the navy had made modest progress in increasing the size of the navy fleet from a low of 274 ships in march of 2007, but that progress would be suspended with this budget. another challenge retiring seven cruisers earlier than planned rather than modernizing by two years, although the navy testified just last year that we needed to maintain the original ssb and x schedule to insure we meet our strateging control requirements. other challenges are reducing the strength of the active component, excuse me, of the marine corps from 202,000 beginning this year to 182,000 by the end of fy 16, and modernizing the amphibious tractor fleet for the programs for the amphibious program model and that would replace the program canceled last year. in this authorization request, we're asked to prevent future counsels to sever programs including the submarine, the arley burke destroyers and the v-22 aircrafts. if we approve these proposals, we will be monitoring these closely to insure that the department actually achieves the proposed savings and gets costs under control in other acquisition program

navy history. that group was commanded by a different of my, the late bill martin, come countr everybody sl martin, the i stood for instrument. he became the leading advocate of the flying from carriers both authentically and defensively. and consequently one of the trends that i address in the book was out in the price was involved in developing "nightline" arlie on. but also did some of the early carrier experimentation with radar. that takes me back to one of -- olson is one of the extra and cooperative and dedicated public affairs officer of the enterprise association. he is an interesting fellow. is in the san diego fellow. he was a violinist to as i recall, he said that in circa january 1942 he was slated for an audition with the walt disney symphony, and he was on cloud nine. well, the next thing he knows he is in the navy at radio school, going in, all he knew about radio was turned on a show. but he made it through radio and then radar school, which was a considerable accomplishment in tho

the navy will have 10 large carrierings until gerald ford enters service. sam, welcome aboard. >> thanks, vago, thanks for having me. >> is there anything the navy can do at all about controlling the length of deployments at the end of the day? >> not too ,'qó longer. we're also seeing a lot of evidence that the turn around time between deployments is shortening. there's been two carrier strike groups that have gone out after very abbreviated stays at home. those are the carl vinson and the enterprise strike group. also there was the baton amfibious ready group that returned in february and they did a 10 1/2-month long deployment that was an operational extension and that is one of the longest deployment in decades. the navy recently announced in february that there would be 11 ships over the next two years doing eight month long deployments and eight month long deployments, scheduled deployments to meet their presence requirements. >> that goes to a surge is what it used to be in the past. >> exactly. and those in the past, deployments of that length had b

they had a fair number serving in the navy, but after the chesapeake affair in 1807, the navy department ordered that no more british subjects be employed. most of them once war was declared left the navy anyway. they knew if they were captured they would likely be hanged. teddy roosevelt who is a great historian reckoned that no war ship had as many as 10% of the crew as british tars. he is probably right about that. the last part of this myth is the american myth. because we won a series on the high teas, we won the war. not so. won about as many as they lost and they used their naval power to blockade the coast and that had a devastating impact on the u.s. economy and cut sharply into government revenue. if anybody, the british won the war at city and one would expect that. great britain had long been mistress of the seas. number seven, kentucky rifman won the battle although it was fought after the war was over. rifles did not play a significant role in the battle. all the evidence suggests the eight batteries of artillery that anchored jack's line and even the british reported that

navy history. that group was commanded by a friend of mine, the late bill martin, who his full name was william martin and i think it was his mother's maiden name but everyone said it sold for instruments because she became the navy's leading advocate of the carrier's both offensively and defensively and consequently, one of the trends that i address in the book is how enterprise was involved in the developing early on but also did some of the year earlier experimentations and that takes me back to the extremely cooperative dedicated affairs officer and he's an interesting fellow in the san diego area. he was a gifted violinist and as i recall, he said in circuit january of 1942 she was slated for an audition with the walt disney symphony and he was on cloud nine. the next thing you know she's in the navy at the radio school and all he knew about the radio was turning it on but he made it through the radar school which was a considerable accomplishment in those days. he said he was pretty proud of

i don't believe it's a job of the united states navy to do that.elieve it's the energy department who should be doing that and obviously i will seek to act on amendments on the floor to try to prevent this kind of waste of the taxpayers' dollars where they paid for $420 a gallon for algae fuels. i don't think we can afford it. >> i think we should -- you want to take a moment to -- >> if i could. >> if you wish. >> yes. the place that -- the authority that's being used here is a defense production act which has been in place since the early 1950s, which says that if there is an industry that defense needs, but does not exist in the united states, a defense not only can but should invest in that industry, energy is specifically mentioned in the defense production act as something that defense should look at. and in terms of moving toward biofuels, the numbers that we bought small test amounts was high. it's come down dramatically since then, even with the small test amounts we have been buying. and i think that we cannot afford not to do this. we ca

