He had to reach across the aisle. Q and a, sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Coming up next, a forum on Global Security and a recently completed naval review of the seventh fleet collisions at sea that took place last year. The vice chief of Naval Operations also speaks at this u. S. Naval institute forum. I would like to ask everybody to come back in and take your seats. Okay. Weve had two excellent keynote briefs this morning. Both our speakers spoke to the comprehensive review. The u. S. Navy issued the comprehensive review of the recent incidents at sea that have occurred within the last year, almost all obviously forward in the western pacific. One aegis cruise hear the grounded. Another that was involved in a collision with a chinese ship. And two arly burke destroyers that collided with large merchant ships that resulted in a loss of life. 17 total sailors. That comprehensive review was conducted over the past well, it took about 60 days and was reported out approximately 3
Engagements are and what the price being paid for those engagements really is. Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, i call this joint hearing of the readiness and cpower and Projection Forces subcommittees of the House Arms Services committee to order. First, i would like to honor the 17 sailors who were lost in the uss fitzgerald sailors douglas, noe hernandez, and dakota rigsby, Carlos Victor subayung and the two uss john mccain sailors, kevin bushel, dustin doyen, timothy drake, charles finley, john hogeland, Abraham Lopez and kenneth smith, logan palmer and each one of them is so special to every person here. Over the course of the past six months our subcommittees have met with Navy Leadership to understand the causal factors that have led to gruesome and tragic incidents involving ships resulting in the death of 17 sailors. Our navy remains most powerful in the world. However, the navy is not alone in responsibility. As sales james mattis stated in august. Quote, it creates unpr
Spee5 the hearing of the Readiness Forces subcommittee of house and Armed Services committee come to order to honor the 17 sailors lost in the uss fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, hernandez, martin, rigby, and the ten uss mccain sailors, bushnell, drake, echoes, thinly, hoagland, ingram, lopez, smith, palmer and each one is so special and i know every person here. Over the course of the past six months the subcommittee has met to understand the factors that led to the gruesome and tragic incidents with the surface ship resulting in the death of 17 sailors. We remain confident in the is the most powerful in the world. But it is not alone in the responsibility as the secretary mentioned in august it is in unpredictability that makes us rigid we cannot deal with new and revealing threats. We know enemies are not standing still. Passing another temporary measure compounds the negative impacts for the military some of those are highlighted by the certification gaps necessitated by increased operatio
Good afternoon. I call this joint hearing of the readiness and subcommittees of the House Armed Services together. I would like to honor the 17 sailors lossed in the uss fitzgerald. And also the ten uss john s. Mccain sailors. Each one of them is so special to every person here. Over the course of the past six months, our subcommittees have met with Navy Leadership to understand the causeative factos that have resulted in the death of 17 sailors. Our men remain confident that our navy remains the most powerful in the world. However, the navy is not alone in responsibility. As secretary james mattis stated in august, it creates unpredictability and makes us rigid. We can not deal with new and revealing threats. We know our enemies are not standing still, end of quote. Passing another temporary measure compounds the negative impacts for our military. Some of those impacts are highlighted by the demanding training and certification gaps necessitated by increased operational demand. Speake
Extended period to get. I call this joint hearing of the power Projection Forces of the House Armed Services committee to order. We are here in honor and memory of the 7 uss fitzgerald sailors, shiancoe douglas, xavia martin, hsubien and the ten uss john s. Mccain sailors. Jacob drake, Timothy Echols, john, cory ingram, abraham lopez, Kenneth Smith and logan palmer. And we are very grateful that today we have miss rachel. Miss echols, we send our deepest sympathies and profound sorrow for your loss and appreciation for your sons service to our nation. I want to welcome members to todays hearing. I want to especially recognize that we have with us the committee chairman, thornberry, part of ongoing efforts to eliminate our military Readiness Challenges and thank him for leadership and being here today to hear about the challenges illuminated by the tragic collisions in the pacific. I also want to have a warm welcome to elizabeth from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinoi