WEBVTT 00:03.500 --> 00:06.880 A new owner of public of the philippine following a typhoon hi-yo 00:06.880 --> 00:10.060 on which killed more than four thousand people and affected million. 00:10.620 --> 00:13.610 Yesterday the department that then officially activated joint 00:13.670 --> 00:17.000 have four five oh five behead humanitarian of the then end of 00:17.000 --> 00:20.530 the apps relief operations in support of the philippine government. 00:21.180 --> 00:24.940 Joining me to talk more about I'm operation dom a on is the commander 00:24.940 --> 00:29.120 GT a five or five lieutenant general john with were lawful servers 00:29.120 --> 00:32.010 commanding general of the third marine expeditionary force. 00:32.610 --> 00:33.720 Thanks for joining us for. 00:35.420 --> 00:39.210 Can you describe what used in the Know the recovery effort the 00:39.210 --> 00:40.790 pap today would be here tonight. With. 00:44.540 --> 00:48.480 A recovery efforts is taken on a great energy over the last two 00:48.480 --> 00:54.560 days and has shown great their infusion of of philippine military 00:54.860 --> 00:59.550 governor the philippines international aid in U.S. aid organization support. 01:00.100 --> 01:01.650 To the ongoing operation. 01:02.930 --> 01:06.120 This has been one of the most devastating typhoons to hit the 01:06.120 --> 01:07.520 philippines a long time. 01:08.030 --> 01:10.770 A magnitude of which would have been difficult for any country 01:10.770 --> 01:11.580 to overcome. 01:12.150 --> 01:15.400 But the resilience of the philippine people and the coordination 01:15.730 --> 01:16.960 bought the philippine government. 01:17.510 --> 01:18.050 If the U.S. 01:18.050 --> 01:20.750 military. The joint force this year. 01:21.310 --> 01:25.430 And also with all the international U.S. national aid organizations 01:25.840 --> 01:27.570 is making a great difference every day. 01:28.120 --> 01:29.170 It's save. Lives. 01:34.220 --> 01:36.420 A short term goals your have. Forecast. 01:40.000 --> 01:44.310 Well short term goals are little really to restore of relief 01:44.310 --> 01:47.470 supplies or to get relief supplies. 01:48.380 --> 01:49.530 To the philippine people. 01:50.180 --> 01:53.310 We won restore some normal see in their lives and what that particularly 01:53.310 --> 01:56.240 means is food water and shelter. 01:57.650 --> 02:00.810 We were gonna their bridge between manila. 02:01.490 --> 02:02.850 And the city of duck oboe on. 02:03.470 --> 02:07.490 Which is initiated a significant search in these relief supplies. 02:08.080 --> 02:10.710 From to paul bon we've push supplies about. 02:11.240 --> 02:14.340 To other areas or mark and we aren't. 02:14.870 --> 02:19.560 And from their out in individual but they've Endeavour's to the 02:19.560 --> 02:24.650 people outside those major hubs in hub and spoke system has worked 02:24.650 --> 02:25.190 very. Well. 02:29.960 --> 02:30.400 The U.S.. 02:31.190 --> 02:34.130 I'm very quickly do that because after what kind of preparation 02:34.130 --> 02:35.530 produce that kind of. Response. 02:39.610 --> 02:43.450 Well the Commander admiral lock clear that they've done commander 02:43.480 --> 02:44.340 has a. 02:46.390 --> 02:49.490 Made it up all the that we would be ready to respond that any 02:49.490 --> 02:53.750 crisis in the pacific and by we I mean the entire joint force 02:53.750 --> 02:54.840 of the pacific command. 02:55.490 --> 02:57.350 And in that we've built partnerships. 02:57.970 --> 03:01.580 With many other countries across the asia pacific region. 03:03.080 --> 03:06.380 Here in the philippines last year. We conducted. 03:07.100 --> 03:11.080 Page humanitarian assistance disaster relief exercise in order 03:11.080 --> 03:14.900 to practice the difficult integration of capabilities of the 03:14.900 --> 03:19.380 joint force and also international and national aid organizations. 03:19.880 --> 03:23.040 So it's been that long term planning your prepare and thus the 03:23.040 --> 03:25.790 building of relationships with our great partners in the asia 03:25.790 --> 03:29.940 pacific and then continued training by the soldiers sailors airmen 03:29.940 --> 03:34.290 and marines that would be able to respond when called to the 03:34.290 --> 03:35.450 source of. Disasters. 03:40.580 --> 03:40.850 A big. 03:41.700 --> 03:43.480 Bill facing the people the. Philippine. 03:48.680 --> 03:51.810 The people of the philippines are not so much the relief effort right. 