as we delve into the peake peace corps and today's role, secretary of state in 1961 when the peace corps was founded he said and i quote, the peace corps is not an instrument of foreign policy because to make it so would rob it from its contribution to foreign policy. our volunteers are not official u.s. government representatives. although many ambassadors have called them small a ambassadors and communities that may otherwise have only experienced america and americans through the news, entertainment and social media. we're an independent agency and we engage at the invitation of host governments and communities and i share this because it's critical to who we are and how we operate. peace corps's global presence has evolved over the years, but never did we expect that we would face a global evacuation as borders were being closed and flights canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic. it was the first time in the agency's 63-year history. with no volunteers in the field during that time, we were faced with many, many existential questions and not to mention the daunting challenge figuring

and find out why the army needs a military police corps. we'll discover where the military police have been, where they are today, and where their future history may be heading. in their ever expanding duties. military police play an indispensable in today's army. on paper, the corps is one of the army's youngest branches, but its traditions go even before this nation was founded. military police were known even in the armies of ancient times. but this proclamation by king charles the first of england was the first recorded notice of a pro boy point and duties. the american military police were originally created by washington to serve the continental army and were uniformed something like this. though orders called for them to be mounted on and armed as light dragoons. they served primarily in the capacity rounding up drunks, rioters and deserters. yet the corps had performed a useful and was not forgotten during civil war. the job approval marshal was revived and the military police were resurrected. this time on a much larger scale. wear

not having first armored corps commanding a first a second corps. so they. did the new nomenclature of the seventh army and the result was that following landing keys assumed command of a provisional corps. he had three divisions and, several independent units. it is objective was the capture of western sicily and its capital at palermo, which he did in record time. so once he's in command, kees becomes robust. it's sparse up until that time, but time he becomes a commander. it becomes and it continues to search until near the end of his post war assignment as american high commissioner in occupied austria. now, following the capture of palermo life carried a four page lead photo story by famed for combat photographer robert cappa with keys photo appearing prominently on the first page of the story. this photograph was excepting the surrender of the italian general following the fall, the scene in the winding down of the sicilian campaign keys receives word that he used to assume command second corps after commander general omar bradley is reassigne

wisniewski, about the sea cadet corps.ll, the us navy sea cadet corps, we are a youth program that aim to empower the next generation of leaders, and it is under the auspice of the us navy. and you would want to think about it as a youth program that offer extracurricular activities, but more importantly, we are to help the next generation of leaders to train in their life skills and leadership skills and teamwork. damian: and we have one of those future leaders with us. melissa, she's wearing her uniform for the sea cadet corps. melissa, tell us what the corps has done for you. melissa copado: what sea cadets has done to me is i've learned a lot of self-discipline throughout the program and it's--i've met a lot of really nice people in the program that helped me with sea cadets, especially when i was new. they helped me a lot, and sea cadets has done a lot for me, especially with discipline, responsibility, yeah. damian: and one of those events that you participated in was yesterday at the "wreaths across america." again,

so if we're going to integrate the job corps site and or increase the density on the job corps site, because again, our, our presumption is that we would develop the property largely for residential housing, the way that we're developing the rest of the island. well, that's additional homes, additional water demand, additional sewage. and we need to make sure not only that, those roadways have the utilities with the required capacity, but then as water flow, there are flows out of that into into other new pipes that we have the capacity all the way to the, to the stormwater outfall or the sewage treatment plant. so again, our opportunities here are to model nice job corps facilities with with. purpose planned and designed facilities consistent with their mission to geotechnical to improve their their campus to mitigate seismic risks including liquefaction. a elevate the campus and integrate it into the our island wide sea level rise adaptation strategies replace or upgrade existing utilities that are at or near the end of their useful lives. create synergies with job training and wor

and find out why the army needs a military police corps. we'll discover where the military police have been, where they are today, and where their future history may be heading. in their ever expanding duties. military police play an indispensable in today's army. on paper, the corps is one of the army's youngest branches, but its traditions go even before this nation was founded. military police were known even in the armies of ancient times. but this proclamation by king charles the first of england was the first recorded notice of a pro boy point and duties. the american military police were originally created by washington to serve the continental army and were uniformed something like this. though orders called for them to be mounted on and armed as light dragoons. they served primarily in the capacity rounding up drunks, rioters and deserters. yet the corps had performed a useful and was not forgotten during civil war. the job approval marshal was revived and the military police were resurrected. this time on a much larger scale. wear

