1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,980 --> 00:00:09,950 strangers see small ? No . Here . Are 3 00:00:09,950 --> 00:00:12,172 you doing an introduction ? And we just 4 00:00:12,172 --> 00:00:14,394 started . We've already done the rounds 5 00:00:14,394 --> 00:00:18,250 also . Okay . All right , All right . 6 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:21,362 Before we begin , I'd like to pause for 7 00:00:21,362 --> 00:00:24,130 a moment to reflect on the over 14,000 8 00:00:24,130 --> 00:00:26,590 Americans we've lost to this virus over 9 00:00:26,590 --> 00:00:29,180 the past several weeks . They and their 10 00:00:29,180 --> 00:00:31,240 loved ones are in our thoughts and 11 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,200 prayers . This is a tough time for our 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,610 nation . But with the incredible work 13 00:00:36,620 --> 00:00:38,842 of our medical professionals , we shall 14 00:00:38,842 --> 00:00:41,250 overcome this challenge just as we've 15 00:00:41,250 --> 00:00:43,810 overcome all others we faced throughout 16 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:46,750 history to those who wish us harm . 17 00:00:47,180 --> 00:00:49,520 Make no mistake , Even with the 18 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,353 challenges that this disease has 19 00:00:51,353 --> 00:00:53,520 brought to our shores , the Department 20 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,742 defense stands ready to meet any threat 21 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,350 and defend our nation . Over the last 22 00:00:58,350 --> 00:01:00,183 four years , we have rebuilt our 23 00:01:00,183 --> 00:01:02,294 military from the negative effects of 24 00:01:02,294 --> 00:01:04,406 sequestration . We have more people , 25 00:01:04,406 --> 00:01:06,190 more advanced equipment , more 26 00:01:06,190 --> 00:01:09,130 munitions and are better trained . If 27 00:01:09,130 --> 00:01:11,510 our adversaries think this is our 28 00:01:11,510 --> 00:01:13,510 moment of weakness , they are 29 00:01:13,510 --> 00:01:16,430 dangerously wrong . Justus . The men 30 00:01:16,430 --> 00:01:18,541 and women of our military protect our 31 00:01:18,541 --> 00:01:20,652 nation . We continue to take measures 32 00:01:20,652 --> 00:01:22,486 as we have since late January to 33 00:01:22,486 --> 00:01:24,374 protect our military and civilian 34 00:01:24,374 --> 00:01:26,810 communities around the world as we seek 35 00:01:26,810 --> 00:01:28,800 to operate safely in a covert 36 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,790 environment . For example , we issued 37 00:01:31,790 --> 00:01:33,957 stop movement orders raised the health 38 00:01:33,957 --> 00:01:36,240 protection level are executing social 39 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,130 distancing , wearing facemasks , 40 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:40,260 testing , canceling or modifying 41 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:42,610 exercises . Maximizing the use of 42 00:01:42,620 --> 00:01:44,720 teller work and taking actions to 43 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,910 isolate were appropriate . Because 44 00:01:47,910 --> 00:01:50,132 we're not only continuing to defend our 45 00:01:50,132 --> 00:01:52,188 nation but also supporting state and 46 00:01:52,188 --> 00:01:54,354 local authorities , duty personnel may 47 00:01:54,354 --> 00:01:56,410 well have a higher rate of infection 48 00:01:56,410 --> 00:01:58,410 given over type demographics of our 49 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:00,760 population . We will also have a lower 50 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,360 hospitalization rate to date . Of our 51 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,260 1.4 million active duty members , 64 52 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,270 or less than 1/100 of 1% currently 53 00:02:10,270 --> 00:02:12,890 require hospitalization . But we watch 54 00:02:12,890 --> 00:02:15,930 this very closely . We're committed to 55 00:02:15,930 --> 00:02:18,041 a world class medical care for all of 56 00:02:18,041 --> 00:02:20,208 our affected service members . We will 57 00:02:20,208 --> 00:02:22,319 continue to protect the force so they 58 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:25,460 can continue to protect you . What 59 00:02:25,460 --> 00:02:27,571 we're doing continue doing everything 60 00:02:27,571 --> 00:02:29,793 we can , as we have since the beginning 61 00:02:29,793 --> 00:02:31,904 to support state and local efforts by 62 00:02:31,904 --> 00:02:33,627 providing four key resource is 63 00:02:33,627 --> 00:02:36,450 emergency sites , emergency supplies , 64 00:02:36,710 --> 00:02:39,540 emergency staff and emergency science . 65 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,620 With respect to emergency sites we have 66 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:45,220 provided to hospital ships , four army 67 00:02:45,220 --> 00:02:47,810 field hospitals to Navy Expeditionary 68 00:02:47,810 --> 00:02:50,450 hospitals and eight new urban medical 69 00:02:50,450 --> 00:02:53,260 task forces created by the Army . One 70 00:02:53,260 --> 00:02:55,427 of our ships to Comfort , which is now 71 00:02:55,427 --> 00:02:57,538 providing ice you support to patients 72 00:02:57,538 --> 00:02:59,593 in New York City , was pulled out of 73 00:02:59,593 --> 00:03:01,816 maintenance deployed and arrived in New 74 00:03:01,816 --> 00:03:04,038 York City two weeks ahead of schedule . 75 00:03:04,038 --> 00:03:06,260 We also have over 15,000 members of the 76 00:03:06,260 --> 00:03:08,427 Army Corps of Engineers working across 77 00:03:08,427 --> 00:03:10,371 the country , building over 16,000 78 00:03:10,371 --> 00:03:12,482 hospital beds and conducting over 800 79 00:03:12,482 --> 00:03:14,460 site surveys to dish determined 80 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:16,950 additional hospital space . For example , 81 00:03:16,950 --> 00:03:19,900 the Javits Center will soon have 1750 82 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:22,620 beds and 96 intensive care units , 83 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,047 making it one of the largest hospitals 84 00:03:25,047 --> 00:03:27,490 in America . With respect to emergency 85 00:03:27,490 --> 00:03:29,580 supplies , the duty is delivering 86 00:03:29,580 --> 00:03:31,747 supplies across the country to include 87 00:03:31,850 --> 00:03:34,017 400 ventilators that are deployed with 88 00:03:34,017 --> 00:03:36,590 our forces and another 500 ventilators 89 00:03:36,590 --> 00:03:38,312 to the New York metro area for 90 00:03:38,312 --> 00:03:40,201 distribution . We have flown four 91 00:03:40,201 --> 00:03:43,080 million test swabs to FEMA and HHS and 92 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,400 provided 10 million and 95 masks , 3.1 93 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,810 million to New York City and 6.9 94 00:03:48,810 --> 00:03:51,980 million toe over 16 other states . With 95 00:03:51,980 --> 00:03:54,036 respect to emergency staff , we have 96 00:03:54,036 --> 00:03:56,091 28,000 National Guard supporting the 97 00:03:56,091 --> 00:03:57,960 states and thousands of medical 98 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,904 personnel deployed to Washington , 99 00:03:59,930 --> 00:04:03,160 California , Texas , Louisiana , New 100 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,350 Jersey , New York and Connecticut . 101 00:04:05,940 --> 00:04:07,884 This includes military doctors and 102 00:04:07,884 --> 00:04:09,718 nurses embedded in New York City 103 00:04:09,718 --> 00:04:11,940 hospitals who only days ago volunteered 104 00:04:11,940 --> 00:04:13,940 and were mobilized from their homes 105 00:04:13,940 --> 00:04:15,940 across the country . Finally , with 106 00:04:15,940 --> 00:04:17,829 respect to science , our military 107 00:04:17,829 --> 00:04:19,884 research is working closely with the 108 00:04:19,884 --> 00:04:22,107 CDC to advance vaccine and therapeutics 109 00:04:22,107 --> 00:04:23,940 developments . We worked hard to 110 00:04:23,940 --> 00:04:26,110 provide the support , emergency site 111 00:04:26,110 --> 00:04:29,210 supplies and staff in advance of peak 112 00:04:29,210 --> 00:04:31,350 needs in each region . And when the 113 00:04:31,350 --> 00:04:33,720 pressure on those areas subsides , we 114 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,776 will move . These resource is to the 115 00:04:35,776 --> 00:04:38,490 areas that need them . Next D o . D is 116 00:04:38,490 --> 00:04:40,470 all in . We will take care of our 117 00:04:40,470 --> 00:04:42,692 people , continue our national security 118 00:04:42,692 --> 00:04:44,930 mission and support President Trump's 119 00:04:44,940 --> 00:04:47,162 Hole of Nation effort to Combat Cove in 120 00:04:47,162 --> 00:04:50,390 19 . In closing , I'd like us to 121 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:52,612 remember that the amazing men and women 122 00:04:52,612 --> 00:04:54,779 of our military are highly trained and 123 00:04:54,779 --> 00:04:56,668 have repeatedly proven capable of 124 00:04:56,668 --> 00:04:58,612 overcoming hardships , adapting to 125 00:04:58,612 --> 00:05:00,834 adversity and accomplishing the mission 126 00:05:00,834 --> 00:05:02,834 in spite of significant obstacles . 127 00:05:03,340 --> 00:05:05,550 This current crisis is no different . 128 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,540 We are and will remain prepared to 129 00:05:08,540 --> 00:05:11,440 prevail in any conflict anytime and 130 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,890 anywhere . With that , I'll turn to the 131 00:05:13,890 --> 00:05:15,946 vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 132 00:05:15,946 --> 00:05:18,168 Staff . General heightened to say a few 133 00:05:18,168 --> 00:05:20,334 words before we take questions . Thank 134 00:05:20,334 --> 00:05:22,446 you , sir . Good morning , everyone . 135 00:05:22,446 --> 00:05:24,168 Our military remains ready and 136 00:05:24,168 --> 00:05:26,390 continues to operate around the globe . 137 00:05:26,390 --> 00:05:28,279 That includes providing personnel 138 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,223 supplies and support to the public 139 00:05:30,223 --> 00:05:32,390 health crisis . Here at home . Our top 140 00:05:32,390 --> 00:05:34,501 priority is the safety and protection 141 00:05:34,501 --> 00:05:34,470 of our troops and family from Cove in 142 00:05:34,470 --> 00:05:37,250 19 everyday leaders across the service 143 00:05:37,250 --> 00:05:39,139 bounce mission requirements while 144 00:05:39,139 --> 00:05:41,472 protecting our service members . Health . 145 00:05:41,472 --> 00:05:41,390 And I believe we're striking the right 146 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,960 balance . Our military continues to 147 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,016 support the whole of gum response to 148 00:05:46,016 --> 00:05:48,450 Cove in 19 . So Secretary Norquist 149 00:05:48,460 --> 00:05:50,627 highlighted some amazing numbers , but 150 00:05:50,627 --> 00:05:52,960 I'm going to take a different direction . 