pipeline of minority offices for the navy and marine corps? >> thank you, senator, and i will return the good wishes and very good to see you. the naval academy has had an t outreach program going now for several years to make sure we get as diverse an applicant pool as is possible. we shouldn't allow -- everybody should be accorded the honor of defending this country through military service. as you pointed out, the number of minority not only applicants but also acceptances has gone up dramatically. we have, outside the academy, taken action to make sure for both the navy and the marine corps that we are gathering in highly qualified, diverse background americans, not just diversity and ethnicity or national origin but also in terms of geography, in terms of backgrounds, in terms of educational experience because we believe we will be a better fighting force having that diversity of points of view that we bring to bear on any issue. the final thing -- well, next to final thing that i would note is that we have also expanded naval r.o.t.c., r

navy's main code. they all picked up clues pointing to a major imperial navy offensive. they all agreed the track would be big, but they didn't know where the imperial navy was headed. but in march, two months earlier, hypo had intercepted a transmission from a japanese scout plane that described a certain island in the central pacific and identified it with a geographic designator af. the island fit the description of midway located 1200 miles northwest of hawaii. now, two months later on may 13, hypo intercepted another message containing the designator or, af. in this message, this message convinced rochefort and his code breakers, they all agreed that japan was heading for midway, and rochefort promptly informed the pacific fleet intelligence officer, eddie lateen. hue tent commander laten and rochefort or were old friends. they had studied japanese together in tokyo in the early '30s, and they trusted each other. laten presented rochefort's findings to admiral nimitz, and nimitz agreed unquestiona

navy. beyond that, the u.s. navy also had to compete with the u.s. army. by the end of the war, in order to get people to serve in the u.s. army, the administration, the war department was offering bounties that were $124 in cash, and 320 acres of land. now, based on what an unskilled laborer made in those days, i would say that's probably the equivalent of about $30,000 today. there were a lot of seamen who could not resist the lure of that bounty. and figures show that about 5% of the u.s. army serving in this war was seamen. they asked people what their trade was, what their occupation was, and about 5% were seamen. they went where the money was. so the u.s. navy was competing not only with privateers, but also with the u.s. army. and certainly didn't have an opportunity to pick the best seamen. the british also argued that most of our crews were british subjects. that was simply not true. there had at one time been a fair number of british serving chesapeake affair in 1807, the navy department ordered that no more british subjects be employed. and most

>> the navy had nothing to do it. >> i mean, the navy -- i talked a few times to get some documentationinformation. i have the freedom of information act requests behind this, too of the three denied the appeal, so there was a kind of bureaucratic indication but my information came from things like the case interviews of people as i say i spoke with somebody in the library of congress early on to scirica score at the archives to say where is the sealab archive and as far as anybody could tell there wasn't one, so i had to go on and dig up. >> i must have let you in the wrong direction. because from your research -- from their research at sealab, did they send information directly to the navy? was it secure information on the research? >> the first couple were run by the office of the naval research said they were producing reports and they were learning everything there was to learn from the project to enhance their own driving capability which stated in the navy to sealab and the discontinued the public spaces of sealab and some of the scientific work that was going on the had some civ

initially that was the navy's plan. they had tugs standing by in hampton roads, several which were assigned to go after it, that of course never happened. right after march 8, the federal government chartered two fast steamers, and sent them from new york to hampton roads to again fling themselves on the merrimac when she appeared next. the only problem was the crews when they found out what they thought their suicide mission was going to be, absolutely refused and mutinied. and admiral goldsborough basically wrote in disgust saying that these people are refusing to do the job that they were hired to do. and it all -- came to nothing. stanton is concerned, the navy is just not going to take care of this problem. so the army, the war department needs to get involved. and he contacts, cornelius vanderbilt the shipping magnate and says, we understand you have an extretremtremely fast boat, vanderbilt" how much would you charge to use that ship to sink the merrimac. vanderbilt graciously says, i won't charge you anything. i

