and help us with, not only how we can interact with the military, but also we say to ourselves, it s also up to us to do everything we can for ourselves. we re not kind of an outfit, it s easier for them to collaborate with us. so, all of these things are important to us as we have these exercises. so, i say this is a very worthwhile enterprise that will keep going. i tip my hat to my friend mike who really has been leading us in these efforts. and now i say as also the slogan, i guess you call it this morning, maybe it s what the navy says. i think it s a very good phrase. a global force for good. that s what we ve been practicing, a global force for good. thank you. (applause) thank you, sir. thank you. thank you very much, sir. (applause) and for all of you, tomorrow we re going to have the former secretary defense william perry speak. and the final speaker tomorrow will be the commander of north com, it will be the first time the northern command. ladies and gentlem
ladies and gentlemen, welcome to day two of the senior leader seminar for san francisco fleet week 2012. we had a great day yesterday and we re going to have an even greater day today. we ve got a number of people that i would like to bring up to welcome you all. while this senior leader seminar is going on, there s a number of other activities that are going on at the same time. and a very important activity is some training that s taking place on treasure island. it s training by the san francisco fire department and it s become a huge hit with the marines and the sailors that are able to get this training. with that, i d like to have our police chief fire chief from san francisco, chief hayes white, come forth and talk to you about some of these events and the fire department s role. thank you. thank you, thank you very much. thank you, general. good morning, everyone. welcome to san francisco. this is day two of the senior leaders seminar. i had the opportunity to s
the mill patients, but critically wounded patients. we were so impressed. i think a couple other words the secretary used were impressive and reassuring. that s what it s about, forming partnerships. so, i m very proud to be not only to be honoring and celebrating our military, but to be partnering once again in cross training. happy to report that a little later today aboard the uss macon, we re learning the best. firefighting below the deck, members on the flight deck learning about aircraft rescue, firefighting. similarly, and i won t be able to stay the whole day today because soon i ll be headed over to treasure island, a former navy firefighting school, we ll have that facility about 14 years and we ll be welcoming 40 members from the u.s. marine corps, 20 members from the u.s. navy, 10 members the u.s. coast guard, where we will then partner with them and cross train them and use our techniques, reaching technical rescue and high and low rescue being demonstrated in di
macon, we re learning the best. firefighting below the deck, members on the flight deck learning about aircraft rescue, firefighting. similarly, and i won t be able to stay the whole day today because soon i ll be headed over to treasure island, a former navy firefighting school, we ll have that facility about 14 years and we ll be welcoming 40 members from the u.s. marine corps, 20 members from the u.s. navy, 10 members the u.s. coast guard, where we will then partner with them and cross train them and use our techniques, reaching technical rescue and high and low rescue being demonstrated in display. we will also be having some of our u.s. navy personnel on ride-alongs with members on our ambulances, fire engines and trucks to continue with our cross training. so, it gives me great pride to be here to continue to serve as the fire chief, to welcome the military, and to say thank you to all of you. here s to an enjoyable fun-filled busy weekend. all the best, and thank you f
there s any closing comments or points that you haven t had the opportunity to make. i think, you know, people are anxious to hear your thoughts on this particular program and on this mission because it is going to take all of us if the big one happens. so, if i can start with you, vice admiral beaman, if there is anything you d like to impart, sir. actually, i have 37 things i d like to talk about, but knowing we are the last thing between you and the refreshments in the back, i ll limit it to one. and michelle gedess brought it up earlier today. it s been characterized a couple different ways. vice admiral breckenridge asked if there are any gaps that we ve discovered. i would say in a denied environment, it s something we in the military are looking and training to on a daily basis. but in terms of communications, in a denied environment and it s not through any particular act that s denying us other than whatever destruction is a resultant of the disaster that hit. an