151 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,662 Four went to sleep last night . My , my 152 00:05:55,662 --> 00:05:57,829 wife and I watched Episode two of John 153 00:05:57,829 --> 00:05:59,840 Krasinski some good news , the ESPN 154 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:01,840 network online , and if you haven't 155 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:04,007 seen it , look it up . It's worth your 156 00:06:04,007 --> 00:06:06,118 time . There's a lot of good news out 157 00:06:06,118 --> 00:06:08,284 there , so I thought I'd share some of 158 00:06:08,284 --> 00:06:10,451 the good news . From our perspective , 159 00:06:10,451 --> 00:06:12,507 I'd really like to highlight some of 160 00:06:12,507 --> 00:06:14,562 the stories of our people because we 161 00:06:14,562 --> 00:06:16,673 have almost 50,000 deployed right now 162 00:06:16,673 --> 00:06:18,729 on this mission and over 30,000 from 163 00:06:18,729 --> 00:06:20,930 the Garden Reserve . So a guy named 164 00:06:20,940 --> 00:06:23,210 Colonel Hans Auto from the 4 45th 165 00:06:23,210 --> 00:06:25,210 Airlift Wing in Ohio put together a 166 00:06:25,210 --> 00:06:27,210 group of seven volunteers . He's a 167 00:06:27,210 --> 00:06:29,266 reservist . They call themselves the 168 00:06:29,266 --> 00:06:31,800 Cove . It commandos just four days ago , 169 00:06:31,810 --> 00:06:33,866 on the fifth of April . There , team 170 00:06:33,866 --> 00:06:36,032 one doctor and six nurses packed their 171 00:06:36,032 --> 00:06:37,977 bags said goodbye . Their families 172 00:06:37,977 --> 00:06:37,660 deployed in New York with 24 hours 173 00:06:37,660 --> 00:06:40,040 notice . Incredibly , one of those 174 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,262 seven , Lieutenant Jennifer Garretson , 175 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,807 only had six hours notice when one the 176 00:06:44,807 --> 00:06:46,696 original team members when it was 177 00:06:46,696 --> 00:06:48,900 unable to make it . These seven great 178 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:50,900 Americans were now working today in 179 00:06:50,900 --> 00:06:52,956 Lincoln Hospital in New York . Their 180 00:06:52,956 --> 00:06:54,678 deployment is part of a larger 181 00:06:54,678 --> 00:06:56,844 mobilization package of more than 1000 182 00:06:56,844 --> 00:06:58,789 reserve medical professionals from 183 00:06:58,789 --> 00:06:58,480 across the nation deployed to New York 184 00:06:58,820 --> 00:07:00,931 over the last few days and support of 185 00:07:00,931 --> 00:07:02,876 covert 19 response to take care of 186 00:07:02,876 --> 00:07:05,098 their fellow Americans . So here's some 187 00:07:05,098 --> 00:07:07,920 word from Lieutenant Garrison . She was 188 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,440 covering a 12 hour overnight shift in 189 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,329 the intensive care unit at Wright 190 00:07:12,329 --> 00:07:14,496 Patterson Medical Center near Dayton , 191 00:07:14,496 --> 00:07:17,330 Ohio , over the weekend , she says , 192 00:07:17,330 --> 00:07:19,552 quote , they called me during the shift 193 00:07:19,552 --> 00:07:21,663 and asked me if I was willing to go , 194 00:07:21,663 --> 00:07:21,660 and I said Yes . So I thought I was 195 00:07:21,660 --> 00:07:24,030 gonna leave On Monday , she finished 196 00:07:24,030 --> 00:07:27,140 her shift at 6 a.m. On Sunday , went 197 00:07:27,140 --> 00:07:29,418 home to her family . Three hours later , 198 00:07:29,418 --> 00:07:31,529 she got another call said On . So she 199 00:07:31,529 --> 00:07:33,529 says , When I hung up the phone , I 200 00:07:33,529 --> 00:07:35,584 just looked over my husband . I told 201 00:07:35,584 --> 00:07:37,696 him They want me to leave today So he 202 00:07:37,696 --> 00:07:40,620 said , Let's go get you packed Jews on 203 00:07:40,620 --> 00:07:42,676 playing that afternoon on the way to 204 00:07:42,676 --> 00:07:44,787 New York And the next day she's going 205 00:07:44,787 --> 00:07:47,064 to work in the New York City hospitals . 206 00:07:47,064 --> 00:07:49,176 And there's been thousands of stories 207 00:07:49,176 --> 00:07:49,170 like that since the president mobilized 208 00:07:49,170 --> 00:07:51,540 a reserve in the 27th of March . Thing 209 00:07:51,540 --> 00:07:53,540 about the 27th of March is not that 210 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:55,762 long ago , and now we have thousands of 211 00:07:55,762 --> 00:07:57,707 reservists , medical professionals 212 00:07:57,707 --> 00:07:59,873 deployed all over the country . But in 213 00:07:59,873 --> 00:08:01,873 New York , in particular from their 214 00:08:01,873 --> 00:08:03,929 normal life at home to the middle of 215 00:08:03,929 --> 00:08:03,820 New York and hours or days , right toe 216 00:08:03,820 --> 00:08:06,042 work , leaving their families , leaving 217 00:08:06,042 --> 00:08:08,376 their homes running towards the trouble , 218 00:08:08,376 --> 00:08:10,264 they're moving fast to help their 219 00:08:10,264 --> 00:08:12,376 fellow citizens in a time of crisis . 220 00:08:12,376 --> 00:08:14,598 They're helping to support the heroic . 221 00:08:14,598 --> 00:08:16,653 Doctors and nurses already there who 222 00:08:16,653 --> 00:08:15,870 are tired have been fighting that 223 00:08:15,870 --> 00:08:17,926 disease for the last few weeks , and 224 00:08:17,926 --> 00:08:20,148 they need support . That's what they're 225 00:08:20,148 --> 00:08:21,926 there for . And it's just a few 226 00:08:21,926 --> 00:08:23,870 examples of sacrifice that Citizen 227 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:27,030 Airman Citizen soldiers are making from 228 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,262 all units in order to fight and improve 229 00:08:29,262 --> 00:08:31,390 the lives of Americans . The U . S 230 00:08:31,390 --> 00:08:33,334 military . The American people are 231 00:08:33,334 --> 00:08:35,557 incredibly resilient and thrive under a 232 00:08:35,557 --> 00:08:37,723 verse , and I want to assure you , but 233 00:08:37,723 --> 00:08:39,723 the impact of covert 19 . It's felt 234 00:08:39,723 --> 00:08:41,890 across every component , every service 235 00:08:41,890 --> 00:08:44,057 member , every element of our nation . 236 00:08:44,057 --> 00:08:46,001 But we'll continue to confront the 237 00:08:46,001 --> 00:08:48,057 pandemic head on , and we'll be even 238 00:08:48,057 --> 00:08:50,223 stronger after this is over . So wanna 239 00:08:50,223 --> 00:08:52,390 close by crediting , crediting all our 240 00:08:52,390 --> 00:08:54,446 servicemen and women , the 50,000 in 241 00:08:54,446 --> 00:08:54,440 harm's way right now , especially those 242 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,329 reservists and guardsmen who were 243 00:08:56,329 --> 00:08:58,384 running to the sound of trouble with 244 00:08:58,384 --> 00:09:00,551 almost no notice . I want to recognize 245 00:09:00,551 --> 00:09:02,440 each and every one of these great 246 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,496 people were in the fight because the 247 00:09:04,496 --> 00:09:06,773 nation's strength come from his people . 248 00:09:06,773 --> 00:09:08,773 Those who have had the privilege to 249 00:09:08,773 --> 00:09:08,630 wear the uniform for a country of sworn 250 00:09:08,630 --> 00:09:10,797 to support defend the Constitution the 251 00:09:10,797 --> 00:09:12,852 nation . It's people . We've done it 252 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:15,019 for over 250 years . In times of war , 253 00:09:15,019 --> 00:09:16,852 in times of crisis , in times of 254 00:09:16,852 --> 00:09:19,019 emergency , we're gonna do it again in 255 00:09:19,019 --> 00:09:21,186 the face of this pandemic . So when we 256 00:09:21,186 --> 00:09:20,980 work with FEMA and the other 257 00:09:20,980 --> 00:09:22,924 interagency partners , we're gonna 258 00:09:22,924 --> 00:09:25,091 prevail in the end so that we're happy 259 00:09:25,091 --> 00:09:27,147 to take your questions . Thank you . 260 00:09:27,147 --> 00:09:29,313 Actually , starting the phone lines up 261 00:09:29,313 --> 00:09:33,030 offers a P . Good morning . Thank you . 262 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,927 I'd like to ask each of you a question 263 00:09:35,927 --> 00:09:37,790 related to the Theatre Roosevelt 264 00:09:37,790 --> 00:09:41,710 situation . General heighten . Uh , 265 00:09:41,890 --> 00:09:44,057 do you believe there's reason to think 266 00:09:44,057 --> 00:09:46,057 that this TR experience of a covert 267 00:09:46,057 --> 00:09:48,001 virus outbreak , while it see , is 268 00:09:48,001 --> 00:09:50,168 likely to be repeated another deployed 269 00:09:50,550 --> 00:09:53,130 ships ? Or to put it another way , it's 270 00:09:53,130 --> 00:09:55,580 just Do you think this is a one off or 271 00:09:55,580 --> 00:09:57,747 is it a harbinger of trouble to come ? 272 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:00,393 If I may ask a question ? Also , 273 00:10:00,393 --> 00:10:02,616 Secretary Norquist , uh , kind of got a 274 00:10:02,616 --> 00:10:05,900 line that far in the cove . It period 275 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:09,360 of the past month or two has been that 276 00:10:09,390 --> 00:10:12,040 it had no significant operational 277 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,530 impact . But clearly it now has by 278 00:10:14,540 --> 00:10:17,380 sidelining the TR , which has more than 279 00:10:17,380 --> 00:10:19,440 400 of its crew members now infected 280 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:21,990 Are you , uh , and Secretary Esper 281 00:10:21,990 --> 00:10:24,340 rethinking your prognosis on the likely 282 00:10:24,350 --> 00:10:27,190 operational impact on the military as a 283 00:10:27,190 --> 00:10:29,650 whole in coming weeks ? Thank you . 284 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,560 So thanks , Bob . So , from my 285 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:37,410 perspective , the , uh um I think it's 286 00:10:37,830 --> 00:10:39,997 it's not a good idea to think that the 287 00:10:39,997 --> 00:10:41,941 Teddy Roosevelt is a one of a kind 288 00:10:41,941 --> 00:10:45,000 issue . We have too many ships at sea . 289 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,360 We have too many deployed capabilities . 290 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,290 There's 5000 sailors on a nuclear 291 00:10:50,290 --> 00:10:52,290 powered aircraft carrier . To think 292 00:10:52,290 --> 00:10:55,900 that it will never happen again is is 293 00:10:55,900 --> 00:10:58,130 not a good way to plans . What we have 294 00:10:58,130 --> 00:11:00,241 to do is we have to figure out how to 295 00:11:00,241 --> 00:11:02,297 plan for operations in these kind of 296 00:11:02,297 --> 00:11:04,408 covert environments . And so when you 297 00:11:04,408 --> 00:11:06,408 look at the numbers off the theatre 298 00:11:06,408 --> 00:11:08,460 Roosevelt , we've tested almost the 299 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:11,400 whole crew . Now , we still have , uh , 300 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,850 about 1000 tests left to report out . 301 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,210 But 3170 of the crew tested negative . 302 00:11:18,410 --> 00:11:22,210 416 have tested positive . 187 of those 303 00:11:22,210 --> 00:11:24,030 were symptomatic . 