altered the research primarily for the navy? >> for the navy?yes,. >> the navy had nothing to do with it. no, i mean i talked a few times to give some documentation or information. i had to freedom of information -- three freedom of information act requests behind this thing. two of the three denied. there was a kind of bureaucratic communication that way, but my affirmation of games like things like the loss reel to reel tape, interviews. and i had a -- help from somebody in the library of congress early on to scour the archives to see the sea level archives. as far as we did so there wasn't one. what i had to go on, as a journalist was able to dig up. >> must have let you in the wrong direction. from your research, from their research did they send information directly to the navy? was is secured information, that research? >> this was a navy project. so, yeah. the first couple were run by the office of naval research. they were producing reports and learning everything that there was to learn from the project to enhance our driving capabiliti

to the british navy. under american law, they were required to report and the u.s. government did make an effort to accumulate evidence. if you were an american citizen and dispatched that information, if officials in london found it convincing, they would order your release from the ship you were serving on. but that had to be done through diplomatic challenges and could take years. the rule was that if at any point during that service, you accepted the royal bounty, the enlistment bounty, you were considered a volunteer no matter what your nationality. we think something like 10,000 american citizens were by accident or impressed into the royal navy. probably between 1803 and 1812, it was 6,000. i think that number is a pretty good estimate. >> thank you very much. a quick one. do we have a handle on the number of casualties and wounded on each side? >> very, very difficult to get at. the official figures for the united states were something like 2300 killed and 4500 wound. based on statistical work i h

>> getting all through the navy? >> all from the research done primarily for the navy?vy? they had nothing to do with it. the navy -- i talk to a few times to get some documentation or in fermentation -- i had two freedom of information act requests behind this thing. two of the three denied. some appeals. there was a bureaucratic communication that way but my information came from things like take interviews with people like walter sony. i had helped with the library of congress early on to scoured the archives. as far as we could tell there wasn't one. i had to go on as a journalist i was able to dig up. >> must have let you in the wrong direction because from your research from their research at sealab, did they send information directly to the navy? was it secured information on that research? >> one of the navy projects. the first couple sealab's were run by the office of naval research. they were learning everything there was to learn from the project to enhance our diving capability which they did. at the end the public face of sealab and some of the scientific w

navy in hampton roads. this idea also is applied to the potomac, that is, the fear that the merrimac is going to come up to the potomac and shell the capital is palpable. so the solution was to send ships to kettle bottom shoals, just below washington's rather treacherous stretch of river and to sink ships there, two frigates if necessary. that is, after all, if the merrimack destroyed two of the navy's best ships in an afternoon, why not just sink them in the potomac and block the merrimack from getting up to washington and is she doesn't have to destroy them, we'll do it for her. also, the suggestion is -- and it's very much a stratagem -- why don't we have a fake confederate ship run the block aid. have a ship come sailing up flying the confederate flag. blockaid. have a ship come sailing up flying the confederate flad. have a ship come sailing up flying the confederate flae. have a ship come sailing up flying the confederate flag. the union would make not very convincing attempts to stop the ship. it wo

although the navy does not want it. in fact, wells calls it a white elephant, that in the end no one knows what to do with this vessel. it does become part of the u.s. navy blockade fleet. but again, wells had never wanted it. also very popular, especially with new yorkers, there's a number of new yorkers who write in saying that it's not an unusual occurrence for an east river steamer do clip a pier and be no worse for wear. in fact, charles megs, who's a banker in new york, said i saw the steamer "empire" basically shear off the 19th street pier and it was perfectly fine. and thus he has this idea for creating a steel-nosed ram that would be totally unarmed, only its nose would be armored and it would be exceptionally fast. it would be what he calls fish-bottomed. it wouldn't have much of a keel. and it would therefore be able to turn very quickly. and it would be able to again throw itself on the "merrimac" with great rapidity. and it would only cost $100,000 to build. could be ready in two months. and according to h

i have to give the navy credit for that. with regard to the literal combat ship, i'm concerned about the overall reductions in that budget in the future years of the defense plan. i understand it still remains a top navy priority to have 55 ships produced through that program. where are we in terms of cost and schedule for the lcs, mr. secretary or admiral? how does the current contract, the execution of the program compare with the initial purchase of the first ship in that program? and how do you see that program developing? >> senator, i'm very proud of the combat ship program. expensive. very high priced. >> first in class is always more expensive no matter how you build it. >> it is. >> what does it look like now? >> the price has come down from the bids on the -- on ships 5, 6 and 7. the bids, the initial bids have come down from that by 40% and the price is coming down for every ship in this contract. we have a block buy of ten ships from each vendor. so a total of 20 ships. the tenth ship of each one will be signific

