government. That's a level less than 1% of all federal employees ever reach. You know, it's equivalent of a two-star admiral or general. Um very very senior, very trusted. You know, cleared at a very high level.Um he had worked with naval intelligence in a senior capacity.
For the Navy and its Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, the answer to those manpower shortages, once again, was women. Admiral Zumwalt was a very forward-thinking CNO, and he did not like waiting around for studies and committees or congressional action.He was well-known for sending out major policy changes in the form of Chief of Naval Operations messages.
And here I am. Admiral Tate Primary School.
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it's just-- and it became much like JJ Abrams in "Lens Flares" or something later on. Admiral Akbar, everyone loves Akbar.
They had collaborated on the Declaration of Independence, and Adams went up to Braintree, Massachusetts Admiral Kirk never bothered to check on our progress.
All of the German military services, particularly the U Boats, we are concerned about. Admiral Donitz is communicating with every U Boat, using enciphered communications that have been scrambled by the Enigma machine that is in every U Boat.And so that's just an example of one system that's being used during the war.
to communicate over thousands of miles with the people that they command. Admiral Donitz is communicating with every U Boat.Some of the boats are thousands of-- you know, 100,000 miles away from his command.
by the name of Admiral William McRaven. Admiral William McRaven is the commander of Joint Special Operations Command.He's one of the most successful military leaders in the history of United States military.
impression that that the US president, the commander-in-chief was paying more attention to uh retired armchair admirals , you like to call them. I maybe I'm one of those now commentating from the safety of, you know, of London, ofmy office and my my own. listen to those people rather than listening to the the
like the polar explorers were doing geographically 100 years ago. As Admiral Stockdale used to say, "confront the brutal facts" or have the discipline to confront the brutal facts as a starting point.
On April 29, 2011, President Obama, after a careful deliberation process with his team, officially ordered the SEAL Team 6 raid overseen by Admiral William McRaven. Why? Why did he do it?
played by Thomas Robinson-- We're going to do the rest of this interview as Ackbar. As Admiral Ackbar. That will get, the views on YouTube are going to shoot up. Did you hear Bird did a sit down at Google as Ackbar for two hours?
we have and to talk in the Pentagon Auditorium to the Army brass to generals and Admirals and assistant secretaries of defense and I was talking about asymmetrical Warfare and unconventional threats to National Security cyber weapons and biolog IC weapons but also
All he was getting was a series of rejections, one after the other. The admirals and the generals are thinking, if we can control the weather, we could really screw with Russia.
was at a group uh meeting and an admiral came up to see me over the weekend and it was at a big group and he happened to be an admiral retired. He said, "I've been on ships that are out there much longer than that, sir, and I know people on the lake and they say it's beautifully maintained and beautifully taken care of." And other people went out and they found out to be true. It
is is is legal and can be be legitimately um executed. So I think um people like Admiral Cooper um they are using the resources that they've been allocated, the ships that they've been given to accomplish the task that they've been asked to to achieve, whether that be blockade or or strikes
And they might ride on a pedal tavern. 18-- I felt like Admiral Perry, y'all, with a fiddle.
So in order to answer those questions, the president and his team consulted the man who'd ultimately be tapped to lead the mission, a man by the name of Admiral William McRaven. Admiral William McRaven is the commander of Joint Special Operations Command.
That's why you're seeing in this diagram that there's no real bands on here sort of holding all the bits together. As I had one admiral who came to see us in San Diego, he said, well how's this thing held together?
Oh, the military, coming from the military is implausible. The generals and admirals love to have off switches. But I think that it's most likely to come from Wall Street because, by far, more money is spent on artificial intelligence by just Goldman Sachs alone
of French Navy Admirals . And her father, Henri Melchior, had retired from the Navy and was a director of Air Liquide, the company that produced compressed air tanks
And here I am. And so you get to Admiral Tate, and you are even further behind at that time, right?
and they tell me that the director Admiral Bobby Inman is going to be in California in a couple of weeks, and would I be willing to meet with him?
I was the cook of the admiral and I was like, really?
They put me to cook for the admiral .
"Star Wars" has always been a hit. It's like-- Is that Admiral Ackbar saying that? Yeah. It's a trap.
And Fisher is the most famous admiral to have never fought or won a battle.
She sent it not to the admiralty which is where it should have gone, but she sent it to the Navy, and they then passed it on to the Army, who then passed it
It's not about the admirals , and the people who are in charge of starships.
Not only that-- the Navy was training admirals and generals-- not generals, admirals and captains and so on-- to run these nuclear power plants.
out there uh for a period of time. good period of time. But over the years, we've had him out there much longer. I was at a group uh meeting and an admiral came up to see me over the weekend and it was at a big group and he happened to be an admiral retired. He said, "I've been on ships that are out there much longer than that, sir, and I know people
to women that had previously been denied to them. But it wasn't until November of '72 that Admiral Zumwalt issued a follow-up message and opened Navy flight training to women for a trial program, and it was this message that a friend placed in my hands in early November of 1972 and said, you should go for this.
This photo shows Dane Skiles-- Jane Skiles O'Dea, Barbara Allen Rainey, Judith Neuffer Bruner, and myself, the first four women to complete Navy flight training. Since Admiral Zumwalt had opened Nay aviation-- Naval aviation to women by decree and declared it a trial program, not much thought had been given to details like flight gear that would fit us, appropriate uniforms for physical training.
If you start meeting our good friend Lord Admiral Burpee from the British Navy-- DR. JORDAN METZL: Burpees are great because they
Seriously, Admiral Mullen, who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff once removed, said, while he was still on active duty, that the greatest threat
The very first profile I do is as Admiral Thad Allen.
And she said, "Well Admiral , now that we're here what are you going to do?" And he said, "I'm gonna do the first thing that any new commander does, I'm gonna call
Rubio, who's also our national security advisor now, White House National Security Council members, Navy fighter pilots, admirals , generals, a former Secretary of Defense, uh the leadership of all the recent classified US government UAP investigations. Every single person is extremely credible. Hal Hal was one of my interview subjects.
these the fact that these bad lenders that made these Admirals right somehow and have them with other books somehow
And it was the commander of CENTCOM, Admiral Fallon, who said, over my dead body, we are not doing this.
With the ERA all but certain to pass, or so it appeared at that time, the impending end of the military draft and the imminent requirement for an all-volunteer military force, Admiral Zumwalt composed Z gram 116, Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women, in August of 1972. It was a huge step forward for women in the military and the Navy, both officer and enlisted, and it opened up many ratings and specialties
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In one mission, she is tasked with retrieving Admiral Zaal'Korris vas Qwib-Qwib, a high ranking member of the quorian species, named, as is traditional,
So imagine this; you're an admiral .
an all hands meeting." And she said, "Admiral there are 4000 people in this building." And he said, "I want to gather as many of them in one place as you can and I want to
And actually, there was a guy in the Admiralty, Jacky Fisher, who was Churchill's number two.
these communication strategies with corporate and Convention audiences as well as the new Admirals and Brigadier
And I do want to talk about the longer term and and the larger US strategy at play. But then just bear with me a moment because it it also has to be said that uh the US Central Command commander, Admiral Brad Cooper, did visit uh uh the Lincoln some days back.
But you you you plan and you you do the job with the resources that that you have. Um, if Admiral Cooper had three or four carriers um at his disposal, then he may choose to rotate them through, have fresh crews, um, use them in a different way for different mission