 Hello team, it's a CNO Richardson here, and I'm here with mcpongier Dono And we're coming to you for the first time on Facebook live as just another venue To try and reach out and connect and boy. I'll tell you what we have done Connection for sure. I appreciate it We put out a quick video to try and get some questions up front and we have been inundated with questions Over 200 questions have come in in preparation for this event So we're gonna try and get to as many as we can here and what we don't get to you on the broadcast We'll make sure that we answer you directly via email and so first and foremost as I start every one of my all-hands calls with and a Lot of times we're doing these together. I want to start with just how proud I am of all the work that you do And we have 65,000 sailors deployed around the world They are covering down on those important missions that we do to protect America and promote our interests around the world You are doing fantastic work out there And so that's you know an important message to start off with having said that as you all know, we're going through some rough times right now and We're going to we're going to get through that We're going to address these problems this type of broadcast where we can hear from you and you can hear from us as an important part Of understanding how we're going to get at that and when we get through it We're going to be stronger and tougher on the other side. So Make fun you got anything you want to share with the team. Yes, sir And you know just to kind of on top of that getting through it is having conversations about it And this opportunity here this live stream that people can continue to feed into and have those conversations We're going to try to get to as many questions as possible We can't get to them all but we're going to try to get to as many as possible. So in that keeping that in mind I'm ready to just get at this and start answering those questions that came from all of you Okay, so the way we'll do it is you know, we've got a lot of questions written down and McPon and I'll just go back and forth and we'll try and answer as many as we can I'll start off this one comes from HM2's as we full from the Naval Hospital in Pensacola and A pair says we full talks about the whole idea of this mindset of doing more with less, you know and With that mindset the current trends seem to point to the fact that they were taking a pretty dangerous job being done by a high reliability organization and Is this do more with less mindset eating into that, you know, is it making a tough job tougher, you know A dangerous job more dangerous and so she's at the best his wife will ask what are we doing to? Improve these outcomes Will it be more training where it matters? And she's concerned that it's not just a shore. I'm not sorry not just a float but also a shore What a great question and it's also kind of echoed by a pedestrian Kurt's pedestrian Tancredle pedestrian Williams and mr Boland Listen, I will tell you that one thing we have to do is really fight against this do more with less mindset You know the thing that makes us a powerful Navy a capable Navy is that we have standards standards of performance standards of safety material readiness standards those sorts of things and when we Perform we must perform to those standards and when we can't meet those standards We've got to understand exactly what that what that means and so I would I would Encourage you to push back against this do more with less We want to make sure that we're properly resourced whether that be money whether that be fuel whether that be parts whether that be people and It will do exactly what we're resourced to to the standards of performance that we've got If you let this do more with less mindset Into our way of doing business you start to see this You know kind of slow decline in readiness and it sneaks up on you So you know what you need to do your job? We need to fight back against this idea that we can continue to do more of our mission with fewer resources Keep these things in balance and understand where the where the differences lie Are we going to make adjustments in training? Almost certainly, you know, we're a constantly learning Navy And we're constantly looking to do our business better that includes training And so you could you can anticipate that we'll continue to learn and get better in the training department So that we can we can become more capable Anything to add to that well, sir, but I think that segues right into the next question that we're going to talk about and you know, this comes from ET three ET three hand to guard and there were some other folks that also Had similar questions. Mr. Mark jet jetty was one of them and the question came in and it talked about in the light of Recent events that are going on in seven fleet and other parts of the fleet Operating around the globe, you know, are there currently any efforts in action to combat the casualties? We have been suffering if so Is there anything that we at the more junior levels can do to help in these efforts and I gotta tell you first of all You know shit, mate What a great mindset to have your first look at these things and you go own it and you go what can we do and The first thing I would say is you know We talk about you know being a learning organization and that starts with each and every one of us We have to learn every day. We continue to educate ourselves. We continue to hone our skills We focus on those watch station qualifications. We mature our skill sets We develop every day and the other piece of this that I think that everybody can do is we're all leaders out there and in every part of our organization and we need people to continuously be those leaders and identify those things that We can continue to improve upon and then challenge leadership with those things and then kind of hold each other Accountable to that stuff. So great question that came in There's a lot of things that we can do keep focusing on maturing those skill sets out there Focusing on developing our competencies in our operations and war fighting