that was before the navy came in there and after the navy came in there. a lot of fishing was close to 1,000 fishing boat was grounded and it was part of our job to put them in the water again. so heavy lift cranes are absolutely mandatory to have a safe place to move them and to start working. and because as i mentioned to you before, the ships cannot be, get into the port directly, so we make, we pier side two ships floating and all transfer of the cargo was through (inaudible) as you can see we deliver that assistance to different coastal communities. we use the marines to do that so no problem. as you see in the photograph below, you can see that the only way to get it in there was with rubber boats, not any more with the lft's that you used to or we used to get into. so we act, we are participating very active for 23 days, 18 of that at sea with these numbers. and that was what we did. in terms of lessons learned, as admiral nathan said, no one is prepared for an event of such magnitude, so you have to take many things in account but with a guitar in

we greatly respect navy, marine corps and guard safety policy. cal fire has an aviation policy as well. we work cooperatively with the agencies here at the table to ensure when we are engaged in an aerial fire fighting event we are working within each other's policies. we have trained in a work around, we can do close air support with navy and marine corps aircraft, with the current system we have. would we like to improve upon it? absolutely. we have gone very high up in the organization to try and look at getting the r210 radio modified to the point where it can work on our vhf spectrums, that's one of our challenges we need to move forward with. but overall we're confident when we do call upon dod assets to integrate with civilian aircraft, the training regimen we put forth will keep aircrews safe and also have them be effective. there was a lot of questions from a political level as well as a public level. you've got aircraft sitting at north island, just launch them, get them in the fight. it was hard to explain to them that that's a very de

the navy. but the navy had to rest this writing to the start of world war i. so they thought to make up for this, they would send them all to universities for six months just before they ground out the education. so within a few weeks of arriving there, he said one day he wandered over one of the world's leading physics laboratories to see what it would look like. very shortly after that, he told the navy that he was leaving and he wanted to become a scientist. he never did receive his phd. but he quickly became one of the world's great scientists. he would win the nobel prize in physics in 1948. he was good looking and had a commanding presence. an extraordinary combination of hands-on ability and theoretical machinations. he had a great ability to conceive of a problem and write out a few lines of mathematics and carried these experiments out and analyzed the results turkey was also one of a number of scientists in britain and in america that have been working hard behind the scenes in the 19

and we had absolutely first-class leadership in the navy. you will hear later today from admiral gary some examples of just how impressive that leadership is. the operational readiness of the fleet was a result, first of all, of having bases all around the world. but secondly because the strong program of exercise we conducted. the exercises were not only conducted on military scenarios, but we had an extensive set of exercises involved in humanitarian response. during the time i was secretary, we had a disaster response very similar to the one they're doing here in san francisco today. we bought naval forces from the united states, from russia and japan all to honolulu where we had simulated a tsunami disaster. and these three great nations brought their fleets to honolulu exercising how to respond and alleviate that disaster. well, that was then. how about now? last year the united states released a new security strategy. most of you probably have not even heard of that, but i have to tell you this was a big deal. it was one of the fifth a

well, they need a very powerful navy, and the navy needed men. and so british naval ships really sell the world, but were specially consecrated indialantic. and this is how the system affected american colonists. when british naval vessels came into very sports, they often lost in because of the three d's, death, disease and desertion. the only way that they could resupply the ships was to capture colonists. so in that way, america was introduced to really what i can think of as the nasty underside of the british system that in many ways they benefited from and appreciated but they got some hand at, you know, what was really involved in the obligations after being a british subject. the issue of impressment was really important for the american colonies throughout the 18th century, and was always one of the most unpopular parts of belonging to the british empire. one thing that we forget as americans today is that the american colonists actually love to be a part of the british empire overall. all the way through the seven years war and 1763. and

