similar to the navy response. resiliency is extremely important and as long as we pay our airmen a fair wage and give them a value added mission, we find that the airmen are empowered and want to do what it is that they do so well. our job to take care of those airmen, just make sure they have the resources they need to get that job done in a most efficient, effective, and safe manner and we do start with safety, then compliance. so, much like our navy colleagues, we do have to make some tough choices. we do our best to prioritize those and it's an older fleet for the c-130s, but our kc-135 and our b-52 fleets are even older so we're doing what we can to modernize and make those airplanes sustain and get the mission done based on the priorities that we have. >> i think i'm hearing you also say not to ignore the personnel issues in making sure that we're attracting and bringing into the force as well as maintaining the force that we have. and sometimes, i think that we have a tendency to think that, well, that's wh

the united states navy and the royal navy was much better, and one of the problems of the japanese navy in world war ii was that they had not progressed as far with damage control procedures especially and watertight integrity, so a lot of the ships would go down to where if it was an american or british up, it probably would've been saved. >> thank you very much. you have concentrated a lot on the blockade of britain, and of course, there was a british blockade of germany, and i understand there was a big:that. it was used by the american merchant marine and even some british ships to trade with the netherlands. in effect, supplying the netherlands with much more food than what they had before the war, and then it will go to germany. but that would be closed once the u.s. entered the war. i wonder if you have any comments about the discussion of neutrality of the war of 1812 issue, and the willingness of the british to let american ships sailed to rotterdam. one other question kind of an exotic point, but interesting trivia of the german freighter summary in his voice to baltimore in 1

the competition rule which you alluded to in the beginning, the contact for the navy operation and the naval force, we will be more distributed. the more distributed that we are, the more important the connectors are. >> the l caps need to be replaced and they are being replaced. they have to be. the lc you that is 45-50 years old also has to be replaced. both are going to be critical to move the naval force around from ship to shore and from shore to shore and from shore back to ship. of those two, the programs for the replacement are absolutely essential. >> okay. let me move general, and admiral, you may want to join in here. much has been made of emerging access and aerial denial and capabilities of certain countries, and to what extent are existing capabilities a concern for the amphibious assault? >> i think the threat, which is well publicized, it drives you toward a place to where that amphibious forces is even more important. the reason for that is you are going to need in a layered offense and defense, you will need forward and inside forces that are survivable and lethal bot

a slightly different version of the propeller is on the navy's p-3. differences in the manuals evolved due to incorporation of changes. the updates occur frequently. their purpose is to correct errors or improve process improvements that we've learned or identified during maintenance. and although there was training on all manuals and there was collaboration and coordination between navy and air force c-130 program offices, there was no effort to ensure respective changes were synchronized in their manuals. last fall our program director responsible for the c-130 formed an independent review team. the irt formed and guided development of updated propeller requirements. it consisted of members from the air force, navy marine corps and members of the aerospace industry. additionally the u.s. navy propeller program embedded in the c-130 program office. based on irt recommendations, both services program offices are updating overhaul processes to create a common set of procedures. overall processes and updates are complete for all components except for th

the royal air force and the navy did not ta ke royal air force and the navy did not take on capita, they continue to do it in the old traditional way, as you have described, and whilst eve ryo ne you have described, and whilst everyone is having trouble hitting targets because we have nearly full employment in this country, which is a good thing for the economy but makes it more difficult for the armed forces to recruit, nonetheless the royal navy and the royal air force, doing at the old way, are pretty close to hitting their targets. if you go in and try to join the army now, you won‘t get a quy join the army now, you won‘t get a guy with a chest full of medals, exactly as you say, you will have a civilian. if you are a youngster and you join the army, you want the senior nco who has been there, seen it and done it, but someone who has been doing thejob it and done it, but someone who has been doing the job six months and is now the difference between a tank and a helicopter. thank you for joining us, good to talk to you. now i look at the weather was, as with a rather beautiful im

