the navy. 585-3883. area code, you can comment on facebook or send us an e-mail or tweet as well. talking about the campus, it was founded about 15 years before the start of the civil war. that the largest haul on the naval academy campus? guest: bancroft hall is where all 4400 midshipmen live. if not the largest, one of largest dormitories in any college anywhere on the planet. you could cover the entire dorm without ever going outside. it was originally an army base, fort severn. when it was transferred to the navy it was only one-third of its current size. ,e have grown over the years starting in the 20's and 30's, going right up to the 1950's, we built up what is now about 368 acres housing the academy campus. original academy was 15 midshipmen and seven professors. as you indicated, the size has grown over the last century and a half. give us a sense of where you are physically right now and what is around you. host: -- guest: this is the robert crown sailing center. as you would guess, th

that was before the navy came in there and after the navy came in there. a lot of fishing was close to 1,000 fishing boat was grounded and it was part of our job to put them in the water again. so heavy lift cranes are absolutely mandatory to have a safe place to move them and to start working. and because as i mentioned to you before, the ships cannot be, get into the port directly, so we make, we pier side two ships floating and all transfer of the cargo was through (inaudible) as you can see we deliver that assistance to different coastal communities. we use the marines to do that so no problem. as you see in the photograph below, you can see that the only way to get it in there was with rubber boats, not any more with the lft's that you used to or we used to get into. so we act, we are participating very active for 23 days, 18 of that at sea with these numbers. and that was what we did. in terms of lessons learned, as admiral nathan said, no one is prepared for an event of such magnitude, so you have to take many things in account but with a guitar in

so we put in the navy, the navy put them in there two, three combat ships, type 23's and l ship and transport plus mtaa aircraft transport, aircraft and hell helicopters to try to help people in there. we used the ships to deliver food, clothes and all that stuff without any problem. also we helped in different matters that the navy can do that. for instance here was with divers and with submarine robot to find bodies. getting medical assistance, removing debris, try to rebuild some houses and establish basic services. moving people in and out with the navy ships. that was something this i think is a very good idea because of, as you mention here, the shock where everybody is in shock, one officer had the idea to talk with people of the university to provide a group of clowns to the island. so we put it in there and with the navy and the clowns were coming down, everybody on the island was so surprised. it breaks everything, you know, you don't expect that an lft came in there, open up and the first getting out was clowns. so i think it was a good idea.

corps is similar to the navy. we have the installation, the regional installation command and also partners with the operational foresite. we allow the operational foresight, we maintain those but then we coordinate, cooperate, with the operational foresight once the call comes in for support. so we're able to do that obviously through memorandum of understandings and we have agreements and our wing operating orders allow for the fact the operational control, at least under operational response, maintains with the operators. the third aircraft wing maintains operational control but we send our operatives out to be controlled by the civic sight. we're comfortable with that and that's matured a lot in the last couple years. >> talked a lot about command and control and agreements and moving resources. one other question that came up yesterday we were discussing yesterday is how do communications occur specifically with regard to when we start talking about air ops and moving air resources around, how do we ensure th

ken is live in the city with how much we stand to lose here. >> reporter: the navy notified the city that the blue angels will not fly over san francisco this week. fleet week itself is in danger of cancellation. to many people the blue angels are the greatest show. the navy announced it's grounding them because of mandatory budget cuts because of sequestration. >> it was a good show of the american military. >> reporter: the navy is canceling their shows nationwide. the angels are going to be here october 12 and 13. ktvu spoke the the spokes woman. >> it can be no cost to the government. that unfortunately mean it is blue angels will no longer be allowed to fly. >> are the navy doesn't plan to >> doc: battle ships either. the mayor's office says they're meeting with fleet weaker nicers to see what can be salvaged. >> it's a great chance to attract a lot of visitors. the estimates are about $65 million of economic activity. >> reporter: businesses along the san francisco water front say they will feel the hit include boat captains. >> i like to get right on the water and we get it ri

