to quote other adverse administrative actions whatever that means and then of the convictions where they actually get jail time when you work your way all the way through the numbers what you're looking at is that out of 3223 perpetrators only 175 end up doing any jail time whatsoever. i have been in congress for 7 terms now and every single term we have had meetings with d.o.t.d. and they come in and they confirm to the us to us we're going to be serious we're going to take care of this we're going to stop this 0 tolerance but the rhetoric is not being turned into the reality of protecting our women and in some cases men

the supreme commander.nd it doesn't just send him a table or telegram from cairo, he gets on his plane, which was wonderfully nicknamed the sacred cow, and flies to see eisenhower in person and explained to him why he's chosen him and what ina dangerous evil face, not only across but also from ten downing street where there is a magnificent minister who is one of the great debaters and arguers of all time. so the president spent several days with eisenhower, takes eisenhower on board the sacred cow, they fly to sicily, and in sicily when they land, he awards the distinguished service medal to general mark clark for his bravery at salerno, but he also asks general george patton, who's in disgrace at that time for having slight to soldiers faces in a field hospital who were suffering from shell shock, and passing thought that was the end of his military career. the president summoned him and says george, you will command an army in the great attack. well, he returns. he flies to the wes west coast f africa an

he commanded a regimen and then division and then commanded 35 ccc camps throughout oregon and washington. in 1938 he was brought to washington as a brigadier general by then chief of staff of the army, general maelyn craig. craig wanted marshall to succeed him as chief of staff of the army, and so he brought him there and made him the chief of the war plans division. eventually made him deputy to the chief of staff, and becoming chief of staff was really a dream job for marshall. so let's talk about marshall and roosevelt, particularly, and a little bit about churchill. roosevelt and marshall worked very well together, although the two were never close, personally. they were almost exact opposites. in fact, marshall confessed he didn't really like roosevelt very much when he first moved to washington. general marshall was very guarded. he was formal. he was serious. and he above all, he valued dignity. roosevelt was -- or sorry, so marshall valued dignity. and nobody would ever call him funny, and there were very few pictures of him ever smiling. although if you notice the first picture

and having a commander be the deciding authority you know i don't think commanders are capable of making. an object of decision i do not think it should be in their hands so he was just taking to the discretion away from the yes absolutely congresswoman davis and i are both on the armed services committee there are a number of issues that you've raised that makes me want to go back and particularly take another look an emotional one individual basis what happens after a crime like that has been committed it's a very difficult thing to go through and don't think i don't know i know. the fact that you're willing to tell me your stories firsthand makes it much easier for us to go back and just say you know these are policies that we have to change it's a big it's a big big deal but you do it really find people like you who stand up for us thank you so much for everything they do there was to me. thank you again for your service thanks for your time mr speaker last year the military received over 3000 reports of sexual assault involving other members into service this week 17 veterans are sa

the supreme commander allied expeditionary force and simultaneously to the supreme high command of the red army all forces on land at sea and in the air who were at this date under german control. several days after the formal end of the war one of the most notorious nazi leaders surrendered to the allies. writes marshall hammond giving had long been the 2nd most powerful man in the 3rd reich but in the final weeks of the war he fell from grace and was removed from his positions by hitler after the regimes collapse he still believed he had a role to play as a statesman and was shocked when he was stripped of his weapon and imprisoned like a regular soldier. f.a. to nibble meant the moment the americans arrested him so he fell back into his old room. also particular he maintained i was the diplomat to try to stop it all masing the thought thought of east. europe i was the voice of moderation. you need me as a distinguished statesman to lead the german people into a new era thought to prefer cool and other such crazy and confused assumptions and . in 1935 it was during who had read out t

he's there for the first time in command, he tells the story the first time he's in command of his regiment and chasing a confederate colonel in missouri and decides instead of sending scouts out he doesn't call a halt and he sort of is riding toward the crest of the hill where he might encounter the enemy. but he finds that the enemy camp has just been deserted. he says at that point, i realized then that the enemy was just as afraid of me as i was with him. and he said that was a valuable lesson and would feel some anxiety in the future facing the enemy but never a really fear. and i think that was something that was important. and after that, at the tactical level and then at fort donaldson where of course he has the famous moment where his old frent is left in command, at donaldson by two rather incompetent commanders who depart in the night, and he writes to his old friend and says let's talk terms and grant replies, i'm not talking terms. i'll accept only an unconditional surrender. so he begins to have some there all the newspapers pick that up and i think he gains -- you could see h

the british agreed to a unified command. they agreed to let eisenhower become the overall commander. here is a map. you will see this map a couple of times. a, because i'm lazy. b, because this works. you can see the different invasions. what we are talking about is casablanca. these are the places where operation torch will take place. the american gis continue to come to england. we are building up combat power because we will eventually cross the channel into france. as more americans show up in england, this gives rise to the statements that the americans were overpaid -- overfed, overpaid and oversexed. eventually the americans and british hammer out a plan for north africa. the three different offenses take place where i pointed out. general patton is responsible for invading casablanca in the west. general freedom hall is responsible for taking iran. british general anderson is responsible for the offensive in the east. the campaign in africa goes back and forth, and back and forth, eventually the allies are victoriou

everybody could hear the commands of the tank commander.n only two of the tanks in a platoon had the capability to transmit to the other tanks. everybody else, they can hear but can't transmit. these radios gave them that capability. in each of the stations, most of them have been removed from the tank but there is an intercom box mounted here. the helmets have some cabling that gives them some capability to adjust the volume and those kinds of things. they would also wear a throat mic. it fastened around your throat. there were two microphones on either side of the adam's apple. that is how we would pick up your voice and transmit. these guys are pretty busy, so they are not using microphones. there's a lot of storage that isn't evident. these are all storage boxes. you see a .50 caliber can there. this thing would be chock full of rounds. it was pretty much what we call g.i. proof. most of these positions are marked with what should have went there. fire extinguishers, canteens even had their proper place in the tank. the reason for that,

