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Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. Before America was known as America,

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Speaker 1: before America was its own nation, Before our Constitution and

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Speaker 1: our First Amendment and our Second Amendment, our Fourth Amendment,

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Speaker 1: before all those things, Before the Declaration of Independence, Before

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Speaker 1: the Wealth of Nations, which would be written a year

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Speaker 1: later by Adam Smith the same year as Thomas Jefferson

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Speaker 1: would pen in less than three weeks the Declaration of Independence.

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Speaker 1: On June fourteenth, seventeen seventy five, the Second Continental Congress

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Speaker 1: authorized the creation of a Continental Army, the goal to

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Speaker 1: unify and coordinate the military efforts of the thirteen Colonies

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Speaker 1: against the British forces. It's important to understand we were

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Speaker 1: not one nation. We were thirteen colonies. We weren't even

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Speaker 1: states yet, we were communities. This was trying to bring

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Speaker 1: It wasn't so easy, but it happened. Just two days later,

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Speaker 1: on June sixteenth, George Washington was unanimously appointed as the

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Speaker 1: Army's commander in chief, a man whose monuments the Left

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Speaker 1: have torn down over the last few years. The only

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Speaker 1: thing worse than that the Left torn down was that

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Speaker 1: our folks stood by and allowed it. The Continental Army

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Speaker 1: was initially formed from Massachusetts militia units, but it would

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Speaker 1: soon include troops from across the colonies. Following the end

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Speaker 1: of the Revolutionary War, the Army was largely disbanded in

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Speaker 1: seventeen eighty three, with only a small peacetime force maintained.

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Speaker 1: The men were ready to get home to their families,

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Speaker 1: and the Continental Congress was ready to get them off

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Speaker 1: the payroll. From these humble, simple beginnings, the modern United

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Speaker 1: eighty nine. The Army became a permanent, federally controlled institution

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Speaker 1: with civilian oversight, established through the Department of War, now

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Speaker 1: of Defense. To celebrate this birthday, we will bring you

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Speaker 1: President Trump's speech at Fort Bragg from earlier this week.

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Speaker 1: If you are a person who is serving or has

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Speaker 1: served in the United States Army, thank you, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: From the bottom of our heart. We appreciate your service.

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Speaker 1: If you are married to someone, or the child of someone,

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Speaker 1: or the father or brother or sister or dear friend

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Speaker 1: of someone who served in the United States Army. Do

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Speaker 1: and share with them our appreciation for their service to

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Speaker 1: the United States Army. I particularly like the speech from

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Speaker 1: President trumpet Fort Bragg because in the midst of the riots,

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Speaker 1: the terrorism, and all of that, he also had a

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Speaker 1: little fun. He made some political statements, He reminded people

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Speaker 1: why he's the president, and he made the men and

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Speaker 1: United States Army. And how long has it been since

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Speaker 1: our president has given them that feeling enjoy?

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Speaker 2: Wow? Wow, that's a beautiful site, and it's a beautiful

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Speaker 2: sight to be with you in a place called Fort Brag.

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Speaker 2: Can you believe they'd changed that name in the last

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Speaker 2: administration for a little bit. Well, we'll forget all about that. Well,

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Speaker 2: we're going to forget all about it. I want to

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Speaker 2: just say, God bless the US Army and God bless

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Speaker 2: the USA. Great place, great pop. I want to thank

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Speaker 2: so many incredible soldiers and paratroopers, pilots, warriors for that

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Speaker 2: awesome display of pure, unrival American military mind. I just

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Speaker 2: I've been saying a long time we have the best.

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Speaker 2: Be this is a little scary. It was beautiful to watch.

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Speaker 2: Let's hear it for the Army Special Operations and Command

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Speaker 2: and the eighty second Airborne Division, the eighteenth Airborne Corps.

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Speaker 2: Water show it was, and water show it continues to be.

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Speaker 2: And Saturday is going to be a big day in Washington, DC.

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Speaker 2: You know a lot of people said, we don't want

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Speaker 2: they were all celebrating. The only one that doesn't celebrate

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Speaker 2: war without us, you'd all be speaking German right now,

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Speaker 2: on Saturday, and we're going to celebrate from now on.