commanding a first second corps. so they did the new nomenclature of the seventh army. and the result was that keyes assumed command of a divisional corps. he had three divisions and several independent units. his objective was the capture of western sicily and its capital of palermo. which he did in record time. once he's in command, keyes' diary becomes robust. it was pretty sparse up until this time, but by the time he becomes a commander, it becomes robust. and it continues as such until the end of his post-war assignment as american high commissioner in post-war austria. following the capture of palermo, "life" magazine had a story by robert kappa with keyes' photo appearing prominently on the first page of the story. this photograph, as he is accepting the surrender of the italian general. following the fall of messina and the winding down of the sicilian campaign, keyes receives word that he is so assume command of second corps. but only hours later he's informed he's being assigned a as the akding commander o

army corps of engineers. mr. speaker, something that's really key here is that under this chairman we have been able to keep this bill on a two-year cycle. i want to thank all of the republican and democrat members for keeping this on cycle. that's important. because this is about resiliency of our communities. it's about the economy. and economic engines our ports cause. and places like coastal louisiana. this bill includes a number of priorities in our congressional district, one of the most active corps of engineer di districts in the nation. including connecting the upper project to the gulf project ensuring that credit goes all wait back to the 1980's when this project started rather than penalizing the nonfederal sponsor for the corps of engineer's slow action. this ensures credit developed can be you utilized own projects or deferred payment agreements. it ensures the levee system gets back on track to enter the federal system. it creates a new flood protection system for livingston parrish. something we h

he joined the marine corps. and after that he was sent to nicaragua for what we think of or called the banana wars, which were much tougher duty than the name might imply. they were chasing the sandinista guerrillas nicaragua for 18 months in the jungles there. he contract malaria and a severe digestive illness at the time, but nonetheless became a boxer. and in went on to be the heavy light heavyweight boxer of the entire marine corps. after he left the corps, he box professionally under the name buddy roberts. up and down the east coast, including madison square garden. after that, he went to the panama canal and entered the police force there. he went to hollywood and starred in bit parts in a bunch of movies. mostly westerns. got to know some of the stars, bought a car from errol flynn, became a big game hunter. my, my. were in absolute despair at the cod packages they received of stuffed moose, elk heads, mountain lions bears, sea turtles, eagles and but the whole upstairs of their house was full of these t

along with the new zealand corps and and the americans and the british and the british corps were in the we're the fifth army. and as a consequence, when they would have staff meetings and bring the senior leadership and so on, there was oftentimes when when with the the french, they needed very good translation case was was a master french. i mean you get a bit of wrenching structure i have not been able to find out from the family how he gained and the french back room because he was he was a cadet at west point then very soon after that was was an instructor at west point and the french language. but he obviously polished that off from military point of view without any difficulty the escalated gear. and as a consequence he can't hit. you'll find this the same thing happened the sea the number of people mentions in this diary here is. i mean, he. he knows every single army officer. he's senior army in the united states army. most of them somehow find their way through the second corps sometime to visit during the the the italian campaign. but being in the coalition warfare he's he

support interface with army corp. we really need this detailed army corp expertise.ave been with army corp but don't always know where we are going and army corp regulations are very complicated. looking for technical review and independent cost estimate and cost verification. we'll do all the environmental compliance work under this contract. we are looking at communications support both for the early projects design and for advancing planning and design of the draft plan with the army corp. funding and advocacy support to your point commissioner adams, we need to be out there looking at all levels of government sources to fill the gap. this is a non-bond eligible expense under this contract. looking for opportunities to develop both port and city staff through training opportunities related to resilience and program development at this scale. i think this is something that our unions are going to welcome is that while we bringing on experts to support the program, they are sharing some of the expertise with city staff so we can grow as well. there will be capacity

support interface with army corp. we really need this detailed army corp expertise. we know where we have been with army corp but don't always know where we are going and army corp regulations are very complicated. looking for technical review and independent cost estimate and cost verification. we'll do all the environmental compliance work under this contract. we are looking at communications support both for the early projects design and for advancing planning and design of the draft plan with the army corp. funding and advocacy support to your point commissioner adams, we need to be out there looking at all levels of government for additional sources to fill the gap. this is a non-bond eligible expense under this contract. looking for opportunities to develop both port and city staff through training opportunities related to resilience and program development at this scale. i think this is something that our unions are going to welcome is that while we bringing on experts to support the program, they are sharing some of the expertise with city staff so we can gro

