1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,862 Good morning everyone . I want to thank 2 00:00:05,862 --> 00:00:07,862 you for joining us today . Um today 3 00:00:07,862 --> 00:00:09,362 we've got General Terrence 4 00:00:09,362 --> 00:00:11,307 O'Shaughnessy Commander , US North 5 00:00:11,307 --> 00:00:13,362 Common NORAD to speak with you today 6 00:00:13,362 --> 00:00:15,251 and also Lieutenant General Laura 7 00:00:15,251 --> 00:00:17,418 Richardson Commander , US Army North . 8 00:00:17,418 --> 00:00:19,418 They'll be talking on their role in 9 00:00:19,418 --> 00:00:19,390 support of the whole government efforts 10 00:00:19,390 --> 00:00:22,560 against COVID-19 . Um , we'll be taking 11 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,727 questions both from the floor and from 12 00:00:24,727 --> 00:00:26,671 the phones as has been the case in 13 00:00:26,671 --> 00:00:28,727 recent weeks and without further ado 14 00:00:28,727 --> 00:00:30,782 we'll hand it over to North camp for 15 00:00:30,782 --> 00:00:32,060 opening comments sir . 16 00:00:35,140 --> 00:00:37,251 Well , good morning and thank you for 17 00:00:37,251 --> 00:00:39,140 giving me and my joint force Land 18 00:00:39,140 --> 00:00:41,140 component Commander is doing just a 19 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:43,084 fantastic job . Lieutenant General 20 00:00:43,084 --> 00:00:45,084 Laura Richardson the opportunity to 21 00:00:45,084 --> 00:00:47,084 update you on an operation And I'll 22 00:00:47,084 --> 00:00:49,140 start with assuring you that despite 23 00:00:49,140 --> 00:00:51,140 the COVID-19 pandemic , us Northern 24 00:00:51,140 --> 00:00:53,196 Command and North American Aerospace 25 00:00:53,196 --> 00:00:52,930 Defense Command . The gloves are 26 00:00:52,930 --> 00:00:55,152 components and regions are conducting a 27 00:00:55,152 --> 00:00:56,986 no fail mission of defending our 28 00:00:56,986 --> 00:00:59,152 homeland . We showcased that yet again 29 00:00:59,152 --> 00:01:01,263 just a couple of weeks ago when NORAD 30 00:01:01,263 --> 00:01:03,263 forces intercepted multiple Russian 31 00:01:03,263 --> 00:01:05,374 aircraft operating near Alaska within 32 00:01:05,374 --> 00:01:07,486 our Alaska air defense identification 33 00:01:07,486 --> 00:01:09,541 zone . And this is the third time in 34 00:01:09,541 --> 00:01:11,597 two months we've intercepted Russian 35 00:01:11,597 --> 00:01:13,486 military aircraft integrated . In 36 00:01:13,486 --> 00:01:15,708 addition , we're tracking , prepared to 37 00:01:15,708 --> 00:01:17,486 respond to north korean missile 38 00:01:17,486 --> 00:01:19,597 activity and continue our operation . 39 00:01:19,597 --> 00:01:21,430 Noble Eagle operation And as our 40 00:01:21,430 --> 00:01:23,430 Commander in chief and Secretary of 41 00:01:23,430 --> 00:01:25,652 Defense has stated , we are at war with 42 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:27,763 Covid 19 and to win this war which we 43 00:01:27,763 --> 00:01:29,708 will , we have approached it as we 44 00:01:29,708 --> 00:01:31,930 would any large scale military campaign 45 00:01:31,930 --> 00:01:34,097 and their ways are focused will remain 46 00:01:34,097 --> 00:01:36,097 agile and adjusting her approach to 47 00:01:36,097 --> 00:01:38,319 match the circumstances on the ground . 48 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,541 And as we've expanded our operations to 49 00:01:40,541 --> 00:01:42,374 more than a dozen states . We've 50 00:01:42,374 --> 00:01:44,597 implemented an adaptive medical concept 51 00:01:44,597 --> 00:01:46,430 of operations . This is based on 52 00:01:46,430 --> 00:01:48,486 lessons learned in the three pronged 53 00:01:48,486 --> 00:01:50,652 approach we employed for new york city 54 00:01:50,652 --> 00:01:52,708 and we've developed three conditions 55 00:01:52,708 --> 00:01:54,597 based expeditionary medical force 56 00:01:54,597 --> 00:01:56,819 employment options that are dynamically 57 00:01:56,819 --> 00:01:58,930 scalable and terrible . The first one 58 00:01:58,930 --> 00:02:01,152 embedding occurs when we deploy D . O . 59 00:02:01,152 --> 00:02:03,152 D . Medical providers directly to a 60 00:02:03,152 --> 00:02:05,486 civilian hospital or treatment facility . 61 00:02:05,740 --> 00:02:07,962 The second what we're calling extending 62 00:02:07,962 --> 00:02:10,550 capacity is when do de adds modular 63 00:02:10,550 --> 00:02:12,494 capability to an existing civilian 64 00:02:12,494 --> 00:02:14,717 facility by working out of a portion of 65 00:02:14,717 --> 00:02:16,550 a facility such as a wing in the 66 00:02:16,550 --> 00:02:18,610 hospital . And finally , the third 67 00:02:18,610 --> 00:02:20,666 force employment option is our fully 68 00:02:20,666 --> 00:02:22,777 equipped alternate care facility or a 69 00:02:22,777 --> 00:02:24,860 CF where D . O . D . Operates or 70 00:02:24,860 --> 00:02:27,082 supplements a fully developed alternate 71 00:02:27,082 --> 00:02:29,220 care facility that's independent of a 72 00:02:29,220 --> 00:02:31,970 previously existing facility . And 73 00:02:31,970 --> 00:02:33,460 these 3/4 packages can be 74 00:02:33,460 --> 00:02:36,110 simultaneously executed and tailored to 75 00:02:36,110 --> 00:02:38,530 meet the needs of the state and local 76 00:02:38,530 --> 00:02:40,840 officials . And let me give you a quick 77 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,951 update on our efforts . Since we last 78 00:02:42,951 --> 00:02:45,280 spoke , We currently have around 15,000 79 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,336 northern command dedicated forces in 80 00:02:47,336 --> 00:02:49,280 the fight all across the nation in 81 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,447 support of Faba . And we're constantly 82 00:02:51,447 --> 00:02:53,502 evolving our support to ensure we're 83 00:02:53,502 --> 00:02:55,780 providing video capability . D . O . D . 84 00:02:55,780 --> 00:02:57,724 Capability were needed . And we're 85 00:02:57,724 --> 00:02:59,613 working closely with the National 86 00:02:59,613 --> 00:03:01,391 Response coordination center to 87 00:03:01,391 --> 00:03:03,558 prioritize our efforts and Pete Gaynor 88 00:03:03,558 --> 00:03:05,724 fema administrator and the entire fema 89 00:03:05,724 --> 00:03:07,947 teams are great partners . This weekend 90 00:03:07,947 --> 00:03:09,947 we have reassigned approximately 50 91 00:03:09,947 --> 00:03:12,113 personnel from the US Naval Ship Mercy 92 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,296 in Los Angeles to the comfort in new 93 00:03:14,296 --> 00:03:16,351 york city to support the high acuity 94 00:03:16,351 --> 00:03:18,629 patients . We haven't comfort icu beds . 95 00:03:19,340 --> 00:03:21,340 Additionally , Mercy personnel will 96 00:03:21,340 --> 00:03:23,229 begin providing care at a skilled 97 00:03:23,229 --> 00:03:25,118 nursing facility in Orange County 98 00:03:25,118 --> 00:03:27,950 within the next several days . These 99 00:03:27,950 --> 00:03:30,117 changes will not impact mercy missions 100 00:03:30,117 --> 00:03:32,006 in Los Angeles to provide quality 101 00:03:32,006 --> 00:03:34,172 timely care . As part of its continued 102 00:03:34,172 --> 00:03:36,006 support of the nation's COVID-19 103 00:03:36,006 --> 00:03:38,061 response . The ship will continue to 104 00:03:38,061 --> 00:03:40,228 treat non COVID-19 patients serving as 105 00:03:40,228 --> 00:03:42,117 release files for state and local 106 00:03:42,117 --> 00:03:44,117 officials . We've now deployed more 107 00:03:44,117 --> 00:03:46,061 than 500 Army , Navy and Air Force 108 00:03:46,061 --> 00:03:48,300 medical personnel to embed daily in 10 109 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:50,356 public hospitals in New York City to 110 00:03:50,356 --> 00:03:52,300 bolster existing medical staffs in 111 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:54,750 these facilities . This group of 500 112 00:03:54,750 --> 00:03:56,990 plus medical providers and enablers 113 00:03:56,990 --> 00:03:59,212 including Air Force and Navy individual 114 00:03:59,212 --> 00:04:01,323 augmented as well as members from the 115 00:04:01,323 --> 00:04:03,490 urban augmentation medical task forces 116 00:04:03,490 --> 00:04:05,323 or U . A . N . T . S . Teams are 117 00:04:05,323 --> 00:04:08,190 roughly 85 people . Each . Each team 118 00:04:08,190 --> 00:04:09,912 includes emergency positions , 119 00:04:09,912 --> 00:04:12,134 pulmonologist , internists , registered 120 00:04:12,134 --> 00:04:14,357 nurses and on occasions these teams can 121 00:04:14,357 --> 00:04:16,357 be split to provide support in more 122 00:04:16,357 --> 00:04:18,980 than one area simultaneously . And 123 00:04:18,980 --> 00:04:20,869 these teams , along with the Navy 124 00:04:20,869 --> 00:04:23,091 expeditionary medical facilities or E . 125 00:04:23,091 --> 00:04:25,091 M . F . S have been deployed to New 126 00:04:25,091 --> 00:04:28,170 Jersey massachusetts Louisiana michigan 127 00:04:28,350 --> 00:04:30,780 and texas working either as a sports of 128 00:04:30,780 --> 00:04:32,502 civilian hospitals or in state 129 00:04:32,502 --> 00:04:34,724 organized temporary treatment centers . 130 00:04:34,940 --> 00:04:36,940 The D . O . D . Members are working 131 00:04:36,940 --> 00:04:38,884 side by side with civilian medical 132 00:04:38,884 --> 00:04:40,773 professionals provide much needed 133 00:04:40,773 --> 00:04:42,884 relief while saving lives in the most 134 00:04:42,884 --> 00:04:45,162 in our nation's most critical hotspots . 135 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,607 We're also helping states by extending 136 00:04:47,607 --> 00:04:49,829 capacity where needed . As an example , 137 00:04:49,829 --> 00:04:51,384 North Korean forces assumed 138 00:04:51,384 --> 00:04:53,440 responsibility of applied within the 139 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,496 seventh floor of the Bennett Medical 140 00:04:55,496 --> 00:04:57,662 Center in Stanford Connecticut with 35 141 00:04:57,662 --> 00:04:59,884 medical personnel are staffing up to 56 142 00:04:59,884 --> 00:05:02,050 beds and multiple pods based on the 143 00:05:02,060 --> 00:05:05,590 success the initial deployment . We're 144 00:05:05,590 --> 00:05:07,757 also looking to expand that capability 145 00:05:07,757 --> 00:05:09,812 in Connecticut . And finally , we're 146 00:05:09,812 --> 00:05:11,701 supporting through fully equipped 147 00:05:11,701 --> 00:05:13,923 alternate care facilities which include 148 00:05:13,923 --> 00:05:15,979 the Javits Center and our two highly 149 00:05:15,979 --> 00:05:18,090 capable hospital ships , USns comfort 150 00:05:18,090 --> 00:05:19,923 and Usns Mercy . And today we've 151 00:05:19,923 --> 00:05:22,090 treated more than 1400 patients in the 152 00:05:22,090 --> 00:05:25,270 hospital as well as many other 153 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:28,062 other are embedded doctors , nurses and 154 00:05:28,062 --> 00:05:30,396 medical personnel have treated in state , 155 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:32,451 local hospital and the ultimate care 156 00:05:32,451 --> 00:05:34,660 facilities and as I mentioned , nearly 157 00:05:34,670 --> 00:05:37,270 15,000 US North Home Director personnel 158 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:39,460 focused on covid 19 operations are all 159 00:05:39,460 --> 00:05:41,627 across the nation on the east and west 160 00:05:41,627 --> 00:05:43,627 coast as well as inland locations . 