The top nine must have Chrome extensions to use when you're dropshipping from AliExpress. For those of you who don't know, AliExpress is one of the biggest online marketplaces in the world with millions of products manufactured in China with relatively cheap prices. They are a super dropshipping friendly supplier. And in this video, I'm going to go over the nine must have Chrome extensions that you must use when you're dropshipping from AliExpress to save you an enormous amount of time to make you more profit and to help you with your product research, which is very essential to making more sales and making more profits. So just watch this quick intro and let's begin. Hello everyone, my name is Leeran from AutoDS. I'm the content producer and I've also been dropshipping for the last four years. And right before we get to it, I just want to remind you guys to like this video because it really helps out our channel. Share this video so that your friends and family can also learn about the wild and amazing world of dropshipping and subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you can always stay updated on valuable informational videos like this one because we do them a lot and we really want to help you guys succeed on your journey to success. So let's get to it. What are the best Chrome extensions that we need when dropshipping from AliExpress? Everything that I'm talking about in this video is on the full blog below. So you guys can also go ahead and read it. You have all of the links to all of the extensions that I'm talking about. Let's get started. Number one on the list of Chrome extensions that you have to use when dropshipping from AliExpress is an extension called AliSave. Now AliSave is an extension to help you save photos and videos from AliExpress. You may have noticed that AliExpress disabled right clicking on most of their product listings, which makes it really difficult to save the photos and videos on their site. So AliSave is a tool to help you with that. Just click on AliSave right on the blog, like I mentioned below this video. And once you click on that, you'll be taking to the extension page. Simply click on add to Chrome. And once you add the extension, it will be installed onto your Chrome browser. Now all you have to do is head on to any product on AliExpress and see how this extension works. So here's AliExpress. Let's just type in anything in the search field. For example, nightlight. Now we're just going to go ahead and head inside one of these listings. By the way, I saw someone selling this product really well on Shopify. So here is a product that I want to take the photos and images from over here. You may have noticed that there's a little icon. This is the AliSave icon. So if I click on this icon, it's going to save these two small thumbnails, but I don't want these thumbnails. Let's see what else we can save. Here you go, you see it down here again. If I'm going to click on that, it's simply going to download all of the images for me that we see in here. And here we go. You can see it on the bottom. So if I click on one of the images that it downloaded onto my computer, you will see that it downloaded it in a nice full form and nice quality. So the quality was not decompressed. You can see the images really well. And this is how they come out. And that's how simple it is to download images from AliExpress. And of course, you can use this extension to download all of the high quality images down below. Many AliExpress sellers use this space right here on the bottom to upload even more photos than the ones that you see up here. So if you're going to right click on these photos down here and click on save image as it's just going to give you some WebP file form, which is not going to help you. So it's not actually going to download the photos one by one. And what you want to do once again is use the AliSave extension. You're going to find the icon over here next to the overview button. So if I click on this, it's going to download all of the photos that we see down here one by one, just like it should be done. And then you're going to simply have much more photos to use for your listing. So as you can see, there's a party going on down here in my download section on the bottom of my browser. Let's click on just one of them. And as you can see three to one, this is one of the photos that we saw down there below. We're going to click on another one. So here you go one by one, it's simply going to download the photos. There is no other way to do it. You can do it manually and AliSave is the extension for this purpose. So we got AliSave on number one on the list for Chrome extensions that you must use when dropshipping from AliExpress. Now let's move on to extension number two on the list. And on number two, we have an extension called AliExpress search by image. What this extension does is it simply allows you to grab any image on the internet. It doesn't matter where you're seeing it. You right click on the image and then you'll be able to search that image on AliExpress and find it there. So this way you can see exactly where your competitors are getting their items from. So let's see a live example. If you click on AliExpress search by image like I mentioned below, it's on the article down below, just click on it and you'll be able to install it. And once installed, just head over to one of your suppliers and choose one of their items. For example, let's go with Amazon and let's go with this Bluetooth headset over here. You can go with any other supplier, any other website, it can be Shopify competitors or anything else that you can think of. So once you grab a webpage with an image and you want to know where they're getting this product from and if you can get it for cheaper on AliExpress, all you have to do is click on the image and then right click on the image. And then you'll see this option search AliExpress by image. This is a wonderful tool. Not a lot of people don't know about this and it's really, really helpful. So as you see it opened the site called AliSeeks and it starts searching for the product over here. And as you can see, we found it. So this product, you can see that this is the same product and this is the same product. So on Amazon it costs, how much was it? $40. Even if you have a $5 discount coupon over here, so let's say it costs $35. But on AliExpress, we can find it easily for $22.49 with free shipping and he already sold 311 units. So you know that this is a good seller. If you click on the image, it'll take you straight to the product on AliExpress. And as you can tell, everything here is correct. Here is the product. We're going to click on it. We're going to click on ships from China and then we'll see the final price. Here it is, 24.31 with free shipping. So you're already saving what was it? $11 from Amazon's price. So that's how you can find products much cheaper on AliExpress when compared to other sites and other suppliers. This is a very, very helpful tool for that. And this really reminds me of a story that just happened a couple of months ago. My sister came to me and she showed me that she bought earbuds from the internet. And I was like, what do you mean from the internet? Show me where you bought it from. So she opens up a site. It was just, you know, some domain name for a shop.com. And it had a whole bunch of earbuds, earphones for sale. And she simply bought one of them. It looked like it was made of high quality. It cost around $60. And she thought it was a good bargain. And when I saw this website, I was immediately able to tell that this is a drop shipping website. So I asked her if she wants to know where they got this product from. And she's like, what do you mean? And I'm like, come here, let me show you. So I showed her this extension. And I showed her that she could have bought the same item from AliExpress for just $14. So it kind of made her sad on one hand. But on the other hand, you know, the more knowledge you have, the better. So this is what this extension is for. You can easily find products this way. It's very, very helpful. And I highly recommend you guys to use it to find products quickly and cheaper on AliExpress, no matter where you see them on the internet. So that's extension two on the list. Now let's move on to extension number three of the best extensions to use when dropshipping from AliExpress. And now we are moving on to an extension called Up Assistant. Now Up Assistant once again, in the blog below, if you click on it, you'll be able to download the extension. And once you add it to Chrome, what this extension does is it helps you filter out the best sellers for products which you are looking to sell. So when you're searching for a product, let me just show you guys a live example. So on AliExpress, let's just search for dog collars. So once I search up dog collars, I'm going to see all of my results, just like anything else I'll search for. But only this time, you may notice that on the top right of every search result, every product that we see here, there is a percentage. This percentage is the seller rating that Up Assistant is giving these sellers. So for example, if this one is getting 95%, this is probably a good seller. So I won't have to go inside each of them one by one to find the good sellers. So this one, for example, let's go inside the product and see exactly why this seller has a 95% rating. So once you're inside the product, just scroll down a little bit, and you will be able to see this graph over here. It shows you the seller's overall rating 95%, which is what Up Assistant gave this seller. And if you look a little below, you'll see all of the pros and cons that you have when working with this supplier. Again, all of this data is data that Up Assistant collects. It has nothing to do with AliExpress themselves, but it gives you a very good indication of what's going on with this seller. If you click on the extension on the bottom left, you'll see the same things that we're seeing up here, just in another form, in another way of seeing it. If you click over here, you'll see again the price dynamics, all of the price changes like we saw up here. So this tool once again, is good for filtering out the bad sellers from the good ones. When you're searching for products, instead of having to go inside each listing one by one and filtering out the bad sellers from there. So this one is going to save you a lot of time. And it's really important to work with good sellers that have 95% and above ratings, because sellers below 95% or 90% are most likely to cause some problems when it's shipping times or item descriptions and so forth. You want to work with good sellers because you want to be a good seller yourself. So use this tool to filter out the sellers while you're making searches on AliExpress. It will help save you a whole bunch of time and you'll be getting much better feedback from your customers this way, because you'll simply be selling much higher quality products. Okay, now let's move on to extension number four on the list of dropshipping Chrome extensions that you have to use when you're dropshipping from AliExpress. And this tool is called AliTools Shopping Assistant. This is an all around all in one tool. It has some of the features from the other tools that I just mentioned before. Only where this one really excels is in finding products that are similar to the one that you're looking at now from other sellers. So when you find a good selling product, it's a very good feature. And not just when you find good selling products. So once again, just click on the extension down below in the blog and you'll be taking to the download page. Once you download it and install it, head over to AliExpress. Once you head over to AliExpress, just go inside any one of the products. For example, let's go inside. Well, first, let's just make a search for light bulbs. Let's search for light bulbs. Now I'm just going to randomly choose this cool RGB bulb over here. And once you go inside the product, let's say that I already sold this product and I want to find more products that are like this. So it already gave the seller a 90% rating. It rounded up all