the transports are combat loaded. the ships are the navy and coast guard form our convoy. squadrons of carrier planes cover us in the sky. several days from our destination, a destroyer brings us field orders. it won't be long now before we know where we are bound. the relief map of our objective is broken out. the fortified island in the tar awa atoll, a very important jap airbase on the outer fringe of their pacific defenses. they explained the terrain to us. by the time they were finished, we knew those island reefs as well as we knew our own backyards. we belt more machine gun ammunition. check and test fire all weapons. [gunfire] exercise helps to relieve the check and test fire all weapons. tension. navy and coast guard cockswains receive last-minute information on formations, rendezvous areas, and departure times. services are held in the evening before d day. ♪ [hymn playing] we like to listen to father kelly. he was with us at guadalcanal. he had a way of saying what we wanted to hear. many of these men were killed the following morning. ♪ we are ready. d day.

that is the story of the navy, the american navy in world war i. in march 1917, president wilson had a real threat on his hands. german u-boats were sinking american shipping at an alarming rate even before we entered world war i. there was a decision made to bring naval guards onboard merchant ships, to arm them with typically five inch guns and give the merchant ship a crew of about 15 naval personnel. they are naval guards during one -- and one of those was james delaney. james delaney was a tough irishman from boston, massachusetts. his body was inked with the ships he served on, serving since 18. his life was the navy, and he was given command of a naval gun crew on the uss -- the ss campana, merchant ship. their journey in the summer was -- in the summer of 1917 was going well until mid-summer and they were making their way back to the united states, and all of a sudden a torpedo nearly hit the ship. it was then quickly followed by artillery fire. the men manned their guns and began to respond. u-boat 61 was crewed by an expert, lieutenant ca

the navy and was a major factor leading to the desegregation of the navy 16 months later, 2 years earlier than the other armed services. history is best told in the place it happened the trial happened on naval station treasure island. february 9, there will be a lecture on the port chicago story and symposium on significance and relevance to issues of today. we the national historic site, park service, san francisco public library, faculty from the university of san francisco, and the friends of port chicago. we brought together the folks from the national historic site and they are partnering to mountain exhibition, opening january 26, through at least february. and later in the year, the exhibition will move to the african-american center in the main library and possibly other sites. we're excited to be bringing this -- these events and this heritage to the attention of san francisco community and letting folks know that it's part of san francisco's history. it will be an expensive event. we will need to seek some sponsorships and any introductions or suggestions that you can help us w

and the navy to the pe. i appreciate that. and thank you for mentioning the families. that's a ga lead in to the question i have for secretary wilson. thank you, seth for being here as well. i chair the emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee, and i have had the opportunity to learn about so come's success with preservation of the force and family program. and we ask a lot of our airmen and their families, and we all want to provide them with the absolute best possible support we can. and i understand it may not be possible to apply poduf all across the department, but there is a way that we could incorporate parts of that program with folk in the air force? it know that it has been very helpful to those that are in the special operations community and fsoc, and we would like to see pieces or parts of that shared with the greater air force as well. are from ideas or things that could be applied? >> senator we are trying that out at four different base. we call it operation true north. the concept is t

but it would have been the navy, marine corps -- the marine corps being part of the navy as well , plus the army. host: there's obviously a reviewing stand in downtown washington, d.c. mitchell: right. it looks so much different. almost looks like a village in france. host: is that pennsylvania avenue, do we know? boy, it almost is unrecognizable to me what part of town that is. that's interesting. allison: it's important to know that the navy and the marine corps were there, because even though it's called the tomb of the unknown soldier, the term "soldier" was meant to represent every member of the military, not just those in the united states army. host: and the parade continues in downtown washington from the u.s. capitol, and there is the casket of the chosen unknown soldier representing fallen in world war i. allison: i think one reason so many people came out to this parade and this ceremony was that they were really seeking a sense of closure from the world war. they were trying to find some meaning in the senseless losses and especially working through the grief that many of th