i will start with the navy. as we draw down from afghanistan the navy will release combatants and and and chile -- and eventually carriers and reconnaissance and their associated processing capabilities. already signals reconnaissance aircraft have moved to centcom to paycom. the navy will release fire scuds from afghanistan and several aircraft are available for reappointment. in addition, navy pier 3 has conducted surveillance in the middle east for the past decade and will return. the navy is also adding a forward-deployed naval force to guam in this fiscal year 2013. the navy shifting overall posture to the asia-pacific region in such a manner as secretary panetta announced last year, resulting in 60 percent of the naval assets being assigned to the region by 2020, a substantial and historic shift. the navy is accomplishing this in three main ways. first, the navy will be permanently basing four destroyers in spain to provide ballistic defense to european allies. previously this was performed by 10 destroyer

he heads the baur row of medicine for the navy. i lacked at his bay oh in the program, educated in georgia and he's had a great career in the navy commanding several hospitals, winning several awards and his most recent command was as the commander of walter reed, and i was so glad that he was here to hear the panel that we had with our medical peer to peer exercise. and he's going to talk to us now about navy medicine. with that, please help me welcome vice admiral matthew nathan. (applause). >> thank you, general, very much. well, it's a pleasure here and i'm honored to be able to speak in front of such a distinguished audience. secretary schultz, mrs. schultz, pleasure it see you and you lend tremendous gaffe tas to this program. general spees, distinguished flag officers, general officers and mostly everybody here who is in the readiness business, i am honored to be speaking to a group of people and that would include i think everybody in this hanger deck who is part of that cadre of individuals who when bad things happen and e

i'll start with the nay have -- navy. as we draw down from afghanistan the navy will be releasing naval surface combatant and carriers as well as navel intelligence surveillance reconnaissance, isr and the associated processing capability. already e p-3 signal reconnaissance aircraft have moved. the nayly will be releasing -- vehicles from afghanistan. and several electronic surveillance aircraft are available for redeployment. in addition navy p-3 a type of maritime patrol aircraft which have conducted surveillance mission in the middle east for past decade will return to pay come. and the navy is also adding a fourth forward-deployed navel force to guam in this fiscal year of 202015. the navy shifting overall it's posture to the asia-pacific region in such a manner as secretary panetta allowance -- announced last year resulting in 60% of the navel asset being ashined to the region by 2020 a substantial and historic shift. the navy's accomplishing this in three main ways. they will be permanently basing four destroyers i

, the marines, and the navy. air force planes could fly with navy planes, they would be able to talk to each other. that did not happen. in part because the services decided to -- the navy wanted theirs to fly off the carriers. andmarines want to go up down like this. the air force one of the plans to be stealthy, to fly longer you have these requirements that started to make each of the three versions more and more different. what was supposed to be an airplane that would have 70% similarity between the three versions now is about 70% different. that has been a big factor that has led to the increase in costs. >> chairman of the armed services committee is not going to run again, we see a lot of them on this network. here he is talking about the f- 22. let's listen to his attitude about that a few years ago. [video clip] >> this debate is not about whether or not we will have the capability of the f-22. about how many we should have and what cost. we are talking about whether or not we should accept the recommen

later, senator john mccain on the effective sequestration on the navy and the navy's role in the g.o. political hot spots. >> senator rob portman of ohio who was white house director under george w. bush spoke about president obama's release of the budget. and his support of gay marriage. due to technical difficulties this is a 30-minute portion of wednesday's politico breakfast. >> when the president releases his budget tomorrow, is it important for him to say these entitlement cuts that are baked in there are there because they are the right thing to do. he's been saying so far, look a what i've done for republicans. does his party know this is the right thing to do? >> absolutely. he has the mega phone. individual members of congress have a role to play. i had a town hall meeting yesterday where i talked about this issue and talked about the realities of not dealing with it. >> so you're going to look for him to say what? >> look to him to explain to the american people we have to address this problem to preserve these programs. second, he has to provide, only he can do it, the enc

