anyway, a worried about the title "navy crazy." i don't mean to in any way save the u.s. navy is crazy. i'm simply describing that part of the navy that fortunately or unfortunately the only part that i really came to know. this is a very dangerous place scary place and that's all i really experienced. in fact, i'm somewhat grateful to the navy pier and i think i was pretty naÏve. in some ways this book is what germans would call a coming-of-age book. huckleberry finn, et cetera. a coming-of-age book really. i'm very naÏve. the first story in the book is an example of that. there was this kid i liked very much because he was into literature and wanted to be a writer. we would sit and talk all day and when it was time, i should say, to talk and i thought there's something another with this guy. what is he doing in our ward? there's nothing wrong with him. he is saner than i am. he is saner than the rest of the staff. certainly saner than the psychiatrist. i am sure. so i actually approach the captain who is the head shrink and nystatin there's nothing the matter with you. i

the national museum of the u.s. navy hosted this hour-long program. >> i'm the director of the national museum and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the program. yesterday, we observed the 73rd anniversary of the attack at pearl harbor. today, we continue that observance with histories from two men who lived the experience. in all of our lives, there are some things that are inevitable that we remember. 9/11, the assassination of john kennedy, and for older americans, the attack on pearl harbor is one of those things you never forget where you were, what you were doing, and what happened on that day. the events of december 7, 1941 certainly changed us individually, our parents, our country. today we are going to talk with two speakers. both were young men on that fateful day. i want them to provide memories of the attack and how it changed their lives and our lives as a nation. their perspective is from washington, d.c., and illinois. our first guest is john warner who served his country throughout his adult life, begi

plusus a looook at the navy's top warship perhaps. the deadliest terrorist attack, two brothers affiliated with al qaeda are secretaried of killing 12 and seriously injuring a dozen others.s. armed with assault rifleles and clad in body ohey badgered into theeekly charlie hebdo, killing several. they wanted t to push the publication for its aracterizatition of the prophet mo hold. one them was jailed in 2005 after trying too to iraq to fight agagainst american troops. the other went to yemen in 2011 and trained by al qaeda. to discuss the implications are rrie of f the council, andd stephanie, who heads the homeland securit and counterterrorism program at the center foror strategic and international studies. thanks foroining us. this was a stunning attack. ere is a radicalizatation element europe has beenn dealing wiwith. several hundred if not several thousands of europeans have gone to fight in iraq, afghanist, syria, yemen and you name it. the questionon now is how lely is an attack like is too happen in the united stat? >> i think

the navy, the shipyard, the congress. they are aware of this problem and are working to get the cost down. what should it cost to have the capability i described in the opening statement? again, the value -- less than one half of 1% of all military spending to this platform. dr., you mentioned the expense in operating the battle group. i saw that and that is the carrier, the air wing. that expense is 1.4% and, if you rolled that up and added every single one of them, 12 of them are still under 15% of the daily budget. value and what it should cost. what does the most effective symbol and mission bring us? let's talk about cost and context. i will use your information for things that americans buy. we spent on hollow ween. we spent on costumes for our pets stop we spend on video games. cigarettes soft drinks, $4 billion on pet grooming. $10 billion on romance novels. $11 billion on bottled water. you can get that from your tap the risk is not long ago. the president of the united states sent 140 thousands americans to iraq

it's probably why the u.s. navyd you want to do that in a submerged plat form rather than a surface platform. and i'm not talking now about necessarily a supercarrier. but there are other -- there are other surface assets in which one could place strike assets. can driblt those across a wide range. and probably get vulnerability. if you're not going to put strike assets, if you're not going to emphasize a carrier for your strike platform why would e would you want to submerge it? >> i'll try to give you a su sint answer. i use the ssgn because it's the most prominent kparm of strike platforms that we currently see. there's actually a range of capenties. there are unmanned capableties that we look at that operate in the near sur sas e false region that could be purchased at a lower cost. and then there are the submerge capableties. the reason why i look in that environment is because we have a clear, strategic, technological advantage in that, both in capability to build as well as capability to be quiet and stealth.