161 00:05:44,230 --> 00:05:46,063 Some of our people are operating 162 00:05:46,063 --> 00:05:47,841 military units where others are 163 00:05:47,841 --> 00:05:49,786 deployed as individuals . The help 164 00:05:49,786 --> 00:05:52,008 command and control this effort . We've 165 00:05:52,008 --> 00:05:54,119 really embraced emerging technologies 166 00:05:54,119 --> 00:05:53,820 by some great by partnering with some 167 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:56,610 great companies like Apple , Monkton 168 00:05:56,620 --> 00:05:58,670 and volunteers who are dedicated to 169 00:05:58,670 --> 00:06:01,640 fighting this fight with the and these 170 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,696 technologies are allowing us to have 171 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:05,529 immediate communication with our 172 00:06:05,529 --> 00:06:07,362 forward deployed , whether it is 173 00:06:07,362 --> 00:06:09,362 individuals units or teams ensuring 174 00:06:09,362 --> 00:06:11,473 know how they're doing what they need 175 00:06:11,473 --> 00:06:13,418 and this technology and search and 176 00:06:13,418 --> 00:06:15,640 effort is consistent with and leverages 177 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,862 our homeland defense approach where the 178 00:06:17,862 --> 00:06:19,973 emerging joint all domain command and 179 00:06:19,973 --> 00:06:22,084 Control system also known as Jazzy to 180 00:06:22,084 --> 00:06:24,084 it's core to our all domain command 181 00:06:24,084 --> 00:06:26,490 control . Jazz seafood is also helping 182 00:06:26,490 --> 00:06:28,670 our team gain predictive insights on 183 00:06:28,670 --> 00:06:31,170 future hotspots . Proactively provide 184 00:06:31,170 --> 00:06:33,410 support capability exactly where we 185 00:06:33,410 --> 00:06:35,860 need it by sanitizing multiple data 186 00:06:35,860 --> 00:06:37,693 feeds through real time and user 187 00:06:37,693 --> 00:06:39,860 reporting and collaborative planning . 188 00:06:39,860 --> 00:06:41,971 Our team has has a better insight for 189 00:06:41,971 --> 00:06:43,804 predictive analysis as more of a 190 00:06:43,804 --> 00:06:45,971 comprehensive common operating picture 191 00:06:45,971 --> 00:06:48,010 has been developed . Dad G two also 192 00:06:48,010 --> 00:06:49,843 helps us know where we should be 193 00:06:49,843 --> 00:06:51,954 looking for the next hotspot which is 194 00:06:51,954 --> 00:06:54,010 critical in the national approach to 195 00:06:54,010 --> 00:06:56,121 fighting covid 19 the american public 196 00:06:56,121 --> 00:06:58,399 can be proud of its soldiers , sailors , 197 00:06:58,399 --> 00:07:00,566 airmen , marines and coast guardsmen . 198 00:07:00,566 --> 00:07:00,520 The scope of a response is 199 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,742 unprecedented . And north korean forces 200 00:07:02,742 --> 00:07:04,631 are leading forward answering our 201 00:07:04,631 --> 00:07:06,631 nation's call Whether defending our 202 00:07:06,631 --> 00:07:08,520 homeland or providing much needed 203 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,631 military capability , capacity to win 204 00:07:10,631 --> 00:07:12,687 this war against the invisible enemy 205 00:07:12,687 --> 00:07:14,798 know that our commands are responding 206 00:07:14,798 --> 00:07:14,460 now and are prepared to respond . Were 207 00:07:14,460 --> 00:07:16,670 needed in the future across all 50 208 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:18,990 states as part of a unified whole of 209 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:21,410 America effort orchestrated by fema . 210 00:07:21,420 --> 00:07:23,587 HHS the national Response coordination 211 00:07:23,587 --> 00:07:25,980 center . This is truly unified response 212 00:07:25,980 --> 00:07:28,147 and U . S . Northern Command is honest 213 00:07:28,147 --> 00:07:30,147 to be part of the team . Now let me 214 00:07:30,147 --> 00:07:32,091 turn it over to Lieutenant General 215 00:07:32,091 --> 00:07:34,313 Richardson a joint Force land component 216 00:07:34,313 --> 00:07:36,480 commander . For some for some comments 217 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,480 from the Javits Center over to your 218 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,450 hi good morning everybody . I 219 00:07:42,460 --> 00:07:44,627 appreciate appreciate this opportunity 220 00:07:44,627 --> 00:07:46,793 to give you all an update on what I've 221 00:07:46,793 --> 00:07:49,016 seen . As I've traveled around to visit 222 00:07:49,016 --> 00:07:48,860 our deployed service members over the 223 00:07:48,860 --> 00:07:51,460 past couple of weeks . So I visited 224 00:07:51,470 --> 00:07:53,581 seven states since last sunday a week 225 00:07:53,581 --> 00:07:55,830 ago , sunday uh new york city at the 226 00:07:55,830 --> 00:07:57,830 Javits Center in the Manhattan site 227 00:07:57,830 --> 00:08:00,052 where our mortuary affairs soldiers are 228 00:08:00,052 --> 00:08:02,274 working in support of the new york city 229 00:08:02,274 --> 00:08:04,497 office of the chief medical examiner in 230 00:08:04,497 --> 00:08:06,608 New Jersey at the Edison Event Center 231 00:08:06,608 --> 00:08:08,860 stanford Connecticut at the medical 232 00:08:08,870 --> 00:08:11,760 health center boston at the alternate 233 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,100 care facility or at the boston 234 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:16,940 convention and event center Detroit at 235 00:08:16,940 --> 00:08:20,940 the A . C . F . At the TCF center . And 236 00:08:20,950 --> 00:08:22,894 this week I've been to baton rouge 237 00:08:22,894 --> 00:08:24,950 Louisiana at the baton rouge general 238 00:08:24,950 --> 00:08:27,240 Hospital , mid city campus philadelphia 239 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,100 at the A . C . F . At Temple University , 240 00:08:30,110 --> 00:08:32,340 Newark New Jersey to University 241 00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:34,770 Hospital . And I'm and now I'm back in 242 00:08:34,770 --> 00:08:36,714 New york city at the Javits Center 243 00:08:36,714 --> 00:08:38,881 again and we'll we'll go visit some of 244 00:08:38,881 --> 00:08:41,103 our personnel working uh in the 10 city 245 00:08:41,103 --> 00:08:43,326 public hospitals this afternoon as well 246 00:08:43,326 --> 00:08:45,492 as our folks working on the floor here 247 00:08:45,492 --> 00:08:47,548 at Javits . I've traveled all of the 248 00:08:47,548 --> 00:08:49,492 different states and have seen the 249 00:08:49,492 --> 00:08:49,450 three different types of facilities 250 00:08:49,450 --> 00:08:52,160 were supporting the embedded hospital 251 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,170 staff model , the extended capability 252 00:08:55,180 --> 00:08:58,060 model and the alternate care facilities . 253 00:08:58,540 --> 00:09:00,540 And quite honestly , I've just been 254 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:02,762 struck by the profound gratitude of all 255 00:09:02,762 --> 00:09:04,873 the civilian medical professionals at 256 00:09:04,873 --> 00:09:06,873 these hospitals and care facilities 257 00:09:06,873 --> 00:09:08,929 that I've , I had the chance to meet 258 00:09:08,929 --> 00:09:10,651 and um , and actually received 259 00:09:10,651 --> 00:09:12,980 briefings from them to on their 260 00:09:12,980 --> 00:09:15,147 capabilities and they're just so proud 261 00:09:15,147 --> 00:09:17,370 of their , um , their organizations and 262 00:09:17,370 --> 00:09:19,560 their hospitals , our soldiers , 263 00:09:19,570 --> 00:09:21,792 sailors , airmen and marines are making 264 00:09:21,792 --> 00:09:23,903 a significant impact out there . I've 265 00:09:23,903 --> 00:09:26,126 had multiple hospital ceos tell me that 266 00:09:26,126 --> 00:09:28,580 people arrived in the nick of time . In 267 00:09:28,580 --> 00:09:30,691 some cases they literally didn't know 268 00:09:30,691 --> 00:09:32,858 how they were going to make it through 269 00:09:32,858 --> 00:09:34,969 the next few shifts before our people 270 00:09:34,969 --> 00:09:37,136 arrived . I just wanted to let you all 271 00:09:37,136 --> 00:09:39,302 know that how thankful are partners in 272 00:09:39,302 --> 00:09:41,358 this fight are for the assistance or 273 00:09:41,358 --> 00:09:43,580 medical professionals are providing and 274 00:09:43,580 --> 00:09:45,636 how proud I am to see them at work , 275 00:09:45,636 --> 00:09:47,747 truly making a difference in people's 276 00:09:47,747 --> 00:09:49,858 lives . Thank you . And I'm ready for 277 00:09:49,858 --> 00:09:52,024 your questions . All right , thank you 278 00:09:52,024 --> 00:09:54,136 sir ma'am . We will . We'll go to the 279 00:09:54,136 --> 00:09:56,358 phone for questions first . First up is 280 00:09:56,358 --> 00:09:58,358 um , Tony to paseo Bloomberg . Hi , 281 00:09:58,358 --> 00:10:00,247 General Shan . See I had a couple 282 00:10:00,247 --> 00:10:02,247 questions about your first to fight 283 00:10:02,247 --> 00:10:04,358 forces . What steps have you taken to 284 00:10:04,358 --> 00:10:07,330 minimize COVID ? 285 00:10:07,830 --> 00:10:10,960 infections for your , your strip alert 286 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,040 air crews and doing an operation noble 287 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,140 eagle flights and also for the National 288 00:10:17,140 --> 00:10:19,362 Guard units who man the missile defense 289 00:10:19,362 --> 00:10:21,196 warning sites at Fort Greely and 290 00:10:21,196 --> 00:10:23,260 Vandenberg and and Colorado Springs 291 00:10:27,140 --> 00:10:29,251 Tony . Thanks for that question . And 292 00:10:29,251 --> 00:10:31,029 one of the things that I really 293 00:10:31,029 --> 00:10:33,690 highlight here is the that that the 294 00:10:33,690 --> 00:10:35,801 methods that we're using to keep that 295 00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:38,290 mission of surety at absolutely the 296 00:10:38,290 --> 00:10:40,780 highest level is a little bit different 297 00:10:40,790 --> 00:10:42,679 in all the all the areas that you 298 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,568 mentioned . And what we're really 299 00:10:44,568 --> 00:10:46,679 trying to do is we're trying to drive 300 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:48,401 our risk down to zero . That's 301 00:10:48,401 --> 00:10:50,623 obviously very challenging the COVID-19 302 00:10:50,623 --> 00:10:52,980 environment . But some areas where we 303 00:10:52,980 --> 00:10:54,647 just have we have very little 304 00:10:54,647 --> 00:10:57,660 redundancy in . We don't have um say 305 00:10:57,660 --> 00:11:01,550 multiple um different options to 306 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:03,910 to perform a mission . Uh then we are 307 00:11:03,910 --> 00:11:06,021 we are literally driving that so that 308 00:11:06,021 --> 00:11:08,560 there is no chance of a covid 19 impact , 309 00:11:08,740 --> 00:11:10,840 do that . And so that for example , 310 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,007 would be some of our crews doing , for 311 00:11:13,007 --> 00:11:15,340 example , the ballistic missile defense , 312 00:11:15,340 --> 00:11:17,284 some of our command and control uh 313 00:11:17,284 --> 00:11:19,396 skill sets uh where we have , we have 314 00:11:19,396 --> 00:11:21,507 isolated them . Uh They are living on 315 00:11:21,507 --> 00:11:23,451 government facilities . Uh they're 316 00:11:23,451 --> 00:11:27,150 being provided food through a uh to the 317 00:11:27,150 --> 00:11:30,350 government facilities . Uh We uh they 318 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,027 go from that those government 319 00:11:32,027 --> 00:11:33,971 facilities to their their areas of 320 00:11:33,971 --> 00:11:36,027 performing their mission set without 321 00:11:36,027 --> 00:11:38,350 any interaction with the outside world . 