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Speaker 2: We're going to celebrate our greatness and our achievements. This

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Speaker 2: For two and a half centuries, our soldiers have marched

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Speaker 2: Has never been anything like it. There's never been a

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Speaker 2: better than anybody. From June seventeen seventy five to June

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five, those foolish enough to challenge America's army

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Speaker 2: have been met with unyielding strength, unbreakable spirit, and unstoppable

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Speaker 2: if you dare to threaten the American people, American soldier

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Speaker 2: That's what happens. Unfortunately, doesn't sound very nice, but it's true,

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Speaker 2: of a US Army infantry brigade charging over the horizon.

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Speaker 2: That brigade is going to charge like you've never seen before.

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Speaker 2: And hopefully I can keep you out of that. But

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Speaker 2: if I don't, you're ready, is that right? If I

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Speaker 2: Peace through strength? For our adversaries, there's no greater fear

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Speaker 2: we have the greatest force anywhere on earth. You know,

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Speaker 2: you read different stories that others are building and building

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Speaker 2: said it would take five years to defeat Isis. We

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Speaker 2: did it in four weeks. Four weeks. We let them go.

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Speaker 2: Unlike other of your leaders, I let him go, and

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Speaker 2: Someday I'm going to ask him to explain that one

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Speaker 2: one year before the country. After two hundred and fifty years,

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Speaker 2: we still proudly declare that we are free because you

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Speaker 2: army will never ever fail, never going to fail. Every

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Speaker 2: Army has earned more combat medals and more battle ribbons

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Speaker 2: all the time at the White House to incredibly brave people,

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Speaker 2: but you have seventy percent of them. Army soldiers and

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Speaker 2: especially our Army paratroopers truly go all the way. You

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Speaker 2: know that expression, all the way. It's one of your

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Speaker 2: beautiful expressions as President of the United States. Let me

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Speaker 2: express my undying gratitude to our nation for every soldier

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Speaker 2: you from the absolute bottom of our hearts. Few places

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Speaker 2: Fort Bragg. But remember it was only that little brief

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Speaker 2: We got it changed. We said you know, I came

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Speaker 2: But then I was making a speech, I said, what

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Speaker 2: I said, Fort Bragg? How you doing? We want a

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Speaker 2: it is. It wasn't even close when Pete and some

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Speaker 2: eighty second Airborne We know what, eighty second Airborne division.

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Speaker 2: to liberate Sicily, Normandy and even the Netherlands. That's right,

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Speaker 2: the fake news ladies and gentlemen, look at them, look

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Speaker 2: at them all. Oh yeah, ye, what I have to

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Speaker 2: put up with. But there are right. They've been very

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Speaker 2: nice today. They were impressed with that display, I can

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Speaker 2: also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett,

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Speaker 2: And I'm superstitious, you know. I like to keep it going, right,

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Speaker 2: I'm very superstitious. We want to keep it going. So

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Speaker 2: that's a big story. We just announced it today to

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Speaker 2: talk to my friends here today. This is a record crowd.

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Speaker 2: You know, if you never you never had a crowd

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Speaker 2: twenty five. That's what I call a big number. But

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Speaker 2: this is a mandate from the people to restore the

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Speaker 2: sovereign borders of the United States. And that is exactly

427
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,400
Speaker 2: what we're doing, not only the borders, the financial institutions,

428
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 2: and our country itself. We will not be deterred. And

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00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 2: the mob in Los Angeles or anyone else anywhere else

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Speaker 2: will not succeed. They don't even have a little chance.

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00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 2: And I will be calling you early as I see

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00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 2: this happening, because you know, in theory, I guess you

433
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 2: could say a governor could call, but they don't call.

434
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 2: They let their city burn. Like in Minneapolis with this

435
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,400
Speaker 2: guy who rent for vice president against j D. That

436
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 2: was a good debate, JD against this guy, remember how

437
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 2: bad he was. That was one of the way I said, JD,

438
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 2: he's never been a man like you're competing against this

439
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 2: is the worst. I think he's running for president too,

440
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 2: can you believe it? But he's a radical left lunatic.

441
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 2: And I'll never forget in Minnesota that city was burning down.

442
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 2: Minneapolis was burning down, was going to burn to the ground,

443
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 2: and he wouldn't call the guard. And I waited for

444
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,400
Speaker 2: a long time and I called the guard and I

445
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 2: saved it. But I wish I would have called it

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00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 2: the first day. And I said, you know, if this

447
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 2: ever happens again, because I was thinking about running because

448
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 2: the election was rigged and Sola and we all know it.

449
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 2: They said, we're going to run again, and if I win,

450
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 2: I hope remember too big to We're going to make

451
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 2: it too big to rig. But we did. We won

452
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 2: by millions and millions of Uh. It's so beautiful to watch.