229 were 304 00:11:24,030 --> 00:11:27,230 asymptomatic . We still have 1164 305 00:11:27,230 --> 00:11:29,452 pending results , and we've now had one 306 00:11:29,452 --> 00:11:32,360 hospitalized and one of the I c U Uh , 307 00:11:32,370 --> 00:11:35,530 so this is on interesting set of data . 308 00:11:35,530 --> 00:11:37,697 It's interesting for the country , but 309 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,752 it's interesting for us . We have to 310 00:11:39,752 --> 00:11:41,530 figure out how this impacts our 311 00:11:41,530 --> 00:11:43,641 population , which tends to be a very 312 00:11:43,641 --> 00:11:45,808 young , healthy population . How do we 313 00:11:45,808 --> 00:11:47,919 operate that ? How do we quarantine a 314 00:11:47,919 --> 00:11:47,330 ship before it goes out ? How do we 315 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,798 consolidate the ship so we can operate ? 316 00:11:49,798 --> 00:11:51,964 How do we do that on a nuclear powered 317 00:11:51,964 --> 00:11:54,242 carrier on a nuclear powered submarine ? 318 00:11:54,242 --> 00:11:56,576 How do we do that with our bomber force ? 319 00:11:56,576 --> 00:11:58,650 Our combat arms force ? How do we do 320 00:11:58,650 --> 00:12:01,250 that with our fighters ? Are icy , be 321 00:12:01,250 --> 00:12:03,361 EMS . We have to work that across the 322 00:12:03,361 --> 00:12:05,417 board . So this will be a new way of 323 00:12:05,417 --> 00:12:07,639 doing business that we have to focus in 324 00:12:07,639 --> 00:12:09,694 on . And we're adjusting to that new 325 00:12:09,694 --> 00:12:11,639 world , a CZ we speak today , So I 326 00:12:11,639 --> 00:12:13,806 think the first thing to understand is 327 00:12:13,806 --> 00:12:15,528 that ship went into port as an 328 00:12:15,528 --> 00:12:17,750 abundance of caution . If that ship had 329 00:12:17,750 --> 00:12:17,560 been heading into combat , it's fully 330 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:19,727 capable of performing its mission . If 331 00:12:19,727 --> 00:12:21,949 there was a need for it to deploy right 332 00:12:21,949 --> 00:12:24,116 away , it would be able to do so . But 333 00:12:24,116 --> 00:12:26,338 what we're going to continue to need to 334 00:12:26,338 --> 00:12:28,504 do to maintain that level of readiness 335 00:12:28,504 --> 00:12:30,671 is as the vice chairman talked about . 336 00:12:30,671 --> 00:12:32,838 We have input , put in place screening 337 00:12:32,838 --> 00:12:34,782 and other procedures to be able to 338 00:12:34,782 --> 00:12:36,727 protect civilians and others . And 339 00:12:36,727 --> 00:12:38,949 we're going to continue to evolve those 340 00:12:38,949 --> 00:12:41,171 as our information and knowledge of the 341 00:12:41,171 --> 00:12:43,338 disease , and it the way it spreads is 342 00:12:43,338 --> 00:12:45,449 understood . But so far , even in the 343 00:12:45,449 --> 00:12:47,671 cases , dramatic is this one . If there 344 00:12:47,671 --> 00:12:49,893 was a conflict that ship was capable of 345 00:12:49,893 --> 00:12:51,838 going into the fight may ask , you 346 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:54,080 could call Good . 347 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:58,750 Um , Secretary Norquist , Uh , on your 348 00:12:58,750 --> 00:13:01,000 comments . Uh , my question was 349 00:13:01,010 --> 00:13:03,066 intended to be a little more broadly 350 00:13:03,066 --> 00:13:05,288 Whether you're looking at now , you see 351 00:13:05,288 --> 00:13:07,343 what happened aboard the the theatre 352 00:13:07,343 --> 00:13:09,399 Roosevelt on ? Given the precautions 353 00:13:09,399 --> 00:13:11,621 you've already been taking on one thing 354 00:13:11,621 --> 00:13:14,550 whether you now see this as in any way 355 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,016 compelling you to change the way you 356 00:13:17,016 --> 00:13:19,250 look at the way ahead in coming weeks 357 00:13:19,250 --> 00:13:21,417 for the for the forces a hole in terms 358 00:13:21,417 --> 00:13:24,540 of its operational status , you're 359 00:13:24,540 --> 00:13:26,429 going to need to change and adapt 360 00:13:26,429 --> 00:13:28,540 because even over the coming months , 361 00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:30,540 the virus isn't going to get away . 362 00:13:30,540 --> 00:13:32,707 We're gonna have to be able to operate 363 00:13:32,707 --> 00:13:32,600 in a covert environment . Tweens . How 364 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,822 do you train ? How do you prepare ? How 365 00:13:34,822 --> 00:13:36,878 do you deploy ? And so as we look at 366 00:13:36,878 --> 00:13:38,878 that , they're going to be steps we 367 00:13:38,878 --> 00:13:40,989 take . And the service is air working 368 00:13:40,989 --> 00:13:42,822 through them on . We reduced and 369 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:44,878 counsel some exercises . We start to 370 00:13:44,878 --> 00:13:44,550 resume those . How do you do it in a 371 00:13:44,550 --> 00:13:47,430 way that you can conducted safely and 372 00:13:47,430 --> 00:13:49,597 effectively . So there will need to be 373 00:13:49,597 --> 00:13:51,708 changes we have adapted in the past . 374 00:13:51,708 --> 00:13:53,597 We will continue to adapt in this 375 00:13:53,597 --> 00:13:55,708 environment , but we will always make 376 00:13:55,708 --> 00:13:55,540 sure that we can provide the forces the 377 00:13:55,540 --> 00:13:57,596 nation needs in order to provide for 378 00:13:57,596 --> 00:13:58,596 its security . 379 00:14:02,740 --> 00:14:06,570 Robert . Thank you , Carol . 380 00:14:06,580 --> 00:14:08,700 There's been a lot of reporting today 381 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:10,910 and yesterday that intelligence about 382 00:14:10,910 --> 00:14:13,640 the krone buyers pandemic in China 383 00:14:14,010 --> 00:14:16,121 first arrived , was first obtained in 384 00:14:16,121 --> 00:14:18,560 November and put into various reports 385 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,633 and may have been briefed in the 386 00:14:20,633 --> 00:14:22,856 Presidential Daily brief . John January 387 00:14:22,856 --> 00:14:24,689 3rd , Can you say when the first 388 00:14:24,689 --> 00:14:26,800 intelligence streams started arriving 389 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,460 about this threat And if I made to 390 00:14:29,770 --> 00:14:32,730 Debbie second Norquist , Sir , the 391 00:14:32,740 --> 00:14:34,629 Javits you mentioned , the Javits 392 00:14:34,629 --> 00:14:36,740 Center and a comfort both are largely 393 00:14:36,740 --> 00:14:38,684 empty at this point , and military 394 00:14:38,684 --> 00:14:40,907 personnel have now been surged into the 395 00:14:40,907 --> 00:14:42,796 hospital's themselves . Is that a 396 00:14:42,796 --> 00:14:44,684 change in tactic ? Because of the 397 00:14:44,684 --> 00:14:46,518 difficulty of working with local 398 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:48,740 civilian hospitals to kind of go to the 399 00:14:48,740 --> 00:14:50,907 point of need directly , as opposed to 400 00:14:50,907 --> 00:14:53,073 having them come to these facilities ? 401 00:14:53,073 --> 00:14:55,184 Has that changed your thinking on how 402 00:14:55,184 --> 00:14:54,890 you're gonna approach this challenge 403 00:14:54,890 --> 00:14:57,112 elsewhere ? So let me just go ahead and 404 00:14:57,112 --> 00:14:59,279 answer the first and then all that the 405 00:14:59,279 --> 00:15:01,334 chairman address . Both . Um , so we 406 00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:03,279 have evolved . Our response to the 407 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:05,001 crisis is the situation's also 408 00:15:05,001 --> 00:15:07,168 originally , the goal was maximize the 409 00:15:07,168 --> 00:15:09,390 number of bets . And so the answer is , 410 00:15:09,390 --> 00:15:09,270 we deployed the Javits . It was going 411 00:15:09,270 --> 00:15:11,850 to be a non covert facility overtime . 412 00:15:11,850 --> 00:15:13,980 What we started to see was because of 413 00:15:13,980 --> 00:15:16,340 everyone staying at home . Car 414 00:15:16,340 --> 00:15:18,396 accidents were down . Other injuries 415 00:15:18,396 --> 00:15:20,396 were down . The demand for a trauma 416 00:15:20,396 --> 00:15:22,562 center was lower . So we we configured 417 00:15:22,562 --> 00:15:24,562 the gout . Uh , the Javits sped the 418 00:15:24,562 --> 00:15:26,618 beds out , made them available . All 419 00:15:26,618 --> 00:15:28,784 goal in each of these steps , what was 420 00:15:28,784 --> 00:15:30,951 successfully done is stay ahead of the 421 00:15:30,951 --> 00:15:33,062 demands . It will be able to be there 422 00:15:33,062 --> 00:15:35,284 so that when the New York hospitals get 423 00:15:35,284 --> 00:15:37,396 full , they can move capacity to us , 424 00:15:37,396 --> 00:15:37,300 and they're doing some of that . What 425 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:39,500 we're seeing is that inside New York 426 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:41,667 City , many of the hospitals are still 427 00:15:41,667 --> 00:15:43,611 able to manage the workload , what 428 00:15:43,611 --> 00:15:45,556 they're suffering from his doctors 429 00:15:45,556 --> 00:15:47,611 getting sick or nurses or capacity . 430 00:15:47,611 --> 00:15:49,833 And so the request has been he , rather 431 00:15:49,833 --> 00:15:49,530 than trying to always move the patients 432 00:15:49,530 --> 00:15:52,010 to you when we have gaps , can you move ? 433 00:15:52,010 --> 00:15:54,177 The doctors tow us ? And so this under 434 00:15:54,177 --> 00:15:56,288 northcom , they're the ones who leave 435 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:58,510 this for us . And so they have adjusted 436 00:15:58,510 --> 00:16:00,399 each step of the way . And we are 437 00:16:00,399 --> 00:16:02,454 pushing more and more of our medical 438 00:16:02,454 --> 00:16:04,510 people into the hospitals to back up 439 00:16:04,510 --> 00:16:04,400 and provide support for those who've 440 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,567 been working there for incredible hard 441 00:16:06,567 --> 00:16:08,733 and long hours , providing them either 442 00:16:08,733 --> 00:16:10,844 relief or when they go down sick that 443 00:16:10,844 --> 00:16:10,530 somebody can stand in their place . So 444 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:12,867 it's an adoption and we'll continue to 445 00:16:12,867 --> 00:16:14,978 changes . The situation changes . Let 446 00:16:14,978 --> 00:16:17,200 me turn it to the vice chairman to with 447 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,256 your first in any follow ups on that 448 00:16:19,256 --> 00:16:19,040 topic . So I fall open that real quick . 449 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,207 I I think that just shows the strength 450 00:16:21,207 --> 00:16:23,318 of the military cables we deploy in . 451 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,830 We've gone from from trauma to co vid 452 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,190 recovery to go from hospital to Cove in 453 00:16:28,490 --> 00:16:31,450 Trauma two deploying doctors forward to 454 00:16:32,010 --> 00:16:34,590 way have spawned on a dime as the 455 00:16:34,590 --> 00:16:36,646 demand single changes . And , as the 456 00:16:36,646 --> 00:16:38,701 secretary said , the whole the whole 457 00:16:38,701 --> 00:16:40,923 goal of what we're trying to do is just 458 00:16:40,923 --> 00:16:43,090 to stay ahead of it , always have that 459 00:16:43,090 --> 00:16:45,312 relief valve If something goes bad , we 460 00:16:45,312 --> 00:16:44,790 were there and ready to support that . 