and, of course, it's a week-long recognition of our armed forces, navy, coast guard, marines.represented here today and i want to give a big shout out and shanks for the men and women in our uniforms who are protecting us. as you know, the world isn't safe. there are a lot of things that are happening. we have to always be ready and vigilant. i think a week out of our very busy calendars to recognize men and women is really an extraordinary opportunity to do that. i also want to give a very big thanks to the fleet week association. it's a great blend. and to have the chair, general, it's been wonderful to work with. he's kept us very focused on what we need to do. and then for all departments that have already been signalled out today, it's been wonderful to work with them today, both administratively and in organizing this event. this event has become international. that's why our canadian consul general is here to celebrate with us and to get that international recognition as well. you know, in addition to celebrating, in addition to having this great fun and seeing the blue

the army must welcome closer air force navy cooperation and refine its key develop rations to regional operations especially missile defense, special operations, light infantry and airborne forces, logistics as well as humanitarian and disaster relief capabilities. finally the army must ensure units and equipment have the broadest utility around the globe instead of being narrowly tailored. the army must emerge from the drawdown ready to face missions both similar and far different from those over the past decade against possible adversaries ready to exploit a symmetrical means. thanks for joining us for "this week in defense news." i'm vago muradian. before we go a special thanks to army headquarters and public affairs, the association of the united states army, and the walter e washington convention center for helping make >>> rare childhood diseases. how families are advancing the i'm steve usdin. welcome to "biocentury this week." >>> your trusted source for biotechnology information and analysis. "biocentury this week." >>> few families face challenges as painful and daunting as l

the force modernization of china's navy and air force.f you simply look at the number of ships they're procure, the number of submarines they've been developing, so i don't think anyone can make an argument that china's military modernization has been a disaster. now, you can point to certain problems, and we can certainly talk about that, but by and large, the military modernization over the last ten years has been relatively success. so i think a good argument can be made that that approach of modernizing the military will continue gradually. what pace, we can debate about that, but by and large, the approach the chinese have taken with regard to professionalizing and modernizing its military has been pretty successful. so if we were to look ahead, you need to make an argument about what generally has been guiding china's actions, its defense policies, its force structure over the last decade, and i think you can look at two general frameworks to do that. the first is, by and large, the party's guiding theory to the military. and two th

navy up 2828-21. with a prayer. air force, opportunity, pass batted down. vy comes back to win 28-21 in overtime. >>> the washington nationals are working out in st. louis as we speak. the nats arrived at busch stadium earlier in the afternoon. the game set for 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. g geo-gonzalez first nod for the first playoff game. he is honored and ready to go. >> first time ever experiencing this. you know, to represent such a great organization, you know, great rotation, lineup. it's unbelievable, and to go throughout to be a starting pitcher, you know, especially with big games like this. i mean, it's just letting you know what they think about me and how honored and humbled i am about it. >> they're all different. geo, never had a pitcher get on me the day he was pumping because i wasn't smiling. he has the same temperament no matter how big the game is. he just enjoys going out there and expressing his talent. >> it's been 79 years for the nats. it's been 15 years for the birds. either way, it's felt like forever since this area has been a part of pos

. >>> and navy taking on air force in colorado. the navy down by 8 and reynolds on the option and that is a good option. he's going to score and they get the two-point conversion. we're all died up -- died up. go to overtime, the snack is fumbled, the referee signals touchdown and what happened? take another look. the right guard, jake zoo zach is fallling on the ball and this is how he gets the win. 24-21 and one another score, florida beat florida a&m. the bisons are 4-1. congratulations to him. tomorrow, the nats fans getting ready for you read the entire major leagues with 21 wins and we'll take to the mound for the nats when they take on st. louis. he's fired up for the challenge. >> you take it with a smile, you know. the first time ever experiencing this, you know, to represent a great organization, such a great rotation, great lineup, you know, and that is unbelievable. to go out there and be the starting pitcher, to let you know what they think about me and how honored and him build i am about it. >> and geo is a class guy

