so jill raycroft, diana bartrum, and artie mood are the three women that led the exercise today. [applause] >> and of course, they were supported by many men and women around logistics, planning, and public -- if you belie public affairs. so i want to thank everybody who's here today, and particularly, the exercise team which is not just emergency management but includes representatives from the departments across the city, and we thank you for your meaningful contributions to the safety, security and resilience of san francisco. thank you, and have a great week. [applaus [applause] >> okay. our next speaker, i met him in 2010, my first fleet week. he was the executive officer of the u.s.s. macon island. to prove if you go to fleet week, you get promotions. he's now the commander of expeditionary strike group three, admiral cedric pringle. >> good morning. well, this is very much like a home coming for me. i actually did my first san francisco fleet week back in 1988 as a young ensign, so being back in this capacity, being in charge of the navy's largest strike group is a blessin

jill raycroft, go ahead. >> thank you. i think the great theme that we can look at through this is the city and county of san francisco will do fairly well for the first three to four days. after that, we're going to need a lot of help. the efforts at sfo, the work done around yellow command san francisco and region-wide is essential. the work that i do around san francisco fleet week program is looking at that seven-day point. we work with the department of defense in the defense support of civil authorities construct, meaning when we have a federally declared disaster, the department of defense can come up from san diego and assist us. this is the eighth year of our program. it's definitely growth. i've talked to colleagues throughout the country and, you know, very few cities run exercises for the department of defense. so i think it's kudos to us that we can sort of tell them what we need and work with them side by side. mike dayton, deputy director, stresses that. practicing it, if you can see this photo in the lower