you ll move ultimately in a different direction. more prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u.s. sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u.s. pacific command. which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. my boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. we re going to send you to nato. i was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. so from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who became the supreme allied expired but the navy was an accident as well, one it, as a career? guest: somewhat. so, let s go way back. i grew up in a marine corps family. my father, george stavridis, proud colonel of marines, fought in korea and vietnam. i grew up in that envir
particular course, but the sea will come, the wind will come, you ll lose, ultimately you ll move, ultimately, in a differentic direction. more prosaically, it comes from a period in my career when i was a four-star admiral. i was finishing up down in u.s. southern command, peter, and i was in charge of all military activity south of the united states. andi i was very hopeful of going to the pacific next as the end of u.s. pacific command which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. we re going to send you to nato. i was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. so from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who became the supreme allied expired but the navy was an accident as well, one it, as a career? guest: somewhat. so, let s go way back. i grew up in a marine corps family. my father, george stavr
admiral james stavridis. why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. guest: what a great question. first of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. you can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the won t will come, you ll move ultimately in a different direction. more prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u.s. sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u.s. pacific command. which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. my boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. we re going to send you to nato. i was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. so from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who be
ten admirals and the voyage of character, which was published late last year. admiral james stavridis. why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. guest: what a great question. first of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. you can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the won t will come, you ll move ultimately in a different direction. more prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u.s. sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u.s. pacific command. which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. my boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. we re going to send you to nato. i was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary g
area, of course, can smell that fire. we re going to go now to our colleague laura anthony, she s been covering the silverado resort community where some homes are saved and many others are not. reporter: right, reggie. i would hate to guess at this point how many homes have been lost in here, but it s safe to say i would say dozens. look at this one behind me here, we re on stony mountain circle, just one of many unfortunately that are in his condition, still smoldering. every so often, jacob can show us in the distance, see a plume of black smoke. and, unfortunately, we re realizing that that s probably another home that s going up as we speak. there are firefighters in here, but it seems they re pretty much powerless to save the homes that are already burning. and they re really just focusing on trying to save the houses next to them here on stony mountain circle. we can show you this house right next to that one that was burned to the ground is still standing. we can