of the product reviews with photos over here too. So you don't have to search for the reviews inside the product page. And like I mentioned, you can see the similar products and I'm going to show you guys exactly how this works. This is actually really, really cool. You also have a price history. So once I click on the extension, you can see exactly what you want to see. Let's see why the seller got 90%. This seller has been active on the platform for more than two years. So it's looking for sellers that have at least one year in AliExpress. If the seller is working in AliExpress for less than one year, it's a little bit more risky. Buyers are satisfied. So he's getting good reviews. The products from the seller match their descriptions, but 7% are dissatisfied and delays may occur while shipping. This doesn't mean that it's going to happen if you're going to buy from this guy. As you can see here, he has almost a 97% positive feedback. So don't let these two things worry you because the overall grade is 90% and I would recommend to go with the seller if you want this product. Now what I wanted to show you guys was the similar product. So this product was going well and I want to find more products that I like this one. So I'm going to click on similar. And as you can see, it's already finding all kinds of listings that have RGB light bulbs in them. So it's saving me already a lot of time. It's already showing me the listings that have orders that have good seller ratings. So again, it's saving a lot of time and it's doing most of the work for you guys. So use this extension to get the seller rating to see product reviews, which I'll show you also. So you can see photos from all of the customers who bought and reviewed this product. You can see exactly how it works. And again, the similar items, which is where this extension stands out. If you ask me. So once again, use the AliTools shopping assistant. This is Chrome extension number four on the list. And this obviously brings us to number five on the list of Chrome extensions that you have to use when dropshipping from AliExpress. And the fifth extension is called AliExpress shopping and cashback. Everybody loves cashback. If you're not gaining cashback, you're missing a lot of profit. We call it money on the floor. So there's money on the floor and you don't want to pick it up. Using AliExpress shopping and cashback, you will be able to get cashback on your orders and simply make more profit at the end of the month this way. So let's see exactly how we can make more money from ourselves. Click on the extension from the blog below, download and install the Chrome extension like we did up until now. And once you do that, you'll be taken to deals99.com. This is their extension. You have to sign up. All right, you have to have your own account. Once you have your own free account, you can start getting cashbacks from your orders. Let me show you what it looks like. So we head back to AliExpress. Let's choose any other RGB light bulb. Once inside the listing, you'll be able to see near the price. Here we go. Activate 4% cashback. So click on that to activate the cashback only after once you created your account with them. You also have a price history with them, just like other tools that we saw before. But the main feature here is the cashback. So once you have funds in your cashback and you want to redeem them, you can do so on their site on deals99.com. You can get your rebate by either redeeming it as an Amazon gift card or to your web money account, or you can withdraw it to your PayPal account, or you can use it to buy another product from AliExpress. So cashback is a must. And if you're not doing it, you're simply giving up on free money. I hope you guys are not giving up on free money. So use this tool. Everybody needs to go with cashback. Even consumers use cashback. So you as the seller, won't you use cashback too? This is the extension to do it. As you see, it has over 20,000 users and almost a five star rating. So this is the best extension available right now when it comes to cashback on AliExpress. So this is item number five on the list for extensions that you have to use when dropshipping from AliExpress. And this brings us to number six on the list of the extensions that you have to use when you're dropshipping from AliExpress. And this extension is the AliExpress coupon finder. Now this extension is simply going to find coupons for you. Sometimes these coupons are visible and you can see them on the product page. But many times coupons cannot be found. They're just hidden somewhere. And this extension is simply going to find them for you. There are store coupons. There is AliExpress coupons. Sometimes or most of the time you won't even be able to notice them. So once again, click on the link down below to install it. You'll be taken to the extension page. After you add it to Chrome, simply head over to AliExpress. Choose any item. For example, this dog plush toy, for example, choose the variation that you want to buy. So let's go with this one. And size is small. And here we go. You have this little chart over here that shows you on one example volume pricing. So if I buy one unit, I'm going to spend $5.72. If I buy two units, I'm going to pay $5.15 per unit. And if I buy four units, I'm going to pay $4.86 per unit. So it also shows you the discounts in volume pricing, which I can get this information anywhere else from what I can see here. And it shows you the promo code. So get another $1 off. And if there was a store coupon, it would show you it over here. So this really sums up all the coupons that you can get for each and every product. And if there was a better shipping method, it would let you know here. For example, if shipping would have cost $5 here, it could have given me a message like a if you spend $15 on this store, then shipping will be $0. So this tool is here to help you guys save money and make more profit. You should definitely use it just like the cashback extension. Both of these extensions are here to save you money. And this is exactly why you have to add them when you're drop shipping from AliExpress. So this is extension number six on the list of AliExpress extensions that you have to have when you're drop shipping from them. And this brings us to extension number eight. And extension number eight is the AliExpress video finder. Now this one is pretty self explanatory, but I'm going to explain it anyway, because you guys are my favorite. So what this extension does is it simply shows you the videos that you have available to download before entering each listing one by one. So it helps you with your product research. And this one is especially good for all of you Shopify store owners. And the reason for that is because you guys know how much value there is into the product videos that you have in your stores. It really attracts the customers, it tells a much better story of the product, rather than writing a product description and using photos, the videos have a much stronger effect on the end consumer. So here's how the extension works. Once again, click on it, add it to Chrome, head over to AliExpress, search up any item, shoes was the first thing that just popped into my mind. Okay, now once the extension is installed, as you can see here, I have these video and non video frames. So before I enter each product, I already know if it has a video, which is good for me, or if it doesn't have a video, which isn't good for me unless I'm drop shipping on eBay, so I can show videos anyway, and then I won't really care about this feature. But for all of you Shopify users, this one is really good. So this one has a video, let's see if what we see is true, enter this listing, and let's enter a listing without a video. And now let's wait for the one with the video to load. And here we go, it loaded. And here's the video, we can watch it, no problem. The extension worked just fine. And if we head over to the second product, as you can see, there are no videos, only photos. So that's how you can see that this extension works. It shows you the videos before entering each listing one by one, therefore saving you a lot of time. There is no way to do this one manually. That's why you need this tool, the easy AliExpress video finder. And that's exactly what it does. This wraps up extension number eight. And now we're moving on to extension number nine, the final extension that I'm going to recommend to you guys to use when you're dropshipping on AliExpress. And this one is really, really important. It's called none other than the AutoDS Helper Chrome extension. This extension is simply going to save you guys a significant amount of time when it comes to adding products to your stores. Because what it simply does is it can grab as many products as you want at once. And it adds them all to your store in just one click. Let me show you guys how cool this is and how it works. So once again, click on AutoDS Helper on the blog below, install it, once installed, head over to AliExpress. Now let's search for any product that we want. For example, Galaxy S9 cases. Okay, for Galaxy S9, it's not the newest phone anymore, but it doesn't mean that its accessories are still not trending. So let's say for example, we just found this new trend and this is what we want to add to our stores. So what you have to do first is enable the extension if it's not enabled. And then once you have the extension, you'll see the AutoDS Circle on the bottom right of your screen. Click on that. And then while you're on the product page with all of the products that we want to add to our stores, simply click on the extract button over here. Now what the extension did is it grabbed all of the product IDs that you see over here, and it simply imported them into the extension. If I continue scrolling down and loading more items and click extract again, it's going to add them two to the list. So from 45, I just went up to 60 products. Now let's say that these are the 60 products that I want to add to my store. Instead of doing it one by one, taking up how much time that's going to take hours of work, if not more, what you're going to do is click on export as CSV. And as you can see, it downloaded the file onto my computer. Now all I need to do is head over to AutoDS, head over to the uploader section, click on bulk upload, upload bulk from CSV. And then simply choose that file. Here it is Aliexpress export. And that's it. Configure your upload settings. And then you can save the product, which means you can choose whether you want to upload the product now to your store, or you can choose if you want to schedule it for a later time and date of your choosing. You can see the options down here because I'm just using a demo account, but in your account you will see these two options. And scheduled uploads is especially good for you people dropshipping on eBay, because you know how eBay gives you much better visibility for your listings when they are new for the first several hours. So you really want to add the products at the time when your target audience is awake and in front of their mobile phones. So that's how the AutoDS Chrome helper extension can help you while you're dropshipping on Aliexpress. It's going to save you a significant amount of time when you're adding those products and time is something that we all need. So this pretty much sums up all of the nine Chrome extensions that I want you guys to use when you're dropshipping on Aliexpress. I really hope that you guys found this video informational. I hope that you will implement these steps. It will help you profit more. It will help you save your time and it will definitely help you with your product research. Guys, please let me remind you again to like this video because it really helps out our channel, share this video so that your friends and family can also learn about all of these cool and amazing things that I'm passing on to you guys. They also deserve to learn about dropshipping and subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you can always stay updated with valuable informational videos like this one. So until the next time guys, good luck and bye bye.