for this to work, you have a powerful navy. the navy needed man. and so british naval ships release sale the world. especially concentrated in the atlantic. and this is how the system affected american colonists. british naval vessels came into various ports. there are often losing men. death, disease, and desertion. the only way that they could resupply their ships was to capture columnists. so in that way america was introduced to really what i can't think of as the nasty underside of this british system that in many ways they benefited from an appreciated but does some hint of camino, what was really involved and the obligations of being a british subject. the issue was important for the american colonies throughout the 18th century. it was always one of the most unpopular parts aborning to the british empire. one thing that they did as americans today, the american colonists actually love to be part of the british empire overall. all the way through the seven years' war in 1763. in that sense the american revolution was something of an aberrati

he belonged in the navy. there was always a certain amount of controversy about press gangs and whether they were on the up and up, you know? whether they acted properly. they were certainly susceptible to bribes. men got out of service that way. and so, you know, really there was a lot of legends about press gangs and recruiting, it's in english lore. one of my favorites is that you should always be careful when you were sipping your ale in a tavern because some recruiter could always have put a schilling inside of your glass, and if you accepted that shilling, just like the bounty, you essentially were saying that you were volunteering for service. so you wouldn't want to drink that. and that's one reason, according to legend, that to this day pint glasses in england are glass, clear, so you can see what you're drinking. so there's some amazing moments in the atlantic world involving impressment in the 18th century. one of them takes place in november of 1747 when a small british fleet under admiral charles

, leaving the navy. i want to become scientists. the work he did 1930's discovering the positron, the positive electron. be hands-on ability and the theoretical imaginations. he had never known anyone his equal in order to conceive a problem in physics camarena felines in mathematics, build an apparatus to himself, ikaria the experiment, and analyze the results. he is also one of a number scientists in britain and america who had been marking hard behind the scenes in the 1930's to prepare for war and to try to make sure that the army and navy made full use of science when it came. he was frustrated to know wind by what he found to be the typical attitude of military commanders which was done only that a bunch of civilian intellectuals cannot sell up to one or want to cover a war but more specifically that the only role scientists was produce a new gadget or weapon or gizmo and handed over to the military and then not concern themselves with anything. tactics and strategy and operations was a series of a

the roar of the navy's legendary flighter jets is about to go silent. cbs news reporter, mark strasman tells us the navy is already canceling a dons air shows. >> the mandatory federal budget cuts that will ground them beginning next monday. >> major loss, especially to this area and especially to the navy. this is a recruiting tool. >> these are the united states navy blue angels. >> since 1946, the blue angels and their acrobatic high speed stunts have wowed crowds and helped the navy with recruiting. but it's expensive pr and the navy must slash $4 billion. its share of the mandatory budget cuts. part of that is canceling the blue angel's regular season. an estimated savings of $20 million. >> right now we are waiting further guidance it find out what will happen for the blue angels practices as we continue into april and may. >> but the navy is not alone. the air force puts on a similar air show with the thunder birds, elite pilots demonstrating an f16. the same budget cuts forced the air force to cancel the remaining twenty shows in this year's thu

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

navy captain who oversees the job assignments of 130,000 sailors and civilians. from norfolk, virginia, please welcome cynthia womble. nice to see you, cynthia. wow, that is a very, very big job. >> yes, it is. it's an amazing job and an amazing opportunity to take care of the sailors and their families all across the u.s. atlantic fleet and all across the navy, take care of those folks who are out there fighting for our freedom. >> absolutely. we appreciate all your efforts as well. you--cynthia, you joined the navy back in 1989, i believe. >> 1989. >> very few women were joining the navy at that point. >> that is true. >> what made you decide to do it, and what was it like for a woman back then? >> well, it was challenging, and i think you have similar experiences in television, actually, with how challenging it can be with trying to balance a family and a career. it definitely was not the normal thing to do. i was one of very few in my high school who even considered it at the time who was female. it was about 9% female in the navy then. today it's about 16%,