driving the navy. to reexamine whether it wants to >> that is what isbuy as many fs committed to or whether it can get away with the advanced f-18 for the moment. and the wait for an additional advancements in unmans technology and maybe gets out ntirely -- comes with a military contract, how much would they have to pay lockheed martin? >> they have to pay some sort of penalty. of what be a fraction the' pgo spend on these planes. >> you read the editor-in-chief of the stanford daily. i want to take a break to get some background. appearancehow you an that you had on this network back in 1998. >> what we are seeing in the internet is so young and it is emerging so quickly. it is shaking a lot and we have a hard time. in the real world, we know there is a different standard for the national choir than "the new york times. it is not clear on the internet. a lot of people who were subscribing to a website and not known much about it, there is no longstanding reputation. >> what are you doing? then? -- wha

, the marines, and the navy. air force planes could fly with navy planes, they would be able to talk to each other. that did not happen. in part because the services decided to -- the navy wanted theirs to fly off the carriers. the marines want to go up and down like this. the air force one of the plans to be stealthy, to fly longer ranges. you have these requirements that started to make each of the three versions more and more different. what was supposed to be an airplane that would have 70% similarity between the three versions now is about 70% different. that has been a big factor that has led to the increase in costs. >> chairman of the armed services committee is not going to run again, we see a lot of them on this network. here he is talking about the f- 22. let's listen to his attitude about that a few years ago. >> this debate is not about whether or not we will have the capability of the f-22. about how many we should have and what cost. we are talking about whether or not we should accept the recommen

speaking for the navy, i need the fifth generation strike fighter. and that provide. we are all in, but it has to perform. it has problems. it is making progress. i believe it will come in at an acceptable amount of time on the track it is currently on. when you say should loo we lookr alternatives, i'm always looking for alternatives payload that i can put on any strike fighter to enhance making the entire air wing an entire package better. but i do not at this point believe that it is time to look for an exit ramp, if you will, in the navy for the f-35. >> can i follow on that for a second? there's an alternative for the united states marine corps. want to make the point christopher to everybody in the audience. that airplane is performing well. i think it's important everybody to remember we are in what they call developmental testing. so you do as you bring a new, whether a ship or an airplane, you bring that vehicle or that capability in and you develop, you go through bp. you can do all the modeling and simulation and everything that you've done prior to that, b

ken is live in the city with how much we stand to lose here. >> reporter: the navy notified the city that the blue angels will not fly over san francisco this week. fleet week itself is in danger of cancellation. to many people the blue angels are the greatest show. the navy announced it's grounding them because of mandatory budget cuts because of sequestration. >> it was a good show of the american military. >> reporter: the navy is canceling their shows nationwide. the angels are going to be here october 12 and 13. ktvu spoke the the spokes woman. >> it can be no cost to the government. that unfortunately mean it is blue angels will no longer be allowed to fly. >> are the navy doesn't plan to >> doc: battle ships either. the mayor's office says they're meeting with fleet weaker nicers to see what can be salvaged. >> it's a great chance to attract a lot of visitors. the estimates are about $65 million of economic activity. >> reporter: businesses along the san francisco water front say they will feel the hit include boat captains. >> i like to get right on the water and we get it ri

[applause] [applause] >> in the navy, there is the old saying that the navy is made up of young studs, old thugs and lieutenant commanders. i have always considered myself never having left the young stud category. so it came as a jolt when referred to as venerable. well, it will take me a while to get over that, it would take a lot longer to get over the official title of the vice admiral who is officially the coast albatross of the guard, the longest server in the coast guard today. ongratulations, sir. that is a lot better than venerable, believe me. as our previous panelist did, he served at every level of leadership in the coast guard. he hails from westbrook, maine alumnist of the university of southern maine. he was designated a naval aviator in 1977 and he is also engineer. ical he has served in six different coast guard stations before moving on to higher levels of demand in the coast guard. it would be a long extra 10 minutes to read all of his accomplishments in the coast guard. but it is quite an impressive record. he has over 6,000 flight hours in fixed wing and rotary wi