What's up, Mopar Fam? As you can see, we got Project Storm in the shop and we have already started on the truck. Just a quick recap. So far, we started off with taking the hood off and we have the front grille and just the little engine cover, the radiator cover off right here. And that is just so that we can get some more light inside the engine bay so that we have a lot more light in here and build a seat a lot better and just do a better job overall. So you don't have to take your hood off for any of that mess but we did just so we get a little extra light in here as I don't have the brightest of lights up here at the shop so that's what we got going on. Alright so the other thing we did real quick is we pressure washed the engine.  So we got it washed up and also as you can see we got the cold air intake off the truck. This did have the factory Mopar cold air intake kit on it which is currently chilling out in the bed over here and our pile of parts we got going on. So we removed that. Obviously the Torx Storm Supercharger takes up this passenger side area and that is why we no longer can use it. So that's gone. The other thing we did earlier today is we put in new spark plugs. We went with one step colder spark plugs, the NGK brand. These are the spark plugs that we used right here. These are the NGK plugs. That's the part number. You're going to need 16 of these spark plugs. As many know the HEMI's use two spark plugs per cylinder. So you got a total of 16 plugs. That's the part number we use for a one step colder and we gapped them to 28. So we did a .28 gap and that's the same gap I use on Frostbite and it seems to work good for me without having any spark blowout issues. Usually runs pretty good. So that is the other thing we did today. We spared you guys the install of the spark plugs. I think many people who was watching this video and this build probably has already done spark plugs on their HEMI and I didn't feel the need to record that. But we do have the one step colder plugs in. So that's it. So we are going to grab the torque storm instructions and we are going to go to step one and start tearing this joker down and getting a supercharger put in here. So let's go. Alright we're going to do a quick little recap of what's going on Project Storm. The 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 HEMI 4x4. We have obviously the torque storm supercharger. Proudly made in the USA. Same one that's on Frostbite. This box is full of all the pulleys and brackets and everything from Torx Storm and they have some of the best instructions by the way. We'll go over those here in a minute. And then the other thing we have over here. This is going to be the boost gauge we're using. This is an autometer Mopar license product and has a little Mopar symbol in there. Same boost gauge that I use on Frostbite. I love this gauge. It works good.  These are the 650 CC thick injectors. And then for our cooling side this is going to be a non-intercooled setup. We're going to use water methanol injection and that is what we're going to be doing for our cooling. So we have a stage one boost snow performance kit. This is everything in the box for the water meth. And then we're going to run the same 180 Maladon thermostat as well for the cooling system on the truck.  So that's what we got going on. We already disconnected the battery and we're ready to go. Alright so here is the torque storm instructions and step one is basically stuff that we've already went ahead and done which is removing the factory air box. They want you to drain the coolant. Although on this truck it's really not going to be necessary and I'll tell you the reason later here in a second. And then undoing the factory IAT sensor which we've already removed the whole entire air intake system on the truck so that doesn't matter right now. So we're pretty much to step two and again these instructions are very good. Now step two really don't pertain too much to us as this truck already has this thermostat neck. For some of the eight speed trucks out there they run a different thermostat neck and it does require you I believe to replace it with the supplied one that they give you. But this truck does not really require that so really we wouldn't have to remove this if we didn't want to but we are going to remove it because we're going to install the Molodon thermostat real quick and then after that we'll be going on the stage or to step three which is going to be pulling off the factory harmonic balancer and getting ready to do the crank drilling and putting on the supplied ATI pulley that they give us. So that will be obviously on it this is the hardest part of the whole entire supercharger installation. So this is the stuff here you're going to want to pay attention to the most but that is coming up here soon so again we're going to go ahead and get the thermostat put in. Pretty easy to get to on these trucks you just have a couple bolts down here and that's it and pretty much if you hold this hose up high you don't really leak a whole lot of fluid so you'll need a catch pan under there to catch some of it but other than that pretty much pretty much it and what was it 13 yeah and those bolts are 13 millimeter so we're gonna get them out we're gonna switch out the thermostat put in our Molodon and go from there. Alright so real quick guys we have the factory thermostat out this is the factory one this is the Molodon in his hand and just want to go over something you will need to use the factory seal that's on your old thermostat and put it on to the Molodon as it's a direct fit drop in the Molodon does not come with a seal so you can use the old seal that came on your old thermostat just put it around there and you're good to go. Alright everybody so we got the Molodon thermostat installed next up is gonna be removing the factory harmonic balancer and then doing the crankshaft drilling and putting on the TorpStorm pulley and ATI pulley down there on the crankshaft to do that we're gonna try to make us some extra room so we are gonna be removing the fan shroud and the clutch fan and get basically this whole mess out of here so we can get some more room as you can see it's kind of jammed up right there by the bottom of the fan so we're gonna get that out of the way down there and that's where we stand so we're gonna get this stuff out real quick so we're gonna remove this stuff real quick get out of the way and continue on and get to the hard part. Alright so we're removing the fan shroud they're 13 millimeter bolts as well and it looks like there's two on each side of the shroud and then we're gonna have to undo the clutch fan and you can do that with a big wrench and a hammer or you can use an air hammer if you have an air compressor at home but usually those are reverse threads and it just unscrews off the water pump which is that big big nut down there if it zooms in here show you I'm talking about there we go that guy right there so we're gonna unscrew that real quick.


Welcome to Connect Plus, the first professional wireless security system that can be installed easily any place in the home. This is chapter one of the Alula instructional series, outlining the steps required to install the Alula panel. Everything you need to install the Connect Plus panel security system comes standard in the box. This includes the desktop mounting stand, the UL compliant security system, the power supply, an Ethernet cable, enabling communications, and an instructional manual. For a period of time, we're also including an Anamax door window sensor as well. Please review the manual for additional details on configuring your system. While it's possible to install the Connect Plus on a wall, the recommended installation would use the desktop bracket. You simply insert the Alula panel into the base until it rests securely on the bottom. There's an alignment notch on the backside to ensure proper placement in the base. Adding communications uses the Ethernet cable provided. Plug one end of the cable into the slot on the backside of the Connect Plus and the other end into an open port on the home's router. Apply power by connecting the barrel connector into the slot just under the Ethernet cable and the power supply into an outlet in the home. You can secure that using the outlet cover screw as noted. The Connect Plus system will emit a long beep and the top five LEDs should turn green with the top one blinking indicating AC power. It may take up to 30 seconds for the communication LEDs to come solid green. This is Chapter 2 of the Connect Plus certification series outlining how to install expansion cards into the panel. Everything you need to install the Connect Plus security system comes standard in the box and it's possible to order an Alula system from the factory with all desired option cards installed and tested. This video will cover the process of adding a card into the field based on the needs of a particular installation. To install the option cards, you'll need to remove the cover of the Connect Plus system as shown. Press the button on top of the Connect Plus to release the cover, then lift to loosen the tabs at the bottom of the panel. Place Connect Plus on a flat and secure surface to prepare for car installation. There are three expansion slots in the Connect Plus. The two larger cards are for cellular and Wi-Fi communications. The third slot is used for translator or Z-Wave communication cards. There are also three or four holes on each card allowing for mounting pegs to be attached. Be sure to remove the backup battery prior to installing any expansion cards. The most common expansion card is a cellular communication device. This should be installed in slot one allowing for proper installation of the internal antenna. Be sure to align the four pre-installed mounting pegs into the holes on each corner and the communication pins with the mainboard connector as shown. Press firmly and evenly over each of the corner posts until it snaps securely into place. Put the antenna into the holding slot located near the sounder of the Connect Plus system. Wi-Fi and Z-Wave cards have built-in antennas and don't require this extra step. The Z-Wave and translator cards are connected in slot three near the Connect Plus battery. Align the three mounting pegs into the holes in the corner and ensure the pins on the mainboard align with the connector on the expansion card. Press firmly and evenly until the card snaps into place. Once all expansion cards have been added, you can reconnect the backup battery and power the Connect Plus system to verify proper operations. You should see LEDs on the expansion cards illuminate confirming power and communications are available. Once confirmed, you can replace the cover of the Connect Plus and complete the installation of all other sensors and peripheral devices. This is chapter three of the Connect Plus certification series outlining how to enroll and operate the Connect Plus graphical keypad. Everything you need to install the Connect Plus security panel comes standard in the box. The Connect Plus utilizes a Bluetooth low-energy radio link to communicate with the Connect Plus system and can typically operate from over a hundred feet away from the panel. To enroll the touchpad to Connect Plus, you first have to place the Connect Plus into Enroll Mode by holding the button near the top of the Connect Plus system for about three seconds. You will know the Connect Plus is ready to listen for new devices when the arming LED noted links red. You'll have about five seconds available to enroll devices before the Connect Plus Enrollment window ends. Simply press and hold the menu button on the Connect Plus until you see the Enroll Question Mark message. Then press the check to confirm the procedure. The keypad will negotiate a secure and encrypted link with the Connect Plus, then issue a confirmation message noting it found an appropriate system. Press the menu button twice to exit Enroll Mode on the keypad. Then press the Enroll button on the Connect Plus to have it exit listen mode. The LED will turn to its normal green state when this is completed successfully. To arm the Connect Plus system to stay mode, you simply press and hold the symbol to the left of the zero key.  