we proceed tranking mem joe courtney. >> thank you, mr. chairman. one thing that might be helpful is walk tough the investigative and reporting process, what it will look like over the xt ou know, 60 to 90 to 120 days. >> yes, sir. in terms of the various effos that are under way. >> so immeately after both collisions, any mishap, we stand an instigative team. in the case of these two coisions in japan we put a dual ppose investigation together that includes the normal safety investigation and the jag man vestigation. those are privileged investigations. we do not share hat information publicly so we can protect folks from being very open with us and giving us as much informatn as possible toetermine the root cause. so those investigations are stood up immialy upon -- by the convening authority. the convening authority for fitzgerald was the comnd of the seventh fleet. the coening authority for mccain was admiral swift because of the other investigation going on and because we reeved the seventfleet commander in the interim. so those investigative o
