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Bombing th bombing this week. This hearing is two hours. I call this hearing of the subcommittee of Homeland Security in order. This is my first hearing as chairman of the subcommittee and its the subcommittees first hearing to review the 2018 budget request which was submitted to Congress Earlier this week. I want to begin by thanking secretary of Homeland Security the honorable john kelly for being with us today. We know that youre very, very busy and, again, appreciate you being here. Secretary kelly, we do understand the demands on your schedule, your testimonys what is what is your first ...

Authorities utilize in terms of frequencies and wave forms and thats not something that we do every day as communicators. So it provides an opportunity for a more wellround ed case and i certainly got into that territory this year. Thank you. Theres definitely 3 things im going to hit hard with my relief. First is understand that c2 piece because it is complicated. We dont understand under that structure normally. Its very important that my relief understands or any disca planner understands that c2 piece. Second is understand the ics and then take the time to get the training. We put together...

He can pull it right off the shelf if this ever happens and be ready to respond quickly instead of trying to figure this all out when we need to be getting underway. Ill boil mine down into just one, and that is i will pass to my relief to continue to support events like this and look for opportunities to continue to learn how we best in the military can integrate with our civilian and federal contemporaries to be prepared for an eventuality that we hope will never come, but we certainly should be prepared for. So the one thing im passing on is keep the momentum. Thank you, all. One other bene...

Any disca planner understands that c2 piece. Second is understand the ics and then take the time to get the training. We put together a pretty robust Training Plan in preparation for this. We did the fema online course, eoc course at nasne, hadr course, trained with cal fire, take the time to take that training. Its tough to fit it in but its important to fit it in and it will make us more effective. We did an exercise back in may in preparation for this and developed a pretty detailed concept of operations. We built load plan, timelines, spare parts lists, we really got into the weeds, thinki...

Just one, and that is i will pass to my relief to continue to support events like this and look for opportunities to continue to learn how we best in the military can integrate with our civilian and federal contemporaries to be prepared for an eventuality that we hope will never come, but we certainly should be prepared for. So the one thing im passing on is keep the momentum. Thank you, all. One other benefit that was cited in the after action review and also was mentioned today is the chance it meet someone else from the other agency. We also heard a lot about training, understanding ics, un...