the navy steward baked a cake. the warning did not seem so funny when we hit the beach on the next day. every marine, including the cameraman, new was much about the operation as his co. we were going for a move that would drive them out of that part of the pacific up until their bases a couple of hundred miles north. d-day was the 20th of november. [bombs exploding] the naval bombs began at 0500. one thing i did not want to take a picture of was the japs headed -- the jap torpedo heading for my boat. our army planes were pacing the island for five days. it did not seem like anyone could have lived through that bombing. we weren't green. i served with the marines for five years, more than half were veterans. we did not think there would be many live japs left on the island. i was going in with the first wave. we were waiting around. ofrybody got a kick watching the wagons unload on the target. [bombs exploding] 2800 tons of bombs and shells hit the beaches. we packed shells but we figured we would not have to dig a

the navy gets a little bit more, the army when you include war funding in recent years, the army has gotten much more than the other services because of the importance in iraq and afc have fallen on the army. the marine corps part of the navy budget but part of it specifically for marine corps activities, and then the air force, interesting thing about the air force budget a large portion of the air force budget is classified pass through funding. it doesn't stay in the air force. it goes to other classified activities and agencies. >> let's talk about another force, your latest briefing for csic is about the cost of the space force. what are the estimates on the space force? >> i went and looked at a bottom up estimate if you create a space force, what's it going to involve. the vast majority of the funding for a space force would be transferred out of accounts that are already existing today in the services budgets. most would come from the air force, since the air force does most of the space activities today, about 85% of the funding year to year, and so you would move all of tha

i have seen the news ree net --hot stuff on the on the way over and the navy boys shot some stuff on the wagons. i was trying to save film but it was my first big job and there were a couple of things i had to take. on the last day out they celebrated mass. 24 hours later, a lot of those fellows were dead. the navy steward baked a cake. funny when wem so hit the beach on the next day. every marine, including the cameramen, there was much about the operation as a seo. -- a co. we were going out to a move that would drive them out of that part of the pacific up until their bases in the martial a couple of hundred miles north. the day was the 20th of november. [bombs exploding] at zeroaval bombs begin 500. 500. one thing i did not want to take a picture of was the japs headed for my boat. our army planes were pacing the island for five days. it did not seem like anyone could have lived through that bombing. i served with the marines for five years, more than half were veterans. we did not think there would be japslifve haps left -- left on the island. we were waiting around. everybody g

well we're here at the navy headquarters and the minister of defense and other members of the navy just gave a press conference on how they heard and how they found the submarine. the pictures by which they identified the submarine saying that it's located at a depth of about eight hundred meters about five hundred kilometers away from the argentine coast they said that on fortunately it seems we've lost our connection with series a bow we will get to but before the end of the program with what we'll hear from the progress. still ahead here on al-jazeera in all great a new president is tension over whether the nation should ally itself more to india china the rise of bust known as the romeo and juliet of the love story is really contemporary. how another spell of brain is underway in good part of central and southern china again the satellite picture to reveal a great deal from it but the potential for thunderstorms and otherwise steady rain south of the yangtze and eventually seeing a whole lot clears eastwards and science was leaving hong kong was a potential for a shower or two durin

but the marines and the navy had a different attitude. in march 1917, more than 100 years ago, the secretary of the navy, whose wife was a suffragist fyi, he said, we built this new navy. we are in the midst of a big naval buildup to respond to what is happening when they did not have enough soldiers. he asked his own counsel, can we bring some in? and they said there is nothing , in the legislation that said you cannot. they recruited women and used and employed 11,000 women in both the marines and also the united states navy. they paid in the same -- they paid in them the same. and even though the press called them unionettes, that was their rank. he insisted. the british, almost in the same month, began recruiting women. they had been doing that for more than three years at this point. they had been using women in different capacities. they had a group of women called munitionettes. again, that is that feeling like -- so it does not look out of sync with femininity, they added a -ette. the toxic chemicals they had to -- and if they wer