we had an armored corps. we had an infantry corps had cavalry, but we had no military intelligence school. we don't bother to develop one until after world war two. so is going to be done by amateurs. and by the way, you could say that's true of everything the united states army did, world war two, because at one point we're only a 250,000 people. by the end of the war, we had five and a half million in the ground force. so when you grow that way, you're going to you're going to have to do some up, particularly with our british allies, who'd been at it rather longer than we had had a longer tradition, formal military intelligence. and they in europe. so they were in contact with. the threat, unlike us, we were in contact with the threat some extent in the philippines, in the pacific, but not so much in europe. so other piece of this was in 101, dash five, and it had to forms in it for intelligence. one was the intelligence estimate and the second was the matter of periodic intelligence reports. so those are t

it's not a maneuver corps, a seventh corps area. and essentially midwest.the big deal ends up big time things like the great great flood of 1927. who knew mississippi flood. so a lot of things i learned as a biographer about of the army that i had no understanding from there he goes back to leavenworth teaches guys he's teaching are people like terry allen and and i would say john kerr told us and i got clarence huebner first division so a lot of people he knows there was his instructor from leavenworth he goes to the war college classmate of jake devers from from the war college. he goes down to the professor military at george at georgetown university. so again, a whole series typical of the assignments of army generals, army majors and colonels during the war, during the interwar period. so it's kind of interesting to track these guys as we go. i talk about his family life things in the book. he ends up as civilian conservation corps there in d.c. does that as a liaison. and then he takes command of the eighth infantry regiment at fort scranton down here

i have a deep respect for the army corps of engineers. in my state and frankly in all 50 states, the army corps of engineers does extraordinary work for the american people. for example, the corps manages our nation's ports, our waterways, and our coastal systems. the work of the corps is essential for sustaining america's commerce while protecting our environment and our communities. the corps restores our eco areas like the everglades in florida, which are them to not only a number of endangered species but are indispensable parts of our agriculture supply chain as well. the corps also advances flood and storm management solutions across our country to protect vulnerable communities like the bay beach of delaware. as the largest manager of our nation's infrastructure, the corps and biennial wrda bill play a critical role in job retension. the enact of the bill is essential for enabling the army corps of engineers to meet the needs throughout america. the bill strengthens the corps's ability to strengthen the water needs throughout the a

f-35, our fifth generation fighter critical for our navy, marine corps and air force because of the audit and the result was that about 50 plus f-35's that were grounded were actually actually able to be put into use and

and then the marine corps, they with generally speaking. but i think it's almost to amanda felt that the marine corps kind of left them behind after this and at this point they were ready to tell this story and it was such an honor to be trusted with these stories. so that was a heavyweight because in the thrillers, if i make a mistake, not that i ever have have or if i ever did, i can. it's fiction. you have that to fall back on. but in something like this, you don't have that luxury. and at the same time you also want to make sure you get this right, because there are so many people who lost loved ones. there are so many people who are still living in october of 1983, even to this day, there are those that have moved on. but when you bring them back to tell that story, you realize they're still dealing with the emotional and in some cases, physical trauma of that day. so it's a it's a heavy responsibility that we took very seriously from the go. we wanted to be as thoughtful and respectful as we possibly could doing this and doing it righ

san francisco conservation corp sole source contract award. >> thank you staff. >> hi. good afternoon commissioners. >> welcome. still morning where i sit, but whatever. braef >> yeah, morning. so, the item before you i just want to flag that we are requesting a slight change to the wording from the agenda that was printed and posted. we want to reference in the agenda language section 6.73 of the administrative code. so, the wording under consideration today is discussion and possible action to award sole source contract to the san francisco conservation corp in amount not to exceed $500 thousand and accordance with section 6.73 of the administrative code for the work on grant funded rec projects where the department is committed to consulting with the san francisco consurivation corp by the funding source or where consultation with san francisco consurivation corp strengthens the grant application. >> when we vote i don't want lauren to have to repeat herself. i got that and it is recorded. kwrrks, and thank you very much. this item draws on the strategic plan strateg

what's is the air corps, right? was called air war planning document 41, and it's a blooper for the air war that actually is pretty darn close to what the this is. it was written in nine days and they look for four air force officers in a room because we have the rainbow plans at this point. and then mentions, hey, we don't really have any air component to this. and so arnold likes these folks in a room and says, write me an airplane. that's right. that's awp. and i must say they're in dc in august and uniforms and not air conditioned spaces. and they still do that. put that there, but they modify it in 42 from albright and they're pretty darn close with the numbers. yeah, please. correct. but one thing i do want to point and this this kind of goes from from the tactical level up to a very large, big strategic picture is and i don't have the exact number is that if you cannibalize everyone in the eighth air force and made them a trigger, would the war have gone on? fact ended faster. yeah, i could have would have, s