. >> college football, navy-air force, and this was tight. fourth quarter, navy trailing, 15 yards out. he scores a touchdown. the two-point conversion is good, kind the game at 21-21, over time. in overtime, reynolds trying for the end zone, fumble, but it is recovered by navy. it takes a while to sort this out. finally ruled a touchdown, the midshipmen take the seven-point lead and they win, 28-21, recapturing the commander in chief trophy. the maryland terrapins in action against wake forest, right now trailing 14-13 in the third quarter. >> the game tomorrow real quick, what do you think? how do you see this going? >> obviously did the yankees are the favored, but the orioles are playing with house money. hopefully being loose will give them the edge against the bombers. david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in maryland. it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware... and pennsylvania. one west virginia paper calls it a

look, i -- i have good friends in the air force and navy who i commend for the effort.i'm not saying it's not a great effort. it's -- it is an operational -- it's putting the operational cart before the strategic horse. that's not the fault of the people in uniform. they are in some ways -- trying to be generous here. they are trying to figure out an answer to the problem before others come to struggle with that problem. air-sea battle answers some of the china questions, certainly being able to operate in the contested zone, if not to be able to rest back parts of -- parts of the commons. when it comes to allies, that's very interesting because i think it's now imperative, i mean, just as someone who travels to the region like many other people here quite a bit, to explain to allies or have a discussion with allies about what capabilities and fore structures we think they should be looking at as we form this kind of -- these capabilities. we are going forward, obviously, with the air-sea battle operational concepts. i think that would be a key ingredient in making the

navy with a first game in the race for the commander in chief's trophy at air force. going straight to overtime, the goal line fumbled, the navy recovers in the end zone. watch if again. play would be reviewed. call upheld to give navy the lead. air force one more try, fourth down. the pass was batted down. navy wins a thriller. 28-21. to profootball. the redskins preparing for just their second home game. heading into week five of the season. but home isn't such a special place. washington is looking to snap a seven-game home losing streak. to do that, they have to ground the falcons who are undefeated. matt ryan and the high powered offense will prove to be a challenge for the redskins d. the offense averages 31 points per game. atlanta has scored a league high 43 points and ryan, he's the nfl's highest rated passer. >> matt ryan has been playing lights out. the first full week of the season. so definitely best pass we would have faced so far this season. >> best time of the year, playoff baseball. if you're a fan of the game in this area, you must be on cloud nine.

forces in japan face an unprecedented nighttime restriction after two navy sailors are accused of raping a woman in okinawa. welcome to nhk world "newsline." american military personnel in japan will be watching the clock for the foreseeable future. their commanders imposed a temporary curfew following a case of rape in okinawa involving two u.s. servicemen. the order applies to all of the nearly 40,000 american military personnel stationed across the country. nhk world reports. report. >> reporter: the commander of u.s. forces in japan made the announcement in tokyo. >> under u.s. paycom commander authority i am immediately issuing a curfew to all military personnel in japan both temporary and assigned. >> lieutenant general salvatore angelella says the curfew will be in place from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. it will apply to all u.s. forces in japan, including those who come here for a short time. the decision follows the arrests earlier this week of two u.s. navy sailors. they are accused of raping a woman in okinawa. the pair is being held at the japanese prosecutor's office in the capit

in the navy our motto is -- this is big navy's motto -- a global force for good. we believe that we operate on a continuum of bringing heat and light. you are sitting on one of those platforms right now. you are sitting on this amazing lhd, the uss macon island, it can bring the heat or it can bring the light. do you want to get a little twitchy around the world and you want to sort of rattle the cage a little bit and test our will and show bravado? you don't want an amphibious group showing up off your shore. that can be a bad day for you. on the other hand, we'd like to bring the light. we'd like to bring the medical prowess, its ability to generate electricity for you, we'd like to bring its cadre of people to rebuild your churches, your clinics, your homes, we'd like to be able to bring its operating rooms and 40,000 tons of icu's and hospital beds and transports and medical evac, whether we fly you in or float you in. that's what we'd like to bring. and like everybody else in the medical business, i wake up every morning and hope the next day i'm out of a job