in the atlantic ocean last year gathered at this navy base in the city . you may go it was here three hundred kilometers away from where the site is where the adults how one was supposed to arrive it never did. a northern argentina he says he son chose to b.s.e. as a way of leaving poverty behind. i am poor but i gave them my children well my son was an electrician and joined the navy because they wanted him to have a job and to have a better life than me. with stealing from the southern argentine city of after carrying out a controlled operation on illegal fishing. in the last message the commander of the vessel made contact with base to say water had entered the ship resoldering him back to my function. not long after an explosion was detected the last message from the ira found one was on november fifteenth last year and it was no paid about four hundred kilometers away from the arjun time coast in the past year eighteen countries thirty ships and over four thousand experts have participated in the search and yet until now there is no official explanati

army vessels and the navy vessels in the region. the threat remains high and i'm not going to speak on behalf of the centcom commander or the ucom commander in those parts of the world. we are supporting there. we bring the maritime law enforcement expertise, the broad authorities and we compliment the navy fleet of vessels and work under their authority and i think those are questions best answered by my geographic and supportive commanders here where the coast guard provides that capability. >> and then in russia? >> in russia, undoubtedly, we see russia meddling in a lot of different places and more aggressive than in recent years. within my department, the department of homeland security we have a midterm election coming up here and we have coast guard cyber professionals working with the department of homeland security's hunt and incident response teams and working with our dod colleagues under u.s. cyber com to make sure that we have secure elections. i'm not going to touch the russian sub. that's not in my lane and that's not

he was discussing the challenge and strain that doing the mission was having on the navy. what i am not trying to do here is to pit the army against the navy against the air force against the marine corps, but at some point in time, he said, we needed further discussion to decide, how much longer can they continue with this requirement putting strain on readiness and other missions? at the same time, we still need to come up with a solution for missile-defense. so i brought in a couple of my guys and wanted to say, i want to let you know how i am seeing this, through my own particular lands. i thought, at some point in time, we need an independent joint missile-defense. the is separate from missile-defense review we are still waiting for. we could lead, like an independent study. the personnel, the body of work they can put together, analysis an assessment. we are not there yet. before i left over the summer, i started this conversation. we areot want to say, too small, we cannot do these at somenymore, but point in time we need to bring this to the forefront. so i figured

so the navy plans to bundle the third or fourth carriers that can't do anything i mean they could probably carry stuff they won't be able to carry they just won't be able to do anything else in the sixty eight billion dollars for class into one qantas they're splitting it all into our contract and of course congress gave them permission for the two what once contracts in this year's defense spending and policy bills despite be unresolved technical issues despite the fact that we spend a ridiculous amount of money despite the estimate about how much money it would actually save. just given whatever they want toys for everyone why have magnets that use magnets for i don't know speedy rail system for workers. we needed to load whistles of the great. joy ship cost thirty. dollars. oh lovely are you really want our homeless people on the aircraft carrier . cruise ships to aircraft we want many homes on aircraft carriers and then more fun so you have found a use for them that's good but the only good. news for them thank you. companies have spent a reported seven hundred million dollars over the

the navy gets a little more. in recent years has gotten more money because deployments in iraq and afghanistan have fallen on the army. the marine corps is part of the department of the navy budget. there is part of it specifically for the marine corps activities. budget, a large part of that budget is classified pass through money so it does not state in the air force -- stay in the air force. it goes to other classified activities. for: your latest briefing csis is about the cost of the space force. what are the estimates? guest: i looked at a bottom-up estimate of if you create a space force what it will involve. the vast majority of the funding would be transferred out of already existing today in other services' budgets. most will come from the air force because the air force does most of the space activities today. you would move all of that into a new budget. that is neutral. it does not add overall to the budget. but then you have to add a new headquarters with staff on top for a new service and create a

