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To move material and personnel and one of the ways were going to be doing that is how do we actually get the debris off the road so we can put things back to work. So that was the command of control exercise. We had the marine corps, the navy, and the National Guard all working with our department of public works figuring out how would they work together. We didnt give them a lot of coaching, we just kind of put them in a tent and said here is your scenario, heres some problems, and we wanted them to work it out and they did. So it was a very successful year. Thats what we did as far as the fi...

Of public works figuring out how would they work together. We didnt give them a lot of coaching, we just kind of put them in a tent and said here is your scenario, heres some problems, and we wanted them to work it out and they did. So it was a very successful year. Thats what we did as far as the field exercises. Next year i dont know whats next, were going to explore the Lessons Learned from this one, weve already learned a bunch, theyre going to talk about this shortly then learn what are the next scenarios we can challenge people with. It probably wont be the same ones. We are building the...

Future and we know its going to happen, we just dont know when, i sometimes tell my team were one day closer to the next disaster. I dont know when its going to be, but were one day closer. When that happens its unlikely that the people we exercised with are actually going to be the people who are responding. So knowing that, what are the top 3 things that you might share, your elevator speech, if you will. Rob mentioned institutional knowledge. What do you want to take and give to someone else when they come to San Francisco . And this is for our military participants. Captain houston . My re...

Work, time and thought has been put into that. I think one of the best conferences that ive attended was the very last one in september, which was the after action. I know jill raycauft and lucas ekrode have taken this to heart so we do have a road map for next year. Read the after action. No. 2, captain houston mentioned it already, its think open architecture. I noticed that departures for the military, our communication is encrypted, when you are doing humanitarian assistance or even here on national soil, you need to be able to communicate. So that was a take away, probably unencrypted pla...

So it was a very successful year. Thats what we did as far as the field exercises. Next year i dont know whats next, were going to explore the Lessons Learned from this one, weve already learned a bunch, theyre going to talk about this shortly then learn what are the next scenarios we can challenge people with. It probably wont be the same ones. We are building the institutional relationships and getting beyond the scenario. Its not just about the heavy equipment operators, its about city of San Francisco staff and departments understanding how the military works and giving the military a chan...