Southern california and the east coast that float into theater understand Disaster Assistance and humantarian response very well. That hasnt quite migrated itself into the institutional arena in terms of forces stationed here in the United States as it would relate to defense support to civil authorities. I think thats primarily this is not a primary mission for us. Its something that we do Pay Attention to, of course, as we deploy overseas. Not necessarily forces we have here in the states. We do understand Immediate Response, rolling out the gate to help our neighbors in an immediate nature, but i think not so much in terms of mobilization and deploying inside our country. So, this is an area where opportunities like San Francisco fleet week will allow us for, and i believe at some point really incorporate this in some internal doctrine that will benefit us in the event that this is a requirement inside the u. S. Thank you. This morning secretary schultz asked one of the panels that
We had seven nations that out of the 22 that actually participated in the hadr, and there were probably also 19 of the 22 that at least observed. But there were 7 of us that actually participated. And we were able to share with each other those things that worked, those things that dont work. Its interesting because one of the things that we work very hard on was one of the things that the first panel this morning talked about, and that was communication. And language, a common lexicon. So, it was not only a common lexicon, but then a common language that everybody understood when you Bring International partners together. We hope we dont have the language barrier for a domestic natural disaster, but nonetheless, there is a language each one of us carries on. We talked about the acronyms each one of us uses. So, we had a realworld a reallive exercise that validated some of the things we talk about this morning. But it was extremely beneficial to not only the u. S. Navy and marine corps
For us. Its something that we do Pay Attention to, of course, as we deploy overseas. Not necessarily forces we have here in the states. We do understand Immediate Response, rolling out the gate to help our neighbors in an immediate nature, but i think not so much in terms of mobilization and deploying inside our country. So, this is an area where opportunities like San Francisco fleet week will allow us for, and i believe at some point really incorporate this in some internal doctrine that will benefit us in the event that this is a requirement inside the u. S. Thank you. This morning secretary schultz asked one of the panels that was involved in communications and command and control about in this age of information, realtime information, how youre hit with a sea of information and how do you deal with that. Something as Senior Leaders all of you have dealt with. And i believe admiral zukunft used the term dealing with reality tv. So, until you get that unity of effort and get into an
Then cause the white house to react to what theyre seeing on cnn. So, how do you get in front of that news cycle . And the only way you can do that as tip oneill said, all things in politics are local and i think we heard from vice admiral nathan that i think all responses are local as well. And, so, we really need to start most importantly at the local level, at those planning levels, because the first shot of any campaign, the plan will change, but the partnerships need to remain constant. And, general baldwin, we heard from colonel span owe about now your three hats of authority, your state hat, your federal hat, and now your dual status hat. But if you could talk about the partnerships and relationships and how that plays into your ability to respond under wearing each one of those hats . Sure. First ill begin with just a little bit more background on the National Guard. The National Guard is unique amongst the components of the army and air force in that in addition to our war fig
Struggling with and we are working with on a daily basis. Thank you, mr. Brig. Every exercise ive been involved with, managing information and communication is easily no. 1 or 2 on the list. In the heat of an event, information is flowing in, theres usually no shortage of information rtion its translating that to something credible that is the challenge. Usually 50 percent of that information is wrong and untimely. Before a unified command is established and you have various city departments or regional groups that are working together before the unified command has been established, coordinating field work in 4 counties is usually awkward. Until that central message gets pushed down and all the groups are rowing together, the field, when you are dealing with the geegraphy we are dealing with in the bay area, that field coordination is always difficult in the first few hours. Thank you. Mr. Angelus. Verizon wireless, every time we get involved with emergency situations we did a post me