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Some of our challenges were the radio communications. We got cross banded with San Francisco but bringing in commercial satellite down to the marine force that would be on the ground was one of the challenges that we had to work through after the event. It was successful but its something that in planning in an emergency we need to make sure that the correct satellite assets are down to the end users, the people on the ground. Hello, so we had a lot of success i think we talked about, at least at the ocean beach location we were able to get the ip Internet Communications with web eoc, we had really good telephone communications, you know, with our blackberries, our smart phones and some satellite phones. I think from at least the citys perspective our biggest challenge was the lan communications. Weve worked really hard to improve interoperatability communications wit ....
With that, im going to bring up dejon and take over the panel and ill talk to you shortly. Thank you, rob. The panelists we have represent a broad group of participants, some of them participated themselves and some of them had individuals in their organizations participate. And i want them to start with an introduction of who they are, a little bit about their own background, so you understand the lens they were looking through when they were providing some of their answers today. Starting with our 3 panelists that were part of our command and control exercise then well hear from our 3 panelists that were in our communications drill. Lieutenant commander mike kress, Operations Officer at Naval Beach Group 1, i was a coach during the exercise. We supported the exercise with 3 subject Matter Experts from amphibious ....
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 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 chance to work with the civilian authority in a noncrisis e ....
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 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 chance to work with the civilian authority in a noncrisis e ....
Istanbul. New Surveillance Footage just ahead. And also today, obama dashing to secure his legacy. Hes president until january 20th. And then after that, its our turn. So, well see what happens. I mean, hes got to protect what he wants to do. Final two and a half weeks left in office leaving president obama to protect his eight year body of work and his landmark achievement, obamacare, one of the first things on the chopping block, were going to preview that coming battle just ahead, but we begin right now with our top story. President elect trump and his transition team. Casting doubt on that fourth coming report from the Intelligence Community on russias precise role in the Cyber Attacks before the election. Donald trump in maralago saying this weekend that quote, he knows things that other people dont kno ....