in the navy and mentioned before the navy adage of any dac is a wasted day. there are many admirals whose still feel that way. they believe a military officer can learn more by working with him directly at magdalena again in a classroom and being taught by civilian academics whose css theory bound and had his expression i've heard more than one. so whether or not they see as the value, i'm not sure they do. one of the men he atmos stuffiness to get the course. make it shorter. we can't spare them for 10 months. can't you get it done in four months? this is where we get the whitespace argument. they have every afternoon off. if we have been a class from eight to five, we could do it in size. that's training. that's not education. yes, there's a question in the back. >> i am not sure how much research work possibly we could gain with contrasting and comparing foreign military education. to improve our military. >> actually there several people over on this comparative field of military education. we worked on it ourselves. one of the programs we have at the wer

for the navy on occasion the dragoon system still works. they find themselves on a ship on friday at the war college the following friday because they need to fill a seat. some of them quite frankly are annoyed at being there and don't like it. first day of class they say it is a waste of time but they will be leaving with their masters degree. >> when you say congress do they have to pass legislation or is there a single individual somewhere to can sit in a closed room and make the changes? >> i wish i could give you a definitive answer to that. is my understanding and this is what my colleagues and i are working on that there have been proposals at the coordinating council to in fact bifurcate a master's degree and there's strong resistance to considering that by those who have a vested interest in the status quo or just because that is the way they have always done it. i don't know if the decision can actually be made there but i do know that if congress told him they wanted something done these organizations would get on it. i don't kno

way we will maintain the best damn navy in the world. thank you very much. (applause)speaker .... >> now i'm going to introduce our next speaker, major general melvin spee splt e i've known melvin for a number of years, obviously we served together in the marine corps. i can tell you he's been with fleet week for 3 years now and the one thing about mel, he's got a lot of ideas and he accepts no as an interim answer because a lot of things that he wanted to do to make fleet week better originally the answer from authorities was no. and he made some amazing things happen just through his will. a commander can will things to happen. and i really want to thank you, mel, for that whole peer to peer medical exchange was your idea and it was just a huge hit and i thank you so much for that. he's offered to be the pifrplg hitter for admiral roughhead who was captured back in massachusetts and couldn't make it back out here and with his experience, one thing about melvin speese, he is the premiere taipber in the marine corps. please help me welco

at the time i was active duty in the navy and may bens were 15 months old. so; said goodbye to my family in florida and headed out to camp pendleton where a rag tag group of us put our things together and headed to iraq out. job there was to set up a mobile field hospital to care for the marines operating in the area, and there were a lot of them. we had an air wing, an infantry regimen and a huge combat support battalion. i was part of a four-person combat platoon. by myself, my psychiatrist partner, and two enlisted psychiatric technicians. together we were responsible for the mental health, treatment, and, of thousand u.s. marines. this is a long time ago. 2004. some of you will remember this year as the greer which both battles for fallujah were fought. it was a difficult time for all of us. i can say for certain, on behalf of the medical personnel, we could never have imagined or dreamed of the number of casualties we would see during that time. toward the end of this very challenging time, i decided to write a list of things that were good and bad abou

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 for your service. (applause) >> i wanted chief to tell you about that training. we first did it in 2010, search and rescue which we knew was a problem in haiti in the earth wake in the recovery. and like they say in san francisco, the fire department, we know how to do it, but when the big earthquake hits, we're all going to be victims and we want to make sure that anybody that potentially could come in to help dig us out knows how to do it