461 00:16:45,210 --> 00:16:47,321 So I think that shows the strength of 462 00:16:47,321 --> 00:16:49,488 the military cable that's up there now 463 00:16:49,488 --> 00:16:51,599 concerning the intelligence reports . 464 00:16:51,820 --> 00:16:53,876 First time I saw this when I read in 465 00:16:53,876 --> 00:16:55,987 the news . But I can tell you we went 466 00:16:55,987 --> 00:16:57,653 back and did a deep dive into 467 00:16:57,653 --> 00:16:59,653 everything that we could find . And 468 00:16:59,653 --> 00:16:59,480 normally we don't talk about 469 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,180 intelligence reports . I think you saw 470 00:17:02,180 --> 00:17:05,530 the formal statement this morning , but 471 00:17:05,530 --> 00:17:07,530 I'll expand a little bit . And I'll 472 00:17:07,530 --> 00:17:09,641 tell you , we went back and looked at 473 00:17:09,641 --> 00:17:09,080 everything in November , December . The 474 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,080 first indications we have , with 475 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,302 reports out of China in late December , 476 00:17:13,302 --> 00:17:15,247 that when the public forum and the 477 00:17:15,247 --> 00:17:17,136 first Intel reports I saw were in 478 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:19,191 January and we've looked at those in 479 00:17:19,191 --> 00:17:22,330 detail s Oh , that's That's all I know 480 00:17:22,330 --> 00:17:26,270 Right now we'll go to the 481 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,502 phones again . Uh , just with Reuters . 482 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,940 Thank you . Two quick questions first , 483 00:17:32,950 --> 00:17:35,680 Mr Secretary , you said wth e t . R . 484 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,847 Could still go into battle if needed . 485 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:41,170 How is that possible ? If 10% of the 486 00:17:41,180 --> 00:17:44,560 crew is tested positive and sideline 487 00:17:44,870 --> 00:17:46,648 during somehow came through the 488 00:17:46,648 --> 00:17:49,190 operation . And second question is , do 489 00:17:49,190 --> 00:17:51,860 you expect the stop movement order , 490 00:17:51,860 --> 00:17:54,027 which is , which was for 60 days ? You 491 00:17:54,027 --> 00:17:56,249 expect that thio be extended them ? And 492 00:17:56,249 --> 00:17:58,680 how long would that be ? So there's two 493 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,700 parts that one is , uh , you have 494 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:03,478 People are testing positive . A 495 00:18:03,478 --> 00:18:05,700 significant percentage for the military 496 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:07,978 are asymptomatic , don't have symptoms . 497 00:18:07,978 --> 00:18:10,310 Others have mild flu like symptoms of 498 00:18:10,310 --> 00:18:12,143 sort of things that our fleet is 499 00:18:12,143 --> 00:18:14,143 normally used to dealing with . Our 500 00:18:14,143 --> 00:18:16,143 ships have I seeyou capabilities on 501 00:18:16,143 --> 00:18:18,254 Carrie's and others . So if it had to 502 00:18:18,254 --> 00:18:20,143 go , it could . Now we want to be 503 00:18:20,143 --> 00:18:22,088 attentive . We want to provide the 504 00:18:22,088 --> 00:18:24,088 extra level of security that we and 505 00:18:24,088 --> 00:18:26,032 safety that we can do . That's why 506 00:18:26,032 --> 00:18:28,088 we're taking the steps we have . The 507 00:18:28,088 --> 00:18:29,810 military has had to deploy and 508 00:18:29,810 --> 00:18:32,032 recognize it and fight in regions where 509 00:18:32,032 --> 00:18:34,199 viruses and disease there widespread . 510 00:18:34,199 --> 00:18:36,310 So we have capability of doing that . 511 00:18:36,310 --> 00:18:38,477 We will do it if we need to , but it's 512 00:18:38,477 --> 00:18:38,120 in this case . We want to make the 513 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,176 extra level of safety with regard to 514 00:18:40,176 --> 00:18:42,176 stop movement . That's something we 515 00:18:42,176 --> 00:18:44,120 continue to look at . What are the 516 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:46,290 criteria under which we would be able 517 00:18:46,290 --> 00:18:48,290 to begin resume movement ? And this 518 00:18:48,290 --> 00:18:50,390 includes both deployments as well as 519 00:18:50,390 --> 00:18:52,334 PCs movements ? And so we're gonna 520 00:18:52,334 --> 00:18:54,750 continue to look at , uh where , 521 00:18:54,750 --> 00:18:56,806 whether the disease is continuing to 522 00:18:56,806 --> 00:18:59,139 spread or whether it started to decline , 523 00:18:59,139 --> 00:19:01,028 what locations are affected , the 524 00:19:01,028 --> 00:19:03,250 ability to get transportation and other 525 00:19:03,250 --> 00:19:05,417 things up and running . And we'll make 526 00:19:05,417 --> 00:19:07,583 that adjustment as we see the data and 527 00:19:07,583 --> 00:19:09,750 the information showing that it's safe 528 00:19:09,750 --> 00:19:09,210 to resume those operations . 529 00:19:17,830 --> 00:19:21,440 Thank you . So most of the 530 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,662 states and big cities have put together 531 00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:25,718 projections for when they think that 532 00:19:25,718 --> 00:19:27,829 they're infection rates are gonna hit 533 00:19:27,829 --> 00:19:27,430 their peak . Has the Defense Department 534 00:19:27,430 --> 00:19:29,652 put together anything for the personnel 535 00:19:29,652 --> 00:19:31,874 here , keeping in mind that everybody's 536 00:19:31,874 --> 00:19:33,986 very spread out by here ? Do you mean 537 00:19:33,986 --> 00:19:36,180 the Pentagon itself for military 538 00:19:36,180 --> 00:19:38,236 personnel all over the world ? So we 539 00:19:38,236 --> 00:19:40,347 track both those projections , and we 540 00:19:40,347 --> 00:19:42,236 have internal models that we have 541 00:19:42,236 --> 00:19:44,291 developed that parallel with them to 542 00:19:44,291 --> 00:19:46,458 try and look at both the spread of the 543 00:19:46,458 --> 00:19:48,624 disease inside of our force and is the 544 00:19:48,624 --> 00:19:50,847 vice chairman we looked at . We look at 545 00:19:50,847 --> 00:19:53,013 the hospitalization rate for ours , so 546 00:19:53,013 --> 00:19:54,680 we have a significantly lower 547 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,680 hospitalization rate pra positive . 548 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,902 Then you would find others . But that's 549 00:19:58,902 --> 00:20:00,680 of course . The nature diseases 550 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,736 predominately affects people or most 551 00:20:02,736 --> 00:20:04,513 day and damaging to those in 60 552 00:20:04,513 --> 00:20:06,736 seventies and eighties . But even young 553 00:20:06,736 --> 00:20:06,390 people affected just not on the same 554 00:20:06,650 --> 00:20:08,650 scale . We monitor what's happening 555 00:20:08,650 --> 00:20:11,090 here . We have adopted a while ago 556 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:13,430 procedures to keep people six feet 557 00:20:13,430 --> 00:20:15,890 apart . Separate offices make sure the 558 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:18,122 individual organizations are affected , 559 00:20:18,122 --> 00:20:20,289 that it doesn't take down offices near 560 00:20:20,289 --> 00:20:22,350 them . But we will monitor that and 561 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:24,510 many of our local communities . Their 562 00:20:24,510 --> 00:20:26,621 data looks very much like the city or 563 00:20:26,621 --> 00:20:28,732 state that they're located him . So , 564 00:20:28,732 --> 00:20:30,732 overall , do you think you know New 565 00:20:30,732 --> 00:20:32,677 York City ? This is supposed to be 566 00:20:32,677 --> 00:20:32,300 their worst week . Some other cities . 567 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:34,356 That should be later this month . Do 568 00:20:34,356 --> 00:20:36,300 you have a projection for when the 569 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,411 worst week a couple of weeks might be 570 00:20:38,411 --> 00:20:40,522 so the worst ? The worst week because 571 00:20:40,522 --> 00:20:42,633 of New York City is likely to be this 572 00:20:42,633 --> 00:20:44,467 week and next week because their 573 00:20:44,467 --> 00:20:46,689 numbers air so much larger What we will 574 00:20:46,689 --> 00:20:48,633 see over time is whether the other 575 00:20:48,633 --> 00:20:51,970 cities that come up next peak as high a 576 00:20:51,970 --> 00:20:54,137 za percentage of the population is New 577 00:20:54,137 --> 00:20:56,470 York City did or because they're coming . 578 00:20:56,470 --> 00:20:58,470 After many of the social mitigation 579 00:20:58,470 --> 00:21:00,581 measures were put in place , they may 580 00:21:00,581 --> 00:21:02,748 peak , but at a much lower level . And 581 00:21:02,748 --> 00:21:04,803 so we will watch . That we worked is 582 00:21:04,803 --> 00:21:07,081 very carefully with the CDC and others , 583 00:21:07,081 --> 00:21:08,914 and we use and we share data and 584 00:21:08,914 --> 00:21:08,910 research on this to make sure we're 585 00:21:08,910 --> 00:21:11,077 tracking , you know , where do we go ? 586 00:21:11,077 --> 00:21:13,354 Where do we go next ? So , for example , 587 00:21:13,650 --> 00:21:15,650 when Washington State had the first 588 00:21:15,650 --> 00:21:18,070 break out early on , we deployed Army 589 00:21:18,070 --> 00:21:20,348 Field hospitals . Their got their head . 590 00:21:20,348 --> 00:21:22,126 They didn't those air now being 591 00:21:22,126 --> 00:21:24,292 released , so those will be free to go 592 00:21:24,292 --> 00:21:26,403 to the next likely hot spot . And you 593 00:21:26,403 --> 00:21:28,292 know , we're watching New Orleans 594 00:21:28,292 --> 00:21:27,890 watching Detroit , watching some of 595 00:21:27,890 --> 00:21:30,780 those other areas department personnel 596 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:32,846 New York City's not not , you know , 597 00:21:32,846 --> 00:21:35,012 force concentration area . So I mean , 598 00:21:35,012 --> 00:21:36,957 for places where there are service 599 00:21:36,957 --> 00:21:39,179 members , how do you think that's going 600 00:21:39,179 --> 00:21:41,401 to play out ? So if I could just have a 601 00:21:41,401 --> 00:21:40,940 couple of things to add in on that 602 00:21:40,940 --> 00:21:42,773 issue , So we tracked the entire 603 00:21:42,773 --> 00:21:44,773 department every day and we get the 604 00:21:44,773 --> 00:21:47,170 numbers every day and are the slope on 605 00:21:47,170 --> 00:21:49,337 our line looks very different than the 606 00:21:49,337 --> 00:21:51,392 slope that you see from the national 607 00:21:51,392 --> 00:21:53,650 perspective . Our slope is a very low , 608 00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:55,382 sloping line , and it's fairly 609 00:21:55,382 --> 00:21:57,327 consistent . It has been since the 610 00:21:57,327 --> 00:21:59,493 beginning of time . That's because our 611 00:21:59,493 --> 00:22:01,438 people are spread out all over the 612 00:22:01,438 --> 00:22:03,327 place . What you see is his small 613 00:22:03,327 --> 00:22:06,700 pockets that pop up in communities 614 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:08,922 where they have issues . So you see the 615 00:22:08,922 --> 00:22:11,256 theatre . Roosevelt creates that pocket , 616 00:22:11,256 --> 00:22:13,589 and now we have to focus on that pocket . 