captain mike napolitano is serving with the navy's expedition training group. while deployed in 2004, he spearheaded maritime patrol relief efforts toing the 2004 indian ocean tsunami, as well as numerous theater cooperation efforts throughout the pacific and in 2009 captain napolitano reported as commanding officer of the expeditionary training group. this is a fabulous panel and i know you're going to appreciate what they have to say. rear admiral, i think you'll start. >> first of all on behalf of the chilean navy i would like to thank so much to san francisco fleet week, particularly to admiral gary roughhead for being invited to participate in this senior seminar. it's a privilege for me to be here and to share with you the experience that we had just during and after the earthquake that we had in chile in february 27, 2010. most of the lessons learned that i'm going to show here to you is part of your concern and i'm very glad you are taking that in account so i think you are absolutely in the right path. anyway, it's a massive event that you always have t

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

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

topic as far as the command control because what we have here in the marine corps is similar to the navy. we have the installation, the regional installation command and also partners with the operational foresite. we allow the operational foresight, we maintain those but then we coordinate, cooperate, with the operational foresight once the call comes in for support. so we're able to do that obviously through memorandum of understandings and we have agreements and our wing operating orders allow for the fact the operational control, at least under operational response, maintains with the operators. the third aircraft wing maintains operational control but we send our operatives out to be controlled by the civic sight. we're comfortable with that and that's matured a lot in the last couple years. >> talked a lot about command and control and agreements and moving resources. one other question that came up yesterday we were discussing yesterday is how do communications occur specifically with regard to when we start talking about air ops and moving air resources around, how do we ensure t

so after post-cedar fire, we recognized the navy had assets and the marine had assetness region that we should capitalize on, so i was tasked by my chief to organize a local letter of agreement so that we could, with the objective, essentially, was to streamline access to dods assets in rapid fashion and by rapid i mean within hours. if we're dealing with the level of incident that i just described, the cedar fire was essentially over in 12 hours. it started about 5:00 that night, it actually took off and started running at 11:00 at night, by 9:00 that morning it was at the gates of marine corps station miramar and it was essentially stopped. dska is an excellent tool but we needed to go a rapid route, which is ir we'll talk about training later, but that's a big component. and the colonel hit on a good part about we use persistent forecasting and weather forecasting to look at when we have these fire weather red flag warning stand in the wind events. i start reaching out to my counterparts with third fleet and lieutenant colonel demigan giving them a heads up. we (inaudible) navy an

the navy already canceled all four shows scheduled for april. >> if they don't fly, if they don't do air shows, they'll have to practice. you have to be ready all the time. >> there's a growing complaints from fans. the blue angels hope to practice again next week, but again in air shows, budget cuts silenced the familiar roar of aviation's best known daredevils. mark strasburg, atlanta. >> yesterday, nearly 10,000 spectators gawked at the sky to watch what may be one of the blue angels final practices. >>> philadelphia man risked his life to save a stranger who fell on the subway tracks. we have surveillance video here. you can see the victim, for whatever reason, he walked right off the edge of the platform and fell on to the tracks below. then this witness jumps down to help out. he stabilized the victim and alerted subway employees to stop the trains. >> there's so many times when people have been there for me. you know. and these people, i can't pay back. so the next best thing would be to pay it forward. >> he stayed with the victim until paramedics arrived. the man was treated

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 surprised if the men got out of the service that we. and so really, there was a lot of -- press gangs are recruiting an english lord. one of my favorites is come you should always be careful when you're sipping your al in a tavern, because some recruited always put a shilling inside of your class. and if you accepted that shilling, just like the bounty, you essentially were saying that you are volunteering for service. but you would want to drink the. that's one reason, according to legend, that to this day eyeglasses in england are glass, clear. so you can see what you were drinking. there's some amazing moment 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 knowles was saving from canada to the caribbean, and the

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. there were certainly susceptible to bribes. men got out of service that way. and so, you know, really, a lot of lodging's about the press in recruiting. you should always be careful when you're sipping your ale whatever because some reporter could always put a shilling inside of the glass. if you excepted-chilling, just like the bounty to you essentially were saying that you were volunteering for service. so you would want to drink that. that's one reason according to legend that to the state spyglasses the owner glass, clear, so you can see what your drinking. there are some amazing moments in the atlantic world. one of the displaced just after 1747 when a small british fleet, admiral charles mills was sailing home from canada to the caribbean. they stopped over in boston. like so many british commanders to meet new demand. so he did with th