we have expanded the capability in the navy, as i said earlier, and that allows for that rapid surge response which was put to the test in august. >> on this most recent lightning complex fire, it was a little bit different for us as far as what happened there. like cal fire wants to, just like we all do, is aggressively attack things. but we have the applicable policies and orders that really regulate us a little bit because it's got to meet certain thresholds and sometimes like in this last one, it was a remote fire, very small, but it didn't meet some of the thresholds initially but we postured and as soon as it crossed the line they were ready to attack it aggressively. those are challenges we have to work with as well but we're ready to provide that immediate response when necessary. >> we talked a little bit so far about training exercises but maybe from the navy perspective, the marine perspective, the national guard, what training exercises are you doing right now to integrate with cal fire or other local governments to make sure that we're ready for this fire season? >> well

start with the navy. as we draw down from afghanistan, the navy will be releasing naval surface combatants and eventually carriers, as well as naval intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, i.s.r., and their associated processing capabilities. already e-p-3 signals have been moved from centcom to paycome. the navy will also be refusing fire scout unmanned aerial vehicles from afghanistan. several electronic surveillance aircraft are available. in addition, navy p-3's, the type of maritime patrol aircraft, which have conducted missions in the middle east for the past decade will return to paycom. the navy is also adding a forward deployed naval force s.s.m. to guam in this fiscal year 2015. the navy shifting overall its posture to the asia pacific region in such a manner as secretary panetta announced last year resulting in 60% of our naval assets being assigned to the asia pacific region by 2020. a substantial and historic shift. the naval's accomplishing this in three main ways. first, the navy wil

the navy says, grounding the blue angels saves 15- to 20- million dollars. so what does this news mean for the rest of the fleet week activities? major general mike myatt. chairman of the san francisco fleet week association. was in our kron 4 studios tonight. talking about the changes. ".for san francisco" continuing our team coverage. the blue angels are always a big draw during fleet week in san francisco. and many people are disappointed to hear. that they will not be coming to the bay area this year. kron 4's scott rates is live tonight in san francisco with reaction from business owners. scott? the ahead >> it is a shame because it brings a lot of this is for the entire area. had it is one of the busiest weeks that we have for the entire year. >> reporter: how is it going to impact your business? >> a lot! it is significant. >> reporter: the one thing that they all agree on is that they hope that this is temporary. and that the blue angels willn 2014. >> pam: a pleasant evening tonight across the bay area. and warmer weather is heading our way. here is

at the time i was active duty in the navy and the babies for 15 years old. as said goodbye to my family in florida and headed out to camp pendleton where we come here ragtag group, but are things together and headed out to iraq. our job was to set up a mobile field hospital to care for marines operating in the area, there were a lot of them. i was part of a foreperson combat platoon. together we were rich folks will fund it to health treatment and care for 10,000 u.s. marines. this was a long time mayo, 2004. some of you will review this year as the year in which both battles for felicia power fought. i can say for certain on behalf of medical personnel we could never have imagined a dreamed of the number of casualties you would see during that time. i decided that was going to write this list of things that were good and bad. i think that it was pro only the beginning of what became a lot of writing is therapy. that will bode -- be the most lopsided lest anyone had ever written. i said to it to my husband to forwarded it to 25 people. by the time are return

but that's the news from the navy today blamed on budget cuts. we have more from the possible domino effect from the landing. >> reporter: for some people the blue angels are the better show above earth. but the navy announced they are grounding them because of sequestration. >> it brings a lot of people to the city. it's a pretty good show of our american military might. >> reporter: the blue angels have been the star attraction of fleet week but the navy is canceling their shows nationwide. ktvu spoke by phone today to the spokeswoman for the blue angels. >> outreach events can only be supported with local assets at no cost to the government. so unfortunately that mean that is the blue angels will no longer be allowed to fly. >> reporter: and the city says the navy does not plan to dock aircraft carriers or other ships visitors often enjoy touring. it will be meeting with fleet week organizers to determine what kind of event will be salvaged or whether there will be a fleet week at all. >> it's been a great tradition here in the city. it's a gr