453
00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 2: That was such a beautiful nine oh two in the

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Speaker 2: He said, ladies and gentlemen, Donald Trump is projected to

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Speaker 2: be the winner. I said, well, do you think that

456
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 2: was easy? I don't think these ladies from North Carolina,

457
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 2: I think it was easy. You know, they followed me.

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00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 2: I don't know what happened to their husbands. They're married

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00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 2: to very nice people, but they've been to what one

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Speaker 2: hundred and thirty eight rallies? They said more and they're

461
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 2: from north it's nice that we have one nearby. Finally, right,

462
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 2: they go all over the country. I don't know what

463
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 2: the hell's going on, but they're great. They're North Carolina, beautiful,

464
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 2: wonderful woman. And we were like one hundred and thirty

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Speaker 2: rallies or some crazy number. Are your husband satisfied with that?

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Speaker 2: Are they okay? Oh? Here he is. He showed up.

467
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 2: One of them showed up. That's great, congratulations, great women,

468
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 2: actually the great patriots. We will use every asset at

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Speaker 2: our disposal to quell the violence, and we stow a

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Speaker 2: loon or the right away. We're not going to wait

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Speaker 2: seven days and eight days wait for a governor that's

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00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 2: never going to call and watch cities burn. And let

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Speaker 2: me tell you, if we didn't do this, Los Angeles,

474
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 2: it would be burning to the ground right now, just

475
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 2: like the houses burned to the ground just a few

476
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 2: months ago. And the only flag that will wave triumphant

477
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,720
Speaker 2: over the streets of Los Angeles is the American flag,

478
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 2: So help me God, the American flag is the one

479
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 2: that's going to wave triumphantly over the streets and now

480
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 2: let's get back to the true reason. We're here today

481
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 2: celebrating two hundred and fifty years of unbreakable army courage.

482
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Speaker 2: This week we commemorate not just the starting point in

483
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 2: army history, but a turning point in the history of

484
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 2: the world. That's how important it is. When the Continental

485
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 2: Congress created the Army and appointed its first commander, name

486
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,680
Speaker 2: happened to be George Washington. Has anybody heard of him?

487
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 2: To Washington? Are you okay, darling, You are right. You

488
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 2: take your time, please, doctor, please, doctor, doctor in the house.

489
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you very much. These are great people.

490
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 2: They've been waiting here a long time in general, so

491
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 2: you know, we want to give them all the time

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00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 2: they need, right, Thank you very much. Greatest people in

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Speaker 2: the world. They are amazing, amazing. Oh good, thank you

494
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Speaker 2: very much. Thank you. Okay, honey, thank you. Beautiful young person,

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00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 2: beautiful young person. We have a lot of young people,

496
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 2: you know, they have. We won young people, old people,

497
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 2: and everything in between. It's sort of nice. Remember they

498
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 2: used to say, but Trump doesn't have the young people.

499
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 2: We won, we won everything. Thank you very much. Doctor,

500
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 2: great job. When the Continental Congruence created the Army and

501
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 2: appointed its first commander, General George Washington. They sent the

502
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 2: fierce spirit of a free nation into battle under a

503
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 2: rallying cry that echoes to this day. Give me liberty

504
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 2: or give me death. Have you heard of it? Quite

505
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 2: a beautiful saving. Think of what that means, give me

506
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 2: liberty or give me death. I know exactly what that means.

507
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,479
Speaker 2: Just three days after the birth of the Army, the

508
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 2: Great Patriot founding father, doctor Joseph Warren, was on the

509
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 2: front lines as they soldiers stood totally outnumbered and outgunned

510
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 2: at Bunker Hill. They had a group of soldiers against

511
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 2: them that were supposed to be in that day unbeatable.

512
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Speaker 2: Warren's mother had begged him, son, please don't do it.

513
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 2: She said, please, please, don't do it. Don't risk your

514
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 2: life for even the Patriot cause. Please, And he replied,

515
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:32,360
Speaker 2: wherever danger is, dear mother, there your son will be.