effectiveness and be leaders across the entire organization Yeah, and I would just add on to that first of all this idea of ownership is a real powerful one, right? We just need to own our jobs be experts in what we do Hold ourselves to those standards challenge our leadership to understand it and get better as well You know, that's exactly the mindset behind this operational pause that we ordered Hey, we're gonna just stop for a second and we're gonna make sure that we've got the fundamentals straight, right? We're gonna try and remove any kind of distractions from our day on that particular day And make sure that we do have ownership of our jobs particularly and sort of the fundamental blocking and tackling the elements of safety And the basics so that we can you've heard that term brilliant in the basics This is a day to concentrate on those basics and make sure that that we're doing everything we can to be as brilliant In there as we as we can Okay Follow-on question and again a nice segue with the current status of ships in Japan Are there gonna be any home port shifts happening in the near future and along those lines? You know, what is the state of Navy Manning especially in our surface fleet? Will we see our ships being manned to their original manning size and that's from chief at your very also kind of echoed by Pederser Dandui and Overton and Let me tell you how this works. We are constantly looking around the world And and we compare it to our Navy to figure out. What is the best place to home port or forward deploy our ships? And that'll continue to be the case. It's very responsive to the strategic Needs of the Navy and the nation, you know, where can we best exercise our mission? And that's a process called a strategic laid-out process that will continue to assess That environment and make changes as we go When we do those changes, we owe it to you to make sure that the manning piece is there that the maintenance Capability is there so that when a ship moves from one home port to the next, you know It is fully supported from manning and infrastructure and maintenance standpoint And so we'll get out in front of that as far as we can We'll make sure that anybody who may be involved in a home port shift is well informed Their families are taken care of and will proceed from there But you know nothing out of the ordinary right now in terms of home port shifts foreseen on the horizon But we continue to assess Based on just changes in the strategic environment Okay, sir So we'll you know shift we got a we got a great question that came in that kind of focused on a little bit of manning particular to the reserve community came in from STS CS Emory Rusty Brian appreciate you send it over to us and it Says can you speak to where your mind is with respect to reserve support and how we can help directly or indirectly? during this time of need and You know, I'll tell you We think about our Navy as one team one total force absolutely and the reserve community is embedded in all that around the globe in a in a variety of different mission packages and To answer the specifics to your question, you know serve for and Res for those teams are working hard looking at opportunities for the reserve community to maybe fill some of those positions at sea Critical ratings critical pay grades where they need leadership there. So that team those teams are working hard in that regard and you know also doing the same thing as we face other challenges right now within the continental US and the Catastrophe in Houston and where they're at with the the joint base there the joint reserve base there at Fort Worth So reserve forces, you know, very much embedded in everything that we do. Yeah Now in fact when we do all hands calls and you know, sometimes there's a crowd of thousands Sometimes just a couple hundred. We always ask the question. Hey, if you're a Navy reservist raise your hand and You know, we get we always get a fair amount of hands that go up in the in the team and That's the only way you can tell us apart, right? I mean we are we truly are one team We're working shoulder to shoulder and and the reserves are also super responsive So that just like with Hurricane Harvey, you know, they're up and out of moving towards the sound of that gunfire down there The problem so that we can do everything we can to help the folks down in Texas Hey, I've got a different type of question here, and it's one that's near and dear to my heart So I'm really happy to answer this comes from Chief Navy Diver Makomas and the essence of his question Is about, you know distractions and layering on requirements, right? And so he phrases it. Hey sir, how come every time there's an accident in the Navy? The solution seems to be some new or reinforced administrative procedure, you know, whether and he lists a whole bunch of them and It says, hey, you know, hey the biggest he believes the biggest reason for all our Problems is that we may not be keeping our eye on becoming the professionals at our jobs that we need to be And I think mcpon and I couldn't agree more that there's a lot of distractions out there a lot of these administrative programs That don't contribute to the war fighting and operational Excellence in our Navy, and so we have been on a campaign to knock those down We started with collateral duties. We took a bunch of those off the plate Mckpons stood up a team that is assessing even more I think we're pretty close to announcing the second tranche of collateral duties that will eliminate if you see an administrative program out there that you don't think is contributing to War fighting excellence Operational excellence you let your chain of command know and let me know just send it directly to us We will take a close look at it evaluate it and if we can knock it out and eliminate it We will but we need to get back to owning our jobs concentrating on You know the operational excellence piece of what our Navy is about and reducing these administrative Distractions that just pull us away from that so great question I had a lot of people ask that Chief Fisher lieutenant