617 00:22:13,589 --> 00:22:15,644 We have a couple other small pockets 618 00:22:15,644 --> 00:22:17,650 that not the size of the Teddy 619 00:22:17,650 --> 00:22:19,820 Roosevelt , but small that we have to 620 00:22:19,820 --> 00:22:22,042 focus in on and make sure that we close 621 00:22:22,042 --> 00:22:24,098 those things off and understand what 622 00:22:24,098 --> 00:22:26,376 those things are . But as in aggregate , 623 00:22:26,376 --> 00:22:30,300 the slope is is low and it's slow and 624 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:32,356 we want to make sure we keep it that 625 00:22:32,356 --> 00:22:34,300 way , so we have to watch it so we 626 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:36,244 watch it by state by location . By 627 00:22:36,244 --> 00:22:38,133 aggregate , we watch our military 628 00:22:38,133 --> 00:22:39,800 members are are reservists or 629 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,967 dependence or guardsmen the whole nine 630 00:22:41,967 --> 00:22:44,078 yards every way you can look at it so 631 00:22:44,078 --> 00:22:46,244 that way , see anything that pops up ? 632 00:22:46,244 --> 00:22:48,356 We can focus on that and make sure it 633 00:22:48,356 --> 00:22:48,280 doesn't expand across the force . 634 00:22:52,220 --> 00:22:53,220 Busy . Right . 635 00:22:56,140 --> 00:22:58,300 Hi . Thanks for doing this . I have a 636 00:22:58,300 --> 00:23:00,710 question for General Heightens How you 637 00:23:00,710 --> 00:23:02,821 said that the military would come out 638 00:23:02,821 --> 00:23:05,760 of this stronger than it had been , but 639 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,700 the same time they're obviously a huge 640 00:23:08,700 --> 00:23:10,560 disruption . Thio training and 641 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,340 exercises thio some effect on 642 00:23:13,340 --> 00:23:16,310 exceptions and all of that . How are 643 00:23:16,310 --> 00:23:20,310 you ? How is the military tracking 644 00:23:20,310 --> 00:23:24,290 or assessing what is likely to be the 645 00:23:24,290 --> 00:23:27,890 impact on readiness or , um , the 646 00:23:28,020 --> 00:23:30,820 capability ? As the weeks turned into 647 00:23:30,820 --> 00:23:32,931 months here , how are you guys trying 648 00:23:32,931 --> 00:23:35,640 Thio ? Understand what that is ? And 649 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,160 then the second part of my question 650 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:42,050 would be Are you worried that the 651 00:23:42,610 --> 00:23:44,810 the response to the corner virus and 652 00:23:44,810 --> 00:23:46,750 United States being a sort of 653 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,550 decentralized state by state response ? 654 00:23:49,990 --> 00:23:52,340 Um , with the potential for states to 655 00:23:52,910 --> 00:23:55,188 pull back on their distancing measures , 656 00:23:55,188 --> 00:23:57,450 Are you worried that that the nature of 657 00:23:57,450 --> 00:23:59,394 that response has the potential to 658 00:23:59,394 --> 00:24:02,980 prolong this crisis ? And in doing 659 00:24:02,990 --> 00:24:06,880 so impact D o . D's ability to focus on 660 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,560 its core mission . Thank you . So I'll 661 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,616 start with the answer on readiness . 662 00:24:12,616 --> 00:24:14,920 First , uh , the we watched the 663 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,330 readiness of the force every day on the 664 00:24:17,330 --> 00:24:19,441 ready . The readiness of the force in 665 00:24:19,441 --> 00:24:21,663 aggregate has not dropped as we've gone 666 00:24:21,663 --> 00:24:23,886 through this . That's something that we 667 00:24:23,886 --> 00:24:26,052 have to watch very , very closely . We 668 00:24:26,052 --> 00:24:25,660 want to make sure that now we have 669 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,182 again these small pockets where we have 670 00:24:28,182 --> 00:24:30,404 issues we have . You know , the theatre 671 00:24:30,404 --> 00:24:32,460 Roosevelt would have been coming off 672 00:24:32,460 --> 00:24:34,682 their port call in Guam and back out to 673 00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:36,849 sea now under the normal schedule . So 674 00:24:36,849 --> 00:24:39,720 there there is a , ah degradation there 675 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,776 in the Pacific . So we have to watch 676 00:24:41,776 --> 00:24:43,942 that very closely . But in aggregate , 677 00:24:43,942 --> 00:24:45,831 our readiness numbers because the 678 00:24:45,831 --> 00:24:45,510 numbers that we still have across the 679 00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:47,770 force are small . Our readiness is 680 00:24:47,770 --> 00:24:50,760 still full up . The challenge that we 681 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,760 face is we go in the future because 682 00:24:52,770 --> 00:24:56,140 we've had Thio cut down the pipeline 683 00:24:56,140 --> 00:24:58,196 into basic training in order to make 684 00:24:58,196 --> 00:25:00,362 sure that the folks that go into basic 685 00:25:00,362 --> 00:25:02,418 training go into basic training in a 686 00:25:02,418 --> 00:25:04,362 safe , secure way . So each of the 687 00:25:04,362 --> 00:25:06,584 service is working in a different way , 688 00:25:06,584 --> 00:25:08,696 have have constricted the pipeline of 689 00:25:08,696 --> 00:25:11,330 of folks coming in . What that does is 690 00:25:11,330 --> 00:25:14,190 that we expect , you know , thousands 691 00:25:14,190 --> 00:25:16,190 of people to come into the military 692 00:25:16,190 --> 00:25:18,412 every week that every week it happens . 693 00:25:18,412 --> 00:25:20,412 Thousands of new people come in the 694 00:25:20,412 --> 00:25:22,790 military week that's now cut back for a 695 00:25:22,790 --> 00:25:25,012 short period of time . That's not a big 696 00:25:25,012 --> 00:25:27,730 issue . If that continues long , then 697 00:25:27,730 --> 00:25:30,040 all of a sudden are numbers come down 698 00:25:30,370 --> 00:25:32,537 and we and that will eventually impact 699 00:25:32,537 --> 00:25:34,537 readiness if it goes on month after 700 00:25:34,537 --> 00:25:36,703 month after month . But as we sit here 701 00:25:36,703 --> 00:25:38,648 right now , readiness is full up , 702 00:25:38,648 --> 00:25:40,870 ready to go . We have to watch that and 703 00:25:40,870 --> 00:25:40,800 make sure we have a lot of tools to 704 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,522 make sure that we preserve our 705 00:25:42,522 --> 00:25:44,744 readiness and we'll , we'll use them if 706 00:25:44,744 --> 00:25:46,578 we have to . But right now we're 707 00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:48,840 actually in pretty good shape . Given 708 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,118 the nature of the crisis that we're in , 709 00:25:51,140 --> 00:25:53,180 Mr Secretary , do it . No , I think 710 00:25:53,180 --> 00:25:55,180 that the comment you made about the 711 00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:57,402 different responses so we've seen great 712 00:25:57,402 --> 00:25:59,402 support across the country from the 713 00:25:59,402 --> 00:26:01,458 governor's . Everyone is taking this 714 00:26:01,458 --> 00:26:03,513 seriously . Responding accordingly , 715 00:26:03,513 --> 00:26:05,860 FEMA administrator Peter Gaynor has 716 00:26:05,860 --> 00:26:08,290 been leading that coordination effort 717 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:10,133 with under FEMA has been doing a 718 00:26:10,133 --> 00:26:12,720 fantastic job and you we fall another . 719 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,990 So there is , uh , a coordination 720 00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:17,157 effort . We are part of it . We are in 721 00:26:17,157 --> 00:26:19,730 support of FEMA and HHS , and I think 722 00:26:19,730 --> 00:26:21,897 they have very good relationships with 723 00:26:21,897 --> 00:26:24,063 the states . And you've seen that with 724 00:26:24,063 --> 00:26:26,174 states receiving supplies , returning 725 00:26:26,174 --> 00:26:28,286 supplies , everyone's got the data to 726 00:26:28,286 --> 00:26:30,286 see how the disease is moving . And 727 00:26:30,286 --> 00:26:29,990 when we learn about it , people are 728 00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:31,823 adjusting . So I'm confident our 729 00:26:31,823 --> 00:26:34,570 ability to to work closely together to 730 00:26:34,570 --> 00:26:36,681 make sure we probably spawned to this 731 00:26:36,681 --> 00:26:38,848 properly . And then the second part of 732 00:26:38,848 --> 00:26:38,740 your question where you talked about 733 00:26:38,740 --> 00:26:40,850 the 50 states going different 734 00:26:40,850 --> 00:26:43,390 directions . I think you heard Dr Burke 735 00:26:43,390 --> 00:26:45,612 to talk about it last night . Our press 736 00:26:45,612 --> 00:26:47,779 conference . It's actually pretty cool 737 00:26:47,779 --> 00:26:50,001 to see everybody just kind of go all in 738 00:26:50,001 --> 00:26:52,001 on social distancing , all in on on 739 00:26:52,001 --> 00:26:54,112 masks , all in on all the things that 740 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:56,001 we have to do and you can see the 741 00:26:56,001 --> 00:26:58,001 country responding . Now we have to 742 00:26:58,001 --> 00:27:00,168 continue to watch that we have to make 743 00:27:00,168 --> 00:27:02,390 sure we understand where our forces how 744 00:27:02,390 --> 00:27:04,390 our forces are forces part of local 745 00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:04,320 communities across this country . We 746 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,320 have to watch that as goes on . But 747 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,542 it's pretty eyes pretty cool to see the 748 00:27:08,542 --> 00:27:12,230 country respond with pretty unanimous 749 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,351 view of how we have to deal with this 750 00:27:14,351 --> 00:27:16,296 crisis as we go on right now , but 751 00:27:16,296 --> 00:27:18,462 we'll continue to watch that every day 752 00:27:18,462 --> 00:27:21,260 as we go forward according to be , 753 00:27:24,940 --> 00:27:28,310 I thank uh , just one more on the 754 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,400 TR . Um , the sailor was found 755 00:27:31,410 --> 00:27:34,470 unresponsive and his or her isolation 756 00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:36,414 room , our barracks room . Are you 757 00:27:36,414 --> 00:27:38,526 confident that they're getting people 758 00:27:38,526 --> 00:27:40,692 who are there and have tested positive 759 00:27:40,820 --> 00:27:43,042 and are in isolation are getting enough 760 00:27:43,042 --> 00:27:44,987 medical attention ? Are they being 761 00:27:44,987 --> 00:27:46,987 checked on enough ? Can you walk us 762 00:27:46,987 --> 00:27:49,042 through sort of how that's working ? 