we are the repository of the navy archives. our foundation went all the way back to the founding by president adams, a l letter to be jamin stoddard so we currently retain the operational records histories, and reports of the navy and in fact those reportsts are useful, not just as a par of the historical record, but, again, to influence how we conduct operations today. e operation reports from efforts during the vietnam war were used as we stood up or squad rons recently in the current conflict. >> enormous contribution that was. most of your collection is at the old gun factory building at the washington navy yard. you are storing them and other locations in the country. you are consolididating them down in richmond. navy leaders sometimes do want to draw on that collection for historic sword or object when th're having a meeting. isn't that ing to pose problems located 90 miles south of washington? >> not at all. the collection was actually in three major locations memphis tennessee, yorktown and the wawashington navy yard. v

then suddenly the trap is sprung. navy from the decks of our carriers, army bombers, marines. with destruction over a 300-mile area. the invasion forces were hit and hit and hit again. >> men and women of america here come your neighbors' sons home from the day's work. you want to meet them. there's jimmy patch seven meatballs on his plane. >> how many more today, skipper? ♪ >> back at midway tojo swore he'd liberate the natives. they're as free as they ever were. ♪ >> the battle of midway is over. our front yard is safe. but a big job is still to be done. day after day planes search for survivors. every tiny coral reef, every distant mile of sea. search for men who fought to the last round of ammunition and flew to the last drop of gas and then crashed into the sea. eight days, nine days ten days without food or water. >> his first cigarette. that first drag sure tastes good. >> 11 days. >> well done. >> logan ramsey. >> frank bessler. that's 13 for frank. ♪ >> get those boys to the hospital. please do, quickly. get them

and i know the navy is working on that. oth manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft are under review. this whole problem of stealth plus payload plus range is a difficult one. but again, i'm the guy that says we solve difficult problems and i think we can still companyñú audience in norfolk from the middle of june until 7 august, 54 days, the george h.w. bush was the only available strike platform we had that could do anything relevant in iraq and syria. 54 days. that's not a symbol.< 2. that's effectiveness. that's a fact. i think that the unmannedú6hñ aviation, especially unmanned strike, will give the aircraft carrierz/úg÷ decades more relevance than the five, 9wp it has now. i can't even imagine the power of an aircraft carrier built from the keel up to launch unmanned strike vehicles. it will be like that big spaceship in "independence day." just disgorging strike ,c vehicles that come back, land, getú on an assembly line, grease, fuel bomb, mission, shoot them back it the other end.uwm i can't even imagine the power that

they are the men and women of the united states navy and marine corps. command these forces started their careers here, at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland. >> it's a very special type of person that chooses the naval academy. it's an unbelievable education. it is free. you do get a job when you leave, but there is that element of commitment to the country and also an element of self-discipline. >> i love the atmosphere. i love being around all the history. the naval academy's been around since 1845, and the tradition is astounding. it's great being a part of that. >> i think the naval academy offers a very unique opportunity to discover yourself, to grow as a leader, and to basically live and learn with the best and brightest i think in our nation. >> we're trying to find the horizontal distance and the function of the number of pumps in the squirt gun. today we're doing a reverse-engineering experiment. as you can see they've got these squirt guns. so, they're gonna pump it a few times with some water in it and see how far it will spray. a

who is they that the navy is guarding us from? ertainly the 9/11 attackers didn't have to get past the navy. i don't think isis is planning an amphibious assault on new york city. so why do we need more money for the navy if the people we are fighting against don't have to get past the navy? >> that's when smarty pants bret stephens cleaned his clock like a world class clock cleaner. >> who took out osama bin laden? >> do we need 11 aircraft carriers to do that? >> we need aircraft carriers to reassure our allies around the world. we need force to make sure that russians or iranians or chinese are deterred from aggressing in the persian gulf against israel, against japan. yeah, we do need those things and i think we live in a safer, better world where we can talk about ha ha isn't it funny, why don't we need a navy. >> i'm not saying we don't need a navy. >> so would you like that? is it a matter of fact because we had a base in afghanistan, the war you opposed, we were able to go and kill bim.n laden, that's how we got him. >> i b

