 Hello shipmates. It's time to think about our birthday. Happy 239th birthday to the United States Navy. Legacy is important and it's important that we take the time to remember who we are and where we started. Behind me you see images of Fort McHenry where we recently celebrated the 200th anniversary of our Star-Spangled Banner, our flag, and those of you that served today embody the spirit and the valor of that flag. This year's theme is about remembering and thanking those that support us. We should know that successes that we've achieved we have not achieved alone and we couldn't do what we do unless we have the assistance from our family, from our friends, from our communities, from industry, and the organizations that support our sailors. You know from the dawn of the 20th century the Navy League and the USO have supported us. They've been there beside us. They stood beside us and even today they are supporting many of our birthday balls across the country as we celebrate this great day. We'll always remember those that came before us, those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our Navy and for our nation. We'll honor and remember our fallen and wounded shipmates and remember the family who survives those that they lost. The legacy the Navy has built because of shipmates like you. And we will continue to operate in accordance with our three tenants as we have been. We will think of warfighting first because ultimately that's how we'll be judged. And we will operate forward where it matters, when it matters, as we have for centuries. And we'll be ready, ready to do the bidding of this nation as we have since that October of 1775. And in the end it's the people who are asymmetric advantage. That's you, our sailors, our families, our organizations, our communities, and industry. They enable us to do the job that we have to do out there. Happy birthday shipmates.