A Thank You To The Armed Services

Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody. How's it going, Jacksonville? (Applause.)

Let me begin by thanking Secretary Mabus for the introduction, for your service, Ray. I know we've got a lot of naval aviators here, and Ray is a former surface warfare officer. But don't hold that against him. Don't hold that against him, now. (Laughter.) Because Ray Mabus is doing an outstanding job as Secretary of the Navy.

I also want to thank all your outstanding local leaders for welcoming me here today: Admiral Tim Alexander; your CO, Captain Jack Scorby; and your Command Master Chief, Jeff Hudson. To Chris Scorby and all the spouses who are with us -- you hold our military families together. We honor you and we are grateful to you. (Applause.) Now, it is great to be here at one of America's finest naval air stations. But we also have folks from Mayport and Kings Bay. (Applause.) And we have every service represented -- Navy, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, and United States Marines from Blount Island. (Applause.) Now, military communities like this one take care of their own -- your people, your families. But keeping you strong also takes the civilian community beyond the gate. (Applause.) So we want to thank Mayor John Peyton and all your great neighbors, the people of Jacksonville, for their incredible support. Give them a big round of applause. (Applause.) Keeping you strong also takes leaders in Congress, like those here today: two great friends of yours, Representatives Ander Crenshaw and Corrine Brown, who are here. Give them a big round of applause right here. (Applause.) And a leader who fights for you as a member of the Armed Services Committee, Senator -- and Army veteran -- Bill Nelson is in the house. (Applause.) Keeping you strong takes something else -- a country that never forgets this simple truth. It's not the remarkable platforms that give the United States our military superiority -- although you've got ...

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[endracismguy]

type into youtube vietnamese heros and you get nothing ...type in american heros and you screen will melt

[CptReed]

@TheNavajo88 So you hate your comander in cheif??? umm ok

[CptReed]

@stveide He is not marxied or socialist rather the socialist hate him go look it up they hate him b/c he is so centirist

[MrBullfrog9876]

At 9:32 He really lifts the morrall by stating that the reason so many people are joining the service is that the economy is tanking and they can't find anything else to do~~~ Way to go Obama

[SubSlaveCD]

The U.S. Navy is the greatest in the world! 

[Ayperos93]

That is VP-30 Behind him :)

[TheNavajo88]

I wasone who did not want to attend but was ORDERED to or else?

[TunesNorth]

Thanks for the info, I didn't know that.

[stveide]

They had so few that signed up to attend voluntarily that they had to ORDER the sailors to go listen to this marxist socialist fool.

[TunesNorth]

Loved the video, had to be good with a roomful of "swabbies" behind the President.

Thank you for posting.

A Proud US Navy Veteran!

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