516
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 2: I will either set my country free or shed my

517
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 2: last drop of blood to make us so so beautiful,

518
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,760
Speaker 2: So the words are so beautiful. At Bunker Hill, Warren

519
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,240
Speaker 2: kept his vow, fighting and fighting and fighting and loving

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00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,879
Speaker 2: his country until he fell drenched in blood and gave

521
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,959
Speaker 2: his life at the very young age of thirty four,

522
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 2: exactly two hundred and fifty years later, we are joined

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Speaker 2: by doctor Wahn Warren's great great great great great grandson,

524
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:09,719
Speaker 2: and it's seven generations down and now in Iraq. War

525
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 2: veteran retired Army specialist Scott Warren is here with his daughter,

526
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:21,399
Speaker 2: Sergeant E. Five Carrington Sanders of Fort Irwin. I want

527
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 2: to just where are you? Where would you be in

528
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:29,880
Speaker 2: this big crowd? Thank you very much. What an honor,

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00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 2: What an honor. You look great too, by the way,

530
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 2: you really look great. Thank you very much. Not a

531
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 2: great family, but you carry in your veins the love

532
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 2: and devotion of a martyr for American liberty. Please stand,

533
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 2: just put that hand up once more for the people

534
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 2: because they were Thank you very much. You're looking good, looking, good,

535
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 2: good jeans. Thank you both. Thank you very much. The

536
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 2: life of a soldier is not just a job. It's

537
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:13,240
Speaker 2: a calling and a sacred tradition passed down from father

538
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 2: to son, brother to sister, and one generation to the next,

539
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 2: that every hour of danger on noblest citizens have answered

540
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 2: that call, kissed their loved ones goodbye, and run to

541
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 2: the sound of guns. You run to the sound of guns.

542
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 2: You're reading right, into them. You're gonna win. When the

543
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 2: British tried to reconquer our young nation in eighteen twelve,

544
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 2: one thousand Americans at Fort McHenry photo off a British

545
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 2: invasion fleet five thousand strong. They say it was unstoppable.

546
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 2: Lieutenant Francis Scott Key, you all heard the name. Watched

547
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:56,720
Speaker 2: from Baltimore Harbor as the Army kept old Glory flying high.

548
00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 2: Many people died. Deeply inspired, he wrote poem in tribute

549
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 2: to Army courage and American pride, known today as the

550
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 2: Star Spangled Banner or our national anthem. Great eight generations

551
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,359
Speaker 2: later were joined by a descendant of Francis Scott Key,

552
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 2: who has spent two decades in uniform, Major Kyle Key

553
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 2: of Army National Guard Fame. Please, Major, where are you magine?

554
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 2: Thank you? Thank you looking good too? What's going on here?

555
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 2: These guys are? They all come from a very fine

556
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,840
Speaker 2: strain of blood. That's great genetics is right. Thank you

557
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 2: both very much, Major Key, thank you for helping to

558
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 2: keep this incredible land of ours free and the home

559
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 2: of the brave. And that's what it was. Through the

560
00:37:56,160 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 2: decades that followed, the Army conquered the Great Frontier, the

561
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:04,400
Speaker 2: war that restored our nation and broke forever the chains

562
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 2: of slavery. A generation later, the Army's rough Riders stormed

563
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 2: up San Juan Hill with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and swept

564
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 2: the last foreign empire from the American hemisphere, forever, forever swept.

565
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 2: In World War One, our doughboys fought bravely in the

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00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 2: Valley of the Marne and in the Argonne they're in

567
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 2: nineteen eighteen, a devout Tennessee Christian named Alvin York, you

568
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 2: know that name, charged across an open field towards the

569
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 2: German machine guns. They were firing at levels at that

570
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,280
Speaker 2: time that nobody had ever seen before. They were knocking

571
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,919
Speaker 2: down everything in their way, including giant trees were coming down.

572
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 2: The enemy mowed down more than half of his platoon

573
00:38:56,520 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 2: almost immediately. The platoon was going down like nobody's ever

574
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:08,800
Speaker 2: thought possible. But York pressed on into the jaws of death.

575
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 2: He slayed German after German and returned with one hundred

576
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 2: and thirty two prisoners from behind the enemy lines. And

577
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 2: he had the option of killing them, and he didn't

578
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 2: want to do that. And that's okay, isn't it right?

579
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,359
Speaker 2: It's okay, but he brought one hundred and thirty two back.

580
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 2: And his actions and the actions of that great day,

581
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 2: crazy but great day. Sergeant York earned the Congressional Medal

582
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,839
Speaker 2: of Honor and became one of the most famed and

583
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 2: decorated heroes of the First World War. Very famous actually

584
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 2: because of the movie that was made. And we're joined

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00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 2: today by Sergeant York's grandson, Army Colonel Gerald Yorke Gerald.