after the war the navy decided that all of these cadets in britain at that time started at age 14, and at age 18 they yachted and went into the -- graduated and went intobe the navy as midshipmen, but the navy had had to rush this last class right into war with the start of world war i, so they thought to make up for the loss and interruption of their education, thegd send them all to university for six months just to round out their education. blackett was sent to cambridge, and he said one day i wandered over to the cavendish laboratory to see what a scientific lahr story was like, and very shortly after that he told the navy i want to become a scientist. he never did receive a ph.d., but he quickly became one of the world's foremost physicists for the work he did in the 1930s discovering the positive terror, the positive electron, the first piece of antimatter whose existence was confirmed. he would win the nobel prize in physics in 1948. he was good looking, had an extraordinary combination of hands-on ability and theoretical imagination. his colleagues remarked they'd never known

the navy plans to spend close to $200 million on advanced biofuels -- excuse me, the navy already spent $200 million on advanced biofuels between fiscal year 2009 and 2012. the $60 million we're talking is a small fraction of the navy's annual costs for petroleum and approximately $4.5 billion in fiscal year 2011. secretary of the navy maebus has talked about how energy security is a growing national security issue not only for our country but also for specifically for the d.o.d. and so what is the answer to that? we have to be able to look at advanced -- funding for the advanced drop in the biofuel program. and as senator durbin said, the senate has already voted twice in support of the department of d.o.d.'s biofuel programs. the department continues to spend money in fiscal 2012 for biofuels. the fiscal 2013 will maintain funding to pursue the program in future years. i think -- i would hope that we would understand what are the real costs facing the department of defense? and just because you don't like a program, let's look at these programs in terms of the solution -- the challeng

navy, 10 members the u.s. coast guard, where we will then partner with them and cross train them and use our techniques, reaching technical rescue and high and low rescue being demonstrated in display. we will also be having some of our u.s. navy personnel on ride-alongs with members on our ambulances, fire engines and trucks to continue with our cross training. so, it gives me great pride to be here to continue to serve as the fire chief, to welcome the military, and to say thank you to all of you. here's to an enjoyable fun-filled busy weekend. all the best, and thank you for your service. (applause) >> i wanted chief to tell you about that training. we first did it in 2010, search and rescue which we knew was a problem in haiti in the earth wake in the recovery. and like they say in san francisco, the fire department, we know how to do it, but when the big earthquake hits, we're all going to be victims and we want to make sure that anybody that potentially could come in to help dig us out knows how to do it

navy. it's very appropriate that it be here heading the fleet in san francisco. admiral beeman, thank you very much for your leadership. it is impressive what we are accomplishing. just two years ago, we started with an understanding that our military, the coast guard, the u.s. navy, the marine corps, had something that we really needed. it's called logistics expertise. and we recognized that and with the help of our fleet week association, with the help of our honorary chair, former secretary of state george scholtz, along with senator feinstein who started fleet week, we began to appreciate in addition to appreciating the men and women in uniform and the wonderful attributes of having fleet week and the blue angels and the parade of ships, we could also be working on something very important to this city. all across the world there are examples after example and i know the men and women and leadership of the uss macon know this after their tour of duty these past months, all over the world there are disasters and emergencies that we are responding to and that y

navy provided this video of u.s. crews lifting section0s the ship from the reef in the philippines. the ship had to be cut into sections and airlifted from the water on to a barge. the final section of the hull, weighing 250 tons, was safely removed. the 224-foot ship ran aground more than two months ago, damaging the reef that is an underwater sanctuary. crews are few assessing the reef damage. officials say charts used by the navy misplaced its location by nine miles. >>> pope francis presided over his first easter vigil as the head of the roman catholic church today. >> the holy saturday papal mass started with the blessing of the fire and easter proclamation, francis was also expected to baptize converts from four different countries. after the service the pope will prepare for easer -- easter sunday. >> a san francisco is institution is closing its doors for year. tommy toys. it attracted politicians like senator dianne feinstein and former mayor willy brown. the restaurant was forced to close. it's bond solid tonight. >> some popular frozen snacks are under recall tonight. we'