Disarming the system is accomplished by simply entering a valid user code that's been configured into the Connect Plus system. Arming to away mode follows a similar procedure, but it started by pressing the away symbol to the right of the zero key. There are several other features that can be configured into the Connect Plus device. To view or change the settings, simply press the check key. The options menu will appear from the right of the screen. The features include from top to bottom, silent arming, instant arming, night arming, and chime mode. Chime is a global setting and any changes will be reflected on all Enrolled Connect Plus devices. The other options are retained locally for that Connect Plus operation, only allowing each arming system to operate as desired based on location. You can move through the menu of options using the up and down keys as shown and toggle the settings on any feature by pressing the check key. A subsequent press of the check key will toggle it to the inverted state once again. Advanced installer features can be accessed by pressing and holding the menu key for three seconds. This option allows for changing advanced features including keypad sensitivity, changing the key press sounds, or changing the enrollment status of the Connect Plus. Additional options may appear in future releases of the product. The battery on the keypad will last more than one year with typical operation. Replacing the batteries is easy. Simply pull at the tab at the bottom of the keypad firmly. The cover of the keypad will be removed from the mounting plate exposing two AAA batteries. To place the keypad, hook towards the top of the mounting plate and press firmly until it snaps into place. The Connect Plus security and automation platform can support a wide range of peripheral devices. In this video, we're going to outline installing and configuring an RE616 remote siren to a Connect Plus system. Unlike the siren's resolution builds for other panels, the Connect Plus system comes with a built-in transmitter supporting one or more sirens on every installation. Every siren can be configured to provide chime and status beeps if desired and all will enunciate alarm conditions generated by the Connect Plus. The siren can be installed into any standard 120 volt outlet and secured with a screw at the top. As you open the battery compartment, there are several features that will come into play on operating the siren. There's two LEDs that will show siren and system status. There's a dip switch that allows you to configure the siren for chime entry and exit delay beeps. There's a tamper spring and a battery tab that allows the siren to be enrolled into a panel. To do the enrollment, you first must put the panel into enroll mode. Remove the battery tab and it will go through a series of LED flashes indicating that it's enrolling with the panel. If you wish, you can switch dip switch number two to either turn on or off the chime and entry exit beep feedback from the remote siren. The amber LED indicates that it has lost power or there's another trouble condition on the siren. Once this is enrolled or plugged into an outlet, that LED should turn to a solid blue as shown here. Again, you can secure the siren to an outlet by putting the outlet cover screw through the tab at the top of the siren. The siren will enunciate all chime conditions if configured properly. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube page and click the Show More tab underneath the video where you can view valuable links pertaining to this product, similar how-to videos, and our low-cost, no-contract alarm monitoring services.


A very, very good entrepreneurship to use day morning to you. You are watching Why in the Morning on Y-5-4 channel. I hope you didn't catch that interview with Juan Barry Mosses and you have met the inventor. But it's about time we meet someone else who is more involved in leadership, marketing, social media influence, procurements, financial, training. He's a jack of all trades. And it's about time I introduce the founder of Alpha Maestro. He goes by the name of Sa Kennedy Waweru and I will allow him to say good morning to you before we further delve into the interview. Good morning, audience. I'm Sa Kennedy Waweru, the founder of Alpha Maestro, a marketing company and also the deputy director of Maestro's leadership team based in Kenya. And I'm an event organizer, I'm a part-time DJ, I'm also a social media influence. I'm a jack of all trades, let's just... You know, Nekana, it's true. Yes, yes. Okay, you said that your journey when it came to marketing and social media began with events. So can I understand the background? Okay, after finishing campus in 2015, I pursued DJing and events. And upon doing it for a year, I saw there was an agape whereby linking the client with an event organizer was a problem. So I decided to market, to help market between the DJ or the event organizers or somebody who needs the client or a tenant or something like that. So I started the Alpha Maestro's whereby I could link up different people. By now it has grown, I'm doing, I've diversified. I'm also linking up people. Wait, wait. Before we go into the diversification, I would like to do... I would like us to talk about your action plan. When you identified that gap, what was the first thing that you did? Did you write down anything? Did you write any plans, any goals? Did you set aside any money? Did you talk to someone in specific who has done it? What was your action plan like when you decided when you saw this gap exist? I talked to my life coach, people who I look up to, people who train me concerning life and the issues of life. So they advised and they saw it was a good idea and they helped me also in sourcing of funds for the startup. I did a business plan, working with various budgets for DJing because I had been there for a year. So I knew maybe this will do, this can do. And I also increased the equipments and all that. So once I started out, it was an easy ride. But with time I got to learn and also to explore and to grow into different grounds now, apart from entertainment.  Okay, so tell us about your journey when it came to mentorship.  So please let us know how you got introduced to that. And how do you even get the confidence to stand in front of people and tell them, you know, this is the way. So ever since I was in, I was a young guy in campus, I saw that I could influence people. I could go and talk to somebody and somebody. How do you measure influence? Okay, influence. It's easy. I can come and talk to you and maybe the conversation that we have, you can tell me something that maybe I've never said to anybody else or you can talk to me about something and say, by the way, you did help me. And also the fact that, for example, if you're not at work, the next day people will be like, where are you? So it means that people can recognize you, that you are somebody who is influential in your workplace, for example. Okay, so now after you discovered, yes, that you have an influencer career now. So after I did that, I knew that I was destined to be not just a face in the crowd, but somebody who I can be a standout person.  So that's when I did venture in music, which I did. Wait, come on, scratch that. So let's go back to campus a little bit. What is it that you had studied that you were going out to look for a job today? In campus I did procurement. And upon finishing the scandals and all that, so people are required to do more studies. That was a graduate. So I did try a couple of interviews, but I guess I didn't have passion for it as much as I did for music. So once I developed music and also talking to people and getting people's needs, I knew that this was something that I could venture because I could talk to somebody, and somebody could say that you're supposed to be a canceler. I'm like, ah, no, no, I'm not even in that field, but let me do something. Then the fact that I did DJ, I wanted to be. For example, if I am a DJ, I get a show on this platform.  But anyway. So people would recognize me and that would give me a platform to change and to empower young people. So I came across Maestro's Leadership in 2017 is when I started, 2017. And upon that, it let me just a short profile about it. It seeks to educate and to empower and to equip with skills and trainings. Young people and also resources to better their community. It may be socially, economically, politically. So there are various platforms, businesses entrepreneurship, finance, leadership. The one now for, if you want to go to politics or you want to be an owner of an enterprise. So I saw it as a good opportunity. At that I was still a member, but I did grow in influence and also in skills until I became a trainer. And then I was made a deputy regional director now for the all of East Africa last year around August. And since then. That is quite an achievement. That's quite a milestone. How did that make you feel? I did make me feel great. And at least honored that what I'm doing is not in vain because it's easy that when you're, when you've taken a different route to see, maybe, and also to hear the voices people telling, I do think this is the right thing.  