i yield back. >> and thank you very much, ranking member joe courtney, and we want to thank all of our witnesses for your being here, but also in particular for your service to the american people, to protect american families. also, it's an opportunity for us to thank the professional staff who have been here and have been so helpful. the armed services committee is just blessed with remarkable people, and we're particularly blessed with margaret dean because not only is she a professional staff member, but she is a very appreciated member of the navy reserve. so at this time, we shall adjourn. of information they can share right now? how are you all feeling about the information you're getting at the moment? what we're

we proceed to ranking member joe courtney. >> thank you. one thing that might be helpful for some of us, walk-through the investigation and reporting process is going 60look like over the next 90 to120 days -- 60 to 120 days. >> with any mishap, we stand up -- we send up an investigative team. with these two collisions, we put a dual purpose investigation together that includes the normal safety investigation. those are privileged investigations. we do not share that information publicly, so we can protect folks from being very open with us and giving us as much information as possible to determine the root cause. are stoodstigations up immediately by the convening authority. the convening authority for the fitzgerald was the commander of the seventh fleet. the commanding authority for the wasin was admirable -- admiral swift because of the other investigation going on, and because we relieved the seventh fleet commander in the interim. those investigative officers are both flag officers. they take a team to the site to where the collision

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

chairman, yield back. >> thank you very 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 staff who have been here and helpful. 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 think what we are getting at the moment is specific to the incidents on board the fitzgerald and mccain. i am interested to learn the breakdown with the assessment, at least in the timelines of what happened on the fitzgerald and what will come out on the mccain. you're right, the overall state of maintenance, modernization, those things are clear in the report and the gao report, it is clear there. those things i don't change, congress will have to act there. what i think is going to be of interes