586
00:39:54,440 --> 00:40:04,479
Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you, Gerald, Thank you much. It's great,

587
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 2: great honor to have you. Thank you Gerald. At his

588
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 2: grandfather's funeral in nineteen sixty four, Gerald was told by

589
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 2: the command Sergeant major of Fort Bragg that it was

590
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:20,239
Speaker 2: about time he joined the Army and he volunteered for

591
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:24,040
Speaker 2: combat in Vietnam and gave the Army thirty one of

592
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 2: his best years. No, I think your best years are

593
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 2: right now. Live your best years are right now. Keep

594
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 2: it going. But Colonel York, we salute you, We salute

595
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,280
Speaker 2: your family and the fame and the bravery of your family.

596
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 2: Thank you very much, appreciate you being here. And in

597
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 2: World War II, the Army once again came to the

598
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 2: Free worlds rescue among the millions and millions who volunteered

599
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:54,279
Speaker 2: was Henry Armstrong. He enlisted six months before his high

600
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 2: school graduation and did basic training right here at Fort Bragg.

601
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 2: By the next year he was in Normandy. He fought

602
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 2: his way across France as part of Patton's Third Army,

603
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 2: crossed the Rhine into the heart of Germany and helped

604
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 2: liberate a Nazi concentration camp. He was a brave person.

605
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 2: Command Sergeant Major Henry Armstrong is here with us today.

606
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 2: He's one hundred years old, a veteran of numerous World

607
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:30,839
Speaker 2: War Two battles and forty one years in the army.

608
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 2: Thank you. Wow. These are great, amazing people. Thank you

609
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:41,759
Speaker 2: very much. Great, Thank you very much. He's joined by

610
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 2: his grandson, Army Dennis Armstrong. Dennis, I assume that's you.

611
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 2: Thank you Dennis, and Dennis's wife, Captain Shelley Armstrong. They

612
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 2: love the military and they love our country. Thank you

613
00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 2: very much. Shelley, Thank you very much, appreciate it. And

614
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 2: their son Tanner. Where's Tanner? Let me see, Oh he

615
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 2: looks good too. They all look good. Tanner might look

616
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 2: the best. Actually, Thank you very much. Who's an active

617
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 2: duty staff sergeant in the eighty second Airborne right here

618
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 2: in Fort Bragg. He could right now run for office.

619
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 2: I think he's very popular in career. Our warriors held

620
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 2: the front line in the battle against communism and liberated

621
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:30,880
Speaker 2: millions and millions into the light of freedom. To Vietnam,

622
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,720
Speaker 2: we sent some of the toughest men who ever wore

623
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 2: army boots and olive drab. One of them was Joe

624
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 2: Marm of Pennsylvania. He was twenty three years old when

625
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 2: his platoon was ordered to rescue soldiers surrounded by the

626
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 2: enemy in the Battle of Yadrang. Lieutenant Marm charged into

627
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:57,800
Speaker 2: heavy fire, killing four enemy soldiers in the brush before

628
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:02,840
Speaker 2: sprinting across forty yards of open His teammates could not

629
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 2: believe he was doing it, actually, they said. He then

630
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:09,760
Speaker 2: tossed the grenade that killed eight viet Cong gunners, plunged

631
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 2: into the trenches, and killed still more before being shot

632
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 2: in the jaw badly in the jaw. He successfully cleared

633
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:22,360
Speaker 2: the way for his men to save their dreaded comrades

634
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 2: and frankly, for his men to save their own lives.

635
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 2: He was unbelievable for his exceptional bravery. Lieutenant Marm received

636
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Speaker 2: the Congressional Medal of Honor and retired as an Army

637
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Speaker 2: colonel after thirty years of service. Colonel marm is here

638
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Speaker 2: today with his two sons, Will and Walter, both Army Rangers.

639
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:53,319
Speaker 2: What a great family legacy. Please stand up. How's your

640
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 2: jaw feeling all right? The jaw, it's all right. It

641
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,839
Speaker 2: looks pretty good. I wish mine looked that good. It's

642
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 2: very good. Thank you very much, great family, appreciate it.