322 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,980 They're away from their families uh and 323 00:11:40,990 --> 00:11:42,900 essentially able to perform that 324 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:45,240 mission without any risk of exposure to 325 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,860 the virus . Now in other areas go ahead 326 00:11:49,460 --> 00:11:52,760 continue . That's what yeah uh in in in 327 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:54,982 other areas , for example , for some of 328 00:11:54,982 --> 00:11:57,093 the bases , for example where we have 329 00:11:57,093 --> 00:11:59,460 our fighters , um , what we've seen is 330 00:11:59,470 --> 00:12:03,420 the need to to actually have a 331 00:12:03,430 --> 00:12:05,541 modification for example , to some of 332 00:12:05,541 --> 00:12:07,652 our alert facilities , uh , to ensure 333 00:12:07,652 --> 00:12:09,652 that they remain remain free of the 334 00:12:09,652 --> 00:12:13,210 covid 19 . Um , um , and also even 335 00:12:13,210 --> 00:12:14,877 simple things like when we're 336 00:12:14,877 --> 00:12:16,988 transferring an aircraft that is part 337 00:12:16,988 --> 00:12:19,210 of the generic fleet if you will , that 338 00:12:19,210 --> 00:12:21,043 is now going to take on an alert 339 00:12:21,043 --> 00:12:23,377 posture Up to ensuring that aircraft uh , 340 00:12:23,377 --> 00:12:25,543 doesn't have any COVID-19 infection if 341 00:12:25,543 --> 00:12:27,710 you will . And so we're applying a lot 342 00:12:27,710 --> 00:12:29,543 of the things that we did in our 343 00:12:29,543 --> 00:12:29,500 chemical , biological radiation , 344 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:33,070 nuclear aspect to this COVID-19 . Now , 345 00:12:33,070 --> 00:12:35,014 some of that might be uh , maybe a 346 00:12:35,014 --> 00:12:37,014 little bit of overkill . But but we 347 00:12:37,014 --> 00:12:39,126 understand that this is a mission set 348 00:12:39,126 --> 00:12:41,181 that we can't fail on . And so we're 349 00:12:41,181 --> 00:12:43,470 taking no chances . We're ensuring that 350 00:12:43,470 --> 00:12:45,470 we will have the ability to respond 351 00:12:45,470 --> 00:12:47,970 when needed . And we're going to ensure 352 00:12:47,970 --> 00:12:51,410 that we absolutely um , have um , 353 00:12:51,420 --> 00:12:54,170 depth redundancy , uh , and ultimately 354 00:12:54,170 --> 00:12:57,090 mission assurance uh , in those roles . 355 00:12:57,100 --> 00:12:59,156 Let me see if general Richardson has 356 00:12:59,156 --> 00:13:02,460 anything to add to that . Mm hmm . 357 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,580 So you , you covered it pretty good . 358 00:13:05,580 --> 00:13:07,747 But I will , I would like to just pack 359 00:13:07,747 --> 00:13:10,910 on in terms of the Absolutely . In 360 00:13:10,910 --> 00:13:13,370 terms of a chemical , biological and 361 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:15,970 nuclear environment . So it's just on 362 00:13:15,970 --> 00:13:18,300 the , in terms of the gear that you 363 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:20,300 wear and the protection . It is the 364 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:22,467 same mindset and it's the same sort of 365 00:13:22,467 --> 00:13:24,689 training . That's how you have to treat 366 00:13:24,689 --> 00:13:26,911 your PPE , that's how you have to treat 367 00:13:26,911 --> 00:13:29,078 everything that we have to protect our 368 00:13:29,078 --> 00:13:31,300 soldiers , sailors , airmen and marines 369 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:33,356 as they're working in alternate care 370 00:13:33,356 --> 00:13:35,356 facilities and they're doing all of 371 00:13:35,356 --> 00:13:37,633 their jobs and even at my headquarters , 372 00:13:37,633 --> 00:13:39,633 the same sort of mindset , the same 373 00:13:39,633 --> 00:13:41,856 sort of protections and and all of that 374 00:13:41,856 --> 00:13:43,522 are in place . Okay , General 375 00:13:43,522 --> 00:13:45,411 Shaughnessy one quickie Secretary 376 00:13:45,411 --> 00:13:47,467 Ellsberg disclosed a couple of weeks 377 00:13:47,467 --> 00:13:49,578 ago that on february 1st he signed an 378 00:13:49,578 --> 00:13:52,690 execute order basically executing the 379 00:13:52,700 --> 00:13:55,420 joint staff standing pandemic plan . 380 00:13:55,430 --> 00:13:57,780 Can you , can you lay out what actually 381 00:13:57,780 --> 00:14:00,002 that execute order meant for north calm 382 00:14:00,002 --> 00:14:03,900 in terms of preparation ? Yeah , thanks 383 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:06,730 Tony . And and um one of the things 384 00:14:06,730 --> 00:14:08,841 that we found was that there's a wide 385 00:14:08,841 --> 00:14:11,063 spectrum of things that were covered in 386 00:14:11,063 --> 00:14:13,286 the , in the direction that we got from 387 00:14:13,286 --> 00:14:13,220 the Secretary of Defense as you would 388 00:14:13,220 --> 00:14:15,276 imagine . And if you go back to that 389 00:14:15,276 --> 00:14:17,640 time frame , part of it was starting at 390 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,000 that point was the ability to support 391 00:14:21,010 --> 00:14:23,990 HHS and the repatriation of our 392 00:14:23,990 --> 00:14:26,850 citizens from china . I recall from the 393 00:14:26,850 --> 00:14:29,017 diamond Princess . And then eventually 394 00:14:29,017 --> 00:14:31,072 the Grand Princess , as we're really 395 00:14:31,072 --> 00:14:33,460 looking at that point to support HHS 396 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,590 And um finding a place for our for 397 00:14:36,590 --> 00:14:38,646 American citizens that just needed a 398 00:14:38,646 --> 00:14:40,701 place to go through the quarantine . 399 00:14:40,701 --> 00:14:42,868 And so that was an aspect of that . It 400 00:14:42,868 --> 00:14:44,868 was also about the planning for the 401 00:14:44,868 --> 00:14:47,034 future and to ensure that that we were 402 00:14:47,034 --> 00:14:49,201 now thinking through , which of course 403 00:14:49,201 --> 00:14:51,368 we were um all the all the things that 404 00:14:51,368 --> 00:14:53,690 could happen as a result of the 405 00:14:53,690 --> 00:14:57,070 COVID-19 . Uh and so that that planning 406 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,020 is what set us up for success , I 407 00:14:59,020 --> 00:15:01,076 believe today and what we're able to 408 00:15:01,076 --> 00:15:03,270 highlight and some of the great uh 409 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,447 medical and capability we've been able 410 00:15:05,447 --> 00:15:07,336 to provide to the local and state 411 00:15:07,336 --> 00:15:09,502 authorities as a result of some of the 412 00:15:09,502 --> 00:15:11,724 planning that we brought to fruition as 413 00:15:11,724 --> 00:15:13,947 a result of that export . And also with 414 00:15:13,947 --> 00:15:15,947 the global aspect of of just making 415 00:15:15,947 --> 00:15:17,836 sure that we as a as a department 416 00:15:17,836 --> 00:15:19,947 defense has the ability to to operate 417 00:15:19,947 --> 00:15:21,780 globally . Forces have the force 418 00:15:21,780 --> 00:15:23,780 projection capability as well as to 419 00:15:23,780 --> 00:15:26,113 defend the homeland in this environment . 420 00:15:26,113 --> 00:15:28,058 And so we we had some pre existing 421 00:15:28,058 --> 00:15:30,169 plans in place . We had the direction 422 00:15:30,169 --> 00:15:32,391 that was specific that it won't go into 423 00:15:32,391 --> 00:15:34,558 great detail on but from the sector on 424 00:15:34,558 --> 00:15:36,724 that . But I think the biggest point I 425 00:15:36,724 --> 00:15:38,947 would make is it was a wide spectrum of 426 00:15:38,947 --> 00:15:41,113 tasks and things for us at north um to 427 00:15:41,113 --> 00:15:43,224 look at based on our home and defense 428 00:15:43,224 --> 00:15:44,836 aspect , based on our global 429 00:15:44,836 --> 00:15:47,058 responsibilities and then based on what 430 00:15:47,058 --> 00:15:49,058 we're going to do right here in the 431 00:15:49,058 --> 00:15:51,169 United States . Thank you very much . 432 00:15:51,169 --> 00:15:53,280 Take one more from the phone and then 433 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:55,502 we'll take a few from the floor up next 434 00:15:55,502 --> 00:15:57,613 We've got on a drizzly with Reuters . 435 00:15:57,613 --> 00:15:59,910 Thanks to quick questions . Um firstly , 436 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:02,087 um how many U . S . Military personnel 437 00:16:02,087 --> 00:16:05,400 have tested positive for covid in the 438 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,650 United States and its territories . And 439 00:16:07,650 --> 00:16:09,872 the second question I had is um there's 440 00:16:09,872 --> 00:16:12,206 been some criticism including lawmakers . 441 00:16:12,206 --> 00:16:14,372 Um , but there's no real protocol um , 442 00:16:14,372 --> 00:16:17,390 at the pentagon and drd about which 443 00:16:17,390 --> 00:16:19,557 service members should be tested . And 444 00:16:19,557 --> 00:16:21,900 at what point I'm just wondering is 445 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:23,900 there a protocol that do you have a 446 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:26,122 North korean about who should be tested 447 00:16:26,122 --> 00:16:27,844 when and how to measure that ? 