the navy s.e.a.l. saved countless american lives on the battlefield still has their backs. >>> and born comedians. why there may be a lot more to how babies make us laugh. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. this has been a day of violent outrage across parts of the muslim world provoked by the work of the same french publication targeted in last week's paris massacre. the angry protests erupted after "charlie hebdo" again published a characature of the prophet muhammad. in algeria they burned the french flag chanting, i am not charlie, i am muhammad. two days of rioting have left as many as eight people dead after christian homes were looted. this weekend of rage comes as european security forces continue to hunt down terror suspects following last week's bloodshed in france. bill neely once again leads off our coverage from paris. bill, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this crisis started with a massacre at a

so does the navy and air force. but we are all brothers. it's not competition between the service when it comes to combat. it's working together and getting the job done. of course they will send marines in to do things that nobody else will do marine corps is designed to take on the tough stuff. a lot of people look at the green beret as combat soldiers. no. we were teachers and advisors. that's our primary mission. the same thing that is going on over in iraq right now, we have a special force there, the green berets and they are advising and training and directing and assisting. and that was our primary goal. >> thank you. >> colonel, you won the medal of honor for an action. you were only in vietnam about 10 days and you served a second tour of duty. why did you go back the second time? >> i was in vietnam 10 days and was with the unit four days when i was in that ambush and ended up with the medal of honor. they really pissed me off you know. but i came home. and i became an aid to the assistant common in the marine corps. he said if yo

becky wilson enlisted in the navy at 24 and wanted to see the world. >> i thought it would be excitingrother in law and cousin was navy. and i loved the stories they told. >> reporter: but surrounded by men, she soon found herself fighting them off. >> at one point i had a chief that stalked me and he told me it was either i went to bed with him or i could have low, vals. >> reporter: after you were being stalked and sexually harassed you went to your superior and what happened? >> he looked at me and said boys will be boys and that is just the way things are. and i was still pretty niave so i accepted it. >> reporter: she says it got much worse. >> i was raped a couple of times. and i never told anyone. it's like women are fighting two wars. and they are fighting one war with the men that are supposed to be there side by side and they are fighting the war over there too. >> reporter: so when we talk about women serving on submarines you have very strong feelings about it. >> yes, i do. i feel that if they are going to be aboard submarines then it needs to be all female because a subma

. >> more on the massive navy bribery case. ed around a guy known affectionately at leonard. prosecutors say the doled out a slew of gifts to navy officials, gifts including prostitutes, cuban cigars and trips and swords. the fat guy. coming up [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ susan ] my promotion allowed me to start investing for my retirement. transamerica made it easy. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow. every truck can tow a boat. every truck can climb a hill. every truck can haul a trailer. but not everyone can say they're the fastest-growing truck brand... in america. guts. glory. ram. >>> this is a stunner. following one of the biggest corruption case ever in the history of the u.s. navy. the story surrounds a military contractor who is now pleaded guilty to bribing scores of navy officers to the tune of millions of dollars, and the kind of prizes they got? hookers, top shelf alcohol and

until four years ago when the u.s. navy allowed female officers aboard submarines like this one. u are the only woman here. >> i am the only woman here. >> reporter: one of four women officers on a crew of 150 men and asked her whether that concerned her. >> we are all professional sailors together and i'm respected by the sailors as lieutenant in the united states navy and i respect them for the service they do everyday. >> reporter: she took american tonight on a tour of a submarine, 560 feet long and the space is at a premium and every room serves more than one purpose, this rec room doubles as an emergency surgical center. so this is what we call the supply shack is this is where logistics work and repair parts on the sub. >> reporter: when you are here how many folks are here working? >> up to four in the office and i like to keep it down to two or three for office reasons. day. >> reporter: long hours and tight spaces are reality of sub life and crews spend three months at sea with no windows and no privacy. here is an example of the living quarters, the hallways are about t

