Transcripts For CSPAN3 American History TV 20150223 : vimars

Of visits to museums and historic places. Located at the foot of capitol hill, the Botanic Garden was first proposed by George Washington in 1796. A visit to the grounds of the oldest Botanic Garden to learn about the history of this music. My name is ari novy and im the executive director of the Botanic Garden. We are standing on union square, which is the it cap one would say of the National Mall on the east side just before you arrive at the United States capital. If they really fascinating piece of land because it has gone through many transformations in terms of what has been here over the course of washington d. C. Really since 1800. It is important for the Botanic Garden because the first United States Botanic Garden was actually on this piece of land, even though today is most noticeably associated with the capitals reflecting pool. What i would like to do today is to present a little bit of the early history of United States Botanic Garden show the remaining trees that dates back to the original Botanic Garden location and also talk about the process on which the Botanic Garden came to the and eventually moved across the street from where it currently is and a very famous fountain that was placed here by congress and also made his way to block south. Made its way two blocks south. Free we we are free of charge and we get and not only americans from every corner of our wonderful country but visitors from all over the world. We aim here to delight people and the wonders of plants and put a smile on your face and then went that smile, we believe we can educate about some of the wonders and services the plant kingdom provides human beings. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. Each week, American History tvs reel america brings archival films. Up next a 1992 u. S. Army training film that our allies the history of snipers and shows how snipers should be deployed in use in a variety of combat situations. Some of these techniques may be used by the late Navy Seal Chris kyl holes memoir of 4 tours is the basis of the film american sniper. It dates back to the revolutionary war as this is then snipers have been employed in every war and conflict. During our civil war general hybrid hiram burden affected techniques snipers use. World war i saw german soldiers use highpowered rifles with telescopic sights. During world war ii, the u. S. Armed rifles to conduct sniper operations. World war ii taught us that a sniper is a weapon of opportunity and a typical rifleman cannot be assigned a sniper mission. Every marksman is not a sniper but every sniper is a marksman. During the korean conflict, army and marine corps commanders failed to appreciate the capabilities of snipers. As a result, a Sniper School was founded by the United States Army Infantry school. It was noted that its the first best protection. They must be experts with specialized weapons and combat skill. Also, their commanders education is vital. Sniper program was shortlived but vietnam revived the need for trained snipers because of enemy forces in vietnam demonstrating the effectiveness of sniper employment techniques under varying tactical conditions. Additionally, United States snipers use 3. 1 rounds per kill versus thousands of rounds per kill by various units. The army conducted Sniper Training courses and educated commanders at all levels of sniper employment. During the 1983 grenada operation, army snipers were successful to mortar positions at ranges up to 800 meters. In panama, the longest confirmed killed documented was 925 meters. Snipers in panama accounted for at least 10 of all casualties and were instrumental in intelligence gathering and security, especially. The role of the modern sniper team is to enhance and augment the means of eliminating the enemy. The sniper team is unique in that its the sole means by which a unit can gauge point targets be on the effective range of a Standard Service rifle. One shot, one kill. United states sniper. Monday night, we spoke with 2 executive industries at the Consumer Electronics show in las vegas. They talk about their companies and the technology on which of the internet, and clout operates. We talk about a Network Society. The Network Society is a society where everything can benefit from a connection and will have one. We put this forward in 2009 in barcelona at a trade show going on there and over 50 billion connected devices by 2020 which is caught on very well in the world for you i think opens many peoples minds that the mobile industry is not just the smartphone and devices carry around personally. Its a Great Technology to connect so many other things and build a Better Society based on those. Started with this thing that people needed to get somewhere are somehow my connections and we brought in the internet from being somewhere to your home. We brought the internet from being your home to being that every device. The next stage is about taking therefrom all of the mobile devices to information at connecting not just people but things with people, information with people and people and things so with ashley create what to call internet of everything. On monday night on the communicators on cspan2. Leaders from the you house house of representatives and senate