the city says the navy does not plan to dock air carrier. or whether there will be a fleet at all. >> i think it's about $65 million of economic activity. >> they like to get right on the water and we get the place just right on top of us and that's a big thrill but supervisor john says he's sadden by the navy's news. >> and i think it's bloeded. >> in san francisco rob, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now that the blue angels are grounded. the team is faced out in the east county. often alongside of the blue angels or thunder birds. the team calls the blue angels the backbone of the industry. dozens of people are dead and hundreds more injured after a strong earthqua iran. home to iran first nuclear power plant. iran officials say the plant was not damaged but the quake devastated to near by villages. at least 37 people were killed. iran announced 3 days of mourning for victims of the quake. >>> senators recard do from long beach introduced the bill, it was a first legislation that would pun niche organizatio prohibiting members who are gay. >>> t

but that's the news from the navy today blamed on budget cuts. we have more from the possible domino effect from the landing. >> reporter: for some people the blue angels are the better show above earth. but the navy announced they are grounding them because of sequestration. >> it brings a lot of people to the city. it's a pretty good show of our american military might. >> reporter: the blue angels have been the star attraction of fleet week but the navy is canceling their shows nationwide. ktvu spoke by phone today to the spokeswoman for the blue angels. >> outreach events can only be supported with local assets at no cost to the government. so unfortunately that mean that is the blue angels will no longer be allowed to fly. >> reporter: and the city says the navy does not plan to dock aircraft carriers or other ships visitors often enjoy touring. it will be meeting with fleet week organizers to determine what kind of event will be salvaged or whether there will be a fleet week at all. >> it's been a great tradition here in the city. it's a gr

. >> for the first time the u.s. navy plans to play a laser weapon aboard enables it. navy leaders announced yesterday delays will be deployed on the u.s. s ponce early next year. the defense bar has as a weapon has been tested against drones and fast moving small balls. the laser is added to the persian gulf war airline is known to have use drums and speedboats even though that nation was and specifically named as a target. the oscillator is estimated to be $31 million. amtrak says more people run their trades in march than ever before. the reds as october, december and january also set initially monthly records. amtrak also says writer sugar nearly 1% from october 2012 to march despite disruptions from weather including super storm sandy. united airlines is cutting its slowing 787 back in the flight schedule even though the play is no grout by government authorities. the plan as the plane is scheduled to state flying again with united on may 31st. the travel web site noted is that in 87 flights from houston to denver that day. there limelight more scheduled changes a

navy and marine corps, but to the international community. >> thank you. another hand? >> [inaudible] my experience with the haiti response. in this casey i was working at the deputy principal committee level and working at the white house. but it was really the first opportunity for this administration to work with a very complex response, and then recognizing for us the supported commander was usaid that normally isn't in the emergency response business. so, it was an educational process of how to move forces and yet support usaid and the role of the country team and port au prince. so, it was very informative there. and to back up when we had the first no fooling hurricane that worked its way up the entire gulf coast, the principal committee calls that were generated during the haiti response were then turned around and then bringing all of the governors into a conference call with the president to make sure that all their needs were being met in the advance of a hurricane arrival. so, we really had all of government, from local all the way up to the white house, ful

it is an advanced warplane, a fighter jet that is to be used by the air force, the navy and the marine kerp. it's the replacement for the f-16 for the air force, for a number of other planes for the marines and navy. supposed to be our new, advanced, all-purpose fighter jet. it was a plane that was supposed to be in the skies fighting now. still in development. it's an incredibly troubled program. it's a program that has gone tens of billions of dollars over budget and i burrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of trimming the defense budget because this program is in some ways singular in terms of its cost overruns and delays and the way it's been structured to, as i write in the piece, its most effective defensive attribute may not be its ray dars and sensors and missiles and stealth technology and ability to fly at supersonic speeds, it may well be the way it's designed to evade budget cutters in washington. >> more sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q & a." the national action network recently held its annual convention in new york city. in one session, th