the navy was still with us too chucking in shells ahead of us. nd fast and dig in. next morning we heard the news, we got it from the bbc. it sounded great. we joined up all along the bridge head. there was a solid line 45 miles of it. we had got a foothold. we were in. ♪ >> a portion of the film "true glory" and joining us from new york is mark heir ris who has been researching many of the directors from this period. as you look back at that film, what are your impressions? >> you know, the english film makers, the men in the british army film unit were really peerless at putting together these documentaries. not only did home front audiences in england find them very stirring, but they played well in america too. england had a head start on the film making effort in the war and their documentaries including early ones like "desert victory" really sparked a sense of competition in u.s. film makers. there was a lot of open discussion in the war department and with people like frank capra saying why aren't our movies this good? why isn't the materi

they use sweet feed which used to be a bark for the navy. it's now used to train all of their citizens on readiness and preparedness exercises. it's really amazing what they are doing. we see lots of that both in the united states and around the world and obviously we think of the dutch as being quite resilient. but they are doing it through hard infrastructure. i think what our work has shown is that in this day and age when we worry about climate change and other issues green infrastructure is a piece of the solution that's much less expensive and environmentally much more protective than the new framework of the 21st century. >> giuda rodin thank you very much and thank you all. [applause] >> military historian barrett tillman recounts the air force and military exploits during world war ii in europe specifically the units attacked against nazi industrial facilities. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon everybody. i am barbara and this is the poisoned pen. sunday the 12th i'm delighted to welcome back barrett tillman who

the u.s. army or navy dating from the revolution. twining was, i believe, named for an uncle who was an admiral and his brother was a marine core general so the military was in their dna. he had previous experience commanding the 13th air force and was tapped by general arnold in washington to transfer from the pacific to italy and takeover the 15th air force in january of '44. >> host: and he was shot down in the pacific and survived six days at sea. >> guest: he was on a b-17 bomber that got lost and ran out of fuel. he wasn't shot down. he survived that ordeal and emerged stronger than other. >> host: and wasn't he on the force that was haunting pancho villa? >> guest: yes he was. at that point he was still a national guardsman and was on persian's expedition for a few weeks. >> host: let's return to the war. the steep learning curve and stiff resistance in high attrition rate was shocking that they experienced early and throughout the war. talk a bit about that. >> guest: just a short course in pre-war and army air force doctrine

look at the u.s. navy. the u.s. navy right now which is the centerpiece service for dealing with china's rise has 285 major ships as they define them, that's in contrast to twice that many in the 1980s, about 350 even in the 1990s, in other words, it's substantially less. meanwhile, china has substantially increased its fleet, i'm not saying we should be ready for an all out fight with china. but i am suggesting that our ability to sustain presence and commitment and keep the region stable and help persuade china to rise in a generally peaceful way does depend on our being able to sustain capability in the western pacific region. the navy has tried and president obama hasérúk tried to say we're going to pace a higher fraction of the navy in the western pacific region, the historic average of 50% is being increased to 60% by the end of this decade. that's the trajectory we're on. that makes sense. hillary clinton was part of that, i think it's a strong legacy of the first obama term, president obama's tried to sustain

. >> in november, military veterans gathered at the u.s. navy memorial for a conference about their service. marine corps comma can't t.s. kelly was one of the speakers at the conference. -- come can't t.s. kelly was one of the speakers at the conference. >> we thank the navy memorial for that film as you saw from their lone sailor award. i give to you general kelly. [applause] >> put that old cane away. it's tough getting old, let me tell you. but what happened was a few years back i had a really bad case of sciatica. so i went to the naval hospital and saw the doctor and he took an m.r.i. and said that's the worst good dam back i have ever seen in my life. what the hell have you been doing with yourself? i said, well i jumped out of an airplane a couple hundred times. i'm not sure that happened. then there were a few other things i did. i said i'm not asking you for that doctor. for god sakes, what can you do to fix it? he said i'm not sure we can. i said can we try? so i said i'll cut a deal with you, he said what's that, general? i said i do

so does the navy and air force. but we are all brothers. it's not competition between the service when it comes to combat. it's working together and getting the job done. of course they will send marines into do things that nobody else will do and we will laugh about that. but the marine corps is designed to take on the tough stuff. and in the green beret, are goal was to advise and direct. a lot of people look at the green beret as combat soldiers. no. we were teachers and advisors. that's our primary mission. and we leave the fighting to the regular infantry and armor whoever. the marine corps. but, you know, the same thing that is going on over in iraq right now, we have a special force there, the green berets, and they are advising and training and directing and assisting. and that was our primary goal. >> thank you. colonel, you won the medal of honor for an action. you were in vietnam about 10 days, is that correct? and you served a second tour of duty. why did you go back the second time? >> i was in vietnam 10 days and was with the u