or an air force officer to the general department positions, in a sense, you are having an air force navy second artillery officers making policy for the ground services. back in the day when the services, themselves, were not on the cmc, that was okay. ground forces had seniority in protocol and precedent. you had many navy officers really army officers promoted to admiral, but reversing that, that's a whole different proposition and one of the things to look for is the possible promotion of a knave -- navy or air force officer at a minimum at the military region level because no region in china has been commanded by a non-ground force officer, and so this is going to create an interesting opportunity on the one hand for jointness, but at the same time, for bureaucratic politics in addition to princeling and technocrats and the rest. the problem of the technocrats versus viewer technocrats, by the way, is also going to be a real problem for security policies, and chris laid out a lot of the key issues here, but i augment that with an observation. the pla is the only source of military in

san francisco police will be out in full force while the navy's blue angels soar overhead saturday and sunday, parade of shifts kick off as part of fleet week. don't forget the bluegrass festival, 49ers taking on buffalo bill's and the parade in north beach. to top it off two mega cruise ships will be docking bringing 7000 people here. all in all a jam packed weekend. in san francisco, ktvu. >> this is not the only place with big events. stanford will host arizona wildcats tomorrow and bears will take on ucla at memorial stadium. justin beiber concert, madonna and florence and the machine will be performing. there is a lot on the schedule this weekend. we have it all organized for you on our website at ktvu.com where we have summaries telling you about some of the weekend's big events. go to the front page and look for that weekend extra tab. there is hope down the road for residents who are looking for alternatives to a rough commute. in a few minutes we'll tell you why the scene is antioch today as a sign of relief on the way. >>> new detail about his the death of a 34 year old bay a

. >> the special forces and navy destroyers were in the neighborhood. >> logistics to have people fromr here. i have read these accounts and i think people who are there would have done anything to get there but it takes some time. >> the father of former navy seal tyrone woods who was killed in action at the annex in benghazi went on fox news america live to respond to reports that the cia operators requested help during the firefight and were denied. >> those people who made the decision and who knew about it and lied about it are mothers f murderers of my son. >> president obama does an interview with the local report. >> were they denied help during the attack? >> we are finding out exactly what happened. i guarantee you neb the sta-- ey in the state department cia you name it they were making sure these folks were safe. >> i find it a lack of leadership. john mccain says the military should have been prepared to respond. why in the world after twooef why yous attacks on the embassy even the alarms being sounded on september 11th why wouldn't we have them on alert status why would

navy at air force, this was a tight one. we start in the fourth quarter, navy trailing.nolds scores the touchdown, two-point conversion was good. and ties the game up at 21-21. reynolds trying for the end zone and fumbles and recovered by zuzek, fourth down for air force, last chance, henderson. they win in overtime 28-21, giving them the edge to capture the commander in chief trophy. john collins is back with a look at the seven-day forecast after this. barnhill: you hear a lot of talk about question seven... so let me tell you what i know: if question seven passes, my company's going to... bring table games, like blackjack and poker... right here to baltimore. a twenty-five million dollar investment... that'll create five hundred new jobs. all right here. today, marylanders are spending $500 million gaming... in other states. let's keep it here. i'm chad barnhill, and we're ready to build right here. we're ready, and it's real. and all that has to happen... is question seven. >> if you love fall, it's here. >> the temperatures have tumbled today and the rain comes tomo

they were roughly army, navy, air force, state department. a couple weeks ago we had a meeting and the first person i called on was an army colonel. i said where were you last? he said in libya. i said did you know christopher stevens? he said everybody knew christopher stevens. he was our leader, fluent in arabic, constructive, positive, doing something, he was our leader. this spontaneous practically eruption from him. he was a foreign service officer. anybody who has served with a foreign service as i did as the secretary of state knows, what a very special group of people this is. they are very able people. dedicated. they work hard for our country. chris was extraordinary and stood out. i thought what image can i think of that might express our way of thinking about him. i thought of the great seal of our republic. i don't know how many of you have ever looked carefully at it. the center is an eagle. in one talon the eagle is holding an olive branch. the eagle is looking at the olive branch to show that the united states will always seek

