Strong partnership between labor and management that has driven performance significantly where they are producing the work they are doing on our submarine attack fleet on schedule, under budget. A takeaway from the hearing some of the best practices being put in place that we need a better mechanism to share those among the shipyards to ensure that we can learn from each other to make sure that that Strong Partnership is there for excellent performance between labor and management and i know that the naval Systems Command in Partnership Forum is an important start in that effort but there can be more done based on the hearing we had yesterday. I wanted to ask about your commitment to make sure we institutionalize best practices among our work forces and relationships between labor and management among all the four shipyards. Admiral richardson they are a Magnificent Team in portsmouth and our public yards are strategic tools. Even in my current job as director of naval reactors, very
Shipbuilding plan. Are you concerned with that and what more do we need to do, what can congress do to help you overcome that ship shortfall . Senator this is an area where navy and marine corps have been discussing and again have realized together although the requirement, the military requirement is 38, the current fiscal environment is going to drive us to 34. I appreciate the assistance of congress to getting us to 34 to address those that gap between the requirement and what we can resource, were looking at augmenting our lift there with other platforms besides gray hulls. Gray hulls are absolutely the requirement thats needed for the high end threat but there may be applications and opportunities to lift marines using other platforms. Thank you and again i want to tell you, i look forward to you, your confirmation. I wholeheartedly support it. I would ask some questions about concerns in the arctic, but i have a feeling that my colleague here is going to do a better job of that t
To 346 ships. And our Combatant Commanders say they require 450 ships. With continual high operational tempo, we will continue the downward spiral of military capacity and readiness until congress acts. I look forward to discussing many of these today. First, each forward class Aircraft Carrier has experienced more than 2 billion in cost growth. This Program Continues to be plagued by Technology Immaturity and a lack of reliability test data for critical systems. This is unacceptable. I repeat. Unacceptable. And i fully expect the navys ongoing study of alternative Aircraft Carrier designs to provide real options. In all three of the lcs Mission Packages most overcome Major Technology integration challenges to deliver the promised warfighting capability. Building the first ohio class replacement submarine building the first flight three destroyer with the new Missile Defense radar, radar, radar. In Naval Aviation it will take strong leadership to oversee the smooth and timely integrati
Forward. Henry lee is in the newsroom and they say she is the victim of sexual abuse and that is how she is moving forward. The sex Trafficking Victim known as celeste squad is going by her true name and ready to hold police accountable. Reporter 19yearold jasmine stood fervently as her attorney held a passionate News Conference and said her client is shedding the name celeste and going home. We are happy to say that she is dead. We go home, we love florida but we are going home. The selfdescribed call girl had been in rehab for 3 days when she was arrested for biting a security guard. On wednesday she pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery and wrote a letter of apology. She signed court papers with her name, a smiley face and hearts. With the criminal case over she can return home to the bay area and they are waiting for her to come back before formally filing charges against seven Police Officers. She has been victimized by officers from seven agencies. We intend to hold everyone
The latest. We learned this morning Milwaukee Police arrested five male suspects in connection to the crime. Police say a 12year old girl was attacked near 23rd and national around four yesterday afternoon. There were other minors with her when Police Arrived on scene. Police say they are still looking for an additional suspect in connection with this assault, as well. Milwaukee Police Sensitive cr well continue to follow this story and bring you any updates. Onair and online. Throughout the day. A convicted sex offender is set to be released in Waukesha County today. 76year old Fortunato Carrion will be homeless after his release. Carrions convictions were in 1986 and 1992 for having sex with a child. The crimes were committed against two different victims offender registry, and he will be on g ps monitoring. If he violates the terms of his release, he will be taken back into custody. Connection to the stabbing death of milwaukee chef shawn ostrom. It happened near pulaski and arlingt