03:51.810 --> 03:57.030 Now relief effort is going on very well we have stabilized most 03:57.030 --> 04:00.660 of their lives provided immediate food water and shelter. 04:01.210 --> 04:03.840 The real challenge to the republic of the philippines and to 04:03.840 --> 04:08.790 the philippine people will be the long ongoing reconstruction 04:09.180 --> 04:12.400 that is already beginning with great planning by the philippine 04:12.400 --> 04:16.560 government and the aid and assistance of the United States government 04:16.560 --> 04:19.470 and many other governments across the cardinal crossed world. 04:20.000 --> 04:23.530 And as well international aid organizations which are bringing 04:23.530 --> 04:27.150 in great aid and support to begin that reconstruction. Effort. 04:31.400 --> 04:34.390 Period international aid organization can you tell me a little 04:34.390 --> 04:37.400 bit about some of those organizations and how your court meeting 04:37.400 --> 04:37.720 with. Them. 04:41.330 --> 04:46.660 Well the world food program is scenario warmly as they rode around 04:46.730 --> 04:50.880 signature in initially has seen its they. 04:51.400 --> 04:53.910 And grinding stopped lines of communication. 04:54.560 --> 04:56.990 Right distribute sound of through the issuance. 04:57.530 --> 05:00.780 It's that westernization all of them and they are relying it's 05:00.910 --> 05:04.850 purely on the human remaining or aviation at their launch that 05:04.850 --> 05:07.200 we had gone delineation here. 05:07.790 --> 05:10.740 We're going between the knows who probably won't happen. 05:11.570 --> 05:16.050 Assets to cover on large data supplied station outside two time 05:16.050 --> 05:19.820 masters of this one about back in the downhill of the commission. 05:20.480 --> 05:25.030 Is commercial loans to she up mobile I and other capability right 05:25.140 --> 05:28.440 in order to provide this other jails up to allow them in order 05:28.440 --> 05:32.030 to vibe is to provide jokes about the people do that. 05:32.630 --> 05:34.780 Thereby great support to the people the soul of the 05:36.370 --> 05:37.070 And the serbian. 05:38.570 --> 05:39.120 For this.. Yeah. 05:40.190 --> 05:49.100 Yeah. Some of those international organizations of doctors without 05:49.100 --> 05:51.260 borders and others are doing a tremendous. Job. 05:56.120 --> 06:00.090 There and Some ways you see in U.S. service members make it different 06:00.160 --> 06:00.960 than if you've been. There. 06:04.640 --> 06:07.670 Well the service members of made a difference by going into a 06:07.670 --> 06:08.840 devastated area. 06:09.430 --> 06:12.290 Of live in a very austere a life of their own. 06:13.160 --> 06:18.760 And of working extensively long hours to support the people were 06:18.790 --> 06:20.410 of the republic of the. Philippines. 06:21.880 --> 06:23.910 They've assisted many are injured. 06:24.470 --> 06:29.360 And the elderly want aircraft. So that they could be evacuated 06:29.360 --> 06:33.060 from the are part of the disaster up to the philippines where 06:33.060 --> 06:35.930 those families could be rejoined with other family members. 06:36.620 --> 06:40.800 And additionally they've taken it upon themselves to assist in 06:40.800 --> 06:44.460 local neighborhoods with the distribution of food the distribution 06:44.460 --> 06:45.050 of water. 06:45.810 --> 06:49.730 And the assessment of how we can make lives better here in the philippines. 06:54.030 --> 06:57.930 Yeah. You never seen anything like this devastation and the philippine. Before. 07:02.810 --> 07:06.550 So there is here and the philippines is unlike anything i've seen. 07:08.060 --> 07:11.570 Those of us to live in okinawa are familiar with typhoons. 07:12.060 --> 07:15.500 But we do not see the devastation that was a wreaked upon the 07:15.500 --> 07:19.510 people of the philippines this looked more like an L5 tornado 07:19.510 --> 07:23.310 that was approximately sixty miles wide that went through a great 07:23.310 --> 07:28.760 swap the of the Islands of some large lately it's a bow and had 07:28.870 --> 07:33.190 other impacts not quite a significant but still grew grave outside 07:33.190 --> 07:34.520 that sixty mile band. 07:35.060 --> 07:37.130 It's like nothing i've ever seen in a. Storm. 07:43.580 --> 07:46.540 Where commanding general joint out for five or five thank you 07:46.540 --> 07:50.870 for joining us. So..