it also means the national guard and reserves. based on what the capabilities and the timing are, we choose from any one of those three components. the same is true when we do disaster relief. when we had hurricanes hit this summer, i was down in north carolina. you would have seen regular army, national guard, and reserve troops. it is not anything unusual. it just depends on who is available, what is available, and the time needed to resource the mission. missy: so are you saying that there were not national guard troops that would have been available either to deploy on short notice or wouldn't have had the right skill sets for the mission that was there on the border? sec. esper: it may have been both. i haven't gone through the numbers. the army staff gets its requirements. we resource them to see what capabilities are available in the national guard versus the active component. as you may know, most of are combat service support resources are not in the national guard. they are actually in the army reserve and the regular arm

based on the guidance we have been given, we have put new c-130s into the active guard and reserve. so we have elements that are in each one of the fleets. once we had that, then we looked at replacing the oldest aircraft first and many of those were in active duty. that's why all the e models have been retired. we're getting after the last aging ones. puerto rico is some of the oldest aircraft still flying. they are down to just a few airplanes. we are continuing to work through the process to determine what's the best mission suitable for the fantastic airmen that we have there. >> what is the age of the oldest aircraft? are there other ones in puerto rico that are 65 models? >> there are some 65 spread across the fleet. most of those are simple h because we have an h, h1, 2, 3, variance. we show c-130h are in puerto rico and we also have some in great falls and a couple other locations. >> there is a plan then to recapitalize the legacy c-130 aircraft? >> to recapitalize? no, ma'am. we are doing our best to modernize. we are not asking for additional recapitalization efforts. we d

and a half. we've seen three fatal mishaps across our air national guard, marine corps reserve and navy air fleet this incidents have taken the lives of 28 service members. congress and military services must come together to assess the causes of the mishaps and insure the right focus is applied. as we've learned through the process of reviewing collisions and groundings, a single mishap has immediate causes but a rash derives from systemic issues in the force. >> stressful situations decreased material readiness to our fleet makes mechanical failure sometimes catastrophic, more likely. as we review each individual tragedy. we must focus on what a mishap says about the case and what each mishap can tell us about the state of military aviation overall. while we're focused today on the intratheater fleet i was glad to see that the full house and senate under the leadership of mr. thornberry and ranking member smith included a provision in the fiscal year 19 national authorization act on military aviation safety. this commission will review the rates of military aviation mishaps across the services

our team may have misused just the reserve component to being both the guard and the reserve. so the intention, though, is to make sure that we don't, as we address the space force, that we don't ignore the fact that while it is small, we do have components the guard and reserve who are engaged in space. >> that's great. i appreciate that. as i said, there has been a great deal of interest in new hampshire on what's going to happen there. i am sure that's true of other states as well. in terms of the number of squadrons you called for growing the air force from its current size to 38 of squadrons by 2030. under that plan, tanker squadrons would see significant growth. they would increase from 40 to 54 squadrons. can you talk about why you see this as being important? >> senator, the analysis that we did was based on the national defense strategy, which sets out for us what do we need to do, what are the missions we need to accomplish? then what are the most important operational problems? when you look at those missions, there are really give things we have to do at the same t

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we have a different idea today about what the guard and reserve bring to the table. we still don't know what happened or exactly why, and we still don't agree on why it matters. and so the vietnam war remains with us. so one of the things that my colleagues and i have done at the air war college and now at the army war college is to go back to vietnam and to use vietnam as a case study for strategy and for decision-making. we've designed a sort of exercise, greg and mark have seen sort of versions of this and we give war college students the chance to turn back the clock and try again. we ask them to read a series of documents, of primary sources. we hand them a stack of reference materials, intelligence reports and estimates, political reports, some documents from the north vietnamese and from the south vietnamese as well, and we give them the same, simple political guidance that sort of held in 1965. maintain an independent noncommunist south vietnam. and we ask for a strategy. and we tell them that complete withdrawal, just cutting and running, getting out, isn't r

harris: the past 17 years have placed historic demands on active duty and our guard and reserve forcesadmiral, what are some of the that the military is not getting bigger? although, we just had a huge amount of the budget dedicated to the military. .dmiral mcraven: we just had a of sequestration. iraq inlled out of 2011, there was a sense that we should be able to achieve a peace dividend and be able to reinvest it. that dividend came at the expense of the military. the only way to get that money back was to cut manpower. you needed it quickly so you cannot cut a shipbuilding program because that takes years. the army was cut by 100,000. others cut by less. that began to shrink or force. the problem with the military, no matter how technical we get, no matter whether we have swarming drones, quantity is a quality all in its own. when people look at carrier battle groups. when we talk about the fact the u.s. navy has more carriers than any other country in the world. that is true. we have 11 carrier battle groups. you say that's a lot. except that it takes three to make one. so it any