. >> reporter: but romney proposes a buildup of ground forces, air forces, and the navy. he would build 15 new warships every year compared to the president's nine and increase defense spending by more than $2 trillion over ten years according to independent estimates. >> so we have to make decisions based upon uncertainty and that means are a strong military. i will not cut our military budget. >> reporter: last night, romney's claim that the navy is too small and the president's response was a clear snapshot of their differences. >> our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. >> you mentioned the navy, for example and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. >> this is a c & c computerized press brake. >> reporter: but what worries george hill is the more immediate threat of automatic defense cuts scheduled in january unless congress reaches a new agreement by the end of the year, spending cuts built into the 2011 budget deal could cost the military $500 bil

so usually police, the armed forces time to react is very, very important. and in navy aspects we have a plan and we put that plan in effect and it works

nhk world, tokyo. >> a joint chinese navy and air force fleet conducted an exercise. japan nationalized the islands last month, china and taiwan claim them as their own. the 11 ships and eight aircraft took part in the exercise. the drill was based on the scenario that the crew of a patrol boat had fallen overboard and were injured in a skirmish state-run television . broadcast it live. china's national radio says chinese patrol boats have been harassed around the disputed islands. it says the exercise was aimed at protecting china sovereignty. >> how to balance economic growth with environmental protection. conservation experts have been trying to answer that dilemma as talks -- at the talks in india, that is. >> the u.n. sponsored meeting wrapped up, the 11 conference of the parties to the u.n. convention on diversity is otherwise known as cop 11. at the previous meeting cop 10 in 2010 delegates agree to set aside 17% of the world's land area for protection. many charges remain but efforts are making progress in areas including northern india. from there nhk world r

so usually police, the armed forces time to react is very, very important. and in navy aspects we have a plan and we put that plan in effect and it works so it's very good, this kind of meetings because that is exactly what you are doing. naval effects as usual prove their flexibility and their capacity to remain in the affected areas for a long time without any logistical support so we can do a lot. that plan put the surface units in less than 24 hours. naval doctrine was highly effective. most of our ships -- the earthquake was at 3.34 and most of our ships get underway at about 4:00 or 4.10. one of them without a captain, he is not a captain any more, but all people get into the ship and ships get underway without any order. as you mention also here, joint medical command control center is absolutely essential. and hydrographic survey prior to entering ports in affected areas is something that is mandatory. and the joint government (inaudible) of this exercise will be highly valued. so that conclude my presentation and we always face the glass plenty of water, so we

did you know we have fewer ships in the navy today that any time since 1917? the air forcesmaller in its fleet than at any time since 1947 when it was formed. you know our troops were stretched to the limit in iraq and afghanistan, and yet he wants to shrink the number of troops, shipbuilding, purchases of aircraft. i will take us in a different direction. i will maintain a military second to none that is so strong no one will ever test us, we will add to our navy, air force, and to our active-duty personnel. >> usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! >> one of the great experiences i have had is meeting men and women who have served in our military. i deeply respect and appreciate the sacrifice that they have made, and i appreciate the sacrifice of their families and those that have been lost and their families. i wonder if those who are here today who have served in the military or are serving will please to raise their hands and be recognized. wow. thank you. this is a beautiful corner of god's creation, but that wonderful line from one of our national hymns comes to mind, "oh bea

and romney claimed the air force and navy are historically small. >> i want to make sure that we havehe ships that are required by our navy. our air force is older and smaller than at any time since it was founded in 1947. >> the president quipped that we also have fewer horse and bayonets, but let's slice through this more. the air force is the smallest it has been since 1947 in terms of aircraft, but it has more active personnel. the navy does have fewer ships than it had during 1917, but it has more than the bush administration. it has grown in the obama years there is more to check, including the president's claims on china, education. so we're going to be back for one more fact check later in 24 hour. >> what people want to know is whether or not the military does actually use bayonets. i've seen a report it's been discontinued in 2010. i'll bet you special ops uses some, some time, right? >> they probably do. and i'm sure they probably still have horse taos. we'll put that on the list. >> thanks, scott. doing good work for us tonight. we asked you to go to cnbc.com to tell which

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