he shares his experience with us. >> i joined the navy in 1993. y seal i did two deployments over he seas. it was the best job i ever had. i had known i was gay since i was six years old. i was out of the closet before i joined the navy but under the don't ask/don't tell policy i had to keep that a secret while in the military. i wouldn't talk about my sexuality at work, which proved difficult at time. because the seal community is a close knit one, i feel that it's generally homophobic, i was terrified that my seal brothers would find out and when they did it would be really bad. there would be times when i had to do quite a bit of lying especially when it came to the girlfriend department. the military found out that i was gay when i left a message on my boyfriend--at the time--answering machine. he was in the navy, and he had somebody that worked for him that was listening into his messages. she heard it. she reported it. the navy then launched an investigation into my sexuality that lasted several months. during the investigation i certainly fe

the china sea in 2012. china and taiwan claimed them. in 2013 one of china's navyates directed fire at a japanese maritime self-defense force destroyer. the threat was not only in the sea, but also in the air. in the following year the chinese fire jet flew abnormally close to a self-defense force in may. and then a month later, a similar incident occurred. this man is a research fellow with a tokyo foundation and former navy captain with defense forces. the mechanism is indispensable to avoid contingency. >> there is a huge perception gap between japan and china, especial especially -- it means japan doesn't trust the chinese navy. also, the chinese navy doesn't trust -- they recognize the other side will take the aggressive action for is the very dangers, something happened which cannot be understood. the navy will take some option against the others option. if they can communicate. they can understand each other. they can try to understand the intention. it is very important for avoiding the miss calculation. >> japan's defense minister welcomed the resumption o

in the aftermath the navy would change their story about the events of that night numerous times - firstsaying they had no contact with the men. later, they would say they had questioned them - and found the men were innocent- and that they dropped them off in a different town nearly 2 hours away. jose and the other men detained that night were never seen or heard from again. the marines have never explained why they left them in a different town. >> what is the objective by the navy or by authorities to disappear people? what is the logic behind it? the allegations of disappearances by security forces have continued into pena nieto's administration. and not just in tamaulipas but around the country. we were told that there are people who have been released after being held by security forces - but that they rarely speak about the experience...out of fear. but we finally found someone willing to tell us their story. so we had to change cars twice to be able to get here. so we gonna go and talk to this woman who was detained allegedly by the police and taken to a detention center that was

the u.s. navy is investigating a fighter pilot who flew over the city of berkeley while on a training mission. the flyby was loud and scary, and a way to say good-bye to his bro brother at cal, and the gesture is causing commotion. we go live to the campus at berkeley. nanette? >> well some people were excited to hear the roar, and others were truly scared. now the greeting may have consequences pending investigation. >> what is that? >> reporter: many looked skyward tuesday afternoon when a loud and frightening noise roared over berkeley. >> i thought that something was invading berkeley because it was loud and the whole building shook. it was crazy. >> then i saw somebody on the street, and i said, was that really terrifying, and she said yes. >> reporter: it was a f-18 super hornet returning to the training station in the central valley. and online tracker traced the path from the golden gate bridge to the berkeley hills to the bay. according to the tracker, it never went below 2,500 feet but so

i was out of the closet before joining the navy. d the policy i had -- under the policy i had to keep it a secret. i wouldn't talk about my sexuality at work which proved to be difficult at times, because the seal community is such a close-knit one. i believe the culture within the teams is generally homophobic. i was terrified that my seal brothers would find out. i thought when they did, it would be something really bad. and so there would be times when i would have to - i would have to do a bit of lying when it came to the girlfriend department. the military found out i was gay when i left a message on my boyfriend's answering machine. he was in the navy and he had somebody that worked for him listening in to his messages. she heard it she reported it. the navy launched an investigation into my sexuality that lasted several months. during the investigation i certainly felt that i was sort of bullied. it was a horrible time. once my brothers found out i was gay, they were amazing. they came by the house with pizza and beer and do l