So at least when you get the accolades, you're like, I'm doing the right thing. And I'm changing also lives. That's the most important thing. Yes. I like that. So you actually managed to climb your way up the career ladder and get to that particular point. Now that you've talked about how Maestro leadership and you've actually climbed to that point, regional director, is there anybody in particular that can stand up and say that because of you, I am who I am and what I've been motivated by you? Can you tell me about one of your, the people you've been mentoring? Who has been your best so far? Who is the most accomplished?  Okay, I will talk about the last one because it's easy to remember things of last year. There's this particular girl that I met in, she was in campus, I met her in last year, December, in one of the trainings that I do hold. It was at Memorial Park at that time. So she was kind of low self-esteem. You see, there were girls, not even girls, young people generally, and she's in first year, 19-year-old. So by the time she was attending it, she was in Hollywood at that particular time. She just returned to school last week. So the girl, by the time she was leaving, she was so motivated, she even sends me texts. For example, she couldn't have the courage to stand before people, but there was this, I know what I normally do at times, I send people songs. So there's this particular song that she so loved it, a gospel song, and she was able to gather courage. Which song is this? It's good to give the artist props, you know? No, she's not even a Kenyan. The song is called Everything is Well. Everything is Well. By Jardelle. By the way, I do love the song also.  Now they see you group on Sunday. And she did marvelously well. And today she was sending me texts. People also want a song, people encouraged me. So that was an achievement because this is a young girl who is going places and the little step that he has made right now is towards the right direction. So I'm happy for her and also for the people and also for the link-ups that I've had. I like the fact that you mentioned diversifying into things. But congratulations for that achievement by the way.    I just want to know where the confidence is coming from as well. Okay, when I was somehow young in secondary and also starting out in campus, I was very shy. But I could approach one person or two.  So the fact that I could talk with somebody, so I became familiar with the faces. And also in school, you're supposed to maybe present a project to people. So I could do so, but I will be so much focused on finishing. Not really. Because you want to get out of there, yeah? It's not really on what I'm saying to them. But the help I've told you that I have life coaches and also mentors, they could give me these platforms. And whenever I could do them, after that, you see the way a parent scolds a child. I could be scolded. You could think that maybe... You are scolded for being shy. No, you see, it's a training. Yes, yes. And it's, for example, a military. When you're in a camp, when you've dedicated your life, that is what you're going to do. You don't care about the scolding or the punishments or the discipline, because that's... It's part of the curriculum. So I was passionate about it. So I was not like, oh, now let me back out now. I was willing and ready to be able to gather courage and confidence to stand in front of people. And with time, I learned, I learned, I learned. Even now, I'm still learning. And with time, it's just easy. Now I can stand in front of people. Okay, I would like to understand...  But now let's go back into the business of the matter. You're one of your titles is financial trainer. I'd like to understand where this came from. So my biggest goal or my biggest... The biggest achievement that I want to make is to be part of reducing unemployment in Kenya. And it's not just about giving people jobs. It's also helping them to create jobs. And I once did that and I could see people with big goals. But their problem, all they could say is that I lack capital or where can I get the capital from? The money, yes. So I realized that when I was in campus, I could study a lot of books concerning finances, motivational, inspirational. I decided I have a lot inside of me that the world needs to know or the people around me at that time needs to know. So I started out with them and with a small group that I could find and also now have grown into a wider base. So I'm now doing the financial part of it. In fact, even today I have a session in Kiambu, later on in the afternoon. So I do train them because, you see, it is said that the level of money or the level of life that you are living is equivalent to the knowledge that you have. What? So if I'm broke, it means I'm not as knowledgeable as I thought. Yes. It's a very interesting way to compare things. Because the quality of life is also the quality of your mind. How I view is how you are thinking. Where you are in life is where your thinking was maybe last week or last year. Because towards the end of the year people are, what will I do in January? How will my January be? So that's what they are thinking. So in January, on February starting, that's what they were thinking if they were scared about getting money that is all they will be doing about. So it will reflect outside. So I seek to change their mindset and also the training in Maestro's did help me because the trainers were so much focused in renewing our mind. You see, you are now grown up, right?  If you are told your birthday is in this date is how you knew. That is the date, yeah. So the way you are developed, it may be right for you, but not a good way for you in your career or maybe in the future. So with the big, with the goal that you have, we try and make you see that this is how you can reframe your mind so that you will not just look out and say what is the government doing about me or what is the society. So you are the one who brings out now solutions to the world. Personally, I call myself a solution, bringing out. You are the fixer, problem solver. Yes. I'm glad you mentioned the government. In your line of work, can we expect to see you in a few years in politics, involved in politics? Would you like any leadership position? No, not really in politics, but I would prefer in business world in the business world more so and also maybe more of a person who is known for maybe an investor or somebody who gives opportunities because it's not just, you see the people that is in government, they are there, but they are only for a short period. The people who run a country or a nation are not even in government. They are like, for example, the CEO, the safari com, CEO, equity. These are people who their companies are doing big. If the government sees that there's a policy that makes safari com not function correctly, they'll go and correct it because of safari com. So I'll be more focused on that, but not in politics. Politics is limited and also somehow you're not... You're not fully in control. Yes, you're not fully in control. Then the system, the government, the system itself, not the people, is very corrupt. They keep on talking about cartels, cartels. So you elect a new member, a new governor, and he or she still talks about cartels. So you're like, who are these cartels? So who are these who are in control? You'd rather be the cartel leader. But on the good side. On the good side. Okay, so where do you see alpha maestros in the next five years? Like in the next five years, who are you going to be? Or where do you see yourself? In the next five years, I see myself connecting the whole of Africa or even the whole of the world because there's so much that people need but they don't know about it. It's like, for example, if you have a thousand dollars, a thousand million dollars in your bank account and another person has it, if I tell you about it, there's a way that you will behave than the one who I haven't told about it. So I'm seeking out to tell people that they have something in them and that they can be the best if they only take out the time to find out for themselves and also to develop themselves, personal development. Personal development, not only just trying to accomplish tasks out here, living like an aunt, working day and night, day and night. You're not doing anything to develop. Okay, so for somebody at home who is watching, you've said a lot of motivational things. I don't even know what there is to add. But for somebody at home who is interested in following the career path that you have chosen, which is also life coaching, marketing, what words of advice or encouragement can you give them? What are some of the challenges that you went through that you overcame? Okay, one of the challenges, it may be is not being very conversant to the market. You may want to maybe to pursue fashion and design, but you're not very conversant to the market. So take out time to study the market. Take out time also to study yourself. And also, you see people view like, if I want to be an entrepreneur or if I want to venture in this business, it's not appropriate for me to be in school. Maybe you see like school is a waste of time, but also take time to study. There are people who you will not meet if you are not knowledgeable to meet them. I like that. Please say that one more time. There are people at places you cannot go if you don't have the knowledge concerning it.  And whenever be confident also in yourself, believe in yourself, believe in God, everything is well, don't struggle so much. And people, you see people live in a world whereby I don't, if I come here, I don't want to talk to you because I'm on my phone. So interact with people. That the person who is sitting next to you, maybe the person who will connect you to bigger plants or bigger ideas or bigger markets or even bigger opportunities the next time. So being social and also being cautious of your environment, not only being inside your head most of the times. Yes, yes. Okay, I like that. I like that.  You know, that's the funny thing about entrepreneurship Tuesdays is we bring people here and they say that yes, they are succeeding where they are, but almost 80% of them are doing something completely different compared to what they studied. So many people at home are of the idea of, ah, baby, this degree of these things are not important. Hey, big joke. No, no, no, no. They are very important. I like the fact that you said stay in school, get those certificates. There are some places you will not go without those certificates. So please make sure you stay in school as much as you're also following your passions and your talent. Thank you so much. Sir, can I give a word? Thank you for having me. Yes. Entrepreneurship Tuesday is about to tap out right now. You have been watching myself and very mostly presenting for at Joy Muchache. Please make sure you do not go anywhere. You're watching Y2P4. See you tomorrow on Wine the Morning, Queens Wednesday.