for the navy? in terms of technology, what's the most effective technology for combating these u-boats? >> the big destroyers. >> if you pull destroyers to protect the fleet, you can't protect the convoys with the same destroyers. >> the fleet is -- i mean, this is the instrument of -- this is what's getting the job done in the north sea. this keeps the clamps on them. but if you remove the destroyers, now your fleet is vulnerable. and so it's a tough situation. yeah, they've invested more in their navy. they have the world's greatest navy. but you still don't have all of the assets that you need to do everything that you want. and so that's one of the reasons why the u.s. entry into this war, why it's going to be so important, one of the reasons i want to bring sims into this picture. orthodox thinking is, big ships, good. the traditional path. if you're a naval officer, the first couple of guys that we read about in world war i are fleet commanders and that's what really excites us. you know, sim

the vessels of the navy of the armed forces of ukraine. was criminal proceedings over the illegal state border crossing had been initiated the ukraine is aware of the procedures regulating the navigation navy ships they have previously followed these procedures for peaceful maneuvering. the situation is raised much concern among western countries the un security council held to emergency sessions on the clash killam open has the story. well instead of having one meeting we are having two emergency sessions of the u.n. security council the first meeting was called by russia the second one called on behalf of ukraine now during the first meeting we did hear from the representative of russia he accused the forces in the security council the western partners of essential acting like overgrown toddlers and focusing on which resolutions to vote for calling a different meeting and not really focusing on resulting the tension and resolving the situation furthermore he argued that essentially of the provocative actions from ukraine serve a politica

>> so the chinese coast guard was moved position under the people's liberation army navy here in the not-too-distant future. that was an interesting group. we do enjoy a level of cooperation with china. this past summer we actually had collaboratively work to come we had a chinese shipwright afford one of our large cutters, the alex haley, , and she was operating a few hundred miles off the coast of japan, what a high seas drift operation. the types of nuts they put out nine or so columbus of knitting and the haul up and ravage everything from ocean floor. gets trapped and everything gets killed. that's illegal under u.n. resolution high seas drift netting, the net sites is limited come to open, about 2.5 km is a legal maximum. this ship this ship was in direct violation of u.n. resolution and with the chinese ship writer aboard it turned out come we approached the vessel. we engaged in the vessel, turned out it appeared to be a chinese vessel. we worked through the people's republic of china. we boarded that vessel and would interdicted that vessel, turn that over to the chinese gov

navy group through the strait. thirdly, the ukrainian group strictly followed the orders of the traffic control service. as you can see, there were no provocations whatsoever from ukraine's part. nevertheless, the russian federation opted to purposefully block the pass afpblgt ukrainian ships. thus violating the freedom of navigation guaranteed by the ukraine-russia cooperation aa agreement with the sea of azof and kirch strait. they had an act of open aggression by ukraine by targeting, firing on, and capturing three military vessels. i would like to remind everyone that article 3 of the general assembly resolution 3314 qualifies as an act of aggression and i quote, an attack by the armed forces of a state on land, sea, or air forces, or air fleets of another state, end of quote. russia's recent belligerent act constitute another violation of international law, including the u.n. charter, the united states convention of the law -- united nations convention law of the sea. as well as existing bilateral agreements.

the ukrainian navy ships headed back to exit the kerch strait. i repeat, they headed back, away from the strait and towards the open sea. they were immediately followed by a group of about 10" and vessels.lack sea there are audio recordings of communications among the russian commanders regarding the orders on how to proceed. these recordings clearly demonstrated the russian military vessels were given orders to attack the ukrainian vessels after the letter started to withdraw from the area. approximately at 8:30 p.m., the russian side carried out the shoot to kill order. this reported on my telephone, but i will not waste your time. i will just note a couple of interchanges that were intercepted. there is a conversation between the russian boat. up, hands up, everyone on board, hands up. throw out your arms. we will shoot to kill." , "i cannotnally connect. there is a commission in the air. they are shouting, the ukrainians are thinking, and what is going on, i don't understand." and then the commander is asking "who gave the order to shoot to k