just look at the u.s. navy. so the ñ u.s. erpiece service for dealing with china's rise, has about 285 major ships as they define them. and that's in contrast to twice that many in the 1980s, and about 350 even in the 1990s. so in other words, it's substantially less. meanwhile, china has substantially increased its fleet. i'm not saying we should be ready for an all-out fight with china navally but i am suggesting that our ability to sustain presence and commitment and keep the region stable and help persuade china to rise in a generally reasonable and peaceful way, does depend on our being able to sustain capabilityfb the navy has tried and president obama i think with a very smart rebalanced policy has tried to say we are going to base a little higher fraction of the navy in the western pacific region so the historic average of 50% is now being increased to 60% by the end of this decade. that's the trajectory that we're on. and that makes good sense. that's just a way hillary clinton was part of that, i think it was a very

i mean it's more money leaving it deserted. >> reporter: meehan and boyle are urging the navy to takection quickly. any more lost time and the town could miss out on future buyers and investors and vacant land doesn't generate any tax revenue. while residents still disagree about what should happen to the base they all agree something is better than this. >> der rooifz taxes for the township that's better than sitting vacant. >> reporter: "nbc10 news." >>> having cleared snow from the driveways and sidewalks, good time to do it now because it will all freeze up tonight as temperatures get much colder, down into the teens. tracking light snow for later in the week. after that a really bitter cold air mass coming in and it's going to feel like it's below zero. right now it doesn't feel that cold. 22, that's cold enough. 32 right now. 14-mile-an-hour wind. not quite as windy as a couple hours ago. temperatures drop and 25 in allentown now. 28 in reading. 29 in trenton. 30 mt. holly. atlantic city millville, dover, also 30 degrees. and it's going to feel colder than that. by 8:00 feeling

we went to the range and we were shooting navy qul if i cases. a pretty good shot and my boss said this new guy is good. send him to sniper school n. that first -- they called ate worm-up, the training cycle before forward deployment and sent me for navy special warfare sniper school and i became a sniper. >> soon the boy from butte, montana, one year before delivering taco pizzas was a navy s.e.a.l. sniper. coming up next, on "the man who killed osama bin laden" -- >> the world trade center tower number 1 is on fire. the whole outside of the building, there was a huge explosion. >> said the words osama bin laden within 30 seconds. >>> by the time rob was 21 years old, he was navy s.e.a.l. sniper deployed overseas. it was a fairly quiet time to serve in the united states military but then in an instant everything changed. >> the world trade center tower number 1 is on fire. the whole outside of the building, it was just a huge explosion. >> looked like the plane was aiming towards the building. >> second plane into the other tower, tower of the tr

and the british could shatter the french navy. -- shadow the french navy. this shows a clear realignment in their priorities. clinton complained. he is always presented as a neurotic, but he had much to being erotic about. clinton -- be neurotic about. clinton complained that these were the finest men in the army. in fact, he used a more emotive term. he said, these 5000 troops are the very nerves of the british army in america. the army being sent to the caribbean, they would waste away because mortality rates were so high. your expected to lose 1/3 of your troops within two or three years. he was promised -- his 5000 troops would come back. they never did. it was permanent loss. from this moment on, from 1778 the british are sending more troops to the caribbean and more shipping then to north america. they give of philadelphia. -- they give up philadelphia. this is the island of st. lucia, which becomes the base of the british army. the base of the navy was at english harbour antigo. it is an impressive place, like a miniature williamsburg. you can see al

and that's probably why the u.s. navy has decided not to go forward with the replacement for the ohio ssgn because of cost, i believe. so my question to you is this. given the cost premium that one pays to submerge anything especially something that's going to launch why would you want to do that in a submerged platform rather than a surface platform? i'm not talking now about necessarily a supercarrier but there are other surface assets in which one could place strike assets and distribute those across a wide range and probably get at the vulnerability issue you're talking about. so the question is this. why submerge -- if you're not going to put strike assets if you're not going to emphasize a carrier for your strike platform, why would you want to submerge it? >> i'll try to give you a succinct answer. i used the ssgn because it's the most prominent example of strike platforms that are out there that we currently see. there is actually a range of capabilities. there are unmanned, towed, submerged capabilities, there ar

