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Aboard this symbol of americas millery power, the uss macon island. What a pleasure it is to be among the men and women of our armed forces and the men and women of the First Responders of the San Francisco bay area. Fleet week for many years in San Francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great coming together by the military and the First Responders, the great coming together of our uniformed personnel and a great [speaker not understood] of San Francisco. This amazing transformation in the last few years was due primarily to the vision and the dedica...

Experience i had and i say that honestly, to get to know these two people. And he then became our secretary of defense. And many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses weve ever had. Hes currently a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and a freeman Foley Institute of international studies. He is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at Stanford University and serves as codirector of the Nuclear Risk Reduction initiative and preventive defense project. Please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. app...

Macon, were learning the best. Firefighting below the deck, members on the flight deck learning about aircraft rescue, firefighting. Similarly, and i wont be able to stay the whole day today because soon ill be headed over to treasure island, a former navy firefighting school, well have that facility about 14 years and well be welcoming 40 members from the u. S. Marine corps, 20 members from the u. S. Navy, 10 members the u. S. Coast guard, where we will then partner with them and cross train them and use our techniques, reaching technical rescue and high and low rescue being demonstrated in d...

In four years, and we feel what we believe are americas best ideas. Its grand canyon, yosemite, but also stewarding americas history and that would include independence hall, gettysburg, mount rush more, and most recently flight 93. My dress uniform and that famous hat is really derived from the world war i uniform from 1916, little changed from that time. The first rangers that patroled our parks before there was a park service were calvary soldiers. The presidio here in San Francisco sent Buffalo Soldiers up to yosemite and sequoia every summer to control the parks, to keep the poachers out ...

Couldnt take place without all of the heavy lifting and hard work done by the San Francisco fleet Week Association. So, thank you to general myatt for your vision. This is your three of not only the celebration events, but what you spoke to earlier. Also the executive director of the fleet Week Association lewis lubin. Thank you very much. applause ive had the pleasure of serving in the San Francisco Fire Department for 22 years. It will benign years in nine since i stepped up and took the role of chief of the department. I continue to be proud of that. And i can say which i said earlier in th...