why they are doing this -- the british surface fleet and the war on commerce. , when thenitially german navy was developing u-boats -- they were very convinced, and rightly so, that the german fleet had no comparison to the royal navy. convinced they were that they had no comparison to the navy. were considered a classic naval conflict, the germans were not stand a chance against the british. they began to develop u-boats. they could sink british capital ships. there were more successful in doing this. but he cannot balance the power. only because ould acting at oats were were quite slow underwater, and they cannot really operate in tactics like they did in later years. had to set wait. you have surface boats with you to set them with torpedoes. there were pretty efficient. change into to commerce war. which is happened in every major conflict. this is effective against britain, an island nation. the vast majority of the recess -- sea d come some busy like food and oil. british nation dependent on maritime commerce. the royal navy was blockading many german harbors. under those d go protecti

german high seas fleet had no comparison to the royal navy. were to gof they into what would be considered a classic style naval conflict, the germans would not stand a chance against the british. u-boatsbegan to develop with the initial idea they would be able to tip the scales could they could sneak out, and sink some british capital ships, the battleships. they were somewhat successful, but it was never enough to tip powerales to balance the to where they could have a real surface engagement. this is predominantly because of the way the u-boats were operating in this time. they were not as efficient as they became later in world war ii. they were slow underwater. wolfpack not operating tactics like in later years. wait and setit and up a u-boat trap. you would have surface vessels that would try to lure the british navy into an area where the u-boats were operating to sync them with 20 -- torpedoes. it was inefficient. it started to shift into this commerce were. this is a tactic that has been a part of every major conflict in world history,

that was given invading those countries, or at least the reason the navy department gave for invading those countries, was to keep german influence and u-boats from being established in those countries. referred to, again, not favorably, by the end of his administration as king josephus , andirst, ruler of haiti sometimes referred to as the king of the dominican republic, because it is basically the navy and the marine corps that are running those countries during daniels' administration. he gets involved, again, rather reluctantly, in these gunboat excursions in the caribbean and central america. another aspect of the administration's policies with respect to the war before the united states enters the war is theformal policy of administration, which is neutrality. supporters a staunch of the administration's neutrality policy as it was announced. he and wilson had a great deal of conflict over how the policy was actually carried out. view,, in daniels' favored the british. arguably, that may have been the more popular political position in the country more broadly. position.ot daniels' moraler made a distinction betwe

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german defense capabilities. it says, quote, the military says only 70 of 180 boxer armored fighting vehicles, 7 of 43 navy helicopters, 42 of 109 euro fighters and 38 of 89 tornadoes are operational, unquote. that's a huge shortfall in operational capability. given what's going on in europe now with regard to the economies, germany in particular, where will the money come from to make these forces operational? >> i don't track the operational readiness rates of the german army, but we do track our own. so i know that's a challenge on every given day. you have a current slant where you may have 3 of 29 tanks. at one point last -- a couple months ago, 3 tanks were operational of 29 we had. three days later, 29 tanks were operational. it's a snapshot but it is a concern. but i will say that currently, germans have the baltic air police mission up in astonia. they're there, they're ready, they're capable, all their aircraft are flying, they're able to respond to violations at that air space, which are happening quite frequently. and so they provided a trained and ready force for that. they've also been a great force and

german army and the japanese armies do it. we looked at all the different models and the u.s. army and the u.s. navy air force and marines and special operations forces and all these models and we are in the process of analyzing it. we haven't come to a final magic solution. here is basic things that we know that we are going to have to have. characteristics. in this revised model or forced generation process as we go forward. we know that the output, the product, the force generated and the unit, we know that we will have to produce a product that is global. so you hear the chief of staff and the army say globally responsible. a global force. you hear that throughout the regionally engaged? we have to have a force that is global and we have to have a force that is regionally capable of being regionally engaged in combat and commander phase operations. we know that. we know that the force has to bea beage -- be agile. they have to move quickly and respond to different situations. has to be agile. respond to the left and the right. the future is unknown. there a couple of other seminars about the arm