, 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

in the navy. e is always a certain amount of controversy about price gain and whether they were on the up and up, whether they acted properly. they were certainly susceptible to bribes. then got out of service that way and so there was a lot of legends about price gain from recruiting in english lawyer. one of my favorites is you should always be careful when you're sipping your ale and a tavern because some recruiter could always have put a showing inside of your class. if you accepted that schilling, just like the bounty, you essentially were saying you were volunteering for service. you wouldn't want to drink bad. that's one reason that to this day pint glasses and a lennar class so you can see what you're drinking. there's some amazing moments in the atlantic world involving impressment one takes place in november 1747 when a small british fleet under charles morris was failing from canada to the caribbean and they stop over in boston. knowles breaks so many british commanders needed man. so he

repeatedly blackett's group and a team of scientists that were established by the u.s. navy produced equal results, doubling or tripling even more the effectiveness of existing weapons and forces in hand. again through fairly simple analyses and just by asking the right questions about tactical and strategic decisions that had often been made by tradition, history, circumstance rather than rigorous analysis. their most powerful piece of new technology was the back of the en re-- envelope. one time blackett literally wrote out an equation that led to a dramatic outcome. the british command overseeing all of the convoys that were crossing the atlantic bringing vital spries to britain -- supplies to britain. they had a large map where they were also tracking what they believed were the known positions of u-boats. and backett knew that u-boats mostly traveled on the surface, he knew how many hours the patrol planes were flying, so he was able to figure out how many u-boats should have been spotted by them per hour. of when he compared them to the actual numbers that were being s

he heads the baur row of medicine for the navy. i lacked at his bay oh in the program, educated in georgia and he's had a great career in the navy commanding several hospitals, winning several awards and his most recent command was as the commander of walter reed, and i was so glad that he was here to hear the panel that we had with our medical peer to peer exercise. and he's going to talk to us now about navy medicine. with that, please help me welcome vice admiral matthew nathan. (applause). >> thank you, general, very much. well, it's a pleasure here and i'm honored to be able to speak in front of such a distinguished audience. secretary schultz, mrs. schultz, pleasure it see you and you lend tremendous gaffe tas to this program. general spees, distinguished flag officers, general officers and mostly everybody here who is in the readiness business, i am honored to be speaking to a group of people and that would include i think everybody in this hanger deck who is part of that cadre of individuals who when bad things happen and ev

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 am

secretary ray mabus said of the biodemonstration -- quote -- "the navy always led the nation in transforming the way we use energy not because it's popular, but because it makes us better war fighters." end quote. clearly continuing to support this type of investment will pay additional dividends that will help ensure the u.s. remains the world's preeminent military and technological power in the 21st century. however, there is another reason to oppose this amendment and support the military's ongoing efforts to improve its energy security. that reason is that it makes good long-run budgetary sense. fossil fuels are a finite resource that is priced on a global market. increasing, as i mentioned, this fuel is produced by nations with whom we don't see eye to eye. as global competition for fuel resources intensifies, it is vital that we reduce the amount necessary to power our military. not only does our reliance on fossil fuels constrain our assets and resources from an operational perspective, it also puts significant strains on already stretched budgets. for e

it was about 9% female in the navy then. today it's about 16%, and i think that's awesome. that is great. [cheers and applause] >> even to this day, when you go out with your husband, people assume that he's the naval officer, not you. >> they do. my husband is very tall and handsome and has short brown hair, and he actually is a navy reserve officer, but they never think

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 segregated and today if they tried to research the wall next to it there would be outrage throughout the usa every t.v. channel newspaper so segregation in america was wrong but now america funded segregation no survive a foreign aid seems to be a ok and jim dandy arab language leaflets have been spread around west. bank in pales

tell us more about these plans of the russian navy. ell 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 jinp

that was a fantastic piece of work by the navy. it turned around the attitudes of niche a toward the united states. it was a the kind of building block we look for in an economic and security commons. just as when we in san francisco see not only what the military can bring to the party and help us with, not only how we can interact with the military, but also we say to ourselves, it's also up to us to do everything we can for ourselves. we're not kind of an outfit, it's easier for them to collaborate with us. so, all of these things are important to us as we have these exercises. so, i say this is a very worthwhile enterprise that will keep going. i tip my hat to my friend mike who really has been leading us in these efforts. and now i say as also the slogan, i guess you call it this morning, maybe it's what the navy says. i think it's a very good phrase. a global force for good. that's what we've been practicing, a global force for good. thank you. (applause) >> thank you, sir. thank you. thank you very much, sir. (applause) >> an

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.