we went to the range and we were shooting navy qul if i cases. was a pretty good shot and my boss said this new guy is good. send him to sniper school n. that first -- they called ate worm-up, the training cycle before forward deployment and sent me for navy special warfare sniper school and i became a sniper. >> soon the boy from butte, montana, one year before delivering taco pizzas was a navy s.e.a.l. sniper. coming up next, on "the man who killed osama bin laden" -- >> the world trade center tower number 1 is on fire. the whole outside of the building, there was a huge explosion. >> said the words osama bin >> said the words osama bin laden within 30 seconds. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters shopping online is as easy as it gets. and even piano tuners were just as simple? thanks to angie's list, now it is. we've made hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks. buy their services directly at angieslist.com no more calling around. no more hassles. start shopping from a list of top-rated providers t

isn't that a deep concern to the navy. >> it is. we're at the point where in our shipbuilding plan, we're at about minimum sustaining. the good news we are buying efficiently. that all comes unravelled if you start dropping out shipping here or there and in aircraft and weapons we are. that's the mid business people that make very specific and re refined equipment. we really really need them. this lack of planning and the inability can't keep them open. you can't buy an economic quantity and it is a deep concern. as you said, you can't bring it back fast. >> when you have to delay multiair procurement you end up pay paising more in the end. the taxpayers lose both ways. >> they include do. thank you. >> i want to thank you for the work that you're doing along with a number of efforts to try to address this issue. thank you very much. >> you said that if sequestration level reduks continue that they would not immediate readiness levels. are we in a situation where 85% are not ready? >> we got down to 90% at one point. >> how are you m

koptd helicopter coming from from the u.s. navy for the uss sampson, and it had four bodies onboard. the crews behind me went on to the runway with stretchers. they brought the bodies off the helicopters, took them away in ambulances. those bodies will be taken to local hospital to be cleaned up. they will be flown to surabaya where they will be formally identified at the hospital there and then eventually handed over to their families. when they first found wreckage on the sea out there, 100 kilometers away on tuesday, there was a real sense of optimism that this investigation was moving forward fast that they would find the rest of the plane in a matter of days. i have to say, today, there is a much more of a mood of pessimism. now talking about a week or maybe more before they find those black boxes. and the reason for that is the weather. it's been stormy here. the seas are churning. there are large waves. it's just making it really difficult for them to see down into the sea and for divers to get down into the water to search

yjvjsnuewth in the navy budget in the years to come. and i would say that's a reasonable standard by which to judge military efficacy. you can debate, you know, the number of ships is not the be-all and end-all. it obviously depends which ships and what capability. i'm not suggesting that numbers by themselves answer this question. but the logic of saying that we should at least be headed upward towards a somewhat larger navy at a time of such rapid chinese growth, i think is a fairly compelling logic but it's at risk under the caps that are now, you know, potentially going to arrive. >> right behind you. to your left. next, behind you, to your left. >> jason tom from here at brookings. there is a large department that gets grouped into domestic spending and that is dhs and they seem to take care of similar to d.o.d. and they get funded appropriations when others sometimes do not. and going back to this system shock incident, we have what is playing out in france and the ongoing discussion of what to do with dhs in february and might th

>> no. >> so this report that the indonesian navy -- admiral from the indonesian navy says they found what looks like the tail of the aircraft that contains these so-called black boxes, is that -- what do you know about that? >> we have seen those same reports and certainly hope it's true. but we don't have anything to confirm it is true. >> you haven't 100% confirmed that it is the tail? >> we have not. >> on the other hand you haven't seen any evidence it's not the tail? >> that's correct. >> you're still investigating that but collaboration with the indonesians is -- >> very good. very close. this is a navy we operate with all the time and we have a very close relationship with the indonesian navy. easy for us in that regard. >> where does this stand right now. you found 30, 40 bodies. but there's 162 people who were on board that aircraft. >> right. it's hard to say. we the "sampson" has recovered 15 of the 30 some-odd bodies. difficult to know where they are. possible many of them are still strapped into their seats. >> the dimpb rfference between the sampson and the fort worth?

