much, joe courtney. we want to thank all our witnesses for you being here, but also in particular for your service to the american people to protect american families. also it is an opportunity for us to thank the professional sta who have been here and helpfu armed services committee is just blessed with remarkable people. we are particularly blessed with morgan dean. not only is she a professional staff member but she's a very appreciated member of the navy reserve. so at this time we shall adjourn. >> i thi what we are getting at the moment is specific to the incidents on board the fitzrald and mccain. i am interested to learn the breakdown with the assessment, at least in the timelines of

settlement from conneccut, congressman joe courtney, r his remarks. >> they can, mr. chairman and thank you to the admirals for their testimony today and i would like to recognize miss eccles for putting a human subject on the topic we are discussingoday. thank you. the circumstances that bring us to today's hearing part table and tragic. as our lead witness pointed out in his order, in the spaof 65 days, 17 sailors were lost in ship collisions and accidentn naval vessels. these were not limited occurrens but part of a disturbing trend of mishaps in the asia-pacic region at since january has involved uss anetam, uss lake champlain, uss fitzgerald, and the mcin. to put that in perspective, these heartbreaking casualties are more than rvicemembers that we have lost in the afghanisn war zone in 2017. two of those sailors are from my state of connecticut. the compass minerals estes -- thomas and estes is here today. -- congressman estes is here today. their famili in the entire state of connecticut are mourning the loss of these two patriots and are watching the response of the navy and congres