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Members of US Navy, Coast Guard, and the Marine Corps cover the ins and outs of this year's festivities
- Duration 4:22
- Date May 23, 2012
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Members of US Navy, Coast Guard, and the Marine Corps cover the ins and outs of this year's festivities
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-- -- background uranium is that right now our representatives of the three services were involved with fleet week.
That's the United States may be the united states Coast Guard and the United States marine car.
So introduce yourself and tell me what your mission.
It's happening commander Scott Bieber was the lead planner for fleet week New York this year I -- -- about it I don't know.
The -- -- -- 21 ships total.
We have five navy ships and then we have a twelve coalition ships.
The coalition ships are here to help us celebrate the work eight to twelve members.
Right we have some of the ships that were on the other side of the -- -- we -- the British are here about the I don't know that the British artist -- the war of 1812 is really what -- the British and the Americans together.
Together at the into the war.
The British came to great respect for the United States navy and it will be to books.
But I'm sure they that they have great respect for the united states Coast Guard and inconclusive.
So tell me about his appetite -- and conditions separate them.
I'm not actually from Tampa Florida.
As you said that -- Castro and the Coast Guard I.
I work at sector -- New York which lawyers -- -- operationally it Coast Guard and project officer for.
2000 -- fleet week we've got three -- here Coast Guard cutter eagle was willow and Seneca.
And we support -- all -- -- operations and different events.
Move over 500 volunteers we have to maintain our operational capabilities.
Here at home and -- -- -- Okay and now we have lieutenant.
-- I'm -- Sharon highlanders and putting it saves record yeah last year when -- -- completely and we took some.
-- -- people completely revised the Marines and they on the island.
In -- and we want and we -- -- -- about we do without without it definitely happens to everybody that they this year.
Will actually be invading many different places all throughout New York not -- -- not just Ernie Allen and am so.
Will be featured all throughout New York City and we'll we'll have several helicopter -- What we call -- -- -- -- have to raise helicopter trade center.
Make people in -- -- -- will they underestimate what happened to the marine helicopters landing well I have they're actually very excited that this isn't a firsthand look for that the American people to see what her -- -- and and this is there opportunity to see -- bring him back.
So we go that way bring -- the next primary or who were coming here for this week.
Where we go out to seniors what we have three major locations we have the -- here complex -- in Manhattan we have the Bronx Port Authority excuse -- the book report -- story.
And we don't have that Staten Island home port here.
A good place to go if you don't know which went into its fleet week navy's fleet week New York.
OK and then the website and they -- they'll show you every event.
Whether it's canceled by whether or not and actually he's just -- And anybody can come and participate completely right now that's an American citizen and it's -- -- -- had to get your license number -- -- about -- about it.
-- -- the than anybody.
And what you think it's the neatest part of the news part of the time because -- -- I think it's just -- I think it's communicating with the people it's communicating we are is that you know respective services.
Bring up the best -- everyone articulated public that public service is cool it's attainable for the young that are here and we just enjoy seeing in the faces of the personalities people that are in uniforms are actually someone.
-- can relate to.
And actually see.
As instruments of peace rather than you know Roy is caught up with for -- -- war what we're actually here to show we are as a people.
That act as soon that you have a lot of for memories especially -- reports that the answer.
Yeah that's the kind of thing -- -- -- -- green -- about.
Well women had been in the rancorous since 1918 so very big panel while since we've been here have been around for being placed -- it is yes and we've been around for quite awhile but -- -- and -- and great sound to them out of here man -- Okay well thank you so much everybody should go to into the website which -- completely New York doctor fleet week New York dot com it's -- find out about United States navy.
Custard and look at if they go to these sites that may see -- -- -- -- correct OK well thank you very nice commander lieutenant lieutenant.
And we're gonna thank you and take a break and --