448 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,073 Yes . So for on the on the first 449 00:16:32,073 --> 00:16:33,907 question , I'll just focus on my 450 00:16:33,907 --> 00:16:35,907 response on the on the north korean 451 00:16:35,907 --> 00:16:37,740 forces forces that are under our 452 00:16:37,740 --> 00:16:39,907 command and control and authorities uh 453 00:16:39,907 --> 00:16:42,260 is right now one of our main concerns 454 00:16:42,260 --> 00:16:44,427 is our healthcare workers that we push 455 00:16:44,427 --> 00:16:46,538 forward . Uh you know , they're right 456 00:16:46,538 --> 00:16:48,760 in the thick of the fight and obviously 457 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:50,760 in the midst of the COVID-19 and by 458 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,982 definition they're going to the hottest 459 00:16:52,982 --> 00:16:55,038 spots we have in the nation . Uh and 460 00:16:55,038 --> 00:16:57,149 right now we're at less than one half 461 00:16:57,149 --> 00:17:01,080 of 1% of infection with our with our 462 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,990 fielded healthcare workers . Uh and 463 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:05,990 then our overall force were at less 464 00:17:05,990 --> 00:17:08,910 than one uh point less than 1.0.1 465 00:17:08,910 --> 00:17:12,550 percent 0.1 . number wise . And and 466 00:17:12,550 --> 00:17:14,550 we're we're kind of keeping them in 467 00:17:14,550 --> 00:17:16,661 that is how we're reporting them . Uh 468 00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:18,550 the specific aggregation is being 469 00:17:18,550 --> 00:17:20,717 reported by OSD and the services , but 470 00:17:20,717 --> 00:17:22,828 from the North con perspective that's 471 00:17:22,828 --> 00:17:24,994 we're at now we we understand that our 472 00:17:24,994 --> 00:17:27,161 especially our healthcare workers that 473 00:17:27,161 --> 00:17:29,272 were pushing forward they are at risk 474 00:17:29,272 --> 00:17:31,383 and we we understand that we're doing 475 00:17:31,383 --> 00:17:33,494 everything we can possibly do between 476 00:17:33,494 --> 00:17:35,661 the PPE the training uh making sure we 477 00:17:35,661 --> 00:17:37,661 understand the environment . That's 478 00:17:37,661 --> 00:17:37,170 part of the reason why General 479 00:17:37,170 --> 00:17:39,170 Richardson is forward right now and 480 00:17:39,170 --> 00:17:41,240 seeing firsthand uh exactly the 481 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,462 environment they're working in . Uh but 482 00:17:43,462 --> 00:17:45,573 we do know that there are at risk and 483 00:17:45,573 --> 00:17:47,407 we do know there are going to be 484 00:17:47,407 --> 00:17:49,629 infections of our D . O . D . Personnel 485 00:17:49,629 --> 00:17:51,796 that are doing this mission set uh and 486 00:17:51,796 --> 00:17:54,018 we're postured to take good care of him 487 00:17:54,018 --> 00:17:56,129 if when they do get infected and when 488 00:17:56,129 --> 00:17:58,184 we asked or Bill Richardson to add a 489 00:17:58,184 --> 00:18:00,184 little bit with what she's seeing . 490 00:18:01,740 --> 00:18:05,450 Yeah , absolutely . Is the is the PPE 491 00:18:05,450 --> 00:18:07,450 as I said it before and that's just 492 00:18:07,450 --> 00:18:09,480 like your NBC gear and uh and the 493 00:18:09,490 --> 00:18:12,240 strict measures that are used um when 494 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,340 you put on the gear and then the PPE 495 00:18:15,340 --> 00:18:17,451 and then when you , after you've been 496 00:18:17,451 --> 00:18:19,618 working , let's say for example , on a 497 00:18:19,618 --> 00:18:21,840 shift uh for several hours and then you 498 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,420 come back out and it's almost like 499 00:18:24,430 --> 00:18:27,520 deacon ng um the decontamination 500 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,090 process that you go through the steps 501 00:18:30,090 --> 00:18:33,130 of how you take off your um your PPE , 502 00:18:33,140 --> 00:18:36,710 how it's uh how it's sanitized or 503 00:18:36,710 --> 00:18:39,790 thrown away . Uh It's all very orderly 504 00:18:39,790 --> 00:18:41,568 and it's all done in a specific 505 00:18:41,568 --> 00:18:43,860 sequence to make sure that you're not 506 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,450 carrying anything outside um once you 507 00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:50,330 leave the doffing area is what they 508 00:18:50,330 --> 00:18:52,552 call , they call it donning and doffing 509 00:18:52,552 --> 00:18:55,380 when she leaves the area . Uh , and , 510 00:18:55,390 --> 00:18:57,557 and that you've left everything behind 511 00:18:57,557 --> 00:18:59,612 and you're completely sanitized when 512 00:18:59,612 --> 00:19:02,120 you go out when you depart the area 513 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:04,176 where you were working also , what's 514 00:19:04,176 --> 00:19:06,509 very important are the , you know , the , 515 00:19:06,540 --> 00:19:08,651 what uniform you wear are you wearing 516 00:19:08,651 --> 00:19:11,200 scrubs . Um , and then you change 517 00:19:11,210 --> 00:19:13,432 before you leave the facility , there's 518 00:19:13,432 --> 00:19:15,710 also generally in all the places , 519 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:17,887 showers offered , where you can take a 520 00:19:17,887 --> 00:19:20,109 shower before you leave , uh , and then 521 00:19:20,109 --> 00:19:22,331 you leave the whatever uniform you were 522 00:19:22,331 --> 00:19:24,498 wearing , whether it was your military 523 00:19:24,498 --> 00:19:26,664 uniform . In most cases it scrubs that 524 00:19:26,664 --> 00:19:28,776 are provided and then a medical grade 525 00:19:28,776 --> 00:19:30,887 laundry contract . Is there either in 526 00:19:30,887 --> 00:19:33,109 place by the hospital or we put that in 527 00:19:33,109 --> 00:19:35,870 place uh , to ensure that the , um , 528 00:19:35,870 --> 00:19:37,981 the cleaning process is very thorough 529 00:19:37,981 --> 00:19:39,814 and uh , and then our soldiers , 530 00:19:39,814 --> 00:19:42,037 sailors , airmen and marines , um , put 531 00:19:42,037 --> 00:19:44,148 on clean gear when they come back for 532 00:19:44,148 --> 00:19:46,620 the next day or the next shift . So if 533 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:49,110 I could just quickly follow up on the 534 00:19:49,110 --> 00:19:51,710 number of how many troops and personnel 535 00:19:51,710 --> 00:19:53,654 have tested positive in the United 536 00:19:53,654 --> 00:19:55,654 States because I feel like um , the 537 00:19:55,654 --> 00:19:57,766 taxpayers have a right to know that . 538 00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:02,260 Yeah , and again , I would say the OsD 539 00:20:02,260 --> 00:20:04,400 is the ones who are actually , uh , 540 00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:06,670 talking through the specific numbers 541 00:20:06,670 --> 00:20:08,892 and they're aggregating that , uh , and 542 00:20:08,892 --> 00:20:10,892 the services from our perspective , 543 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,351 partially based on uh , you know , we 544 00:20:13,351 --> 00:20:15,573 have operational concerns and we're not 545 00:20:15,573 --> 00:20:17,573 gonna talk about individual units , 546 00:20:17,573 --> 00:20:19,629 We're not gonna talk about potential 547 00:20:19,629 --> 00:20:21,851 vulnerabilities as we go through that . 548 00:20:21,851 --> 00:20:23,740 And that's why we are keeping our 549 00:20:23,740 --> 00:20:25,907 answers to the to the percentages . Um 550 00:20:25,907 --> 00:20:27,962 as we as we go forward , thank you . 551 00:20:30,140 --> 00:20:32,418 Thanks for doing this . General Shauna . 552 00:20:32,418 --> 00:20:34,640 So you mentioned the outset that the US 553 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,473 has intercepted multiple Russian 554 00:20:36,473 --> 00:20:38,696 aircraft the third time in two months . 555 00:20:38,696 --> 00:20:40,751 First of all , how unusual is that ? 556 00:20:40,751 --> 00:20:42,918 And secondly , do you get a sense that 557 00:20:42,918 --> 00:20:44,807 Russia has taken advantage of the 558 00:20:44,807 --> 00:20:47,300 pandemic to maybe probe more uh into 559 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:49,710 the U . S . Airspace ? And in the same 560 00:20:49,710 --> 00:20:51,821 with North Korea , they shut off some 561 00:20:51,821 --> 00:20:53,932 short range missiles . Do you see any 562 00:20:53,932 --> 00:20:56,640 more activity ? Any unusual activity 563 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,450 with regard to North Korea ? 564 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,018 I'll start with the Russian air 565 00:21:03,018 --> 00:21:05,129 activity that we've seen . It . It is 566 00:21:05,129 --> 00:21:07,184 it is not necessarily a spike out of 567 00:21:07,184 --> 00:21:09,450 historical norms . If you will . What 568 00:21:09,450 --> 00:21:12,070 we do see is I think a continuous uh 569 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,420 effort for them as they as they do in 570 00:21:15,420 --> 00:21:17,420 the Covid 19 environment outside of 571 00:21:17,420 --> 00:21:19,420 Covid 19 environment to continually 572 00:21:19,420 --> 00:21:21,510 probe and and check and see our 573 00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:23,720 responses . And and we just wanted to 574 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,831 make it very clear to them , which we 575 00:21:25,831 --> 00:21:28,053 did by the way we intercepted them that 576 00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:30,220 there are there are no vulnerabilities 577 00:21:30,220 --> 00:21:32,220 as a result of Covid 19 . Uh We are 578 00:21:32,220 --> 00:21:35,330 postured maintain that ability uh to 579 00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:37,396 respond at a moment's notice and and 580 00:21:37,396 --> 00:21:39,690 have no segregation in in in our 581 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:42,120 ability to defend the homeland . Uh but 582 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:44,009 we and we expect to see continued 583 00:21:44,009 --> 00:21:45,953 activity there . And so that's why 584 00:21:45,953 --> 00:21:47,842 we're postured the way we are and 585 00:21:47,842 --> 00:21:49,676 that's why we're always ready to 586 00:21:49,676 --> 00:21:51,787 respond with respect to North Korea . 587 00:21:51,787 --> 00:21:53,898 We have seen uh continuous activity . 588 00:21:53,898 --> 00:21:56,300 Uh it's not necessarily outside of the 589 00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:58,467 realm of historical norms , especially 590 00:21:58,467 --> 00:22:00,467 given some of the significant dates 591 00:22:00,467 --> 00:22:03,570 that have gone by . Um and so we as 592 00:22:03,570 --> 00:22:05,403 always we're ready to defend the 593 00:22:05,403 --> 00:22:07,403 homeland with the ballistic missile 594 00:22:07,403 --> 00:22:09,514 capability , defense capability to be 595 00:22:09,514 --> 00:22:11,403 able to respond . Uh and we're we 596 00:22:11,403 --> 00:22:13,514 continue to be on step there . So not 597 00:22:13,514 --> 00:22:15,737 necessarily , I guess uh broad view out 598 00:22:15,737 --> 00:22:17,848 of the historic norms , but clearly I 599 00:22:17,848 --> 00:22:20,780 continue uh effort um on multiple 600 00:22:20,780 --> 00:22:23,780 fronts that we see uh to to to uh 601 00:22:23,790 --> 00:22:25,380 potentially test for any 602 00:22:25,380 --> 00:22:27,269 vulnerabilities from us . That of 603 00:22:27,269 --> 00:22:29,380 course we are always ready to respond 604 00:22:29,380 --> 00:22:31,436 to . Over . Can you expand on that a 605 00:22:31,436 --> 00:22:34,400 bit ? Um multiple activity on multiple 606 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,670 fronts ? Looking 607 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:40,951 Yeah , just as you as you highlighted 608 00:22:40,951 --> 00:22:42,784 yourself , you know , we see the 609 00:22:42,784 --> 00:22:44,673 Russian uh aspects of the Russian 610 00:22:44,673 --> 00:22:47,460 military , Russian military aviation 611 00:22:47,460 --> 00:22:49,830 and as well as the on the north korean 612 00:22:49,830 --> 00:22:52,070 side , we we've seen short range 613 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,810 activity that we saw recently from that . 