one, that is, as you a number of you at the table have participated since 2010. so, have you looked at your broadened responsibilities and engaged in the world or engaged regionally and gaps have been identified, could you offer an aha moment for yourself personally in the process, or the gaps that still remains that is still troublesome to you that needs to be addressed? to me, my aha moment was last year. it was my first experience with the sls. it was the second one that we had conducted. so, there was some skill you know, the honeymoon, so to speak, wasn t quite over yet. and, so, we were still getting to know each other. and the biggest lesson learned for myself in talking with my civilian counterparts from both federal, state, and local agencies was the understanding and appreciation on their part that those of us in the military uniform were not showing up to be large and in charge, but that we were showing up to be supporting of their supported mission. so, that
schultz said i ll take a note from his confidence of display. to see how you set up in an hour a field hospital to take care of patients, not run of 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 w
military can bring to the party 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 northe
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 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
we all have benefited and continue to benefit. [speaker not understood]. so, we have to keep working at it. and i think the things that have been talked about here are very much in the line of keeping [speaker not understood]. niche a was mentioned this morning. that was a fantastic piece of work by the navy. it turned around the attitudes of niche a toward the united states. it was a the kind of building block we look for in an economic and security commons. just as when we in san francisco see not only what the military can bring to the party 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