763 00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:51,153 Are they in like a barracks on base ? 764 00:27:51,153 --> 00:27:53,153 And how often are they checked on ? 765 00:27:53,153 --> 00:27:55,264 Those people who have tested positive 766 00:27:55,264 --> 00:27:58,070 symptomatically are a hypnotic The Navy 767 00:27:58,070 --> 00:28:00,070 has a process in place . I'll do is 768 00:28:00,070 --> 00:28:02,070 I'll let the vice chairman walk you 769 00:28:02,070 --> 00:28:04,403 through the details of how they do that . 770 00:28:04,403 --> 00:28:06,292 So , uh , you know , from a broad 771 00:28:06,292 --> 00:28:08,660 perspective , the sailors that are off 772 00:28:08,660 --> 00:28:10,716 the ship , there's 2700 sailors that 773 00:28:10,716 --> 00:28:12,950 are off the ship Now , if you think 774 00:28:12,950 --> 00:28:16,380 about 2700 people going on to 775 00:28:16,950 --> 00:28:19,006 a new economic structure the size of 776 00:28:19,006 --> 00:28:20,950 Guan , that's a pretty significant 777 00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:23,172 impact . So those sailors are , are are 778 00:28:23,172 --> 00:28:25,394 all over the island . Their in house is 779 00:28:25,394 --> 00:28:27,283 there in hotel rooms , they're in 780 00:28:27,283 --> 00:28:29,450 different places . And there are teams 781 00:28:29,450 --> 00:28:31,617 of medical professionals that check on 782 00:28:31,617 --> 00:28:33,880 those sailors twice a day on . That's 783 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,824 the procedure that the Navy put in 784 00:28:35,824 --> 00:28:38,158 place to make sure we walk through that . 785 00:28:38,158 --> 00:28:40,436 That's the procedure that was followed . 786 00:28:40,436 --> 00:28:42,436 And sadly , this morning we had our 787 00:28:42,436 --> 00:28:44,658 first hospitalization of the of the one 788 00:28:44,658 --> 00:28:47,070 sailor , Uh , you You know , I guess 789 00:28:47,540 --> 00:28:49,596 deep down I was hoping that we would 790 00:28:49,596 --> 00:28:51,707 never get to the point . I was hoping 791 00:28:51,707 --> 00:28:53,818 that the numbers would be zero at the 792 00:28:53,818 --> 00:28:55,873 end of this , but , uh , that's just 793 00:28:55,873 --> 00:28:58,207 not gonna be the case with Corona virus . 794 00:28:58,207 --> 00:29:00,373 There's always gonna be the one or two 795 00:29:00,373 --> 00:29:02,540 that come in even in our demographic . 796 00:29:02,730 --> 00:29:04,841 That happened for the first time this 797 00:29:04,841 --> 00:29:06,897 morning . So we're we're hoping that 798 00:29:06,897 --> 00:29:09,460 that sailor recovers were praying for 799 00:29:09,470 --> 00:29:11,637 him and his family and his shipmates . 800 00:29:12,270 --> 00:29:15,690 But the Navy put together a good 801 00:29:15,730 --> 00:29:19,070 plan , especially given the the 802 00:29:19,070 --> 00:29:21,950 challenges of putting 2700 sailors into 803 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:26,150 Guam . So even the ones who 804 00:29:26,150 --> 00:29:28,372 are symptomatic tested positive and are 805 00:29:28,372 --> 00:29:30,539 symptomatic . They're only check their 806 00:29:30,539 --> 00:29:32,650 checked on twice a day , and you feel 807 00:29:32,650 --> 00:29:36,240 like that that's good enough to ensure 808 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,370 that there our health is maintained . 809 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,327 The one of the challenges is trying to 810 00:29:43,327 --> 00:29:45,549 watch the world from the Pentagon . The 811 00:29:45,549 --> 00:29:45,460 Pentagon is one the worst places in the 812 00:29:45,460 --> 00:29:47,404 world to try to figure out exactly 813 00:29:47,404 --> 00:29:50,920 what's going on . So that's why the 814 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,087 Navy is in charge of this . The Navy's 815 00:29:53,087 --> 00:29:55,087 running it . The sailors are not by 816 00:29:55,087 --> 00:29:57,198 themselves , either . They have buddy 817 00:29:57,198 --> 00:29:59,142 systems that are watching for each 818 00:29:59,142 --> 00:30:01,253 other . It's not just waiting for the 819 00:30:01,253 --> 00:30:01,220 medical folks to come out every 12 820 00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:03,276 hours . They got buddies that around 821 00:30:03,276 --> 00:30:05,220 all the time . This particular one 822 00:30:05,220 --> 00:30:08,020 happened from night to morning . But 823 00:30:08,020 --> 00:30:11,810 there were bodies around the bodies . 824 00:30:11,820 --> 00:30:13,990 Found him so that it's not just a 825 00:30:13,990 --> 00:30:16,430 singular issue . With waiting for a 826 00:30:16,430 --> 00:30:18,652 twice a day medical team , we just make 827 00:30:18,652 --> 00:30:20,874 sure they medical the medics . Actually 828 00:30:20,874 --> 00:30:22,319 look at him twice a day . 829 00:30:24,970 --> 00:30:26,650 Lord celebrate Politico . 830 00:30:29,540 --> 00:30:31,484 Hi . Thanks for doing this . I was 831 00:30:31,484 --> 00:30:33,373 wondering if you could give us an 832 00:30:33,373 --> 00:30:35,484 update on the situation on the Nimitz 833 00:30:35,484 --> 00:30:37,707 aircraft carrier . Is there an outbreak 834 00:30:37,707 --> 00:30:39,818 right now ? And how many crew members 835 00:30:39,818 --> 00:30:43,030 have displayed symptoms ? So the , uh 836 00:30:43,090 --> 00:30:45,550 uh So the Nimitz is getting ready to go 837 00:30:45,550 --> 00:30:49,120 to sea um , they you know , 838 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,729 when you think about 5000 sailors 839 00:30:51,729 --> 00:30:53,896 getting ready to go to sea , you don't 840 00:30:53,896 --> 00:30:55,896 just get a hotel and put him in one 841 00:30:55,896 --> 00:30:58,120 hotel . That's , Ah , significant 842 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,870 challenge . Eso They've been kind of , 843 00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:07,610 I'll say , isolated on the ship . Get 844 00:31:07,610 --> 00:31:09,721 ready to go . And there's been a very 845 00:31:09,721 --> 00:31:12,054 small number of breakouts on the Nimitz , 846 00:31:12,054 --> 00:31:14,110 and we're watching that very closely 847 00:31:14,110 --> 00:31:16,166 before . Then they must go out , but 848 00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:16,140 it's not . It's not a huge break out . 849 00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:18,196 It's not a big spike at this point . 850 00:31:19,270 --> 00:31:21,730 There's been a physical separation of 851 00:31:21,730 --> 00:31:24,400 sailors on that ship , so we don't have 852 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,400 any more details on that . But it's 853 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,567 something that will watch very closely 854 00:31:28,567 --> 00:31:30,622 again . That'll be a Navy issue in a 855 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:32,344 specific issue to make sure we 856 00:31:32,344 --> 00:31:34,750 understand what that is before the ship 857 00:31:34,750 --> 00:31:38,110 goes to see . And if I could just 858 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,220 follow up really quickly , can you ? 859 00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:43,140 Can you ? Can you stay ? How you plan 860 00:31:43,150 --> 00:31:45,670 to mitigate the potential gap in in 861 00:31:45,670 --> 00:31:47,670 force projection around the world , 862 00:31:47,670 --> 00:31:49,670 with now several carriers and other 863 00:31:49,670 --> 00:31:52,060 ships having covert outbreaks to 864 00:31:52,070 --> 00:31:55,970 various extends , So the 865 00:31:55,980 --> 00:31:58,700 mitigation members met methods very by 866 00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:01,210 platform , depending on the ones the 867 00:32:01,210 --> 00:32:04,010 ones with the smaller crews . There's , 868 00:32:04,010 --> 00:32:06,730 ah isolation before they deploy so that , 869 00:32:06,730 --> 00:32:08,786 you know , before you put them under 870 00:32:08,786 --> 00:32:10,897 way for the larger ones , you have to 871 00:32:10,897 --> 00:32:13,830 take a different approach . The ones 872 00:32:13,830 --> 00:32:15,886 that are more like Army has deployed 873 00:32:15,886 --> 00:32:18,052 overseas . They have ways of isolating 874 00:32:18,052 --> 00:32:20,163 within their their organizations . So 875 00:32:20,163 --> 00:32:22,441 it really varies . I mean , the number . 876 00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:24,386 When you have two people in , ah , 877 00:32:24,386 --> 00:32:26,552 missile , tube or number , we're going 878 00:32:26,552 --> 00:32:26,180 to get on a plane together . You have a 879 00:32:26,180 --> 00:32:28,180 different approach than if you have 880 00:32:28,180 --> 00:32:30,291 large numbers of people who are gonna 881 00:32:30,291 --> 00:32:32,402 be on a single platform like a ship . 882 00:32:32,402 --> 00:32:34,624 Let me determine . Turned vice chairman 883 00:32:34,624 --> 00:32:33,890 is any details he wants to add to that . 884 00:32:34,290 --> 00:32:36,290 So , you know , we're gonna have to 885 00:32:36,290 --> 00:32:38,123 look at it case by pace case and 886 00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:40,650 develop adjusting protocols as we go 887 00:32:40,650 --> 00:32:42,872 forward in the future . I think testing 888 00:32:42,872 --> 00:32:45,150 as testing ramps up in this country and 889 00:32:45,150 --> 00:32:47,320 we get more point of care testing , I 890 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,376 think that's gonna be a key piece of 891 00:32:49,376 --> 00:32:51,042 the puzzle to ensure that our 892 00:32:51,420 --> 00:32:53,476 deployable cable's already . But the 893 00:32:53,476 --> 00:32:56,050 one thing I'll tell you is that one 894 00:32:56,050 --> 00:32:58,320 carrier as mighty as that carrier is an 895 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,550 amazing is that carrier is . It's a 896 00:33:00,550 --> 00:33:02,772 small fraction of the combat power that 897 00:33:02,772 --> 00:33:04,939 the United States brings to a puzzle . 898 00:33:04,939 --> 00:33:07,520 We have a joint force Army , Navy , Air 899 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,742 Force Marines that we can bring to bear 900 00:33:09,742 --> 00:33:11,690 on any problem s O . If we have a 901 00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:14,880 challenge with a carrier , we have , AH , 902 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,520 long range strike bomber capabilities . 