643
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Speaker 2: Real heroes. In the modern era, soldiers have charged into

644
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Speaker 2: the darkest caves and ventured into the most god forsaken

645
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Speaker 2: places to vanquish the forces of radical Islamic terror from

646
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Speaker 2: the face of the earth. In two thousand and seven,

647
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Speaker 2: Chief Warrant Officer Eric Phillips was stationed at a remote

648
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Speaker 2: outpost in the Afghan Mountains when a massive Taliban force

649
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Speaker 2: attacked from all sides. He thought he was finished for

650
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Speaker 2: three hours. He led a hillatious counter assault to successfully

651
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:40,800
Speaker 2: repulse the enemy in close combat. In the same deployment,

652
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Speaker 2: Eric again repelled an attack by a vastly larger enemy force,

653
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Speaker 2: saving countless lives. For his spectacular gallantry, Chief Phillips earned

654
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Speaker 2: the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star, becoming among

655
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Speaker 2: the most highly decorated warriors of any branch in the

656
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Speaker 2: War or Terror. Actually he is the most decorated, and

657
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Speaker 2: it's not even that close. Many many battles, many many medals,

658
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Speaker 2: and he's with us today, Chief Phillips, you did us

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Speaker 2: all proud. Please stand up, Chief Phillips. Thank you, thank

660
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Speaker 2: you very much. Thank you. You are army strong. Thank

661
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Speaker 2: you very much. Jude. From the American Revolution until today,

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Speaker 2: the story of the Army is the tale of an

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00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:38,439
Speaker 2: unbroken chain of American patriots who gave all they had

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Speaker 2: for this country. It is the sag of epic bend

665
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 2: like Washington and Jackson, Grant and Custer, Pershing and Eisenhower,

666
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Speaker 2: Patton and MacArthur, wild Bill Donovan and the great General

667
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 2: William Yarborough, father of the Green Berets. You know that,

668
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 2: the Green Berets, William Barreborough. It's the story of fabled

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Speaker 2: units like the Old Guard, the Iron Brigade, the Big

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Speaker 2: Red One, the Buffalo Soldiers, the Harlem hell Fighters, the

671
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 2: Tuskegee Airmen, the Screaming Eagles, and George Patten's Hell on wheels.

672
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 2: They called it hell on wheels when he was after you.

673
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:23,960
Speaker 2: It was not good. The weapons of war have changed

674
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Speaker 2: with every generation, but the unflinching loyalty of the American

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00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 2: soldier has always remained the same. The Army has always

676
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Speaker 2: stayed true to its motto, This wheel defend. You know

677
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 2: that this wheel defend. Army warriors who have laid down

678
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:46,880
Speaker 2: their lives for America rest by the thousands and the

679
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 2: sacred soil of Arlington and Gettysburg, Angio and Manila, and

680
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 2: to far off places known only to God. We owe

681
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 2: everything to them. Today we renew our devotion to the

682
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 2: cause of liberty for which they so selflessly lived and fought,

683
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 2: and so bravely died. There could be no greater tribute

684
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,760
Speaker 2: to their memory than to prepare the Army to dominate

685
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 2: America's enemies for the next two hundred and fifty years

686
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 2: and more than that. That's why under the Trump administration,

687
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Speaker 2: we're focused on restoring the spirit of the US Armed Forces.

688
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 2: No soldier ever volunteered for the Army to be lectured

689
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 2: about transgender diversity or inclusion. You don't want to hear

690
00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 2: that transgender for everybody. We don't do that. America's patriots

691
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,439
Speaker 2: joined the army to kick down doors, storm beaches, kill

692
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 2: terrors and win America's wars. That's what we want and

693
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:59,720
Speaker 2: that's what you want. And to that end, we're making

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Speaker 2: that record investment, but not only in the Army and

695
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:07,240
Speaker 2: the other forces, also because you work together as a team,

696
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:11,040
Speaker 2: and we're including in that and across the board. Now,

697
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:12,839
Speaker 2: you don't have to take this if you don't want.

698
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 2: You could be great patriots. Say I don't want to raise.

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Speaker 2: I will not accept it. Let it go back into

700
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:22,920
Speaker 2: our country. Let's give it to Gavin Nouscombe so he

701
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,160
Speaker 2: can waste it in Los Angeles. No, we don't want

702
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,440
Speaker 2: to do that, but we're giving you across the board.

703
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 2: Raise for every single service member in the US Armed Forces.

704
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 2: We're giving you across the board, and you deserve it.

705
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:41,279
Speaker 2: You know, we spend so much money on things that

706
00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:44,239
Speaker 2: we shouldn't be spending it on. But I think those

707
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:48,080
Speaker 2: days are stopping. Mister Senators and Congressmen that are with us.