commander. is a professor of english at west point. expertise isr exceptional. her latest book is an edited memoir of ulysses s grants. i should also point out that she is with us tonight in her personal capacity, so the views she expresses are her own and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the army, the department of the defense, or the u.s. government. we are glad professor samet could join us. -- at ceremony grant's tomb had been held today, she would have been the keynote speaker. i hope you all stay safe. we will now turn the program over to general pretorius -- portray us -- petraeus. gen. petraeus: thank you for the kind introduction. i wish i were the chairman of kkr. i am the chairman of the kkr global institute and a partner. thank you to the audience for joining us for this virtual celebration. it is great to be back with the grant monument association, a superbly organization led, an organization that has done so much to refurbish and maintain the magnifice

you are currently commander of pacific air forces as a component commander of us indo pacific command and as executive director of specific combat operations, you were command pilot with 29,000 flying hours including 130 combat hours and use survived in senior positions including assistant secretary of defense for strategy plans and capabilities, you begin your career is marine corps intelligence officer and realized many accomplishments in education in the government and private sector. the military nominee was two civilian nominees, we would not do this, i appreciate everyone accommodating this unique hearing. and contractors in this, we are saddened by the loss of life of covid-19 infections, the uss theodore roosevelt is a reminder of what servicemembers endured daily weather deployed in combat zones for the navy's actions with respect to covid-19. of confirmed as secretary of the navy you will face a number of critical issues, you must address the effects of the ongoing pandemic on the department of the navy. i want to hear about what lessons were learned from your predecessors m

i believe our commanders, the ceos, the ships and commands -- command, will be accountable to those who serve under their leadership. i believe they should be empowered to do such. again, i have lived my entire life believing in the chain of command, believing in ensuring the chain of command is informed, both up and down, and making sure that people have trust and confidence in that chain of command. >> can i ask you, in the chain of command, do you see yourself, as secretary, intervening in personnel decisions that are fairly distant down the chain? >> no, senator. no, i don't. i believe that men and women in uniform, at all ranks, should have the opportunity and should have established the ability to ensure that they are making the decisions to lead their men and women appropriately. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr.. >> -- mr. chair. >> we recognize senator hawley. >> congratulations. dr. anderson, enjoyed speaking with you the other day, yesterday. the days all run together recently. the national defense strategy has said the indo pacific is our priority theater. current secre

menstreet's command had a -- 5000 men. lee was hoping to find supplies at amelia courthouse, and he did. there was ammunition awaiting but no food. we has to spend most of april 4 sending parties out to forage for food in the area. that is the best he can do. outside the courthouse, lieutenant colonel owen , i saw generals lee and longstreet. as usual they both looked , confident. longstreet said, there was considerable skirmishing in my front for part of the way. at amelia courthouse, i drew fields and cox's and heat division up and line around the town and endeavored to bring on an engagement with the enemy. they showed no disposition to attack and withdrew around dark. here's a guy now recovering from a wound where he was shot by his own men. he has had to retreat from richmond to petersburg. he has retreated from petersburg. yet, on april 4, longstreet still wants to pitch in to the union troops and fight them. it was almost like, let's bring it on now. you want to fight? we are ready. he is not ready to give up, by an

command that had two labs. one at fort lewis washington and one in monterey, new york. then there was an area including new york, new jersey, and new delaware. the service command laboratories were designed to supplement the sanitary and diagnostic facilities. their staff included trained entemologist and others. service command laboratories perform such for camps under junction and other installations not equipped for such jobs. they're looking for disintary specimens. stool cultures are examined in an attempt to find the causation. they made other evaluation studies. these consistented of sending known specimens to hospital laboratories. they could determine the quality of the work performed. food for army consumption had to meet high standards. some of the most interesting and exciting detective work of the service command laboratory was performed in the chemistry and toxicology section. when illness or death may have occurred blood and other body fluids were examined for alcohol and poisonous metals. you ca

what are you going to tell the commandant? i liked it very much because i went to town and the press club, got to know the reporters, arthur godfrey for example. it was a big thing. i told him i liked it very much. so we got cleaned up and out the door. he said i want to tell you one more thing. he said you be good to the corps, and it will be good to you. i never forgot those words. and so from there, there had been applications posted on the bulletin board in the stuff that you read every day about a new school in new york for the march of time. you know the march of time? it was a leading newsreel film of the day. it was a half hour show produced only once a month and it was about anything in the world. that was good because our country, the people in our country were not well-versed in what was happening in the rest of the world. we were an agrarian country. the kids coming out of high school didn't -- going to college was not sincerely the first thing they thought about. it was a good thing. people would go to the movies.

there were 10 service command laboratories. the medical department was based with the job of staffing, training, and equipping these installations for their wartime response ability. enlisted personnel received training at the medical department and technician schools. located at fitzsimmons general hospital and nine other general hospitals in addition to the army medical center. these men and women became specialized medical laboratory technicians whose loyal and able wartime record merits the highest praise. prominent civilian schools contributed to the training. sanitary officers are scientists. this was a group that directed multiple sections of our laboratory. they made significant contributions to research work. there were four types of laboratories. service command labs and the regional service laboratories. public health laboratory responsibilities were delegated to 10 laboratories. each had nine, except others that had a different number. when it fort lewis washington and one in monterrey california. new york the secon