we willpresident trump: increase the size and strength of our military by adding thousands of new recruits to active duty, reserve and national guard units. including 4000 new active duty soldiers. we will replace aging tanks, aging planes and ships with the most advanced and legal technology ever developed -- lethal technology ever developed. hopefully we will be so strong we never have to use it. host: do expect any legislation from congress and the fine duck session or coming up with a new congress in january that deals with this? guest: i would not expect much in the lame-duck session. they managed to pass defense spending bills a couple of weeks ago. the coast guard funding is the only thing up in the air because that is under homeland security and there was the fight about the border wall. it seems like there might be a plan a place for that. in terms of the new congress, absolutely. the budget will get dropped around february. then you will have the annual fights over defense spending. with the democrats taking over there are a couple of things to watch. adam smith said nuclear weapons specifically with something president t

they be served for four years and may may serve for 40 years and in between, and how do we go between the active guard reserve easy to do that. how can they take career intermission and how can they take time with us and do something else? all of those ideas are things that we're looking at as we look at the talent and management of our people. >> i think this is important. we look at at&t and the evolution in terms of the skills we're going to need in the next five years and they're quite different than the skills we would add today and we're all doing the same things and we'll all be competing for that same talent. so a big part of our effort and now taking the talent as we have and evolving them into those roles of the future. and we've done that as granular as mapping every single role in the company in terms of what we have today and what is the demand for tomorrow and so we know for every role that we have which ones are going to be in decline and which ones are going to be in demand and how do we evolve that and create that. if we think in terms particularly around the skill sets of cybersecurity and a

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the senate returns for votes on coast guard programs, and a nomination for the federal reserve board. watch the house life on c-span and the senate live on c-span too. -- too. >>> next on american history tv, historian adriane lund smith talks about african- americans involvement in world war i, and racial tensions in the military during that time. the centerpiece was about 15 minutes. >> adriane lund smith, what was the experience of black soldiers -- adriane lentz- smith, what was the expertise of black soldiers during world war i? >> we should say first, there were roughly 385 thousand 385,000 african-americans in the world time -- wartime army, about 200,000's of them traveled overseas. of those 40,000, they were combat troops. and another 160,000 did, mainly labor. the folks who wrote home about their experiences, some with the labor battalion, and some from combat units, they talk about two things. they talk about the difficulty of fighting for democracy, so to speak. in a jim crow army. and, they talk about the investment of many of their fellow white soldiers in making sure th

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and dudettes in vietnam? >> more draft. >> or if not more draft -- all those guys. the reserves and national guard. any problem in bringing up the reserves in the national guard? okay, any problem with bringing up the reserves in national guard? it's going to take time. what else? >> more training, resourcing. >> the hurricanes and all the things that happened. >> or the 1960s riots. >> right, civil rights. >> you're also taking people away from their normal jobs that would uphold the infrastructure of work while other people are fighting. >> if all of a sudden the guard or reserve gets called up, who goes? everybody. this affects the civil society as a whole. >> it starts to feel like total war on the american population. it's starting to feel the passion of the trinity is really starting to feel that total war aspect. >> but if you're not going to win, to hell with it, just leave. >> then you lose some things strategically in your fight in the cold war. and your fight on communism and containment. because you're looked at as weak. >> the worst thing you can be is a politician in the early '60s. we

the senate returns for votes on coast guard programs and denomination for the federal reserve board. watch the house lights on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. here is more from a capitol hill reporter. the 115 congress returns tuesday for the lame-duck session and the home stretch of legislative work and leadership elections. joining us is scott long, senior staff writer with the hill. let's start with the elections and nancy pelosi'

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guard and hard working coast guard members. it is fitting to name this after frank lobiondo. and i urge all members to support the frank lobiondo re-authorizing coast guard act and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon. . mr. defazio: i rise in full support of s. 140, legislation that we've been somewhat patiently waiting for the senate to move on for over a year. this legislation incorporates three different bills passed, reported by the transportation and infrastructure committee last year. h.r. 2518, coast guard authorization of 2017, h.r. 26, coast guard improvement reform act, hrment r. 2593 -- h.r. 2593. this is going to provide both positive improvements in maritime policy, help with the competitiveness of the u.s. maritime industry, and it is going to be of substantial assistance to the coast guard. there are issues where we have disagreement. it's not a perfect bill. but i'm pleased to support it and would urge all members to support it. i'm particularly pleased with the two-year authorized funding levels for the coast guard. it's been hurt over a number of years, their budget has been too thin. and