Ron thank you so much and I'm happy to be here surface Navy Association on your 25th anniversary of your symposium I'll say a couple of things about that introduction. One is I was in the Navy so long ago. I wasn't as well We didn't have designators at that point aviators had wings submarine or said dolphins Surface Navy basically had black shoes Which I was pretty proud of And Gordon Nagler was my captain and like a lot of you who served as J.O.'s with a Captain I I kept in touch with him all his life And Was very close to to him When I was sworn in as governor he came he came to the inaugural and an surprising reporter Found him and said well. Did you see this? potential in him when he was a junior officer on your ship and Admiral Nagler said Well, I always thought he would amount to something. I just was pretty sure it wasn't going to be in the Navy So I'm really sorry he's not here I Want to thank y'all members of this association for all you have done and continue to do to demonstrate the Diplomacy in the might of our nation through our surface Navy You hear a lot about how complex the Navy is about how big it is about what? Organizational challenge it is let me give you a few few numbers If the Department of the Navy was a private company It would be the second largest in the world by employees It would be the third largest in the world by assets And it would be the fifth largest in the world by budget or revenue authority It is truly a global complex complicated and incredibly vital and necessary part of America and of our national defense Now one of the reasons I gave you that those numbers is Those huge companies that the Navy keeps company with As as large entities and complex organizations All of them operate from time to time with a degree of fiscal uncertainty but nothing approaches the unknowns that Department of Navy and Department of Defense Faces today you've got a Couple of things one that gets a lot of the attention and a lot of the conversation is sequestration as it should It was delayed for two months, but it's still out there still Hanging over us That would be a four point six billion dollar hit for the Department of the Navy Should sequestration happen and it would be a four point six billion dollar hit five months into the year So you'd have seven months to To carry it out of equal concern though and it gets Much less attention is the continuing resolution. We are operating under the FY 12 budget Under a continuing resolution That expires at the end of March If that is continued if that continuing resolution is extended For the rest of the fiscal year That's another Exactly the same number four point six billion dollar hit to the Navy and the the issue Beside the the size Is the mindless way both of those things operate Sequestration you just lack a certain percentage off of virtually every program Continuing resolution says you stay at the levels you were last year and no new starts So Both of these things pose big risk for the Department of the Navy and Nobody likes budget cuts but if defense or Navy has to be a part of Some going forward Grand bargain or strategy or deal then Give us the top line Let us manage How any cuts how any reductions are made Let us put dollars against strategy instead of simply cutting the top line and one of those things that I Think is incredibly important and I'm going to talk about some is Making sure we maintain our shipbuilding Programs that we have going Making sure that we can meet the new defense strategy That the president laid out a year ago this month We have shown I believe pretty decisively so That we know how to manage the budget That we know how to set some priorities that we know how to get money In the programs that we know how to drive a hard bargain that we know how to get the most money for the taxpayers dollar Instead of mindlessly cutting Give us that chance to manage To whatever the final number is but not do it in a simply automatic way across programs across Across the department We've taken some actions. It's got a lot of attention about Trying to Today slow the burn rate slow the rate that we're spending money so that should Either are both of these occur. We won't have to make all the Reductions in the very compressed period of time that we would have to We're trying to make those as reversible as possible trying to make sure that Whatever we do today if the issues are solved if a budget is passed if Sequestration is not triggered that we have not done irreparable something irreparable To a program or to the entire department but these fiscal challenges are serious these fiscal challenges Have to be addressed in some way but If regardless of what the physical challenges are let's make sure that we Put the money that is allocated for the Navy and for defense Into some priorities and not just slice programs As I said fairly mindlessly The way that these two issues would do today So I started off this talk on a fairly down note But in the In the sense of you remember the old joke other than that Mrs. Lincoln. How was the play? Absent these budget things that are hanging over us The Navy and Marine Corps Are in good shape We will we are and we will continue to be regardless of what happens. We will continue to be The finest and most formidable expeditionary fighting force the world has ever known and I Think it's because of some of the actions we have taken some of the actions that we have taken in various fields and in this city of Acronyms and abbreviations and I work in a building and a lot of you do full of acronyms and abbreviations I've come up with one for sort of organizing how The Navy the Department of the Navy has approached issues that we have and it's the four Ps people platforms power and partnerships and These are all interrelated You've got to have enough platforms of the right type But you've also got to have enough people with the right training to run them If we don't have the energy mix right the power right We may have to park we pull some of these ships leave next to the pier you have to ground some of our aircraft We've got to have that that right and To build the partnerships that we need to do that are an integral part of the new defense strategy We have to have enough gray holes on the horizon To go and build these partnerships Now This new strategy Requires that each one of these Be done. Well It's a maritime strategy focusing on the western Pacific the Arabian Gulf and On building partnerships around the world using innovative low-cost small footprint methods That's a definition of the United States Navy and Marine Corps So let me take you through those four very quickly top priority of mine and of the Navy's Continues to be our people take care of the sailors and Marines Continue to be the best by taking care of the best now. I don't have to convince people in this room how skilled how talented How dedicated the people that make up the United States Navy and Marine Corps are the level of Dedication is simply astounding very different Navy from the one that You and I started out in I served with some amazingly good people Very dedicated very skilled. We couldn't touch the force we have today With the level of talent and unlike any other military in the world and unlike most other organizations We push responsibility down we push it down in terms of rank we push it down in terms of age It's pretty astonishing the responsibility that we expect from our youngest sailors Our most junior Marines and we do it day in and day out and we get the type of response that we anticipate But in the last more than a decade now, we've been involved in two wars We've had an incredibly high operational tempo and it's put a lot of stress on this force and on the families of this force and So we need to worry about the health of the force and you see a lot of and again, rightfully so you see a lot of discussion about Things like sexual assault Suicide about things like the sacrifices families are making about the readiness of the force about how physically fit they are and One of the things that we did was when we looked at these issues We found that we had some pretty good programs Going we're beginning to find some answers on things like how to prevent sexual assault But we also found that they were pretty stove-piped that One program didn't talk to the other and so we put them all together In something called 21st century sailor and marine that I announced last spring And what this tries to do is bring every Program designed for sailors marines or their families in one place and There's a website 21st century sailor and marine That is obviously getting some attention because of the number of hits that it's getting but While we were trying to put together a one-stop place for Sailors and their families to go to We began to learn some things for example in nearly all case of suicide sexual assault domestic violence There was one common denominator and that was alcohol Nearly every time And so now we're we're doing some programs on alcohol We're doing education try to de glamorize some of the Uses of alcohol, but we're also For duty stations coming on we're doing breath-wizers And They're non punitive But if you pop positive seven or eight hours after the Superbowl when you show up to work at Seven o'clock in the morning You do that a couple of times We're gonna get you into something to help you because What you don't want is a career altering or career ending or life altering or life ending incident What you're trying to do is keep the force healthy. What you're trying to do is keep the force fit and These things go all the way from suicide prevention to What sailors eat how we How we do a culture of fitness instead of just getting ready for the PFT on The wellness in every possible way of the force For the military To best serve our nation It also has got to be reflective of the nation that we serve and we are Doing a lot in terms of diversity and inclusion And we're moving toward ending the final barriers where women may serve including on my watch and submarines we want to connect with Different kinds of places to get officers so we have Brought back after 40 years In our OTC at Harvard at Yale at Columbia We've added it at Rutgers and Arizona State nobody Should be denied the honor of defending this country and that's one of the things we're trying to reach out and do And when men and women leave the military whether it's after four years or 40 I think we've got a big obligation to help make that sometimes not easy transition in the civilian world to work on things like employment and particularly for our wounded warriors One of the things we're doing in Navy out of all the things we're doing in these transition programs is we're hiring wounded warriors directly into Navy They have a lot of skills that we need We had a goal last year of hiring at least one wounded warrior a day for a year We triple that We hired a thousand wounded warriors into Navy and That's a good deal for everybody because they do bring Amazing resilience and amazing skills Second P is platforms and I know that y'all have heard a lot about this and I know that you're going to hear some more The under is going to talk about it in in when he talks to you later on today and I think we have made Some pretty remarkable strides in shipbuilding in 2001 on 9 11 2001 the United States Navy had 216 ships in the battle fleet We had 277,000 sailors 377,000 sailors by 2008 during one of the great military build-ups in American history United States Navy was at 278 ships And we had gone down by 49,000 sailors in 2008 we built three ships That's nowhere close to enough Offset retirements when I came in in 2009 a Lot of our shipbuilding programs We're in this is a technical term a mess ships were being designed while they were being