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Speaker 2: A single best idea and today in a special edition,
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Speaker 2: And this is Ted Mortenson, a Baird and yes he's
Speaker 2: another technology analyst, except no he's not. He is a
Speaker 2: retired lieutenant commander of the US Navy, and he is
Speaker 2: expert at what we're all witnessing in the war of
Speaker 2: soldiers and enlisted types placing our material into the air
Speaker 2: as we saw with a rescue in the last five
Speaker 2: six days in Iran. A one single long conversation and
Speaker 2: answer are from Lieutenant Commander Mortensen.
Speaker 1: Number one. I think they've got to be treated with humanity.
Speaker 1: I worry about the people on the exhaustion, Yes, the exhaustion.
Speaker 1: And take the people on the ford that were on
Speaker 1: the med. They've been out to see almost nine months,
Speaker 1: and I did three deployments and I was extended once.
Speaker 1: Your mind and body can only do it for roughly
Speaker 1: six months. Because you're going every day now nine months,
Speaker 1: I can't even imagine. And we have a carrier problem
Speaker 1: we have, you know, we just got a logistical problem
Speaker 1: on having two carriers in market during a major conflict.
Speaker 1: So that's number one. But you know that carrier could
Speaker 1: be out for one year. That comes out as sacrifice,
Speaker 1: not only the people on it, but the machine on it.
Speaker 1: I mean, they're not meant to go for a year
Speaker 1: out at sea, and then there's always a human cost.
Speaker 1: What your viewers or your listeners may not understand is
Speaker 1: the divorce rate in the name. When I was there,
Speaker 1: it was close to seventy percent. It is a very
Speaker 1: tough life. So in this in this particular conflict, I
Speaker 1: think we you know, if you ever see somebody in
Speaker 1: uniform at you know, airport or walking down the street,
Speaker 1: make it make it a make it your sense to
Speaker 1: go up and shake their hand and say thank you.
Speaker 1: They don't make a lot of money. They are true patriots.
Speaker 1: So we're at a high pace and I think, uh,
Speaker 1: I think the administration. I think Admiral Cooper, who does
Speaker 1: sendcom you know, he graduated from naval cadety like myself.
Speaker 1: He gets it. So I'm sure those conversations are going
Speaker 1: up to chain and command.
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