commandant in the marine corps and then chairman.he hails from the great city of boston and then went to college up in vermont before joining through a marine corps a variant of an rotc like program an amazing military career and continues to serve this country on a number of boards for nonprofits, helping civets -- civics education in the united states. i wonder if you can help me welcoming back the general dunphy. >> it's good to be back with you and i think it was probably six years ago was the last time i was here. fortunately, nothing has changed since the last conversation we had over those six years. >> what did changes that now boston dominates in one sport. the last time you were here was the day after the patriots came from behind and defeated the falcons. and i'm from georgia, in the super bowl. he was gracious enough to only tease me for a few minutes. >> to sports, the celtics and the bruins. >> fair enough. >> we have a brookings connection to the celtics with one of our chairman. i should mention that. let me thank phi

commandant in the marine corps and then chairman.he hails from the great city of boston and then went to college up in vermont before joining through a marine corps a variant of an rotc like program an amazing military career and continues to serve this country on a number of boards for nonprofits, helping civets -- civics education in the united states. i wonder if you can help me welcoming back the general dunphy. >> it's good to be back with you and i think it was probably six years ago was the last time i was here. fortunately, nothing has changed since the last conversation we had over those six years. >> what did changes that now boston dominates in one sport. the last time you were here was the day after the patriots came from behind and defeated the falcons. and i'm from georgia, in the super bowl. he was gracious enough to only tease me for a few minutes. >> to sports, the celtics and the bruins. >> fair enough. >> we have a brookings connection to the celtics with one of our chairman. i should mention that. let me thank phi

army air corps a few dozen missions across the pacific and 1-9d 44, during one of those missions, his plane crashed off the coast of papua, new guinea. general macarthur sent my family a condolence letter, honoring my uncle's sacrifice. the yen wrote, he died serving in a crusade from which a better world will all come. and i think a better world did come. because of the sacrifice of so many. ladies and gentlemen, that's why we're here tonight. to remember the souls we lost 83 years ago. to honor the brave americans and greatest generation, who stepped up to serve every single day that followed, and to recommit to building a better world for which they fought and many of them died, as you know. how many of you lost someone in your family in world war ii? i know many. my mother would say, god love you. as many of you know, earlier this year i visited normandy to honor the 80th anniversary of d-day. i urged people everywhere to make this same commitment that was made then. i walked along the beaches where the americans and our allies turned the tide of that war. i stood on top of the cl

among the distinguished guests are admiral marine corps, general vandergrift and admiral halsey, the united secretary general lee, the emperors from other countries, the the black robed supreme court justices to the depth of the inaugural platform, mostly followed by the official presidential party headed by the chief executive wife and daughter. of an array of motion and television cameras records the. melvin berkeley, kentucky, a member of congress for 36 years, has taken his presidential oath of office. so help me god god. then harriet is one of the nation's 32nd president. by chief justice fred. right hand. were harry truman and solemnly swear. i, harry truman, do solemnly swear. you will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. but i will faithfully the office of president of the united states and will to the best of your ability, will. to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. all help you, god. so help me god. nation and the world. a s

>> it is a marine corps thing.[laughter] we hold you accountable, and if you do not hold your mission, we really view. -- relieve you. >> i want to jump to drones. pay, just got authority to protect forces from drones. how are you going to implement that, and how do you protect the forces on the ground from these forms we are seeing not only overseas but here at home? >> i want to have a conversation about it, because i want to have a conversation about my employment of drones, because it is really important to me. it is an important mission set to me. before there were drones the way we are talking about them, but was a drone? a drone had very little value. we tend to think about a drone as an unmanned aerial vehicle or a one-way attack thing that flies in the air. we have a one-way attack thing that flies through the air, can go 100 miles, can change its course in flight. it can fly by gps or by terrain following. we can communicate, can check its health. it is one of the steadiest things of all time. you can put

my mother was in the peace corps, so we have a strong tie to the peace corps, have very good grandchildren, and we have a harmonious family. we have 20 of us now and all young sons and daughters and their spouses and all of our grandkids and rose i mean, we go off somewhere every every christmas holidays. it two days after christmas we go somewhere different. so to bring our family together so they can have a good time with each other, get to know each other better if they live in different places. and we, my wife, i work a lot during the year to raise enough money to pay for the >> 2024 was a momentous year for c-span, from continuing our tradition of gavel to gavel coverage of the house and senate to committee hearings, to landmark supreme court cases and an historic presidential election including the republican and democratic national conventions. here is a look back as we prepare for what is expected to be an action-packed 2025. >> i name is jason but i'm known as jellyroll. >> i appreciate the opportunity to be here. >> i'm the ceo of tiktok. >> have you apologized to the victims? wo

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