they're the clee direction for the navy direction.war fighting is first, operate forward, and be ready. war fighting first, that means the navy has to be ready to fight and prevail today while building the ability to win tomorrow. this is our primary mission and all our efforts must be grounded in this fundamental responsibility. iran's recent provocative rhetoric highlights the need for us to have forward deployed war fighting capability and in our 2013 budget submission, we directed funding to weapons, systems, and tactical training that can be fielded to the fleet particularly in this area. this includes demonstrators and prototypes that can improve the force's capability. operate forward, that means we'll provide the nation an offshore option to det deter influence, and win in an era of uncertainty. our 2013 budget submission gives several issues, including placing destroyers in spain and combat ships in singapore and patrol coastal ships in bahrain. one ship that has operated from apoverseas location can provide the same presence

navy will stay prepared. and stay vigilant. right now, this is the persian gulf between two long-time foes. but if the tension turns to conflict, lives, regional security and the status of tet . nhk world, dubai. >>> gulf states are also making plans to deal with the situation. they see no sign that tension will subside soon. so they're strengthening their militaries. people gathered in qatar last week for the largest arms' fair in the middle east. different types of equipment for navy vesselses were among the exhibits. more than 100 weapons' makers from around the world took part and representatives from countries in the region visited booths and held negotiations. the. >> translator: we have on display the latest cutting edge weapons. >> saudi arabia defense officials bought 84 new advanced fighter jets from, u.s. for about $29 billion. the buyers representing the united arab emirates purchased the system that were can shoot ko down missiles when they're high above the earth and we'll keep you updated on the iranian nuclear i

but here's the army and the navy cooperating together in a combined operation. it didn't really matter, though, because the forts under attack were overwhelmed by that heavy union naval ordinance, and soon, even before butler would get his men to line up, fort hatteras surrendered and the union gained access into the north carolina sounds. now, this was a bracing little victory for the north, and an even more consequential one occurred three months later in november of 1861, this one aimed at port royal and south carolina, a little further down the coast. located almost exactly halfway between charleston and savannah, port royal was ideally located to constitute a base for the south atlantic blockading squadron. this time the naval mission would be led by captain, now flag officer and later rear admiral, samuel francis dupont who emerged as the union hero of this war. dupont's plan was pretty straightforward. as in north carolina, he would guard the sound, and once they were suppressed, then the army could come in and take possession. i've been tempted to say so

navy, but after the chesapeake affair in 1807, the navy department ordered that no more british subjects be employed. and most of them, once war was declared, left the u.s. navy anyway, because they knew if they were captured, they would likely be hanged. teddy roosevelt, who is the great naval historian of this war, reckoned that no u.s. warship had as many as 10% of its crew as british tars. and i think he's probably right about that. so u.s. frigates were not ships of the line in disguise, they didn't rely on picked crews and they didn't rely on british tars. now, the last part of this myth is the american myth. that because we won a series of duels on the high seas, that we won the war at sea. not so. the british gave about as good as they got in the course of the war. won about as many duels as they lost. more importantly, they used their naval power to blockade the entire american coast, and that had a devastating impact on the u.s. economy, and cut sharply into government revenue. so if anybody, the british won the war at sea, and one would expect that, because after all, great br

the navy's als the navy's also equipping all its vessels in the gulf with precision cannons capable of shooting approaching high speed boats. the preparatio the preparations don't end there. u.s. military lead u.s. military leaders have a contingency plan in place should iran's revolutionary guard's navy try to block the strait of hormuz. experts believe experts believe iranian authorities ha authorities have stockpiled about 5,000 underwater mines. to counter the threat, more u.s. navy vessels are now equipped with robots that can dive and search for the explosives. last month u.s. navy brass announced they will double the number of this type of ship in the gulf to eight. >> we will monitor the situation with their exercise carefully and act professionally at sea and we don't go looking for trouble, but if trouble finds us, we know what to do. >> reporter: so the u.s. navy will stay prepared, and stay vigilant. right now, thi right now, this is just a war of wills in the persian gulf between two long-time foes. but if the tension turns to conflict, lives, regional security and the sta