614 00:22:54,810 --> 00:22:56,699 So that's what I meant . Multiple 615 00:22:56,699 --> 00:23:00,210 fronts . Okay , next up , I'm Tara 616 00:23:00,620 --> 00:23:04,160 tara from mcclatchy um 617 00:23:04,740 --> 00:23:06,518 General Shaughnessy and General 618 00:23:06,518 --> 00:23:08,740 Richardson the last time you briefed as 619 00:23:08,740 --> 00:23:10,890 you mentioned that you were deploying 620 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,610 540 additional forces to the southern 621 00:23:13,620 --> 00:23:17,450 border um to prevent additional or 622 00:23:17,450 --> 00:23:20,060 prevent any potential coronavirus uh , 623 00:23:20,740 --> 00:23:22,962 people from crossing the border , given 624 00:23:22,962 --> 00:23:25,184 the president's tweet last night . Um , 625 00:23:25,184 --> 00:23:27,351 what's the status of that deployment ? 626 00:23:27,351 --> 00:23:29,129 And are you considering sending 627 00:23:29,129 --> 00:23:31,296 additional forces at this time ? Thank 628 00:23:31,296 --> 00:23:33,351 you . Right . Yeah . Thanks for that 629 00:23:33,351 --> 00:23:35,296 question . Because it allows me to 630 00:23:35,296 --> 00:23:37,407 highlight that those those forces are 631 00:23:37,407 --> 00:23:39,240 in play place . Uh we have taken 632 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,140 additional 60 surveillance sites uh and 633 00:23:43,150 --> 00:23:45,800 become fully operational in the uh and 634 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,370 so uh that team of 5 40 has on the 635 00:23:49,370 --> 00:23:53,300 training have been uh put in 636 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:56,400 place relative to support our our CBP 637 00:23:56,410 --> 00:23:59,640 personnel and that is actually ongoing . 638 00:23:59,650 --> 00:24:03,210 Uh , we and and and and and as we see 639 00:24:03,210 --> 00:24:05,460 with the continued um discussion 640 00:24:05,470 --> 00:24:09,390 relative to that from Um from the 641 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,430 uh , from the White House . Uh , we 642 00:24:11,430 --> 00:24:14,140 were employed uh as we've been directed , 643 00:24:14,140 --> 00:24:16,550 I have not had additional tasking um , 644 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,560 over the last few days , but we are 645 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,616 fully operational . And what we have 646 00:24:20,616 --> 00:24:22,750 previously tasked on our total number 647 00:24:22,750 --> 00:24:25,410 of about 2500 on the , on the border . 648 00:24:25,410 --> 00:24:27,940 Doing this has been set from the beauty 649 00:24:27,950 --> 00:24:30,700 at this time . 2500 active duty . And 650 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,170 then additional guard forces , correct ? 651 00:24:34,420 --> 00:24:36,880 That's correct . And can you give us a 652 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,936 description of what these forces are 653 00:24:38,936 --> 00:24:40,991 doing right now . And if there is an 654 00:24:40,991 --> 00:24:43,480 increased effort to prevent any sort of 655 00:24:43,490 --> 00:24:46,570 immigration or crossings , what would 656 00:24:46,570 --> 00:24:48,740 you , what else , what other resources 657 00:24:48,740 --> 00:24:52,510 would you need at the border ? Yeah . 658 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,810 So what we are doing is is uh much like 659 00:24:55,820 --> 00:24:59,250 we we had been doing uh before uh it 660 00:24:59,250 --> 00:25:02,800 just now increased uh sites that were 661 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,640 actually able to , to to populate . But 662 00:25:05,650 --> 00:25:07,620 our our job in that is really the 663 00:25:07,620 --> 00:25:09,787 detective monitoring aspect of it . So 664 00:25:09,787 --> 00:25:13,500 so we man these uh these mobile cameras 665 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:16,060 if you will uh we point out when we see 666 00:25:16,060 --> 00:25:18,320 activity and then the Customs border 667 00:25:18,330 --> 00:25:20,600 personnel or the Border Patrol agents 668 00:25:20,610 --> 00:25:23,380 after the ones who respond to that 669 00:25:23,390 --> 00:25:25,660 activity . And that that those 670 00:25:25,670 --> 00:25:28,260 techniques , tactics , the procedures 671 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:31,630 are in play as they were before and 672 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:34,120 they just continue with additional 673 00:25:34,130 --> 00:25:37,160 sites . Um We we can have not had 674 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,720 additional tasking to date um uh as a 675 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,020 result of any additional conversations . 676 00:25:43,030 --> 00:25:46,400 Um but we are we are actively in place 677 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,456 with the mission set that we've been 678 00:25:48,456 --> 00:25:51,050 given just one last on the mercy . Um 679 00:25:51,060 --> 00:25:53,330 Can you give us a status update of the 680 00:25:53,330 --> 00:25:55,219 sailors aboard that ship that had 681 00:25:55,219 --> 00:25:56,219 tested positive ? 682 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:02,850 Yes . So uh well we take care of all of 683 00:26:02,850 --> 00:26:04,906 our personnel , whether the airmen , 684 00:26:04,906 --> 00:26:06,850 soldiers , sailors , marines , are 685 00:26:06,850 --> 00:26:08,906 civilians in this case , the sailors 686 00:26:08,906 --> 00:26:11,128 are appropriately being taken care of . 687 00:26:11,128 --> 00:26:13,239 There's been no impact to the ability 688 00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:15,183 to perform the mission . Um And we 689 00:26:15,183 --> 00:26:17,470 continue with that mission as uh as 690 00:26:17,470 --> 00:26:19,526 depicted on the , not only the birds 691 00:26:19,540 --> 00:26:23,030 but also on the , okay , we're gonna 692 00:26:23,030 --> 00:26:25,252 take one more from the , from the floor 693 00:26:25,252 --> 00:26:27,363 and head back to the phones . Barbara 694 00:26:27,363 --> 00:26:29,920 starr CNN going back to north Korea as 695 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,550 a no fail mission . What's your uh 696 00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:36,310 the working assumption right now for 697 00:26:36,550 --> 00:26:38,717 Northern Command . Do you believe that 698 00:26:38,717 --> 00:26:42,540 kim jong un is still fully in power and 699 00:26:42,540 --> 00:26:46,120 fully in charge of command and control 700 00:26:46,130 --> 00:26:49,160 of North Korea's weapons complex as you 701 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:53,070 look at it . Yeah . Thanks . 702 00:26:53,070 --> 00:26:55,470 Barbara are our responsibility and 703 00:26:55,470 --> 00:26:58,560 mission set here defend against any 704 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,671 North korean wants . The public stick 705 00:27:00,671 --> 00:27:03,420 missile remains in place . That's our , 706 00:27:03,430 --> 00:27:06,070 that's the focus that we have . Um and 707 00:27:06,070 --> 00:27:08,450 we take that seriously at all times . 708 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,350 Um , and so I'm aware of the reporting 709 00:27:11,350 --> 00:27:13,461 that that you're referencing but from 710 00:27:13,461 --> 00:27:15,600 our mission standpoint we remain 711 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,330 vigilant , remain posture to respond uh 712 00:27:18,330 --> 00:27:20,330 and we will continue to do so going 713 00:27:20,330 --> 00:27:21,330 into the future , 714 00:27:23,740 --> 00:27:25,880 heading back to the phones . Um , 715 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,060 Courtney kube Cbs . 716 00:27:34,540 --> 00:27:36,690 Okay . Move to the next um , roast 717 00:27:36,690 --> 00:27:40,490 their stars and stripes . Hey , good 718 00:27:40,490 --> 00:27:42,910 morning . Thank you for doing this . Um , 719 00:27:43,020 --> 00:27:45,220 I wanted to ask about the timeline for 720 00:27:45,220 --> 00:27:47,740 troops that are deployed . Um , have 721 00:27:47,740 --> 00:27:49,907 you given them sort of a window of how 722 00:27:49,907 --> 00:27:51,962 long they should expect to be on the 723 00:27:51,962 --> 00:27:54,129 ground in these different um hot spots 724 00:27:54,129 --> 00:27:56,018 and if there's any intention at a 725 00:27:56,018 --> 00:27:58,240 certain time period to maybe transition 726 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,240 and trade out um the units that are 727 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,190 there . Thanks for that 728 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,470 question rosa . But we're going to be 729 00:28:06,470 --> 00:28:08,692 employed as long as our nation needs us 730 00:28:08,692 --> 00:28:10,470 to be employed . Um Now for the 731 00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:12,414 individuals that that are actually 732 00:28:12,414 --> 00:28:15,730 employed right now . Uh we're looking 733 00:28:15,730 --> 00:28:18,180 at each of the units individually , we 734 00:28:18,180 --> 00:28:20,420 do have additional capability capacity 735 00:28:20,420 --> 00:28:22,587 that we can flow in . In fact , we are 736 00:28:22,587 --> 00:28:24,642 flowing in on some of the areas were 737 00:28:24,642 --> 00:28:26,587 already deployed , were flowing in 738 00:28:26,587 --> 00:28:28,753 additional assets just to give them uh 739 00:28:28,753 --> 00:28:30,864 enough redundancy to so that they can 740 00:28:30,864 --> 00:28:32,864 get schedule that will give them uh 741 00:28:32,864 --> 00:28:35,910 time uh time off . We will well , 742 00:28:35,910 --> 00:28:37,799 they're actually forward deployed 743 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:39,530 because we know this is a very 744 00:28:39,530 --> 00:28:41,641 difficult , challenging mission set . 745 00:28:41,641 --> 00:28:43,863 We want to make sure that they're taken 746 00:28:43,863 --> 00:28:46,086 care of while they're there and we also 747 00:28:46,086 --> 00:28:45,890 understand the urgency of what they're 748 00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:47,890 doing . So , so there's kind of two 749 00:28:47,890 --> 00:28:50,057 parts of your question on the specific 750 00:28:50,057 --> 00:28:52,168 missions that we're going to be doing 751 00:28:52,168 --> 00:28:54,334 this as long as our nation needs us to 752 00:28:54,334 --> 00:28:56,279 do it for the individual units and 753 00:28:56,279 --> 00:28:58,446 individuals were trying to set them up 754 00:28:58,446 --> 00:28:57,880 so that they can sustain their 755 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,430 operation uh and have a battle rhythm 756 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,496 that will allow them to do that . In 757 00:29:02,496 --> 00:29:04,496 fact , that's one of the reasons we 758 00:29:04,496 --> 00:29:06,718 have , again , General Richardson doing 759 00:29:06,718 --> 00:29:08,884 the battlefield circulation and one of 760 00:29:08,884 --> 00:29:08,180 the reasons that we've been able to 761 00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:10,347 embrace the technology where every day 762 00:29:10,347 --> 00:29:12,600 I'm talking to dozens of of the forward 763 00:29:12,610 --> 00:29:15,920 deployed members through our devices 764 00:29:15,930 --> 00:29:17,930 that we've we've distributed to the 765 00:29:17,930 --> 00:29:20,800 force so I can talk and flatten the 766 00:29:20,810 --> 00:29:22,643 command structure if you will by 767 00:29:22,643 --> 00:29:24,810 talking directly to the individuals to 768 00:29:24,810 --> 00:29:26,866 get a sense for what they're doing , 769 00:29:26,866 --> 00:29:28,977 how they're doing it and and how they 770 00:29:28,977 --> 00:29:31,530 are doing as they do it and every day 771 00:29:31,540 --> 00:29:33,707 they are actually reporting um through 772 00:29:33,707 --> 00:29:35,762 an application on the device to give 773 00:29:35,762 --> 00:29:38,100 them how they're feeling both mentally , 774 00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:41,660 physically . Um and we have a great 775 00:29:41,660 --> 00:29:43,870 team forward with both mental health 776 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,540 personnel chaplain , uh , and we're 777 00:29:47,540 --> 00:29:50,630 able to keep tabs on our force that way . 