Discussing his book top gun an american story, Aerial Combat and how his book inspired the 1986 movie to the gun. Good evening. Im Lauren Rosenberg with smithsonian associates. Welcome to tonights program. To our members, im so glad youre here. Its your support that makes events like this possible. And if youre joining us for the first time, an equally warm welcome and open invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer at smithsonian associates. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. This past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy Fighter Weapons program. We are thrilled this evening to welcome the programs founder, dan pederson. He entered the u. S. Navy in 1953 and went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navys legendary Top Gun Program at naval station miramar in march 1969. He served in combat during the vietnam war with the
From 1917 to 1974. It features an interview with wwi and wwii veteran captain joy hancock. Who is pictured here. The second half of the film explores how contributions by navy women increased beginning in the mid1960s. As restrictions were removed, opportunities opened up in a variety of fields. music music music music music it was a dramatic first, the first time in navy history women wear assigned to the crew of a ship. In 1972, at Hunters Point naval shipyard, the uss sanctuary was recommissioned. The navys first woman admiral gave the commissioning address. The sanctuary is being recommissioned as a new, unusual type of ship with a mission to assist the efforts to improve morale and flexibility by home boarding combat and ships overseas. It will provide services to deploy dependence wherever the fleet is assigned. In addition to this forward step, the sanctuary has also been accepted as the ship to be dissipated in the pilot program, which will evaluate the utilization of women for
It was a dramatic first. The first time in American Naval history that women were assigned to the crew of a ship. On a soggy november 18, 1972, at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in california the uss sanctuary was recommissioned. The first woman admiral elaine dirk gave the commissioning address. The sanctuary is being recommissioned as a new and unusual type of ship with a new mission to assist the navy effort to improve moral and flexibility by home porting combatant ships overseas to provide medical and Resale Services to deploy dependents wherever the fleet may be assigned. In addition to this forward step the sanctuary has been selected as the ship to participate in the Pilot Program which will evaluate the utilization of women for sharp board duty. It will be home for about 80 women, half in the crew and half at the hospital. With these innovations you could see that the sanctuary is truly unique in many respects. The sanctuary is an experiment to see how well women and men can tog
It was a dramatic first, the first time in navy history women wear assigned it the crew of a ship. In 1972, at Hunters Point naval shipyard, in california, the uss sanctuary was recommissioned. The navys first woman admiral gave the commissioning address. The sanctuary is being recommissioned as a new, unusual type of ship with a new mission to assist the efforts to improve morale and flexibility by home boarding compact and ships overseas. It will provide services to deploy dependence wherever the fleet is assigned. In addition to this forward step, the sanctuary has also been accepted as the ship to be dissipated in the pilot program, which will evaluate the utilization of women for ship or duty. It will be home for about 80 women, half in the crew and half at the hospital. With these innovations, you can see the sanctuary is truly unique in many respects. The sanctuary is an experiment to see how well women and men can Work Together at sea. It is also a symbol of the navys changing
Defeating the virus. Vice president mike pence meeting with the president s Coronavirus Task force telling them that this is an all hands on deck situation. The Vice President telling sean hannity tonight, President Trump is rising above partisanship to attack the coronavirus. The president directed me to reach out. I spoke to Speaker Pelosi and senator schumer. How did those conversations go . They were good conversations. The president said to me, i want you to reach out to the republican and democrat leadership. We want to push politics aside. We want to make sure we get resources we need to respond to this to make sure the cdc and all of our agencies have the support they need. Gregg lets turn to Kristen Fisher at the white house. Reporter Vice President mike pence meeting with members of the Coronavirus Task force and telling attendees at cpac that the threat is low but the white house is ready. Well continue to bring the full resources of the federal government to bear to protect