built there was Requirements got out of control Cost on too many got out of control And I'll give you a couple of examples when I came in the LCS The two variants we had one in the water from each variant and one being built We bid out three more the About a month after I got there The bids came in unsustainably high. We just couldn't afford We needed the ship, but we couldn't afford it So while we wanted both variants while they each brought something unique They both met the core missions So I made the decision to pull back the RFP to Put it back out and say okay We're gonna do we're gonna pick one variant and you're gonna compete against each other based mainly on price and The winner will get ten ships over five years the winner will also have to give us a technical package so that we bid it out to a second yard to keep competition going and The second yard will get nine ships over that same five years So over the course of the next year during the negotiations The prices came down by around 40% and I still don't know who won. I Purposely didn't want to know But When it was clear that the cost had come down so far and when it was also clear that Both shipyards are willing to sign firm fixed price contracts block buys. I went back to Congress and Said can we buy both versions again got approval even though it was Going back and asking for that permission Went against a lot of advice That just one go happen But we were allowed to do that So we got 20 ships 10 from each vendor Instead of 19 and we saved 2.9 billion dollars on the program and the 10th ship that's being built of that class Will be substantially cheaper Than the first of those 10 ships in that five-year period. There's a learning curve on DDG 51 which the line was restarted because one of the things that Tom Coatman head of surface warfare said yeah that said day before yesterday We need to build the halls. We know how to build When it got restarted We've got is all of y'all know two shipyards that build them bath in Maine Pascagoula in Mississippi and you want more than one shipyard building every type of ship possible, but There wasn't really a competition going on There was more of an allocation Bath you get one past Gully you get one So we bit out three ships and we said bath you're gonna get one of those ships and Pascagoula You're gonna get one of those ships, but the low bid gets the third ship and Oh, by the way the difference between the low bid and the high bid Comes out of the high bidder's fee. We got those three DDG 51s and saved almost 300 million dollars From the original estimate. We're trying to be good stewards of the taxpayers money We're trying to work with industry industry has the right to Make a fair return on these ships and we owe industry some things Again barring from Tom Cove. We owe industry a stable design and That's where we are we owe industry Mature technology and that's where we are If we get something new and G whiz it's just gonna have to go on the next block and third We owe industry some transparency How many ships we're gonna build what types of ships that we're gonna build and I think we've done that in return Industry owes us some stuff if they've got that transparency industry owes us Making the investments in the workforce training and in infrastructure So that there will be a learning curve as we build these ships Industry owes us Every type every ship of the same type without major design changes out of cost less than the one that went before so today 2008 we built three ships today. We have 42 ships under contract 42 Most of virtually all of firm fixed-price contracts a lot. I'm under multi years and the DDG 51 program That program office was selected for the 2012 David Packard excellence in acquisition award Because of some of the things That were happy that were happening. There are still some issues Some of them historic but We're working on every one of them and I think that given the number of ships we've got under contract and given the fact that We've gone now to a fleet of 288 ships today and we will be at 300 and Beyond before the end of the decade and If you look at our 30-year shipbuilding plan out to the future Will sustain those? those numbers that We're getting the ships that we need. We're getting the right mix that we need. We're getting the numbers that we need because Quantity at some point begins to have a quality all its own I'm proud of where we are on shipbuilding the third of these four power Talks about As Ron said The energy goals that I said I Set those in the fall of 2009 the biggest one said that by No later than 2020 at least half of all naval energy both float and ashore would come from non fossil fuel sources And we did it to make us better war fighters. We did it to Reduce a military vulnerability We did it to make sure that we can fulfill our military missions We're doing it not only through moving toward alternative energy, but also through some efficiencies And I can give you example after example after example on the ground in Afghanistan During some of the heaviest fighting there and sangin Marines reduced their power consumption overall By 25% India company third battalion fifth Marines Lighten their load just by using solar chargers solar blankets You could roll up stick in your pack a company drop 700 pounds of batteries By doing that not only did they not have to hump that 700 pounds. They didn't have to be resupplied Which also cut down on the risk less fuel ultimate means fewer convoys fewer Marines put at risk We had seal teams just coming out of the field now They tested things to make them net zero in energy and water so they don't have to be resupplied at all They can stay in the field Which makes them far better in terms of time on mission in terms of Independence of action and movement US military is the largest single consumer of fossil fuels in the world and Every time the price of Barrel of oil goes up a dollar Every time it costs the Navy 30 million dollars in additional fuel costs Now If you want to put that into some surface terms, that's a hundred and forty-two steaming days for all our LHDs 293 days for our distinct for steaming and combat ops of an Arleigh Burke destroyer, so if You know even if we could get all the Oil and gas we needed inside the US It is still the ultimate global commodity Price is set globally Some hard-liner threatens to close the straights for moves and the price is gonna spike When Libya happened a couple of years ago price went up $40 a barrel almost overnight. That's a billion dollar bill Doss In FY 12 alone toward the end of the year we were presented in Navy a five hundred million dollar additional fuel cost bill and it was simply because a year and a half earlier when the budget was put in nobody could estimate Accurately what the price was going to be well now in 12 We were able to solve that thanks to some help from Secretary of Defense's office by using some OCO funds OCO is not going to be there are not in these numbers and not available for this kind of use Forever if I get presented on behalf of the Navy with another 500 million dollar or greater bill There are really only two places to go for it One is operations and maintenance and again barring from Tom Coatman We don't need to steam less fly less train less The other place if the bill gets too big is to begin to cut platforms. I Don't want to do either one of those things and I don't think we have to We've got a more stable source of energy Being produced inside the US That we can budget for and plan for and that doesn't respond to some of these international crisis We are better war fighters We demonstrated last summer at RIMPAC the Great Green Fleet Carrier strike group carry obviously was nuclear But every type of aircraft that flew off that carrier flew on a mix of avgas and biofuels every single surface ship steamed on a mixture of Regular fuel and biofuels and The big news out of that the big news Nothing happened. We bought this these biofuels Put them in the normal logistics chain Put them on an Euler which may be misnamed now In Hawaii And send them out Not a single engine had to be changed Not a single setting had to be changed the engines didn't notice the difference. We fired Every type of aircraft off catapults off the limits during the Great Green Fleet We did every sort of helicopter that we've got and Nothing happened We did the first air-to-air refueling Using biofuels. There were a lot of firsts that day and a lot of our global partners Some of whom are here today participating the Australians who are Making a big effort in biofuels landed one of their helicopters on Nimitz refueled and took back off to go back to the Australian ship we've got Countries around the world Brazil Singapore Italy others pursuing biofuels as an alternative But it's not just that it's also some efficiencies that we're doing Macon Island Hybrid ship. It's got an electric drive speeds under 12 knots We deployed Macon Island With a 33 million dollar fuel budget it spent 15 million of that 33 million dollars We were able to plow the 18 million that it saved back into O&M so the next two ships the America and the triple E LHAs that are coming. We're going to have this electric drive. We're looking at Retrofitting some of our DDGs with this we are Doing things that don't get much attention stern flaps Changing the lighting on ships different hull coatings and And for doing that Macon Island and five other surface combatants Got the Navy Energy Award for saving 11,000 barrels of oil in fiscal year 11 we simply have to do that We've got to make this move We have to we don't have any choice and We're beginning to see in just pure financial terms Some real returns on the energy investments We've made only two or three years before and you're going to see them throughout the fit up and beyond and lastly 4th P Partnership Now I make it a point of trying to go and visit as many sailors and Marines as I can Around the world see them deployed to be with them Where they're actually doing the work where? Navy Marine Corps My description is we're America's a way team When we're doing our job most of the time we're a long way from home and America really doesn't know what we're doing How good The fleet is how good those sailors and Marines are of doing I have been for example to Afghanistan 10 different times to express the appreciation Gratitude of this nation for the sacrifices that the sailors and Marines are making there But I've also gone To 96 countries around the world I've traveled 670,000 air miles I And permanently jet lagged I do it to meet sailors and Marines, but also do it to go into these countries that we Operate with that we partner with that we are trying to build their capacity because the new defense strategy says that It has three parts one is focus on the Western Pacific two is focus on the Arabian Gulf and three is build partnerships build capacity around the world I Go to the Pacific To talk about this new strategy and to say that It is real Look at what we're doing with Marines in Australia with Marines and Guam Look at what we're doing putting for LCS is in Singapore Look at what we're doing in terms of where the new bills are going into the Pacific also visit Europe though Talk about the fact that NATO remains our bedrock alliance that NATO for decades has Been that alliance and will continue to be and that not only is Naval presence not shrinking in NATO it is increasing We're moving forward to storiers to road of Spain to do ballistic missile defense work our commitment To these partnerships is real It is substantive and it is lasting and our presence all around Europe From Rota to Italy to Greece to Spain working with our allies Great Britain is real. It's substantive. It's important and this new defense strategy does not