778 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,862 Uh and when we asked General Richardson 779 00:29:52,862 --> 00:29:53,862 to pandemonium . 780 00:30:02,540 --> 00:30:04,500 So I think the quite honestly , in 781 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:07,250 terms of the as I get to travel around 782 00:30:07,250 --> 00:30:09,083 and I get to do the same thing , 783 00:30:09,083 --> 00:30:11,540 generally face to face within social 784 00:30:11,540 --> 00:30:14,350 distancing , um , procedures and 785 00:30:14,350 --> 00:30:16,517 everything like that . But it it makes 786 00:30:16,517 --> 00:30:18,739 a difference when you can look focus in 787 00:30:18,739 --> 00:30:20,628 the eyeballs and you can ask them 788 00:30:20,628 --> 00:30:22,683 questions and you can just get , you 789 00:30:22,683 --> 00:30:24,683 can touch it , feel it , sense , it 790 00:30:24,683 --> 00:30:24,650 smell it , all those kinds of things . 791 00:30:24,650 --> 00:30:26,872 You really get a good feel for things . 792 00:30:26,872 --> 00:30:28,872 And then I go through , I try to go 793 00:30:28,872 --> 00:30:32,050 through as much of what , what they um 794 00:30:32,050 --> 00:30:34,050 actually go through themselves on a 795 00:30:34,050 --> 00:30:35,994 daily basis . You know , I want to 796 00:30:35,994 --> 00:30:38,161 check the procedures and the standards 797 00:30:38,161 --> 00:30:40,217 across the board for the dawning and 798 00:30:40,217 --> 00:30:42,383 doffing for the PP and ensure that the 799 00:30:42,383 --> 00:30:44,940 standards are the same and um , and 800 00:30:44,940 --> 00:30:47,162 make sure that we're being as strict as 801 00:30:47,162 --> 00:30:49,273 possible because I really see that as 802 00:30:49,273 --> 00:30:51,960 the , that's exactly how we protect our 803 00:30:52,340 --> 00:30:55,380 our folks in this . Covid fight when 804 00:30:55,380 --> 00:30:57,491 they're working with patients all day 805 00:30:57,491 --> 00:30:59,324 long , that are , that are covid 806 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:02,450 positive . So , um actually very , very 807 00:31:02,450 --> 00:31:04,860 helpful also at General O'Shaughnessy 808 00:31:04,870 --> 00:31:07,920 mentioned in terms of being able to to 809 00:31:07,930 --> 00:31:10,770 um to uh what do I want to say 810 00:31:10,770 --> 00:31:13,020 electronically communicate with um with 811 00:31:13,020 --> 00:31:16,460 our folks to in a in a method that the 812 00:31:16,470 --> 00:31:18,414 the younger the younger generation 813 00:31:18,414 --> 00:31:20,700 likes to communicate that way and and 814 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:22,922 be able to just reach out and everybody 815 00:31:22,922 --> 00:31:25,430 really appreciates um the commander 816 00:31:25,430 --> 00:31:27,541 calling and just checking on them and 817 00:31:27,541 --> 00:31:29,597 asking them how things are going and 818 00:31:29,597 --> 00:31:31,374 that sort of thing because they 819 00:31:31,374 --> 00:31:33,541 normally don't get that and so all the 820 00:31:33,541 --> 00:31:35,541 time . And so uh you know , they it 821 00:31:35,541 --> 00:31:37,763 makes folks just feel like they're part 822 00:31:37,763 --> 00:31:39,708 of the team when they're out there 823 00:31:39,708 --> 00:31:42,590 working to help the nation . Okay . 824 00:31:42,590 --> 00:31:44,423 We've got time for a couple more 825 00:31:44,423 --> 00:31:46,312 questions . Um Next up paul sunny 826 00:31:46,312 --> 00:31:50,110 Washington post . Hi there . Thanks for 827 00:31:50,110 --> 00:31:52,490 doing this . Um I just wanted to to 828 00:31:52,490 --> 00:31:55,120 questions um one was , you know , the 829 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:58,490 breakdown of how many , how many 830 00:31:58,490 --> 00:32:01,220 service members are deployed um to each 831 00:32:01,220 --> 00:32:04,040 of those types of those three types of 832 00:32:04,050 --> 00:32:07,580 um of of care facilities . And then I 833 00:32:07,580 --> 00:32:10,730 was also wondering what the lessons 834 00:32:10,730 --> 00:32:13,370 learned are , particularly as you have 835 00:32:13,370 --> 00:32:15,592 traveled around . I know there was some 836 00:32:15,592 --> 00:32:17,640 discussion uh in the early days um 837 00:32:17,650 --> 00:32:19,850 about the Javits Center not being that 838 00:32:19,850 --> 00:32:23,090 occupied and people um at hospitals , 839 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:25,211 workers at hospitals in New york city 840 00:32:25,211 --> 00:32:27,433 being frustrated that there wasn't more 841 00:32:27,433 --> 00:32:29,267 direct augmentation of hospitals 842 00:32:29,267 --> 00:32:31,322 because it was difficult to transfer 843 00:32:31,322 --> 00:32:31,210 patients there , there were different 844 00:32:31,210 --> 00:32:33,099 requirements and that has kind of 845 00:32:33,099 --> 00:32:35,266 changed . So I was wondering if you're 846 00:32:35,266 --> 00:32:37,377 finding that one of those three types 847 00:32:37,377 --> 00:32:39,488 of facilities , your staffing is more 848 00:32:39,488 --> 00:32:42,670 effective um , than the others . Um or 849 00:32:42,670 --> 00:32:44,670 if you , how , what sort of lessons 850 00:32:44,670 --> 00:32:46,710 learned you you guys have and how 851 00:32:46,710 --> 00:32:48,660 you're adjusting your posture 852 00:32:48,660 --> 00:32:52,530 accordingly . Yeah , thanks for that 853 00:32:52,530 --> 00:32:54,419 question . It's actually a really 854 00:32:54,419 --> 00:32:56,430 relevant question , especially with 855 00:32:56,430 --> 00:32:58,597 respect to , you know , how we started 856 00:32:58,597 --> 00:33:01,470 of this overall campaign and and and we 857 00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:03,581 the department defense . But but more 858 00:33:03,581 --> 00:33:05,581 important , I think that the nation 859 00:33:05,581 --> 00:33:07,414 originally had a different sight 860 00:33:07,414 --> 00:33:09,470 picture of what the problem that was 861 00:33:09,470 --> 00:33:11,637 really going to be and and that's what 862 00:33:11,637 --> 00:33:13,748 we were originally going into and and 863 00:33:13,748 --> 00:33:13,580 and and you know , well covered . But 864 00:33:13,590 --> 00:33:15,646 you know , we were going in with the 865 00:33:15,646 --> 00:33:18,090 non covid relief valve , both from the 866 00:33:18,090 --> 00:33:20,090 comfort and the Javits Center as an 867 00:33:20,090 --> 00:33:22,312 example of the ones that have been most 868 00:33:22,312 --> 00:33:24,201 reported on . Uh , but one of the 869 00:33:24,201 --> 00:33:26,090 things I'm really proud of is our 870 00:33:26,090 --> 00:33:28,900 team's ability to understand uh , that 871 00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:30,733 the problem changed . Uh and the 872 00:33:30,733 --> 00:33:32,789 problem changed because of the great 873 00:33:32,789 --> 00:33:34,956 response we got from american citizens 874 00:33:34,956 --> 00:33:37,570 to actually abide by direction from the 875 00:33:37,570 --> 00:33:39,570 local state and federal authorities 876 00:33:39,570 --> 00:33:42,320 asking them to do the social distancing . 877 00:33:42,330 --> 00:33:44,310 Uh , the shutdown orders that we 878 00:33:44,310 --> 00:33:46,643 received , you know , across our nation , 879 00:33:46,643 --> 00:33:48,580 from governors , um really had a 880 00:33:48,590 --> 00:33:50,590 significant impact . And we all are 881 00:33:50,590 --> 00:33:52,960 familiar with the models had drafted 882 00:33:52,970 --> 00:33:55,640 originally shown drastic uh , numbers 883 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,960 that would , that would completely the 884 00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,793 older the capacity of any of the 885 00:33:59,793 --> 00:34:02,510 hospital systems that we had and what 886 00:34:02,510 --> 00:34:04,560 we're able to do and uh , is very 887 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,870 quickly adapt to what we were seeing on 888 00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:09,092 the ground and , and , and , and we and 889 00:34:09,092 --> 00:34:11,037 the new modeling came in . We were 890 00:34:11,037 --> 00:34:13,037 really trying to do some predictive 891 00:34:13,037 --> 00:34:15,259 analysis uh , with a bunch of different 892 00:34:15,259 --> 00:34:17,259 data sources and that's part of our 893 00:34:17,259 --> 00:34:19,370 public private partnerships with some 894 00:34:19,370 --> 00:34:18,900 of the companies that have really 895 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:21,520 helped us out with that . Uh as well as 896 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,520 some beauty facilities like Lincoln 897 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,464 labs and taking our no kid nations 898 00:34:25,464 --> 00:34:28,160 smartest um , engineers and and looking 899 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,216 at this problem said that if we were 900 00:34:30,216 --> 00:34:32,620 quickly able to assess that problem had 901 00:34:32,630 --> 00:34:34,852 fundamentally changed . And the problem 902 00:34:34,852 --> 00:34:36,741 was no longer the capacity , uh , 903 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:38,963 wasn't just the capacity to hospitals . 904 00:34:38,963 --> 00:34:40,852 That was literally our healthcare 905 00:34:40,852 --> 00:34:42,852 workers and the staffing of them uh 906 00:34:42,852 --> 00:34:42,490 driven by a couple different things . 907 00:34:42,490 --> 00:34:44,750 One is just the large numbers in the 908 00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:46,630 exhaustion of of the force , the 909 00:34:46,630 --> 00:34:48,797 attrition to some degree of the health 910 00:34:48,797 --> 00:34:52,010 care force . Uh and and then ultimately , 911 00:34:52,010 --> 00:34:54,121 the higher level of staffing that you 912 00:34:54,121 --> 00:34:56,066 need per patient based on the high 913 00:34:56,066 --> 00:34:58,343 acuity . Uh , as a result of the covid , 914 00:34:58,343 --> 00:35:00,399 uh , the nature of the covid virus , 915 00:35:00,399 --> 00:35:03,790 all those combined drove us to reassess 916 00:35:03,790 --> 00:35:05,846 what we're doing and my hat's off to 917 00:35:05,846 --> 00:35:07,957 the full routines because it was that 918 00:35:07,957 --> 00:35:10,123 close coordination with the , in the , 919 00:35:10,123 --> 00:35:12,179 in the particular case of Javits and 920 00:35:12,179 --> 00:35:14,012 comfort as an example that close 921 00:35:14,012 --> 00:35:16,012 coordination with the new york city 922 00:35:16,012 --> 00:35:18,179 officials , the state officials . Uh , 923 00:35:18,179 --> 00:35:20,290 we burned up the phone lines from our 924 00:35:20,290 --> 00:35:22,401 headquarters , both myself personally 925 00:35:22,401 --> 00:35:24,568 and my staff here or Richardson burned 926 00:35:24,568 --> 00:35:26,790 up the phone lines from her end because 927 00:35:26,790 --> 00:35:29,012 we wanted to understand what , what was 928 00:35:29,012 --> 00:35:31,179 it really happening uh , in the places 929 00:35:31,179 --> 00:35:33,179 that we're trying to support and so 930 00:35:33,179 --> 00:35:35,290 really in a matter of days , which in 931 00:35:35,290 --> 00:35:35,200 historical terms , you know , I think 932 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,920 is really a pretty quick adaption of 933 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,976 understanding that our our plan that 934 00:35:39,976 --> 00:35:42,031 was in place was not going to be the 935 00:35:42,031 --> 00:35:44,253 most effective . We're able to change . 