in 1970s he was in the navy, navy officer and first ensign ever to lecture at the naval war college in new port, rhode island. after his naval service he remained at the war college as a civilian professor of strategy from '74 to '75. he's an award winning author of 12 books, maybe more by now, but who's counting, right? editor of several others. and has written over 100 articles in professional journals and popular magazines. from 2005 to 2007, he lived here too. he was the chief historian for the u.s.s. monitor center here at mariners museum and helped us get everything right. so if something you see is right out there and you love it. thank craig for it. because he helped us out with that a lot and he helped oversee the promotion of it as well. traveling around the country. telling the story of the u.s.s. monitor to all who would listen. as i said, even though he thought he'd retired you can't keep him still. he returned to the u.s. naval academy for this academic year, class of 1957, distinguished professor of american native heritage. he also is still much in demand everywhere aro

i believe it was, under the terms of our agreement with the navy. we have an obligation to the families. we want to provide them great housing, suitable housing, comfortable housing. >> me blamed our mold on our dogs. >> reporter: yet military spouses we spoke with tell a very different story. >> the second story was sinking into the first. >> my house is like a moat. it lives in a puddle of water. >> reporter: a story of decaying homes and well-meaning but incompetent maintenance people. >> right here is my home. >> reporter: shelley federico moved into lincoln military housing october 2010. when she moved out a year later, she had filed more than two dozen complaints with lincoln maintenance related to water damage and penetration. >> they would send someone out and they would say miss federico, no problems. we just need to caulk your window. >> reporter: shelley says she developed intense stomach and sinus problems, persistent headaches, skin lesions and chronic fatigue. doctors could find no cause. but she says it clicked the day a maintenance m

the navy is a major part of our city, and as a city, we have always worked diligently with the navy sobig part of our city. >> got it. and do you have a sense as to how long it will be before those other buildings can be searched? >> i would hope this evening at the very latest. the navy has been working with us and they brought over a special truck which allows a special foam to be put over the smoke which is toxic and once that is knocked down and the heat is somewhat reduced, we'll be able to get people in there obviously in the next few hours. >> mayor william sessoms of virginia beach, virginia, we thank you for jumping on the line and giving us an update. >> thank you very much. >>> more on the breaking news just ahead, but first, the latest jobs numbers which is much lower than expected. what that means for the economy and the campaign. james carville and will cain coming up next.t claim with our smartphone app. you name it, we're here, anytime, anywhere, any way you want it. that's the way i need it. any way you want it. [ man ] all night? all night. every night? any way you wa

navy learned to fight. the japanese navy had a pretty good idea how to fight, actually, and that was indicated within hours of the marines going ashore. the japanese send down a cruiser squadron, and the battle of salvo island was the result of this engagement the two squadrons of u.s. cruisers defending the waters north of guadalcanal. that tiny island here is salvo island. it was the defeat of the first order, the japanese showed their mastery of the craft of busting holes with torpedoes and night mire. we lost four cruisers. vincennes, quincy and astoria went down with about a thousand men. you really could say the battle of salvo island was a disaster. the so-called defeat at pearl harbor, if you will, was simply the natural result of a with the l-force defending on a sleeping naval station. there's really nothing you can say about the failure of u.s. combat arms when they're rolling out of their bunks at 7:00. salvo, you had a combat-ready screen. competent command. we had a couple of captains and four

the memorandum of understanding, that mannerie, and navy that e the. it's in response to the skres, competitively priced biofuel industry for the country. na navys' contribution paid, it specifically mentions energy as one of the things that defense production act. i think it's important that the requirements, drop-in fuel, that we're not going to change the. we have to have a fuel that will operate on the fleet we have today with the aircraft we have today. secondly, that. it. it helped this industry reach commercial viability. we have seen the cost of severe fro froerricht. we biofuels to test blue aen jelz on, the largest purchase, we believe, in american history, 450 thol. the cost has been cut in half in the last two years just in those test amounts, and we are convinced that as the military brings a market here that the cost of biowill be competitive with existing fossil fuels and finally, one of the things that we have to talk about at the hearing is that this is one of the core things of the united states navy. we move from shale to coal in the

the navy did take a chance on a. the navy did take a chance on a submarine. i should talk about this one for a moment. another individual wrote in saying, how about a glass-bottom boat that if you can see the little individual there, that this boat would be used to remove torpedos and obstructions from 10:00 in the morning to 3:00 in the afternoon on a sunny day, you can see deep in the water to supposedly undue these enemy obstructions and a one-man submarine as well. the one submarine the u.s. government does invest in proposed by brutas devileroi. if you remember warner brothers cartoons, wyle. coyote. villeroi puts on his 18th century sen tus. under occupation, he puts two words, natural genius. he is quite convinced he is brilliant and his submarine is the alligator. the alligator, at least a prototype of it is built and brought down to hampton roads at one point. it also is not terribly workable. the navy officers who command it find that, yes, it submerges but goes straight to the bottom. it does not float very well, doesn't answer the realm. the allig