903 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,742 We have a number different capabilities 904 00:33:19,742 --> 00:33:22,520 that can back that carrier up . We used 905 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,520 the entire joint force to make sure 906 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,520 that we're ready at all times . But 907 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,742 this also gets to just to follow up the 908 00:33:28,742 --> 00:33:30,810 importance of the data and the Data 909 00:33:30,810 --> 00:33:33,710 Analytics as we learn more about how 910 00:33:33,710 --> 00:33:36,020 long the virus develops before it shows 911 00:33:36,020 --> 00:33:39,690 positive . How early can somebody pass 912 00:33:39,690 --> 00:33:41,900 on symptoms on the demo on the age 913 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:44,067 groups that were predominately dealing 914 00:33:44,067 --> 00:33:45,956 with in the military ? What's the 915 00:33:45,956 --> 00:33:47,678 likelihood of somebody needing 916 00:33:47,678 --> 00:33:49,733 hospitalisation ? Because there is a 917 00:33:49,733 --> 00:33:51,733 capacity on every ship to deal with 918 00:33:51,733 --> 00:33:51,260 people who said we have That is a 919 00:33:51,260 --> 00:33:53,204 normal feature . So as we start to 920 00:33:53,204 --> 00:33:55,427 learn and understand more data from the 921 00:33:55,427 --> 00:33:57,427 disease from from or cases , we can 922 00:33:57,427 --> 00:33:59,570 better model what the mitigation 923 00:33:59,570 --> 00:34:01,450 measures are and how to reliably 924 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,969 implement them to make sure we're 925 00:34:03,969 --> 00:34:05,802 getting the effective this we're 926 00:34:05,802 --> 00:34:07,858 looking for . So we're erring on the 927 00:34:07,858 --> 00:34:09,913 side of caution right now because of 928 00:34:09,913 --> 00:34:11,913 the situation in the world . If the 929 00:34:11,913 --> 00:34:14,024 situation , the world was different , 930 00:34:14,024 --> 00:34:16,358 we'd be more aggressive with our people . 931 00:34:16,358 --> 00:34:18,247 But right now , since we're still 932 00:34:18,247 --> 00:34:17,890 learning about the disease , we're 933 00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:20,189 taking a step back and being very 934 00:34:20,189 --> 00:34:22,300 cautious to make sure we take care of 935 00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:24,467 our people . Because the one thing you 936 00:34:24,467 --> 00:34:26,689 know is if if if if we're not healthy , 937 00:34:26,689 --> 00:34:25,990 we can't defend the nation . If we're 938 00:34:25,990 --> 00:34:28,440 not healthy , we can't support New York . 939 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,050 So number one right now understand the 940 00:34:31,050 --> 00:34:33,161 disease and take care of our people . 941 00:34:33,161 --> 00:34:35,328 That's why it's the secretary's number 942 00:34:35,328 --> 00:34:35,290 one priority . 943 00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:47,573 He's not there . Okay ? Tom Bennenbroek , 944 00:34:47,573 --> 00:34:49,350 USA Today , right . 945 00:34:52,210 --> 00:34:54,920 Like a cool approved secretary remotely 946 00:34:54,930 --> 00:34:57,280 trip to Guam . He didn't require a 947 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,340 waiver for use of multiple crews in 948 00:34:59,340 --> 00:35:02,170 plane . And was that inappropriate use 949 00:35:02,180 --> 00:35:04,291 of government resources ? Thank you . 950 00:35:04,710 --> 00:35:06,766 So , a secretary of the Navy , Tommo 951 00:35:06,766 --> 00:35:08,766 the has would have the authority to 952 00:35:08,766 --> 00:35:10,988 travel as needed to see the mission . I 953 00:35:10,988 --> 00:35:13,154 think we want to be very careful about 954 00:35:13,154 --> 00:35:14,988 signalling to people that senior 955 00:35:14,988 --> 00:35:17,210 leaders shouldn't be getting out in the 956 00:35:17,210 --> 00:35:19,266 field and seeing what's going on . I 957 00:35:19,266 --> 00:35:21,432 think that it is very difficult if you 958 00:35:21,432 --> 00:35:21,290 are all the time in the Pentagon . So 959 00:35:21,580 --> 00:35:23,747 even with the challenges of the covert 960 00:35:23,747 --> 00:35:25,969 virus , we're going to continue to look 961 00:35:25,969 --> 00:35:27,636 at ways to make sure that our 962 00:35:27,636 --> 00:35:29,802 leadership stays engaged in informed . 963 00:35:29,802 --> 00:35:31,802 And during the course of the year , 964 00:35:31,802 --> 00:35:33,913 senior leaders need to get out to the 965 00:35:33,913 --> 00:35:33,830 field and to understand what's going on 966 00:35:34,070 --> 00:35:36,070 and be able to work with the forces 967 00:35:36,070 --> 00:35:38,126 there . Vice chairman did join at on 968 00:35:38,126 --> 00:35:40,237 that We'll just emphasize what I said 969 00:35:40,237 --> 00:35:42,292 earlier . If you want to know what's 970 00:35:42,292 --> 00:35:44,459 going on in Guam , where I stand right 971 00:35:44,459 --> 00:35:46,626 now is about the worst place to try to 972 00:35:46,626 --> 00:35:48,792 figure that out . You actually need to 973 00:35:48,792 --> 00:35:51,014 understand , need toe talk to the folks 974 00:35:51,014 --> 00:35:53,181 in the Pacific , and eyes on is always 975 00:35:53,181 --> 00:35:55,126 the best . Wayto figure out what's 976 00:35:55,126 --> 00:35:57,237 going on . S o . You don't wantto You 977 00:35:57,237 --> 00:35:59,237 want to make sure you balance again 978 00:35:59,237 --> 00:36:01,292 mission with taking care of people . 979 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:03,181 But you do need to get out of the 980 00:36:03,181 --> 00:36:05,348 Pentagon , that's for sure . Tony , we 981 00:36:05,348 --> 00:36:07,348 called on you once before . You may 982 00:36:07,348 --> 00:36:07,200 have been on mute . Did you want to 983 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:08,756 follow up with the question 984 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:15,090 man ? Did you go 985 00:36:17,730 --> 00:36:21,550 what you got . I guess he wasn't on the 986 00:36:21,550 --> 00:36:23,828 call . I thought I'd give him a chance . 987 00:36:23,828 --> 00:36:25,606 We have this with people on you 988 00:36:25,606 --> 00:36:27,661 periodically on conference calls . I 989 00:36:27,661 --> 00:36:31,360 don't think that Hi . Thanks for doing 990 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,880 this . I I wanted to get an update on 991 00:36:34,340 --> 00:36:36,840 whether the department is going to 992 00:36:36,850 --> 00:36:40,020 issue service wide stop loss orders 993 00:36:40,830 --> 00:36:43,130 as coronaviruses impacted recruiting 994 00:36:43,130 --> 00:36:45,240 and training whether it will be 995 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:47,296 necessary to maintain force levels . 996 00:36:47,296 --> 00:36:49,296 Thank you . I think that would be a 997 00:36:49,296 --> 00:36:51,730 last resort . That is something that 998 00:36:51,740 --> 00:36:53,740 has significant consequences to the 999 00:36:53,740 --> 00:36:55,962 force . There's a lot of other measures 1000 00:36:55,962 --> 00:36:59,490 we do long before that . We absolutely 1001 00:36:59,490 --> 00:37:01,670 don't want to do that . It is an 1002 00:37:01,670 --> 00:37:04,120 authority that we have . And if the 1003 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,231 situation someday in the future would 1004 00:37:06,231 --> 00:37:08,287 demand that , we would consider it . 1005 00:37:08,287 --> 00:37:10,398 But as the secretary said , that is a 1006 00:37:10,398 --> 00:37:12,800 last resort that we do not want to have 1007 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,740 Thio engage 1008 00:37:17,010 --> 00:37:19,310 something that has been an option on 1009 00:37:19,310 --> 00:37:21,970 the table that you've thought about as 1010 00:37:21,980 --> 00:37:23,813 a you know , maybe the last case 1011 00:37:23,813 --> 00:37:25,869 scenario . But it's out . There is a 1012 00:37:25,869 --> 00:37:27,900 possibility . The department is a 1013 00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:29,789 number of authorities that we can 1014 00:37:29,789 --> 00:37:31,956 invoke depending on the seriousness of 1015 00:37:31,956 --> 00:37:34,289 it . The stop loss would be one of them . 1016 00:37:34,289 --> 00:37:36,511 But it's not a CZ that we said It's the 1017 00:37:36,511 --> 00:37:36,120 last resort . We have a lot of other 1018 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,176 things we do first . Well , the cool 1019 00:37:38,176 --> 00:37:40,231 things we're doing now is that we're 1020 00:37:40,231 --> 00:37:42,120 just asking people to voluntarily 1021 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,176 extend . And it's amazing how , in a 1022 00:37:44,176 --> 00:37:46,009 crisis , people in large numbers 1023 00:37:46,009 --> 00:37:47,953 volunteer voluntarily extended all 1024 00:37:47,953 --> 00:37:50,120 those people I was talking about in my 1025 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:49,400 opening remarks that volunteered to 1026 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,960 Come on . Uh , that's that's 1027 00:37:51,970 --> 00:37:54,440 volunteerism . So the first thing we 1028 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,384 have to do is ask people where you 1029 00:37:56,384 --> 00:37:58,329 volunteer to extend and people are 1030 00:37:58,329 --> 00:38:00,880 doing that s o . If we get enough 1031 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,047 numbers out there , we'll never get to 1032 00:38:03,047 --> 00:38:04,991 the last resort items . And that's 1033 00:38:04,991 --> 00:38:07,158 that's our desire to never get there . 1034 00:38:08,950 --> 00:38:10,728 Go to the phones again . Marcus 1035 00:38:10,728 --> 00:38:12,117 Weisberger Defense One . 1036 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,110 Hi . Can you hear me ? Yes , we got All 1037 00:38:20,110 --> 00:38:22,221 right . Great . Thank you . And thank 1038 00:38:22,221 --> 00:38:24,332 you for doing this . Uh , Secretary , 1039 00:38:24,332 --> 00:38:26,443 Your question , There's been a lot of 1040 00:38:26,443 --> 00:38:26,120 consternation within each of the 1041 00:38:26,130 --> 00:38:28,130 service's budget office is over the 1042 00:38:28,130 --> 00:38:30,186 past month about having to come into 1043 00:38:30,186 --> 00:38:32,352 the building of it Corona virus . They 1044 00:38:32,352 --> 00:38:34,860 were . A number of people have told us 1045 00:38:34,870 --> 00:38:37,092 that they've had to show up to actually 1046 00:38:37,092 --> 00:38:39,960 access access a computer network that 1047 00:38:39,970 --> 00:38:42,140 they can't access remotely . And this 1048 00:38:42,140 --> 00:38:45,070 was all being driven by . Ah , was the 1049 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,380 desire to have accelerated budget 1050 00:38:47,380 --> 00:38:49,530 timelines this year . I know . Last 1051 00:38:49,530 --> 00:38:51,308 week you issued a memo actually 1052 00:38:52,060 --> 00:38:54,910 instructing folks too . Ah , that the 1053 00:38:55,130 --> 00:38:57,330 palms emissions would be not Do you 1054 00:38:57,330 --> 00:38:59,552 want to do and one anymore so that more 1055 00:38:59,552 --> 00:39:01,552 people can work from home ? Can you 1056 00:39:01,552 --> 00:39:03,608 maybe walk us through your reasoning 1057 00:39:03,608 --> 00:39:05,663 for changing the deadline ? How many 1058 00:39:05,663 --> 00:39:07,552 people do you see that this might 1059 00:39:07,552 --> 00:39:09,608 actually removed from the building ? 1060 00:39:09,608 --> 00:39:11,774 And just what was the whole purpose of 1061 00:39:11,774 --> 00:39:13,830 the accelerated timeline this year ? 