which was a major defeat of the french navy. and one of the most celebrated victories up until the battle of trafalgar. it certainly change the dynamics of the war. it is a good illustration of the thin line between success and failure. that it was degrasse who defeated the british for the first time since the 1690's. then he himself was defeated much as horatio gates -- was himself defeated by cornwallis. and you have won. we can take one last question. >> were the caribbean colonies the source of financial support to the colonies in rebellion in the north? >> not the british islands. although there were a lot of merchants sending things from british islands to dutch islands. a lot of the military people said that piracy reigns free here. but the french and dutch islands became the critical sources of supply to north america, especially this little dutch island of sint eustatius. there were 500 warehouses there. sometimes as many as 200 american ships off the island. bonmarche who is known as the playwright who wrote "marriage o

>> even for the u.s. navy this is really a strange case. this is about two weeks ago when the body of a civilian employee at the u.s. navy base at guantanamo was found floating in guantanamo bay. and it was during the navy's investigation into that death that investigators reportedly uncovered an alleged affair between the wife of the dead man and the commander of the base captain john -- the commander of the base. anyway what they did is then the navy immediately relieved the captain of his command. not because he was found to be guilty of anything but because any time in the navy if there is some wrongdoing even a hint of wrongdoing, they will be relieved of command. now, we have to emphasize here that no charges have been filed. nobody has been formally accused of any wrongdoing. but navy investigators are now looking into not only the alleged affair but whether there was any wrongdoing or foul play in the death of that employee from gitmo, craig. >> jim miklaszewski for us from the pentagon. thanks as always. >>> coming up mitt romney je

sponsored by the navy credit union. we would be proud to serve you too. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption contenand acaccuracy. visit ncicicap.org] ♪ >> welcome to efense news." a look at how defense contractors are performing as the pentagon feels the budget pension. first, women in combat. there are00,000 women in uniform, 15% of f u.s. forces.s. last week the pentagon said the process of integrating women into combat j jobs will be completed next anywhere he first. two years ago, leon panetta and general martin dempsey order that no jobs should be off-limits to women, including infantry armor and special operations posts, as long as women meet the requisite standard, noting that female troops have performed well in action in afghastan iraq, and elsewhere. the process of fully integrating women got a major boost 20 years ago when women were allowed to fly combat missions, server board frontline warships, and support combat troops. currently military is reevaluating the physical standards for

the navy helped me get the engine off the airplane. this is a 2000 pound 14 cylinder engine swinging around on the end of a chain hoist on the flight deck of the carrier. the navy helped a lot with tall ropes. they kept it from getting out of control. took the engine down below and took it apart and put it back together. the tricky part was taking the engine off the airline on the flight deck of a carrier and the carrier refused to hold still. you couldn't lay anything on the deck of the carrier, not a nut, bolt, tool, anything would go right overboard. the suggestion was made by some friends i ought to toss something overboard and be done with it. but i didn't. anyway, that complicated the job. everything had to go up inside the airplane. i had 100 items up in there. i didn't know what they all were or where they went. got the job done. had no parts left over. so at that point i felt pretty good about it. and every bolt and nut is somewhere on that airplane. hopefully they are in the right holes but we'll see. the engine ran fine. for

the navy. the air force. and then certainly, i served a very very pleasant -- very unpleasant tour because of the physical demands with the royal marines in england. and during that tour i became the recipient of a coveted green berets and became a green berets. i also commanded for the first time in the history of the royal marines, commanded a royal marine unit in singapore, borno and ma layo which was an unusual trek for a young marine from the united states. so to the point i'm making is, there's no limitations. things i did in my life, in many cases, life threatening. jumping out of airplanes. bubbling out of submerged submarines. things that were really dangerous and life threatening. but they were things that were valuable to keep the process going. i commanded a force reconnaissance company for two years. and believe me, jumped out of a lot of planes. some of you may have never heard of the fulton sky hook system. anybody here heard of that? somebody is shaking their head. it is actually designed by a