the navy has worked closely with u.s. intelligence to track down cartel leaders last year to cia agents were shot while riding with a navy commander the navy was delayed interior operations in the middle of drug wars to states that were landlocked and were kind of in an almost an act of desperation be in charge relied upon this is not the first time you expect military units unless. america had been implicated in rights abuses in colombia at the turn of the century the army was helping paramilitary groups commit widespread atrocities is the function of military the military are not training or the method we think they're not training investigation they want to move the want to be in in a domestic environment they want to get for the lady law prohibits the u.s. from giving funds to military units involved in human rights abuses but stopping the cash flow could alienate america's neighbor and close ally in the drug war rather than withhold care to the money sent a message to mexico that the serious abuses need to stop every

vice admiral nanette derenzi, judge advocate general of the united states navy. lieutenant general richard harding, judge advocate general of the united states air force. mineral -- major general bunting, staff judge advocate to the commandant of the marine corps. major general gary patton, sexual assault prevention and response office. rear admiral frederick kenney, judge advocate general of the united states coast guard. thank you all. i think we can start with admiral kenney. >> that afternoon. -- good afternoon take thank you for the opportunity to discuss the coast guard's efforts to prevent a response to sexual assault in our service. good afternoon to you, madam rag member graham. i share the commitment to the safety and well being of each of our servicemembers. ensuring that coast guard personnel have a collaborative cohesive work environment that allows them to accomplish their mission, protecting those on the sea, protecting america, protecting the sea itself. eliminating evidence of sexual assault within the coast guard with -- was a significant theme.

navy is not going to leave. and some of the things that i used to back that up, general ka joe bastardi i, commander in the northern command, who really has overall responsibility for a military effort with regards to domestic support to civil authorities will be here tomorrow. i think it's the first time that we've had the commander in the northern command and the three such sos that we've had, he is going to adopt a model that we employed with the immediate response assistance that i indicated to you earlier that we used earlier this year. he's going to adopt that as the model for northern command with the army and the air force to use. i think the momentum that we have gained here over the last three years, we leveraged off of that. we started a similar senior leadership seminar up in seattle, that we had the first one this year. they have some people down here from the seattle sea fair, which is the equivalent of san francisco fleet week association. they have people from the sea fair committee, board, if yo

out of ships taken from the northern the baltic and the scene black sea fleet the idea to base the navy in the mediterranean was initially voiced by defense minister sort of west week and of course this comes as the whole region is in the global spotlight due to the gulf with russian authorities are not linking basing the need either in that region to what's happening in the country earlier they said that the only way the navy good in gauges that help assist possible future of i.q. ations of russian citizens from the country but actually the idea of moscow basing the navy in the mediterranean isn't something completely new during the soviet times a huge group of up to thirty vessels was currently based there from the early sixty's to early ninety's. but brings up today for the moment that's all from me build out of my colleague you to ship out of there she'll be here in about thirty minutes from now until then we take a look at a remote area of colombia with a new gold rush is on the way in the country's jungles thanks so much. there was a time in america when buses were officially segr

tell us more about these plans of the russian navy.well according to the head of the navy moscow wants to have five to six ships permanently beast in the mediterranean they will be controlled through the command of the black sea fleet which is based in the kuwaiti other speculation that this group will be put together out of ships taken from the northern. and the seam black sea fleet the idea to be the navy in the mediterranean it was initially voiced by defense minister sergei shuttle last week but i thought these are not linking this to the conflict in syria although we do know of plans to send a need to the region to help assist possible future evacuations of russian citizens from the country but actually in general the idea of moscow basing the navy in the mediterranean isn't something completely new during the soviet times a huge group of up to thirty vessels was permanently based there from the late sixty's to the early ninety's. thank you are to europe is going of thank you very much for that update the new chinese leader xi jin