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Speaker 2: As part of our one big, Beautiful Bill, we are

709
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:55,080
Speaker 2: also investing over one billion dollars to update your on

710
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:58,319
Speaker 2: base housing, and we're building a state of the art

711
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:01,799
Speaker 2: missile defense shield to protect to our homeland. And it's

712
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:04,280
Speaker 2: called the Golden Dome. It's going to be all made

713
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 2: in America. We've done it for others, We're now doing

714
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:11,840
Speaker 2: it for about time, right, we're doing it for ourselves.

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Speaker 2: After years of recruiting shortfalls. This is to me maybe

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Speaker 2: the most exciting things. We're setting the strongest peacetime recruiting

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Speaker 2: records ever. Just think of this. Six months ago, we

718
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:28,719
Speaker 2: couldn't recruit anybody to join the military. Nobody wanted to join.

719
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 2: It was six months ago, and then we had the

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Speaker 2: election of November fifth, and now we have the strongest

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Speaker 2: recruiting numbers in the history of our country. Can you

722
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:47,040
Speaker 2: imagine that? Can you imagine that we've already surpassed our

723
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 2: recruiting targets for twenty twenty five and we're not done yet.

724
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:53,799
Speaker 2: And I'll tell you it doesn't make you feel good

725
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 2: when you had to hear six seven months ago that

726
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,840
Speaker 2: nobody wants to join the army. They don't want to

727
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 2: join our military. Frankly, they didn't want to join our police,

728
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:06,440
Speaker 2: our firemen. They lost confidence, they lost faith in our country.

729
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:11,480
Speaker 2: And just a short number of months later, we're setting

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Speaker 2: all time records. In fact, your job might be in jeopardy.

731
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,959
Speaker 2: Somebody else may come in and take it. That was bad,

732
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 2: We'll get you out of here. You have to be good.

733
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:22,920
Speaker 2: We're getting the best people that you've ever seen. We're

734
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Speaker 2: getting people they like. I don't think we've ever seen

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00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:29,239
Speaker 2: anything like it. Great people are coming in. Doesn't it

736
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 2: make you feel good though you have something and you're

737
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:33,399
Speaker 2: doing something that other people want to join you. Isn't

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Speaker 2: it a great feeling? I wasn't it a lousy feeling

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00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,400
Speaker 2: just a short time ago when they announced. You know,

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Speaker 2: you're a soldier and you're proud of your country and

741
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 2: you're proud of the army in your case, and you're

742
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:48,560
Speaker 2: reading stories about nobody wants to come in and join

743
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,799
Speaker 2: the military, right, isn't that lousy? Even the ladies from

744
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 2: North Carolina, we're not happy with that. But then we

745
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:58,600
Speaker 2: had a great election. It was amazing, too big to rick.

746
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:01,760
Speaker 2: We had a great election, and all of a sudden,

747
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:05,480
Speaker 2: the people are pouring in and we have incredible people

748
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:09,440
Speaker 2: like Pete and the others that are here. Dan. I

749
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:11,400
Speaker 2: think they made a big difference. I really do. So

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Speaker 2: thank you very much, all of you guys. I think

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00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,439
Speaker 2: you've really made a big difference. The army will soon

752
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:21,799
Speaker 2: be stronger, bigger, and better than ever before. And every

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00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:25,440
Speaker 2: new soldier that joins our ranks will kindle the same

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00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 2: fighting spirit exemplified by the likes of Sergeant Major Jim Schmidt,

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00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:35,160
Speaker 2: who's no longer with us. At fifteen years old, after

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00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 2: lying about his age because he wanted to get in

757
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:42,239
Speaker 2: so badly, Jim trained at Fort Bragg to fight in

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00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:46,680
Speaker 2: World War Two. When Jim's middle school wrote to ask

759
00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 2: if he would attend his eighth grade graduation, he wrote back,

760
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:55,880
Speaker 2: that will be impossible, as I'm rather busy now. I'm

761
00:51:56,280 --> 00:52:00,600
Speaker 2: in the hinterlands hunting down Germans have to say this

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00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:02,920
Speaker 2: and Italians. I know there are a couple of Germans

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00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:08,160
Speaker 2: and Italians here. As a paratroopery made the famous drops

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00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:11,640
Speaker 2: at Sicily and Salerno while still a young boy too

765
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:14,359
Speaker 2: young to be in the army kicked him out. They

766
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,520
Speaker 2: found out about it. They kicked him out. They discovered

767
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 2: he was way underage. They said, Jim, you got to

768
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:21,280
Speaker 2: get out of here. You're a hell of a soldier,

769
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,239
Speaker 2: but you got to get out. But that didn't stop Jim.