so they used the reserves and the guard as places to hide. but when you start calling them up, johnson's great fear is, boy, all those hawks that have been supporting me, once their kids are actively involved, are they going to continue to support me? so he hesitated. 206,000 more. that would have given us about over 700,000 troops in vietnam. had 300,000 worked? had 500,000 worked? what was the guarantee 700,000 would work? that's the fundamental question the president keeps asking time and time and time again. and the chairman and westmoreland cannot give him an answer that makes him feel comfortable. you can't guarantee me anything other than we can hold on to a few more provinces? you can't guarantee me any form of victory and that this is going to dramatically change things? and their answer is, no. we can't guarantee you victory for sure. the arben got chewed up, they argue, during the tet offensive. we're going to have to take time to rebuild them. and here's a problem, too. there are a number of times during tet when u.s. casualties f

the senate returns to consider legislation on coast guard programs and a nomination for the federal reserve board. he watched the house live here on c-span on c-span2. >> sunday on "q&a," california democratic congresswoman jackie speier talks about her memoir, "undaunted." i was on airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana, having just concluded congressional delegation tour within congressman leo writer we were ambushed on that airstrip. and shot. commerce and ryan was shot 45 times and died on that airstrip and there were members of the dress -- members of the press that died that i was shot five times on the right side of my body. a bone jutting out of my right arm, a wounded my leg the size of the football. and it was oh my gosh, i'm 28 years old, this is it. easterny night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal," continues. host: with congress that to me for the first time since election day and president trump back in town for mr. overseas have always been the next hour of "washington journal," focusing on the weekend in washington. plan to talk about and covering both ends

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and a lot of international ties that way. it is not just the national guard, but harnessing reserve talent and i love what you said about the flipping of title 10 and title 32, but why not flip with the private sector, especially banking and tech companies? the key is to get talent from the federal level to the local level. that is to great big sucking hole and i appreciate what all of you said. >> can we take the last question right back there. >> i agree. >> back to the last question about workforce development. how much of the source of all of the problems that we have is a lack of enough trained people across the government sector and the commercial sector as well as the military sector. if i can build a workforce in each of your state to fill all of your gaps in six months, with that solved the problems? >> i would be curious and definitely route you to the right people to help with the gaps. i had another meeting yesterday with some folks at the university of michigan on the gap filling or the software filling. i think that is something that we are always interested in sharing and that is why indiana and michigan and wisconsin

and win against great power competition. >> a follow up, the army is down about 23,000 from their goal for this year in recruiting between the active, reserve and national guard components. the number that we've seen is about 30% of american males between 18-25 only qualify to join if they wanted to. you cut that in half, 15 will not be in the service. army, air force, marines competing for the other 15. the 99% versus the 1%, how do we expand the pool of potential recruits to the armed services of the united states? what are we doing about it to show that it's not just 11a and 11b, but we've got s.t.e.m. and all kinds of other fields that are open across the services? thank you. >> that question i think quite a bit about. it's more personal experience, the time i've spent in the department of defense has been awesome. most of america doesn't understand what the department of defense does or the careers or opportunities that the services provide. when you think about -- i don't know what the number is -- but the average student coming out of college is carrying $30,000 worth of debt. the training, the experience, i mean, set aside some of these requirements o

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and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] inaudible] >> the house will debate on removing the gray wolf from the endangered species list. . d swear in new members the senate will return for coast guard programs and federal reserve board. you can watch the house live on c-span under a couple hours, 2:00 p.m. eastern. and senator on c-span2 at 3:00 p.m. eastern. as the 115th congress starts hits lamb duck session, members of the 116th congress who were elected last week are in washington for orientation. taking a look just outside the hotel where freshmen orientation is being held all week in the southeast part of the city, leadership elections for the new congress are expected to begin tomorrow. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by you america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> sunday on "q&a" -- california democratic congresswoman jackie speier talks about her memoir -- "undaunted." ms. speier: i was on an airstrip in the remote

we have all the army con votes from the active duty, national guard reserve, army dod civilians and civiliantractors that literally come together to make this mission happen. we do hate that we're not with our family and friends today but we are a close family here and i'm truly happy to be paragraph rt of it. it takes the whole community to make it happen. sir, you would be very proud because we truly are. >> it's fan of course. we're proud of you. we're proud of your people. please say hello to everybody. we're taking good care of you. the budget now is at $716 billion, stephanie. right? so we're getting rid of some of that old equipment. you see what's going in, the best in the world. right? so you see a big difference. hopefully big difference from what we had before. and it's only getting better. we'll be stronger than ever before. and with people like you, we feel very confident. stephanie, thank you very much. happy thanksgiving to all and i will see you when you're back. >> sir, sounds great. we have one last message if that's okay. >> yes. >> one, two, three -- go army! >> appreciat

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