1062 00:39:13,830 --> 00:39:15,719 Thanks . So the , um the original 1063 00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:17,774 before the questions about goes back 1064 00:39:17,774 --> 00:39:19,997 before the coroner virus , which was in 1065 00:39:19,997 --> 00:39:22,163 the past , we have had program reviews 1066 00:39:22,163 --> 00:39:25,160 start in June . Over time , we had 1067 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,438 moved them later and later in the year , 1068 00:39:27,438 --> 00:39:29,740 which was resulting in the program of 1069 00:39:29,740 --> 00:39:31,851 you're incurring on top of the budget 1070 00:39:31,851 --> 00:39:33,851 review and the Secretary and senior 1071 00:39:33,851 --> 00:39:35,851 leaders not having enough time . So 1072 00:39:35,851 --> 00:39:37,740 this year we were had adopted the 1073 00:39:37,740 --> 00:39:39,962 schedule to try and go back to what was 1074 00:39:39,962 --> 00:39:42,073 the more traditional early approach . 1075 00:39:42,073 --> 00:39:44,018 The question that came up with the 1076 00:39:44,018 --> 00:39:46,240 Corona virus was there was a request by 1077 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:48,351 some to simply delay to keep the same 1078 00:39:48,351 --> 00:39:50,390 amount of work . But just because 1079 00:39:50,390 --> 00:39:52,510 people were only able to work at a 1080 00:39:52,510 --> 00:39:54,288 lower efficiency because of the 1081 00:39:54,288 --> 00:39:56,343 challenges , keep them working , but 1082 00:39:56,343 --> 00:39:58,566 just have them working longer . I found 1083 00:39:58,566 --> 00:40:00,677 that unacceptable . The secretary had 1084 00:40:00,677 --> 00:40:02,899 been very clear that we're not going to 1085 00:40:02,899 --> 00:40:05,177 keep the same processes and just delay . 1086 00:40:05,177 --> 00:40:07,399 We're going to streamline them . So the 1087 00:40:07,399 --> 00:40:09,454 point that I made when I was working 1088 00:40:09,454 --> 00:40:11,677 with service is is we can't do the same 1089 00:40:11,677 --> 00:40:13,677 thing and keep people here longer . 1090 00:40:13,677 --> 00:40:15,843 Over a period of time . We have to get 1091 00:40:15,843 --> 00:40:17,843 rid of the steps . And so , in this 1092 00:40:17,843 --> 00:40:17,840 case , there's , as you talk about , 1093 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:19,729 people have to log in to get to a 1094 00:40:20,060 --> 00:40:22,440 classified database . All of that is a 1095 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,718 data that's normally submitted in June . 1096 00:40:24,780 --> 00:40:27,830 We done and then re submitted in the 1097 00:40:27,830 --> 00:40:29,997 fall . My point of view is we're going 1098 00:40:29,997 --> 00:40:32,108 to streamline this . We're gonna take 1099 00:40:32,108 --> 00:40:34,274 out that data submission . We're going 1100 00:40:34,274 --> 00:40:36,274 to just focus on review on the high 1101 00:40:36,274 --> 00:40:38,386 issues . We already built the program 1102 00:40:38,386 --> 00:40:40,608 last year . That will be the baseline . 1103 00:40:40,608 --> 00:40:40,360 So what we've done is we've removed 1104 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,770 steps to lower the level of work that 1105 00:40:43,770 --> 00:40:47,000 is required so we can stay on and do 1106 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,111 the review . But people don't need to 1107 00:40:49,111 --> 00:40:51,333 come in . They don't need to access the 1108 00:40:51,333 --> 00:40:53,556 database . So what my concern was was a 1109 00:40:53,556 --> 00:40:53,500 delay was gonna keep those people 1110 00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:56,180 working Just with more time . I wanted 1111 00:40:56,180 --> 00:40:58,291 to remove the steps . And that's what 1112 00:40:58,291 --> 00:41:00,402 we've implemented . In order to allow 1113 00:41:00,402 --> 00:41:02,291 more people to tell the work more 1114 00:41:02,291 --> 00:41:04,730 people Thio be able to focus on the 1115 00:41:04,730 --> 00:41:06,952 higher issues and still have time to do 1116 00:41:06,952 --> 00:41:08,841 decision . So we'll look at other 1117 00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:10,952 processes inside the Pentagon and ask 1118 00:41:10,952 --> 00:41:13,063 the question , How do we remove steps 1119 00:41:13,063 --> 00:41:15,119 and streamline them ? Because simply 1120 00:41:15,119 --> 00:41:17,341 delaying in the hopes that June or July 1121 00:41:17,341 --> 00:41:19,230 is going to be an easier month is 1122 00:41:19,230 --> 00:41:18,900 probably not a good strategy . 1123 00:41:23,870 --> 00:41:25,981 One last question will go to a Sylvie 1124 00:41:25,981 --> 00:41:26,981 with Effie . 1125 00:41:31,660 --> 00:41:33,049 Hello ? Do you hear me ? 1126 00:41:35,510 --> 00:41:37,810 Okay . Do you hear me ? Yeah . 1127 00:41:46,010 --> 00:41:48,820 No way we can hear you , Sylvia . 1128 00:41:49,610 --> 00:41:53,260 Okay , um I would like to know 1129 00:41:53,260 --> 00:41:56,910 and I wanted a precision about the 1130 00:41:56,910 --> 00:42:00,310 number off symptomatic on board the 1131 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:04,790 well in Guam from the TR . 1132 00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:08,210 I wanted to know how many how many 1133 00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:10,840 symptomatic and how many beds were 1134 00:42:10,850 --> 00:42:14,650 available on the TR ahh 1135 00:42:15,100 --> 00:42:18,450 e . I wanted to know if the capacity of 1136 00:42:18,460 --> 00:42:21,770 the ship was enough to take care off 1137 00:42:21,780 --> 00:42:25,300 all the sick people without 1138 00:42:25,310 --> 00:42:29,160 going toe on the shore . Let me do this 1139 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,382 all dressed some of the questions about 1140 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:33,438 the symptomatic and asymptomatic and 1141 00:42:33,438 --> 00:42:35,549 let the vice chairman address the bed 1142 00:42:35,549 --> 00:42:37,604 capacity . The first caution I would 1143 00:42:37,604 --> 00:42:39,716 give is we have seen , as the testing 1144 00:42:39,716 --> 00:42:41,327 has moved through the ship's 1145 00:42:41,327 --> 00:42:43,438 significant variation in the ratio of 1146 00:42:43,438 --> 00:42:45,850 symptomatic asymptomatic . So Ah , few 1147 00:42:45,850 --> 00:42:47,850 days ago , there was two people who 1148 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,840 tested positive and showed symptoms and 1149 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:52,951 then for every one person that tested 1150 00:42:52,951 --> 00:42:55,007 positive and didn't that is actually 1151 00:42:55,007 --> 00:42:57,229 trended closer to one for one . But you 1152 00:42:57,229 --> 00:42:59,173 have to wait and see whether those 1153 00:42:59,173 --> 00:43:01,400 asymptomatic people several days later 1154 00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:03,942 end up developing symptoms . And so I'd 1155 00:43:03,942 --> 00:43:06,930 be very cautious into reading into an 1156 00:43:06,930 --> 00:43:09,150 asymptomatic case whether what that 1157 00:43:09,150 --> 00:43:11,280 means about the number of of silent 1158 00:43:11,290 --> 00:43:13,440 carriers . But we continue to track 1159 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,662 that very closely , and we will watches 1160 00:43:15,662 --> 00:43:17,829 that goes forward to make sure have it 1161 00:43:17,829 --> 00:43:19,773 right . My stamina . You want talk 1162 00:43:19,773 --> 00:43:21,662 about the beds so you know you're 1163 00:43:21,662 --> 00:43:23,662 asking a new airman who's been on a 1164 00:43:23,662 --> 00:43:25,662 carrier I think , three times in my 1165 00:43:25,662 --> 00:43:27,718 entire life . But I can tell you the 1166 00:43:27,718 --> 00:43:29,940 way the carriers configured is that you 1167 00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:32,150 have , ah , a few state rooms for 1168 00:43:32,150 --> 00:43:34,094 officers and everybody else shares 1169 00:43:34,094 --> 00:43:36,980 quarters . They're certainly quarters 1170 00:43:36,980 --> 00:43:39,147 for the 5000 sailors that live on it . 1171 00:43:39,147 --> 00:43:42,320 But the enlisted sailors , especially 1172 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,264 the young ones , for the most part 1173 00:43:44,264 --> 00:43:48,160 would be in a room 0/2 this size 30 by 1174 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,740 30 and there may be a couple of dozen 1175 00:43:50,740 --> 00:43:53,940 sailors in that room . That's fine for 1176 00:43:53,940 --> 00:43:56,107 a healthy group of people . But if you 1177 00:43:56,107 --> 00:43:58,051 have ah , infectious disease , you 1178 00:43:58,051 --> 00:43:57,940 don't want to have them in there . 1179 00:43:57,940 --> 00:44:00,280 That's why the goal was to get them off 1180 00:44:00,990 --> 00:44:03,046 the ship as fast as we can . So , as 1181 00:44:03,046 --> 00:44:05,101 soon as soon as we heard there was a 1182 00:44:05,101 --> 00:44:08,030 problem on that ship , we started 1183 00:44:08,030 --> 00:44:10,252 working with governor of Guam toe , get 1184 00:44:10,252 --> 00:44:12,308 hotel rooms , places to put in . The 1185 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,500 governor was fantastic to figure out 1186 00:44:14,500 --> 00:44:16,620 how to work , that we're working that 1187 00:44:16,630 --> 00:44:19,470 before the before the ship even got 1188 00:44:19,470 --> 00:44:21,637 back to port . I know the folks in the 1189 00:44:21,637 --> 00:44:23,803 Pacific were working that hard because 1190 00:44:23,803 --> 00:44:25,637 you didn't want to have them all 1191 00:44:25,637 --> 00:44:27,748 together . But there's there's always 1192 00:44:27,748 --> 00:44:29,914 berthing space on the ship . It's just 1193 00:44:29,914 --> 00:44:29,910 not good berthing space if you have an 1194 00:44:29,910 --> 00:44:32,140 infectious disease , which is why we've 1195 00:44:32,140 --> 00:44:34,473 worked so hard to get them off the ship . 1196 00:44:34,490 --> 00:44:36,712 So you can't . You can't empty the ship 1197 00:44:36,712 --> 00:44:38,823 because you do have a nuclear reactor 1198 00:44:38,823 --> 00:44:40,823 on the ship . You do have on entire 1199 00:44:40,823 --> 00:44:42,934 carrier Air Wing with all the weapons 1200 00:44:42,934 --> 00:44:44,934 it brings on this ship . So there's 1201 00:44:44,934 --> 00:44:47,046 there's gonna be roughly 1000 sailors 1202 00:44:47,046 --> 00:44:49,212 left on that ship to make sure we have 1203 00:44:49,212 --> 00:44:50,934 security at any one time , but 1204 00:44:50,934 --> 00:44:53,046 nonetheless , with 1000 there's rooms 1205 00:44:53,046 --> 00:44:55,157 toe segregate the sailors that left . 1206 00:44:55,157 --> 00:44:57,268 So let me just close by by thanking , 1207 00:44:57,268 --> 00:44:59,490 thanking you for being here and helping 1208 00:44:59,490 --> 00:45:01,601 get the message out to people and and 1209 00:45:01,601 --> 00:45:03,823 for those watching , let me issue thank 1210 00:45:03,823 --> 00:45:03,690 you to the first responders . Those who 1211 00:45:03,690 --> 00:45:05,870 is the vice chairman noted , answered 1212 00:45:05,870 --> 00:45:07,759 the call and have deployed to the 1213 00:45:07,759 --> 00:45:09,981 hospitals . We appreciate the hard work 1214 00:45:09,981 --> 00:45:12,148 you do , and we'll continue to support 1215 00:45:12,148 --> 00:45:11,990 you . So thank you everyone very much . 1216 00:45:11,990 --> 00:45:12,400 Appreciate it .