league will >> the u.s. 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 to

that was a fantastic piece of work by the navy. it turned around the attitudes of niche a toward the united states. it was a the kind of building block we look for in an economic and security commons. just as when we in san francisco see not only what the military can bring to the party and help us with, not only how we can interact with the military, but also we say to ourselves, it's also up to us to

coastguard judge advocate serve in the navy and marine corps shops to gain experience the relatively small coast guard a trial docket with otherwise not allow. it advocates also attend advanced training to hone their litigation skills and assault cases. in closing, the goal is to eliminate sexual assault in the coast guard while building a strong cultural prevention, education and training, response capability, and dictum support, appropriate reporting procedures and accountability. the key for the opportunity to testify today and i am pleased to answer any questions that he may have. >> thank you. lieutenant general harding. >> madame chair and members of the committee i think you for the opportunity to speak today about sexual assault, prevention and response efforts in the air force. we are committed to supporting victims of sexual assault while we do everything humanly possible to eradicate this crime from our service. our secretary, the honorable michael donnelly and our chief of staff are fully committed to eliminating sexual assault in our ranks. it made their position abundan

the navy delayed the deployment of the hospital ship comfort to south america. but one of its newest warships left for the western pacific right on schedule. by april 1st however the navy will shut down an entire carrier airwing and the army will stop bringing in equipment for major overhauls. the longer the budget cuts last, the greater the kind of damage senator john mccain warned about on "face the nation". >> if you deprive the military of the ability to train, the ability to have flight hours for our pilots an air crews the ability of our people to have the right kind of equipment to fight with then you are putting us in danger. >> reporter: with military pay and support to the troops in afghanistan off limits the rest of the defense department must absorb $43 billion in cuts. an across-the-board 9% reduction to every program. a bad situation that after meeting with the joint chiefs of staff on friday, new defense secretary chuck hagel vowed to make the best of it. >> we will manage these issues. these are adjustments. we anticipated these kinds of realitie

put together out of ships taken from the northern and the scene works the fleet the idea to base the navy in the mediterranean was initially voiced by defense minister sort of. weak and of course this comes as the whole region is in the global spotlight due to the. russian authorities are not winking basing the need either in the region to what's happening in the country or earlier they said that the only way the in the good in gauges of the help assist possible future of accusations 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 growing we based there from the early sixty's through the early ninety's. and the chinese reshuffle the country completes a once in a decade transfer of power while other states are beefing up their presence in the pacific region. still to come but first the overwhelming majority of those voted yes to being british in a referendum on monday argentina which claims the u.k. has stolen the islands labelled the pol

and to know and to look these people in the eye, the people from the u.s. navy that put up these tents and set up the gurnies and understand they can treat 50 people at a time, 20 percent in absolutely critical condition, and have a 99 percent recovery rate for everyone who goes through that, no matter what their wounds might be. this is what we practice, this is what i gained from the exercise yesterday and of course i join the core russ of people who saw the amphibious hover deliver its ability on the beach to look at the clock and see how fast it did, to see the unveiling of those logistics on hand with the people involved. these are the practices now as our public wants it know more and more what are we doing to prepare beyond the table top exercises? we are practicing these very vital practices, these things that will really help save lives, creating more relationships, bringing in more partners. we have all the city agencies that are here today. we're also bringing in other agencies whether it's caltrans or national park service, that would be part of this

if the syrian conflict gets further out of control or going off as more according to the head of the navy in moscow wants to have five to six ships permanently based in the mediterranean that will be controlled through the command of the black sea fleet based in the crimea there's speculation that this group will be put together out of ships taken from the northern the baltic and the scene works the fleet the idea to base the navy in the mediterranean was initially voiced by defense minister said again last week and of course this comes as the whole region is in the global spotlight due to the conflict in syria with russian authorities are not winking basing the need either in the region to what's happening in the country or 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. isn't something completely new during the times a huge group of up to thirty vessels was growing we'd be there from the sixty's early ninety's. the cypriot government has suspended

the first female brigadier general in the army, anna mae hayes, the first female rear admiral in the navyene duerk, and the first female secretary of any military branch, sheila widnall, who served as secretary of the air force in the 1990s. this covert and overt battlefield service, as well as female representation in defense contracting industry is whaled several women to form women in defense. tricia ward is the organization's president. >> women in defense really started out 1979. it really was the brainchild of 7 really dynamic women. and these women got together and said, you know it really would be of benefit, mutual benefit to everyone, not only the industry, to defense at large, it really would be a benefit to form our own organization. since then, it really has grown over the past 27 years. >> the group held its inaugural women's history month event, giving the service of the flag award to carolyn becraft former assistant secretary of the navy. also in attendance was brigadier general wilma vaught, another highly decorated servicewoman. >> as i stood with general vaught to my le

but it was extremely beneficial to not only the u.s. navy and marine corps, but to the international community. >> thank you. another hand? >> [inaudible] my experience with the haiti response. in this casey i was working at the deputy principal committee level and working at the white house. but it was really the first opportunity for this administration to work with a very complex response, and then recognizing for us the supported commander was usaid that normally isn't in the emergency response business. so, it was an educational process of how to move forces and yet support usaid and the role of the country team and port au prince. so, it was very informative there. and to back up when we had the first no fooling hurricane that worked its way up the entire gulf coast, the principal committee calls that were generated during the haiti response were then turned around and then bringing all of the governors into a conference call with the president to make sure that all their needs were being met in the advance of a hurricane arrival. so,