he said what are you going to do in the navy? he said you should be a navy seal. unknown at the time. he convinced me to go in. he was a vietnam veteran many decorations telling me to go be a navy seal. i thought that was great have to take. >> while. intimate setting. these are personal stories. i did not know that you were a military brat. >> my father served 26 years in the air force. >> thank your entire family for its service and legacy and leadership. he wille are hoping share a nugget that he shared in the green room. tell us about your story. >> thank you. andnt to say how humbled honored i am to share the stage with both of you and mary beth as well. continue the military family tradition, i come from a military family as well. second-generation korean american. my father, when he was 10 and mcgrady from south korea to the gate of west point in highland falls. i ended up going to west point. ingrandmother graduated 1983. served in the army as a colonel. i felt -- followed in his footsteps. i went to west point, as well. i played soccer there. after gradua

after 7:00 p.m., due to the impossibility to pass the strait, the ukrainian navy ships headed back to exit the kerch strait. i repeat, they headed back, away from the strait and towards the open sea. they were immediately followed by a group of about 10 coast guard and russian black sea fleet vessels. there are audio recordings of communications among the russian vessel commanders regarding the orders on how to proceed. these recordings clearly demonstrate that the russian military vessels were given orders to attack the ukrainian vessels after the latter started to withdraw from the area. approximately at 8:30 p.m., the russian side carried out the shoot to kill order. i have all this recorded in my telephone, but i will not waste your time, of course. i will just go over a couple of changes which were intercepted. there is a conversation between the base in kerch and the russian boat. "hands up, hands up. everyone on board, hands up. surround your arms. we'll shoot to kill." and then finally, "well, who was getting the shooting?" "i cannot connect with izanbrut, there is a commotion

secondly, the navy does not have secondly, the navy does not have a carrier in the persian gulf and hasn't had one since early this calendar year. historically, that is the kind of thing that if you had said to naval s&l and strategists, they would have been horrified. the middle east was a mess before we took the carrier out and it is still a mess after, but there has been new aggression against saudi arabia or anything else. i suggest we could be more flexible in how we do nailed appointments and that may be a way to get by with a slightly smaller fleet than what the navy now once. just on my soap box for the final round. we have two or three more questions. i haven't seen a hand from a woman. mike. or will give me a hard time if -- there we go. third row. >> we have talked a bit about the navy, how about for the army? they are undergoing massive reorganization and modernization. what kind of appetite do you think you'll see from house or senate leaders as they examine these cuts, and will army leadership be held to account like, how are these new programs going to deter or be used opera

the navy needs to step up to that bill. if it doesn't, the secretary of defense needs to ensure that the resources are provided. on the question of strategy, michael, i think it's an innocent question that congress should start at that level of strategy. whether they are all well versed in that at this moment is beside the point. you can ask outside witnesses. they can have permissions. that's where they should start. when they do, one of the key questions will be noting this commission's view that there was not ab operational concept for success. and let me be clear about something. anyone who thinks the operational concept for success with respect to russia is putting troops in moscow or for china it's putting troops in beijing, is a lunatic. what is the operational concept? in my view it should be not that we want to devastate either country in the war, it's that we want to avoid a war with both countries. so we need to deter them. we need to think about strategic stability in addition to the military capabilities we pro

the loss of the thirty three year old german built sub led to the dismissal of the navy's commander but not argentina's defense minister as some demanded. for the cruise families. only come with accountability. al-jazeera. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera

in just four months the french frigate was revamped to suit the needs of the egyptian navy instructors from the d.c.i. group a public private company provided training to egyptian crews in handling a high tech warship. call. it a for sale longest field for say the when the french government or french industry sells equipment abroad you know we also offer training for the equipment orchestra was different that they didn't morally believe russian navy of course supports our industry. they do take our partners by the hand and help them make the most of the equipment and supplies but they will. call off on. the french navy now conducts multi-day maneuvers with egypt every year the maneuvers look much like this training simulation in which the warship is attacked by a foreign fleet. in this way france isn't only exporting weapons but forging permanent relationships with foreign governments in these export decisions questions of human rights in the purchasing country seem to play only a small role saudi arabia is one of france's most important export partnerships. the war raged by saudi arab