diminish That importance in fact It increases it Back here at home. I Think one of my main jobs, and I hope one of your main jobs Is to Talk to the 99% of the American people who do not serve in uniform Many of whom have no connection To our military talk about the importance of the fleet talk about the importance of What the Navy and Marine Corps team is doing around the world and talk about how good Those sailors and Marines are How dedicated they are how many sacrifices they and their families make how the operational tempo has been so high how They have answered Every time so finally And keeping with your conference the Navy and Marine Corps America's a way team stands ready to answer Emperor Bell Semper for us Probably nobody's got a question, but just in case Secretary I was being a little facetious there Pussy power magazine. You gave a fairly positive view. You thought the Navy and Marine Corps doing well yesterday we heard More gloomier news Admiral Gorton Lee particularly I thought that the Navy was with them Very close to dropping off the edge as far as readiness going hollow number of things budget problems and that sort of thing, you know, I mean Say you you were very positive, but how do you address what Admiral Gorton he was saying about our closeness? well, I think He's right particularly with the budget situation And it's part of what I was talking about About the mindless way these cuts operate If give Give us the authority. Give us the flexibility. Give us the ability to Manage whatever budget is Coming We We will have to make some hard choices But one of those choices that we may not have to make is readiness but if the if sequestration and the CR Can if the CR continues the sequestration is triggered we don't have any we don't have that choice We don't have the choice of how to how to move money of how to of what what's our priority? My priority is training my priority is shipbuilding if our priority is readiness if our priority is making sure that That when we send ships to see they're ready to go to see if our priority is building ships to get to the to the size that we need Give us the ability to put money against those priorities and not just say Cut cut cut so I I agree with Admiral Gorton. He that if these things are triggered And the sort of automatic mindless way they work You do run a big risk of becoming hollow If they're not If we're given the ability to manage and I do think we're in we're in good shape And I do think we can set some priorities that I do think we've demonstrated we can make some hard choices Good morning, mr. Secretary. My name is Mark van drop. I'm the DDG 51 program manager I have a question that is possibly both selfish and that you may not want to answer, but I'm gonna ask it anyway Sir you and secretary work have been tremendous and you talked about in your speech You've both been tremendous advocates for shipbuilding within the Navy Which for a secretary in and under is not always been the case historically So I'll ask the question with with the second term of the administration Do you see yourself in secretary work? Sticking with the good fight and continuing to be advocates for shipbuilding here for the next few years as we continue on with Some of the initiatives you talked about in your pitch, sir Number one as long as I'm here. I'm gonna advocate for shipbuilding Number two, I'm gonna be here as long as the president wants me to be here. I have maybe the best job in the world and so You get a chance in Not very many minutes To ask Bob work the same question I'll let him speak for himself. I won't presume to speak for for the under but I will say Speaking of the under not for the under You couldn't have a better under secretary than Bob work He is he has been tremendous not only in shipbuilding, but just across the board Good morning, mr. Secretary Michael Hoffman with military calm He spoke a little bit about sexual assault and I wanted to focus specifically on the naval academy There was a negative report that the Pentagon put forth about the increases seen at military Academies at large citing 225 Unspecified and unspecified sexual contact at midshipman reporting that at the Naval Academy now We have a naval Academy instructor that's been charged with raping a midshipman I'm wondering what type of attention you're placing towards this and what you think can be done to improve this situation at the Naval Academy Number one Speaking more broadly fleet-wide one of the first things I did when I came in was I Established the sexual assault prevention office that reports directly to me. It's the only service that does that but Consider that such a danger To to the fleet to our sailors to our Marines. I wanted to know about it personally We are beginning Fleet-wide to find Answers to these things both in the Marine Corps and in the Navy. I mean it is shameful That we have one of them one sexual assault anywhere particularly in a military force particularly in a military force where We have you know when you take that oath you are saying that you're willing to risk your life for your shipmate Well, this is an attack on a shipmate For the Naval Academy specifically After I saw that report I Went to the Academy I Had the whole brigade there I didn't ask any press because I just wanted to talk to the men shipmen We have failed at the Naval Academy In terms of preventing this in terms of reporting number of reports went down So there's something Happening that's not right and one of the things we're doing is There's a whole long list of concrete steps that the superintendent there is taking The CNO was there with me when I went so this is across the leadership of the Navy But one of the things that we're going to do We were treating the Naval Academy differently Then we were the rest of the fleet We're not going to do that anymore We're going to use best practices the things that work in the fleet. We're bringing them in to the Academy We're doing things like putting more civilian sexual assault Counselors more security But also some of the things that some of the lessons that we have learned some of the good results That we are getting They're gonna they're gonna go into the Academy and they're going in there real fast because I As I said right after that report came out I'm not concerned about it. I'm mad about it. This shouldn't be happening and the midshipman Can do better They've got to do better and they will do better in this Yes Sir Sidney Friedberg from a of all defense. I'm looking at you know the sequestration and CR issues Obviously there are a number of measures you're got you may have to take to fit under the sequester cap That have already been lined up if you were given that discretion to manage to be given a top-line target, but not the Straight line from 2012 or the straight cut across evenly, you know, you said you prioritize Rainace you said you prioritize shipbuilding that kind of takes up a lot of the budget So where where what do you have to sacrifice to protect your priorities? well, I think Number one we are In case these things as I said in case these things trigger. We're beginning to slow the burn rate Down on programs now on people now but There are areas and I think we've shown in the last four years We're willing to make some pretty hard choices that we're willing to cancel some stuff that we're willing to To do some things that are of lesser priority I'm going to reserve the right to actually do that management We get that without I Learned a long time ago Ron said I've spent a lot of my life elected politics That I only get in trouble when I answer what if questions I But I Will I would just repeat what I said Give us a flexibility. I think we've proven over the last four years We we're building we've got these 42 ships under contract with less money than they had in 2008 and they built three ships Yes, ma'am Did stand if her with us and I to follow up on the sexual assault question? I Was wondering my understanding is that as of right now There is not a lot of very good metrics on what kind of training is actually effective at reducing sexual assault Do you think it's a wise use of resources for all the services? Not just the Navy To be putting resources into things like bystander intervention and those kinds of programs Without actually knowing which of the programs you're trying out now are effective The one thing I would say is I don't believe that that statement that you just made is true that we don't know what is beginning to work We we do know and We are tracking these things pretty aggressively to make sure that what we're doing is working And we I think every service faces a different situation You know Thus far we've not seen the situation like Lackland Air Force Base But one of the things that we discovered was that There were very small number of sexual assaults at Great Lakes in boot camp But it went up dramatically when you went to a school So you know number one focus on a school Bystander intervention seems to be the one of the things that works the best and part of it is because of what I said Way earlier about alcohol You see somebody Feeding somebody else drinks You have got to do something about it You just can't let that happen. You can't let it you One of the things I said to the midshipman is you know if somebody came in here was taking shots at Mids We take that really seriously. It's no less of an attack if If somebody sexually assaults one of their shipmates, that's an attack. It's a crime It's it's criminal activity and Shipmates have the obligation To try to defend other shipmates Bystander intervention programs when they're done, right? Actually work are they we're seeing evidence that they work Navy's got a program called no zebras and I had no clue as to what no zebras meant. So I ask It was named after the thing that if lines attack a herd of zebras they Call one zebra out from the herd and attack it and the rest of the herd just moves off If the herd stayed they could beat the lines Is to say if you see somebody in a situation that may result in An assault you've got an obligation to do something about it. It's not enough to say lucky It's not me. It's not enough to say I'm not involved here. You've got an obligation. It's your shipmate That your shipmate that may be under attack. You've got to step in and so I do think putting resources into things like Bystander intervention. I Think it comes one from leadership From people taking it very seriously at every level And I I think we're pretty much there on that common on the Marine Corps and his Sergeant major Made a tour virtually ever Marine base just to talk about this just to talk to their commanders about this Number two, it's got to come from the deck plates.  They've got to be seriously invested in this. They've got to see this for what it is It's a crime. It's not just something that happens. It's not just something that's a result of You know having mixed crews or something like that. It's a crime Number three shipmates have to look after other shipmates as I said We are very carefully and pretty aggressively tracking what works What doesn't work where we're seeing numbers go down and for example? I'll give you one last example in places where we have put breathalysers in place In test programs It's gone down That's one of the reasons we're doing that fleet wide is it's not It's not just sexual assault.  So I Cannot overstate How serious this is what a risk this poses to our Navy and I Think that the I know the senior leadership Whether it's me or the C&O or the under or the Fleet commanders or whoever Know how serious this is and it has our undivided attention Anyway, once again, I want to thank y'all very much or Welcoming me old surface guy Back back into the fold. So thank y'all and have a great conference