navy's 7th fleet arrived at danang on monday. the freight commander expressed strong hopes for boosting ties between the u.s. and vietnamese navies. >> and i'm very encouraged by how it is advancing from my perspective between the vietnamese people's navy and the 7th fleet. >> reporter: the joint training began in 2010. the u.s. is already a key trading partner for vietnam. now, they are stepping up military cooperation. danang hosted the u.s. airbase during the vietnam war. the area saw some of the fiercest battles. 74-year-old farmer le khec phien fought against the u.s. as a soldier in the north vietnamese army. he lost members of his friends and family in the war. he has bitter memories of that time. he takes care of a village temple dedicated to those who died in the r. he has mixed feelings about vietnam joining hands with the u.s. he finds it hard to forgive the former enemy, but says cooperation for the benefit of both countries. >> translator: frankly speaking, i still bear a grudge against the u.s. but when looking five

when you do the math, this is not my princeton math, this the navy math, the navy needs five or six ships in the fleet to keep one on station. that's not a ratio that we should be tolerating. it's not a ratio that's good enough for the fiscal times in which we live. we're deploying billion dollar warships all over the world with this fairly inefficient way of using them. and i think it's time to stop wasting that month in transit each way and at least for surface combatants. i'm not proposing this for the aircraft fleet with 5,000 people. for the surface combatants with typically 300 people on the ship. i think it's time we start flying the crew which has trained on one ship in u.s. waters to meet up with the ship over in japan or somewhere else on the other side of the world and the crews swap. you may have a small residual crew that stays on to help with the transition. if you look at the analysis of the navy think tanks that gives you 35% more mission deemployablity per ship. that's the kind of idea we need to consider in these time of fiscal times. like the title of my book says, we a

in the 1970s, he was in the navy, a navy officer and the first ensign ever to lecture at the college in newport, rhode island. he remained at college az civilian professor from 1974 to 1975. he's the author of at least 12 books -- maybe more by now. who is counting, right? he has written over 1 00 scholarly articles. he was the historian here at the mariners museum and helped us get everything right. so if something you see is right there and you love it, thank craig for it because he helped us out a lot. traveling around the country, telling the story of the u.s.s. monitor to all who would listen. like i said, even though he thought he had retired, you can't keep him still. his return to the u.s. naval academy this academic year as a distinguished professor of american naval heritage. he is still very much in demand all over the country as a speaker on civil war topics, he spoke at civil war round tables in 27 different states, we don't think he sleeps, and he does it all with the incomparable mary lou. and so thank her for lending craig to us here at the mariners museum. so with th

between 1998 and 2002 the navy working with noaa, and of course the navy was the workhorse in this effort, bringing their professionalism and expertise and ten cal abilities, began to recover those pieces of the wreck. and as noaa worked with the military, we acknowledged from the beginning that there was the likelihood that human remains would be found. and lo and behold, in july of 2002 while the navy was removing overburden, if you know the story, the monitor sank upside down with the turret upside down filled with coal and material and artifacts. but the roof of the turret, you have to understand how it was constructed was just railroad rails. so it was known from the beginning if an attempt was made to lift that with all that material many there, there was a high likelihood that the roof would give way, spilling the contents of the turret, which is something nobody wanted to have something. navy divers working 24 hours a day began removing all that coal and sediment, which is tougher than you think. it was not soft silt. this material was the equivalent of concrete. as they worked do

certainly for our navy.le not familiar with where oceana is based in virginia beach, and correct me if i'm wrong, it was in the 1940s when the navy acquired the land where oceana is positioned. obviously, since then, this is a highly coveted area of virginia beach. it is a gorgeous area of our country that we've seen a population and growth explosion there over the years. since oceana was constructed. as you said, living there for 21 years. i lived there briefly ten years ago when i worked for wavy tv. i lived in chicks beach and i know we covered a lot of stories about population growth and people concerned about residential building in the area close to oceana. do you think this will raise a new controversy about the fact that these terrible accidents like this can happen and the population, the explosion of real estate growth is something to consider with the takeoff path and the reentry. >> it is a very valuable real estate area about a mile, a mile and a half from the ocean front. virginia beach is the

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