936 00:35:44,253 --> 00:35:46,364 And as you well know , we changed the 937 00:35:46,364 --> 00:35:48,587 comfort from non covid to covid but did 938 00:35:48,587 --> 00:35:50,753 maintain the high acuity , They're the 939 00:35:50,753 --> 00:35:52,976 Javits Center I think is a huge success 940 00:35:52,976 --> 00:35:55,142 story that started out as is literally 941 00:35:55,142 --> 00:35:57,364 beds in a convention center . And , and 942 00:35:57,364 --> 00:35:59,420 it was really the army expeditionary 943 00:35:59,420 --> 00:36:01,642 hospital and the team that went forward 944 00:36:01,642 --> 00:36:01,640 where we had actually deployed with a 945 00:36:01,650 --> 00:36:03,761 lot more equipment than they would be 946 00:36:03,761 --> 00:36:05,983 needed just to fall in on the , on , on 947 00:36:05,983 --> 00:36:08,094 what was originally built in the , in 948 00:36:08,094 --> 00:36:10,317 the Javits center . And that turned out 949 00:36:10,317 --> 00:36:12,150 to be a good decision . But they 950 00:36:12,150 --> 00:36:14,317 fundamentally changed Savage from what 951 00:36:14,317 --> 00:36:14,290 was originally delivered uh , to 952 00:36:14,290 --> 00:36:16,620 ultimately a medium level acuity 953 00:36:16,620 --> 00:36:18,980 hospital with oxygen ventilators . Icu 954 00:36:18,980 --> 00:36:21,450 beds and and the 1000 things that 955 00:36:21,450 --> 00:36:23,672 actually come with it because it's also 956 00:36:23,672 --> 00:36:25,839 the pharmacy and the x rays and the uh 957 00:36:25,839 --> 00:36:27,728 many , many different things that 958 00:36:27,728 --> 00:36:29,894 actually have to come together to make 959 00:36:29,894 --> 00:36:31,506 that happen . So , um , it's 960 00:36:31,506 --> 00:36:33,506 fundamentally changed . But we also 961 00:36:33,506 --> 00:36:35,339 were careful , we're not chasing 962 00:36:35,339 --> 00:36:37,450 numbers right ? Were , you know , you 963 00:36:37,450 --> 00:36:37,270 could say , well it's supposed to be a 964 00:36:37,270 --> 00:36:39,381 25 100 bed facility and you only have 965 00:36:39,381 --> 00:36:42,050 250 or 350 people towards its peak 966 00:36:42,050 --> 00:36:44,217 there . Yeah . But what what we did is 967 00:36:44,217 --> 00:36:46,410 we were able to meet the demand signal 968 00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:48,531 and that's what I'm I'm super excited 969 00:36:48,531 --> 00:36:51,660 about . And what we are team together 970 00:36:51,660 --> 00:36:53,950 was able to do was actually get after 971 00:36:53,950 --> 00:36:56,070 what needed to be done . And now to 972 00:36:56,070 --> 00:36:58,292 your , your question about which of the 973 00:36:58,292 --> 00:37:00,403 three methods is the most effective . 974 00:37:00,403 --> 00:37:02,570 And the answer is all of them . Uh and 975 00:37:02,570 --> 00:37:04,681 it just depends on the very unique uh 976 00:37:04,681 --> 00:37:06,903 situation that we fall in on and now we 977 00:37:06,903 --> 00:37:09,070 have three really good options that we 978 00:37:09,070 --> 00:37:11,348 can go in and frankly none of them are , 979 00:37:11,348 --> 00:37:13,514 they're all wouldn't shoot right there 980 00:37:13,514 --> 00:37:15,626 all a handmade wooden shoe everywhere 981 00:37:15,626 --> 00:37:17,792 we go . But those are the basic models 982 00:37:17,792 --> 00:37:19,848 of which went forward , fema is very 983 00:37:19,848 --> 00:37:22,014 happy with these . In fact uh gainer . 984 00:37:22,014 --> 00:37:24,237 The administrator of fema actually sent 985 00:37:24,237 --> 00:37:25,959 a letter to each of the states 986 00:37:25,959 --> 00:37:28,126 highlighting some of these as examples 987 00:37:28,126 --> 00:37:30,126 of what we could be done . Not just 988 00:37:30,126 --> 00:37:32,292 with the military but with the state's 989 00:37:32,292 --> 00:37:34,459 emergency management teams . And so as 990 00:37:34,459 --> 00:37:36,681 we go look across . Um , and in fact we 991 00:37:36,681 --> 00:37:38,903 could , we could , if you're interested 992 00:37:38,903 --> 00:37:38,620 we can actually go line by line and go 993 00:37:38,620 --> 00:37:40,787 through each of the ones and how we're 994 00:37:40,787 --> 00:37:42,676 doing it . But they're all just a 995 00:37:42,676 --> 00:37:44,898 little bit different but we are outside 996 00:37:44,898 --> 00:37:47,009 of new york . We have examples of all 997 00:37:47,009 --> 00:37:49,287 and they all continue to be successful . 998 00:37:49,287 --> 00:37:51,231 Um and both the embed the enhanced 999 00:37:51,231 --> 00:37:53,453 capacity and then the A . CS . But what 1000 00:37:53,453 --> 00:37:55,660 we do make sure of as we go into each 1001 00:37:55,660 --> 00:37:57,938 of these places , for example , the cf , 1002 00:37:58,150 --> 00:38:00,094 the alternate care facilities were 1003 00:38:00,094 --> 00:38:01,983 ensuring that they have the right 1004 00:38:01,983 --> 00:38:04,094 equipment before we fall in on them . 1005 00:38:04,094 --> 00:38:06,261 And so rather than repeat the javits , 1006 00:38:06,261 --> 00:38:08,261 remember we had to rebuild it as we 1007 00:38:08,261 --> 00:38:10,428 were executing for now able to do that 1008 00:38:10,428 --> 00:38:12,483 preemptively and go in and work with 1009 00:38:12,483 --> 00:38:14,317 the state to work with the local 1010 00:38:14,317 --> 00:38:16,539 officials passed our last form and make 1011 00:38:16,539 --> 00:38:18,483 sure those facilities are actually 1012 00:38:18,483 --> 00:38:20,706 going to be able to , to meet the needs 1013 00:38:20,706 --> 00:38:22,706 and let me um pass the dwarf or for 1014 00:38:22,706 --> 00:38:24,817 some other observations . But this to 1015 00:38:24,817 --> 00:38:26,983 me is a huge success story . In fact , 1016 00:38:26,983 --> 00:38:29,039 the biggest aspect of our response I 1017 00:38:29,039 --> 00:38:30,983 think has been our ability and our 1018 00:38:30,983 --> 00:38:33,094 ability to actually meet the needs of 1019 00:38:33,094 --> 00:38:35,039 what the state and local officials 1020 00:38:35,039 --> 00:38:37,039 needed in order to actually provide 1021 00:38:37,039 --> 00:38:39,730 them the best response in each of the 1022 00:38:39,730 --> 00:38:41,330 location over your . 1023 00:38:43,820 --> 00:38:47,630 Mm hmm . Okay , sir . So the um uh for 1024 00:38:47,630 --> 00:38:49,686 example , in the , if I were to take 1025 00:38:49,686 --> 00:38:51,908 the medical facilities or the hospitals 1026 00:38:51,908 --> 00:38:54,019 that were integrated in , I could use 1027 00:38:54,019 --> 00:38:56,340 our um I could give an example of our 1028 00:38:56,820 --> 00:38:59,330 Urban Augmentation Task Force , the 85 1029 00:38:59,330 --> 00:39:03,290 personnel team medical team 1030 00:39:03,300 --> 00:39:05,550 integrated into in Connecticut at the 1031 00:39:05,550 --> 00:39:09,290 Bennett Medical Health Center , Um also 1032 00:39:09,290 --> 00:39:11,940 an 85 person urban augmentation task 1033 00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:14,790 force augmenting Newark University 1034 00:39:14,790 --> 00:39:18,660 Hospital . Uh and uh for example , 1035 00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:21,450 in billy , they're either going to 1036 00:39:21,450 --> 00:39:23,394 integrate into the local hospitals 1037 00:39:23,394 --> 00:39:25,506 that's still being determined or into 1038 00:39:25,506 --> 00:39:27,960 the temple um alternate care facility 1039 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,238 that they built out of the arena there . 1040 00:39:30,238 --> 00:39:32,404 So , um , they're sorting through that 1041 00:39:32,404 --> 00:39:34,830 right now . And um for example , we 1042 00:39:34,830 --> 00:39:36,941 have an urban urban augmentation task 1043 00:39:36,941 --> 00:39:39,163 force that will be going into Tewksbury 1044 00:39:39,163 --> 00:39:41,720 Hospital and massachusetts and then in 1045 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:44,910 New Jersey atlantic city into Salem 1046 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,800 Medical Center . We also have in new 1047 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,570 york city public hospitals , about 550 1048 00:39:50,570 --> 00:39:52,870 individual medical log mentees from the 1049 00:39:52,870 --> 00:39:55,092 Air Force and the Navy that are working 1050 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,490 in the city public hospitals , uh and 1051 00:39:58,490 --> 00:40:01,830 also part of uh 1052 00:40:02,210 --> 00:40:04,960 expeditionary medical facility , a Navy 1053 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,950 EMF Working in Baton Rouge with about 1054 00:40:07,950 --> 00:40:11,490 75 personnel augmenting that mid city 1055 00:40:11,490 --> 00:40:14,760 hospital that I spoke about . And then 1056 00:40:14,770 --> 00:40:16,548 plenty of other teams , they're 1057 00:40:16,548 --> 00:40:19,560 augmenting in the um in the exposition 1058 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,782 centers and the convention centers that 1059 00:40:21,782 --> 00:40:23,727 I talked about uh in Detroit , for 1060 00:40:23,727 --> 00:40:27,010 example , and um Edison , New Jersey 1061 00:40:27,020 --> 00:40:29,242 here at Javits and that sort of thing . 1062 00:40:30,510 --> 00:40:32,288 Okay , we got time for one last 1063 00:40:32,288 --> 00:40:34,870 question , I'll go to Abraham massive 1064 00:40:34,940 --> 00:40:37,162 breakdown . I'm sorry , I'm sorry , did 1065 00:40:37,162 --> 00:40:39,384 you guys have the breakdown of how many 1066 00:40:39,384 --> 00:40:41,329 are deployed in different in those 1067 00:40:41,329 --> 00:40:43,780 three different capacities ? We'd have 1068 00:40:43,780 --> 00:40:45,724 to get back to you with with those 1069 00:40:45,724 --> 00:40:48,720 specific breakdown and numbers . Are 1070 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:50,720 you generally finding that it makes 1071 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:52,498 more sense to augment to do the 1072 00:40:52,498 --> 00:40:55,520 augmentation rather than um death 1073 00:40:55,530 --> 00:40:59,330 alternative care facilities ? Um Either 1074 00:40:59,330 --> 00:41:01,440 way specifically where the need is 1075 00:41:01,450 --> 00:41:03,617 we're gonna we're gonna cover the need 1076 00:41:03,617 --> 00:41:07,250 for what the state wants us to do and 1077 00:41:07,260 --> 00:41:09,538 in both cases it's working really well . 1078 00:41:09,538 --> 00:41:12,100 We want to make sure that uh that the 1079 00:41:12,110 --> 00:41:14,610 title 10 resources that are being used 1080 00:41:14,620 --> 00:41:17,450 are put to work immediately to help out . 