could end all the furlough for the navy and the marine corps. including, of course, think about our shipyards and the important maintenance work done there, particularly at the port m ableshpyard. one of the reasons he gave me made a lot of sense to me having been to the shipyard and talked to certainly the commander there and the workers that once we get behind on a maintenance schedule, then the entire maintenance our navel fleet and the bmarine fleet gets behind. so what i was told by admiral rguson, if the proposal to end the furlough, he believes would also be cost efficient because of the maintenance schedule issue that will get us behind if we have to furlough the workers at the shipyard in sports mouth and other shipyard the other public shipyards in the country. i want to follow up just to add to senator heyingen said. it's my hope given the navy said they are able to do this. we will follow through because i understand the difficulty and appreciate, i thank you for serving in challenging times on sequestration, but if we can obviously

navy know a 600-ship versus a 300-ship navy, i suspect i'd take the 600-ship navy but with the 600-ship navy comes maintenance and all the rest. it isn't just buying a ship. it's all that goes with it. then you have to man the ship. the reality is that we have to always look at, aside from the limitations of your resources, if you've only got so much money, and you've got an air force to deal with and an army and marines, so you've got so much money to go around, is the capability and quality of asset. the capability and quality of our assets today, in almost every case, are far superior than they were 30 years ago on these ships. now, i suppose more is better. but we have to balance all of that and we do. it's not an easy task for those charged with that. and again, keeping our focus on what is the requirement of the department of defense and how do we assure the fulfillment of that requirement, to secure this country and to protect the interests of this country, and within the range of resources we have and the decisions we've got to make and the funding of all the different departmen

it's all due to budget cuts and the navy says all the shows for 2013 have been cancelled. fleet week is still going to happen but it will not be the same without the blue angels. this year, the focus will be on more practical things like joint, military/civillian excercises. them o >> a very important compnoant is the humanitarian assistance and disaster response excercises that we bring here for the elected and appointed officaials to work with the senior military officals to prepare for the big earthquake that will come someday. >> reporter: it is still unclear how many ships the navy will send to san francisco. event organizers hope the sailors and marines that do come will be as welcomed as they have been in years past. >> the way the san francisco citizens treat these young men and women is fantastic. it's just been amazing so far we are really hoping we can have the sailors and marines here for fleet week. >> reporter: event organizers say they are just as disappointed as anyone else that the blue angels will not fly during this year's fleet week but do say the team

or in the active components of the marines or the navy and we need to sort through that so we can better respond. with that also will come changes that may need to be statutory changes so we can better accept the title 10 forces in particular the reserve forces. it is very frustrating during fire season when our black hawk helicopter company flying its rotors off down in los alamedos is sitting on the same ramp as army reserve helicopters we can't access because of staff problems and other issues we're going to have to work through to fight those same fires, those are the kind of things we'll probably have to take back to our elected leadership and change -- make some changes to be able to better serve the people. >> i was at chief sur, and i was glad to hear him say that we really rely on the communities to be their responder for the first 72 hours. this topic of community resiliency is played out in the highest level of government. certainly when i traveled with craig fugate doing national services, the earthquake last year, they get it during an exercise environment, but how is that g

see this coming and just felt the impact and the impact sent the navy ship into the jetty causing even more damage. >> what will happen with the navy ship now? >> i imagine they probably have to fix the damage. the cause of this accident is still stig this tralher, a fishing trauler for american sea good company and they released a statement saying they're cooperating fully with canadian and u.s. authorities while they investigate the cause of this collision. >>> this spider moth takes on the tarantula. >> that watch is huge. >> it is mean. >> this is crazy. >> find out who wins the war and where the loser winds up. >>> and this dude may just not real fruit ninja. >> he is about to chunk this watermelon as fast as he can. >> see just how quickly he can do >>> somebody captured this on video, and i just have to say, this is nature doing its thing. >> walking superstition mountain and ran into this, second here in a row. never seen this before and now i have seen it two years in a row. >> what is that? >> this man was walking superstition mountain outside much phoenix, arizona, and you s