For their final honors. Today the government said it is investigating the shooting attack at two military sites in chattanooga, tennessee as an act of terror, and we have learned a great deal more about the gunman and those he took from us. Dean reynolds begins our coverage. As strangers neighbors and friends pause to reflect on their loss flowers and flags expanded a makeshift memorial. Ashley miller brought her fiveyearold son blake in his marine dress uniform to salute the fallen. His father is a lieutenant in the marine corps. I just wanted to come down and have him pay his respects and my respect, as well. Reporter ava hastings was overcome. This really makes me sad. This just really makes me sad for the families. Reporter throughout the day the names of the marines slowly emerged, some who had fought in wars abroad ambushed here in chattanooga. 40yearold Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan of hampden, massachusetts, a purple heart recipient and veteran of two tours in iraq. 21yearol
Base in delaware to be prepared for their final honors. Today the government said it is investigating the shooting attack at two military sites in chattanooga, tennessee as an act of terror, and we have learned a great deal more about the gunman and those he took from us. Dean reynolds begins our coverage. As strangers neighbors and friends pause to reflect on their loss flowers and flags expanded a makeshift memorial. Ashley miller brought her fiveyearold son blake in his marine dress uniform to salute the fallen. His father is a lieutenant in the marine corps. I just wanted to come down and have him pay his respects and my respect, as well. Reporter ava hastings was overcome. This really makes me sad. This just really makes me sad for the families. Reporter throughout the day the names of the marines slowly emerged, some who had fought in wars abroad ambushed here in chattanooga. 40yearold Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan of hampden, massachusetts, a purple heart recipient and vetera
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Admir admiral, Combatant Commander as well, sir. Thank you very much, congressman. We proceed to Congress James langevin of rhode island. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for your testimony today. The incident involving the uss fitzgerald and the mccain were tragic events. And i wish we had never gotten to this point. And my thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who are lost and those who are injured. And were all anxious to get to the bottom of what happened. But this appears to be a symptom of a larger problem. I know we touched this in many different capacities here today, but the u. S. Navy has, my understanding of all this, has moved training out of the schoolhouses and instead embraced an onthejob training model, which is what sailors do, operate with little sleep and without a singular focus on learning. So in an attempt to meet the high up tempo demanded by the navy which only increases, we have left structural choices that have left us with short side
Minutes. Well, good morning. This Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on recent u. S. Navy collisions at sea, including u. S. S. Lake sham plain, uss fitzgerald, and uss john s. Mccain as well as the grounding of uss an teet tomb. We welcome or witness, the on able Richard Spencer secretary of the navy, admiral john richardson, chief of naval operations, and mr. John pendleton, director of defense for structure and readiness issues at the Government Accountability office. Id like to take a moment to recognize family members who lost loved ones in the fitzgerald and mccain collisions who are here with us today as our honored guests. From the fitzgerald, eric rooem, the wife of chief petty officer gary reem. Steven ritzco and show know douglas parents and brother of petty officer third class shingo douglas. Senior chief petty officer victor and carmen shah boy yn sa buyian, and theyre son luke. Parents and growth of petty officer first class carlosvictor sa buy on. Wayne an