770
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:28,440
Speaker 2: He enlisted in the Navy. But the moment he turned eighteen,

771
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:32,080
Speaker 2: he came right back and he joined the eighty second

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00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:38,960
Speaker 2: Airborne How about that? He went on to fight at

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00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:45,000
Speaker 2: the Chosen Reservoir in Korea rough Place, saw combat in Vietnam,

774
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:48,320
Speaker 2: and ended his career right back at Fort Bragg, having

775
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:52,640
Speaker 2: earned two Silver Stars, three Bronze Stars, and two Purple

776
00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:56,680
Speaker 2: Hearts with us today as Jim's widow Peggy and their

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00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:01,720
Speaker 2: beloved grandson, Army Specialist Christian Forbes, who is currently deployed

778
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:05,759
Speaker 2: at our southern border defending our country from an invasion.

779
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:08,840
Speaker 2: Whether we like it or not. It's an invasion. But

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00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:13,240
Speaker 2: I don't know if you've heard the invasion was ninety

781
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:16,320
Speaker 2: nine point nine percent stopped? Do you hear that ninety

782
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:18,879
Speaker 2: nine could even be more? At ninety nine point nine

783
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:23,759
Speaker 2: nine nine percent stopped? That invasion has stopped, so I

784
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,400
Speaker 2: think he's in good shape. Specialist Forbes. I want to

785
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 2: thank you for defending America, and you've obviously done a

786
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:32,719
Speaker 2: good job because that invasion has been stopped. And we

787
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:34,920
Speaker 2: appreciate you being here. Thank you wherever you may be.

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00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:40,839
Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Thank you very much. Right, we

789
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:45,359
Speaker 2: stopped that suckert inn't we? Huh? We stopped it. Thank

790
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:47,359
Speaker 2: you very much, each and every one of you here

791
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 2: today carries in your souls the love, strength, and courage

792
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:56,719
Speaker 2: of millions upon millions of Army patriots who came before you.

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00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 2: Your uniforms bear the same stars and stripes that are

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00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,359
Speaker 2: our ancestors carried to victory at Yorktown, across the Great

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00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:09,240
Speaker 2: Plains and over our rockies, up the Missionary Ridge, down

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00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:11,839
Speaker 2: through the streets of Paris. That's right, we went down

797
00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 2: the streets of Paris. We got to help our allies

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00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,839
Speaker 2: some way across the sands of North Africa and onto

799
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:23,240
Speaker 2: the shores of Omaha Beach into the bloodsoaked hills of Korea.

800
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:27,800
Speaker 2: And it was a West Point graduate named buzz Aldron

801
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:31,800
Speaker 2: who first planted our great American flag on the face

802
00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:34,879
Speaker 2: of the moon. We know that now it's your turn

803
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,760
Speaker 2: to carry that flag forward and to add your own

804
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:43,160
Speaker 2: daring deeds into this chronicle of triumph and legends. Now

805
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,000
Speaker 2: it's your duty to shield the flame of freedom that

806
00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:49,719
Speaker 2: was first lit two hundred and fifty years ago by

807
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 2: the heroes of Concord Bridge and Bunker Hill. Standing before

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00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:58,359
Speaker 2: you today, I am more confident than ever that in

809
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:02,359
Speaker 2: the days ahead and every generation to come, the US

810
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:08,440
Speaker 2: Army will heap glory upon glory upon glory upon us all.

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00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 2: You will protect every inch of US soil, and you

812
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:17,880
Speaker 2: will defend America to the ends of the earth. Wherever

813
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:23,880
Speaker 2: danger is there, the US Army will be another beautiful phrase.

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00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:29,560
Speaker 2: Whatever peril comes our way, whatever menace threatens our people,

815
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:33,239
Speaker 2: you will stand strong, you will be proud, you will

816
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:38,120
Speaker 2: charge hard, and you will keep that flame lit, that beautiful,

817
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:42,080
Speaker 2: beautiful flame. You're gonna keep it lit. You will hold

818
00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:46,320
Speaker 2: the flag high, and you will do something that's become

819
00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:50,960
Speaker 2: quite a famous little phrase. Also, but you're a hell

820
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:54,440
Speaker 2: of a lot braver than me. You will fight, fight, fight,

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00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:58,040
Speaker 2: and you will win, win, win. Thank you, God bless you,

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00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:02,000
Speaker 2: God bless our soldiers, and God bless the US Army.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Thank you everybody.

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