Bennett chief Griffin and And mr. Snow as well so lots of folks interested in how can we get back to the fundamental? Principles the war fighting excellence and remove these other distractions Yeah, sir, and I you know I think that those distractions You know tie into this next question that that we got and this question came from a number Of parents out there another a number of moms a number of dads Because they're paying attention right they're seeing what's happening out there and I just want to share This one witchy that came in to us from a mother And Jamie we appreciate you Sending this over to us and as a father myself It it hits both of us hard we're both parents as well in fact, you know, I have a child in the Navy, right? We understand exactly where you're coming from and Jamie wrote, you know my son he's going to be enlisting very soon and He's excited about becoming a US Navy sailor and Serving the country with honor in the nuclear program It's heartbreaking to hear that those in command have not provided adequate training or have been derelict in their duties Thereby costing others their lives When my son enlist in a couple of months, I will give him over to the Navy both he and I Will entrust his life to the wisdom of his commanding officers and the training he has provided Going forward. How will you work to better ensure our sailor safety? It is one thing to lose a son in battle It's another completely to lose them in peacetime You know, I will tell you that Safety is in the forefront of everything that we think about We drill we educate we train consistently in every warfare community for the known and the unknown and We do that so that our sailors out there Know how to respond Without even thinking about it sometimes, you know, you train to replicate and that replication kicks in at those times when you need it the most But we will always be focused on the safety of our sailors, but we live in in a tough environment You know being a US Navy sailor is not necessarily for everybody and you know We're gonna take care of our sons and daughters our US Navy sailors But we're gonna ask them to operate in some tough environments sometimes, but please know that we do we we you know we work hard every day to make sure they are effectively trained educated and Conducting business out there in safe environments to respond to those situations and we'll continue to invest in that regard And now that's our that's our first prime directive if you will to make sure that our training is Preparing us properly to operate in these risky environments to minimize that risk as much as possible As I said, you know, we're parents My sons in the Navy. I know exactly what you're talking about and we're gonna we are committed to continuing to train our sailors to operate safely Effectively and to continue to learn. Okay, so you've got our commitment to that We're gonna cover down on that so that we're worthy of Bringing your sons and daughters into the Navy and giving them a fulfilling career and a safe career. Okay? Hey, I want to I think we're coming to the end of our time And so I want to cover a couple of topics and then I'll make Pond and I'll just wrap up There is a bit of a thread out there Thread of conversation that there might be some kind of a cyber attack or cyber intrusion that is involved in these collisions and I'll tell you that We've given that you know an amazing amount of attention it is sort of a Reality of our current situation That part of any kind of investigation or inspection is going to have to take a look at You know the computer the cyber the information warfare aspects of our business We're doing that with these inspections as well, but to date, you know that the inspections that we've done Show that there is there's no evidence of any kind of a cyber intrusion We'll continue to look deeper and deeper, but I just want to assure you that to date There's been no nothing that we found to point to that There's also a number of folks that are wondering Hey, what about Hurricane Harvey and what are we doing down there as a Navy? To get after this and I will tell you that we're involved, okay? We've got two helicopter squadrons down there that are just working like crazy the dusty dogs of HSC 7 and the ghost riders of HSC 28 and together those two teams have put together more than 220 rescues in the In the path in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and they'll continue to work at it in addition We have p8s from Jacksonville flying to provide Overwatch and surveillance of the situation so that we can understand This crisis as it unfolds as best as possible Those those teams are from VP 45 and then we've got the USS Cure Sarge and the USS O kill I think with the 2 6 mu Loading out today, and they are standing ready to get underway and go down there to provide continuing to support support and relief to the Well the millions of people that have been affected by this just unbelievable record-setting storm of Hurricane Harvey So our hearts and minds are with everybody who's suffering by virtue of this hurricane the Navy's flowing assistance to the crisis and We'll stay there as long as it takes to alleviate that suffering down there in in Texas and and now moving over to Louisiana and other places Okay, listen, we're gonna close out because we're at the end of our time. Let us know how we did all right It's our first time on Facebook live, and so we're rookies at this But it might be something that we do more often. All right, just to continue this conversation that the mcpon talked about If this is effective in terms of getting the message to you we can think about doing this more often Appreciate that all of the questions that that you sent in we kind of grouped them together into some some Other topics and as I said we'll get to all the ones we didn't answer By email or something like that. So listen keep on doing the great work that you're doing out there own your jobs be professionals Know the requirements of your job Be safe be brilliant in the basics. We'll continue to be the strongest Navy on the water. Okay, let's get to it