given that the 355 ship navy was the result of a study in 2014, are we still comfortable with that number of ships, that it is adequate to address the growing threat from china? in russia? for that matter, the great power competition that we are now facing. joke i will take that one. the 2016 fsa was a composite of the old plans, the threat, the threat vectors, and one of the phases of warfare we have to deal with across those threats dangerous. no matter what study you look at, they all said we need to be bigger. we have endeavored on a path to

this was before the wire transfers and atm, and the french navy needed money. they need gold coins to pay for this war effort. they tried to get the money he needed from the planters, but they refused to come up with it. one of the unheralded heroes of this year is a spanish envoy named francisco. he suggested saying i just can't go with this, i'm going to have to give up on this attempt so he says no if you go to cuba the spanish gold and silver mines kept the aisle stacked with gold you can probably get a loan you need. sure enough before they sailed north they sailed to havana where they secured 500,000 spanish pesos from the citizens of cuba. so, a loan from the people of cuba with absolutely essential to our winning of independence. once again this shows you the international nature of this conflict. >> around the turn of the 20th century there was a book by the admirable that the power -- i think my timeline is right. i just wonder if he was influenced by the ideas put on by the sea power. >> washington's understanding of sea power has been appreciated by

the vessels of the navy of the armed forces of ukraine. or jungle of the criminal proceedings of the legal state border crossing have been initiated ukraine is aware of the procedures regulating the navigation navy ships they have previously followed these procedures for peaceful maneuvering. the situation has raised much consent among western countries the un security council has held to imagine succession save for the class kill them open house. so there were two emergency meetings of the un security council not one the meetings were called regarding the situation in the current strait now at this point the first meeting was called by russia and western countries did not approve of the agenda items so it was not adopted the agenda was not adopted there was then a second meeting called on behalf of ukraine now the representative of russia spoke at the first session when he spoke he accused western partners of behaving like overgrown toddlers essentially by quibbling over resolutions and not simply working to resolve the crisis furthermore

students filed a class action lawsuit against the navy on behalf of maker and other navy and marine veterans claiming the less than honorable discharges and refusal to upgrade them showed quote a systematic institutional bias or secret policy that discriminates against applicants who suffer from p.t.s.d. and this week a federal judge in connecticut ruled that their class action lawsuit could go on despite objections by the navy the national veterans counsel for legal redress as executive director gary monk told stars and stripes magazine that he filed we filed this lawsuit to make sure that the iraq and afghanistan veterans with service connected p.t.s.d. do not suffer the same injustices as the vietnam generation this is a store i am so happy that you brought you know you because you've followed the story and brought it to our attention here what a great story it's just spirally a better pages turn for a broad term so. and it's interesting that you know it was a thing about saying of vietnam because we've seen it in you know we do rolling thunder already these veterans events and w

who monitors navy ship building told bloomberg that this is quote just another example of the navy pushing technology risk into design and construction without fully demonstrating. well it really is pretty incredible when you see you know how this goes down we're you know we're sitting here forking over thirteen billion dollars to pay for something that doesn't actually work that just boggles my mind i mean we've seen over and over again it's not new but still no one is there to like say hey maybe we should not you know maybe we should stop. the you know putting promising more than we can deliver but i mean this is we're talking about you know defense contractors they don't have to deliver on any of thing they promise they don't have to do anything they just take the checks and show up with a hunk of metal it doesn't i mean how many things that we have that have broken blown up how many planes have dropped out of the sky how many soldiers have actually been injured by broken equipment or faulty equipment and how many u.s. soldiers in the field have been injured or killed because they didn'