1081 00:41:17,460 --> 00:41:19,840 And we've I think we've found that with 1082 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,740 the hospitals and those um there are 1083 00:41:22,740 --> 00:41:24,970 those who have all the infrastructure 1084 00:41:24,970 --> 00:41:27,081 and everything that's needed . And so 1085 00:41:27,081 --> 00:41:30,270 um either way works . General 1086 00:41:30,270 --> 00:41:32,381 Shaughnessy I think would like to say 1087 00:41:32,381 --> 00:41:34,950 something as well . Yeah , I would just 1088 00:41:34,950 --> 00:41:36,950 add , you know , really , it's it's 1089 00:41:36,950 --> 00:41:38,894 it's rarely a case of which of the 1090 00:41:38,894 --> 00:41:40,950 three do we pick ? It's actually 1091 00:41:40,950 --> 00:41:43,080 usually a case of a couple of them 1092 00:41:43,090 --> 00:41:45,450 being executed simultaneously . And one 1093 00:41:45,450 --> 00:41:47,460 of the advantages we have is as the 1094 00:41:47,460 --> 00:41:49,293 state's look at their capability 1095 00:41:49,293 --> 00:41:51,016 capacity . Uh They may have an 1096 00:41:51,016 --> 00:41:53,071 alternate care facility that that is 1097 00:41:53,071 --> 00:41:55,182 just added to relief valve but at the 1098 00:41:55,182 --> 00:41:57,293 same time they have a heavy demand in 1099 00:41:57,293 --> 00:41:59,516 the hospitals and so what we're able to 1100 00:41:59,516 --> 00:42:01,627 do is do both simultaneously where we 1101 00:42:01,627 --> 00:42:01,520 take our force and we bring them , they 1102 00:42:01,530 --> 00:42:03,419 check out in the A . C . F . They 1103 00:42:03,419 --> 00:42:05,252 understand it and then they move 1104 00:42:05,252 --> 00:42:07,308 forward to the hospitals and so they 1105 00:42:07,308 --> 00:42:09,252 can actually be part of the relief 1106 00:42:09,252 --> 00:42:11,141 valve if it's needed to staff the 1107 00:42:11,141 --> 00:42:13,363 alternate care facility if the capacity 1108 00:42:13,363 --> 00:42:13,030 exceeds the hospital's . But they're 1109 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:15,100 not sitting idle while while waiting 1110 00:42:15,100 --> 00:42:17,267 for that capacity to be exceeded their 1111 00:42:17,267 --> 00:42:19,489 pushing right into hospitals as they're 1112 00:42:19,489 --> 00:42:21,544 waiting for that . And so oftentimes 1113 00:42:21,544 --> 00:42:23,711 and in fact almost every place we have 1114 00:42:23,711 --> 00:42:25,933 operating across the nation now we have 1115 00:42:25,933 --> 00:42:28,044 a couple of the three in place at any 1116 00:42:28,044 --> 00:42:30,156 given time and where every like daily 1117 00:42:30,156 --> 00:42:31,989 we're moving from 11 emphasis to 1118 00:42:31,989 --> 00:42:34,156 another exactly based on their needs . 1119 00:42:34,156 --> 00:42:36,211 And so because of that I think we're 1120 00:42:36,211 --> 00:42:38,433 able to get really effective use of our 1121 00:42:38,433 --> 00:42:40,544 field of force um and driving exactly 1122 00:42:40,544 --> 00:42:42,767 to where they need and we can change in 1123 00:42:42,767 --> 00:42:44,989 a matter of hours of how we're actually 1124 00:42:44,989 --> 00:42:47,211 applying that . Okay we've got time for 1125 00:42:47,211 --> 00:42:49,390 one last question and this is um we're 1126 00:42:49,390 --> 00:42:51,970 giving it to Abraham Massey Washington 1127 00:42:51,970 --> 00:42:55,880 examiner . Terrific , thank you so much 1128 00:42:55,890 --> 00:42:57,970 for doing this . So my question is 1129 00:42:57,970 --> 00:42:59,970 about testing a lot of experts have 1130 00:42:59,970 --> 00:43:02,930 talked about how widespread testing is 1131 00:43:02,930 --> 00:43:05,152 going to be , what's necessary to bring 1132 00:43:05,152 --> 00:43:07,374 the country back to work safely . I was 1133 00:43:07,374 --> 00:43:10,030 wondering if if North . Com is doing 1134 00:43:10,030 --> 00:43:12,308 any sort of preliminary planning for a . 1135 00:43:12,308 --> 00:43:15,410 D . O . D . Managed widespread testing 1136 00:43:15,410 --> 00:43:17,500 across the country and if if there's 1137 00:43:17,500 --> 00:43:19,667 some discussions or planning happening 1138 00:43:19,667 --> 00:43:21,950 what stages that at what would it look 1139 00:43:21,950 --> 00:43:24,006 like and what kind of limitations do 1140 00:43:24,006 --> 00:43:27,960 you foresee ? Thank you . Yeah . 1141 00:43:27,970 --> 00:43:30,300 So I take a couple um make a couple of 1142 00:43:30,300 --> 00:43:32,580 points on this . The first is from our 1143 00:43:32,580 --> 00:43:34,802 vantage point with the field of force . 1144 00:43:34,802 --> 00:43:36,858 We're very concerned and and and and 1145 00:43:36,858 --> 00:43:39,880 our obviously our welfare of our forces 1146 00:43:39,890 --> 00:43:42,057 is one of our top priorities . So that 1147 00:43:42,057 --> 00:43:44,650 diagnostic testing um is important to 1148 00:43:44,650 --> 00:43:46,872 us and that we have that capability for 1149 00:43:46,872 --> 00:43:49,450 we do for our fielded force . If they 1150 00:43:49,450 --> 00:43:52,010 are symptomatic uh works with CDC 1151 00:43:52,010 --> 00:43:54,010 guidelines and we're applying their 1152 00:43:54,010 --> 00:43:56,860 test appropriately . Uh you know across 1153 00:43:56,860 --> 00:43:59,330 that field of force . Uh The second 1154 00:43:59,330 --> 00:44:01,386 part of the question was really more 1155 00:44:01,386 --> 00:44:03,608 towards the screening uh type aspect of 1156 00:44:03,608 --> 00:44:05,830 testing . And so we're in conversations 1157 00:44:05,830 --> 00:44:08,600 in fact just yesterday and the day for 1158 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,580 both was in discussions with the 1159 00:44:10,590 --> 00:44:12,880 Secretary of Defense of how are we 1160 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,240 gonna apply that across the Department 1161 00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:17,351 of Defense and in both the management 1162 00:44:17,351 --> 00:44:19,462 of our mission appearance uh and some 1163 00:44:19,462 --> 00:44:21,684 of our efforts as more and more testing 1164 00:44:21,684 --> 00:44:23,920 capacity is available . How will we 1165 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,753 actually use that in combination 1166 00:44:25,753 --> 00:44:28,980 isolation to ensure our ability to 1167 00:44:28,990 --> 00:44:31,157 maintain that mission , unsure whether 1168 00:44:31,157 --> 00:44:32,990 it's operating ships , missile , 1169 00:44:32,990 --> 00:44:36,140 defense , our our aviation assets or 1170 00:44:36,140 --> 00:44:39,710 are from our our ground maritime and 1171 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:41,580 ground assets . And so these are 1172 00:44:41,580 --> 00:44:43,802 discussions that were away and are very 1173 00:44:43,802 --> 00:44:47,350 robust and mature with the Secretary of 1174 00:44:47,350 --> 00:44:50,850 Defense happening uh lily daily 1175 00:44:50,860 --> 00:44:53,040 but then to your your third kind of 1176 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,373 part of the question is what would that , 1177 00:44:55,373 --> 00:44:57,429 what would we be able to apply , you 1178 00:44:57,429 --> 00:44:59,484 know , across outside of the dut dut 1179 00:44:59,484 --> 00:45:01,707 channels . Maybe one of the things that 1180 00:45:01,707 --> 00:45:03,984 we've already seen great success on is , 1181 00:45:03,984 --> 00:45:06,040 for example , our National Guard and 1182 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:05,310 how the National Guard under the 1183 00:45:05,310 --> 00:45:07,630 authority of the of the of the Governor 1184 00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,090 is able to to be part of some of the 1185 00:45:10,090 --> 00:45:12,440 state testing um capability and 1186 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,520 capacity . Uh And we see that 1187 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:18,000 continuing as we go forward um and and 1188 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,240 see more and more robust testing 1189 00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:22,407 capacity available across the nation . 1190 00:45:25,690 --> 00:45:27,857 Alright , so that's all the time we've 1191 00:45:27,857 --> 00:45:30,079 got . Um I would like to open the floor 1192 00:45:30,079 --> 00:45:32,190 to you , to you , general Shaughnessy 1193 00:45:32,190 --> 00:45:35,460 if you have any closing comments I do . 1194 00:45:35,460 --> 00:45:37,627 And when I just thank you for everyone 1195 00:45:37,627 --> 00:45:39,682 for allowing us to to share a little 1196 00:45:39,682 --> 00:45:41,682 bit of what our team is doing . I'm 1197 00:45:41,682 --> 00:45:43,849 super proud of them uh and and excited 1198 00:45:43,849 --> 00:45:45,849 about what we've been able to do to 1199 00:45:45,849 --> 00:45:48,071 help our nation in their time of need . 1200 00:45:48,071 --> 00:45:50,238 And we have 15,000 North Com dedicated 1201 00:45:50,238 --> 00:45:49,690 forces . They're proud to support our 1202 00:45:49,690 --> 00:45:52,440 nation and having a profound impact . 1203 00:45:52,450 --> 00:45:54,672 At the same time , we're making sure we 1204 00:45:54,672 --> 00:45:56,839 have a mission assurance within our no 1205 00:45:56,839 --> 00:45:59,117 fail mission of defending our homeland . 1206 00:45:59,117 --> 00:46:01,283 And it's certainly um proud to be part 1207 00:46:01,283 --> 00:46:03,283 of the overall effort as we see our 1208 00:46:03,283 --> 00:46:05,394 nation coming together with the whole 1209 00:46:05,394 --> 00:46:07,172 of America approach . Uh and we 1210 00:46:07,172 --> 00:46:09,339 certainly see ourselves as an integral 1211 00:46:09,339 --> 00:46:11,506 to that overarching effort turned over 1212 00:46:11,506 --> 00:46:15,390 tour . Yes , thank you . 1213 00:46:15,390 --> 00:46:17,920 And uh , I just really appreciate the , 1214 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:20,370 all the great support with this effort 1215 00:46:20,370 --> 00:46:22,600 and seeing our folks go out and again , 1216 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,711 being able to serve in the homeland , 1217 00:46:24,711 --> 00:46:26,767 which is not normally what , what we 1218 00:46:26,767 --> 00:46:28,711 get to do . And so that's , that's 1219 00:46:28,711 --> 00:46:30,822 certainly an honor . And , and we see 1220 00:46:30,822 --> 00:46:32,933 it every day . And as I travel around 1221 00:46:32,933 --> 00:46:35,211 all the different states in the cities , 1222 00:46:35,211 --> 00:46:37,322 Just seeing the absolute teamwork and 1223 00:46:37,322 --> 00:46:39,378 the unity of effort across the board 1224 00:46:39,378 --> 00:46:41,378 between the city , the states , the 1225 00:46:41,378 --> 00:46:43,156 federal government , the , um , 1226 00:46:43,156 --> 00:46:45,211 everything with the title 32 and the 1227 00:46:45,211 --> 00:46:47,100 National Guard and everybody just 1228 00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:48,933 teaming up together to solve the 1229 00:46:48,933 --> 00:46:50,989 problems specific to that particular 1230 00:46:50,989 --> 00:46:52,989 area and provide the support that's 1231 00:46:52,989 --> 00:46:55,920 needed . Mm hmm . Sir , ma'am . I wanna 1232 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,031 thank you for joining us today and as 1233 00:46:58,031 --> 00:47:00,198 well as everybody in the media , thank 1234 00:47:00,198 --> 00:47:00,140 you for taking the time to join us 1235 00:47:00,140 --> 00:47:01,300 today . Have a good day .