 Welcome to the USS Wasp. I hope you enjoy our commemoration of the War of 1812. We need the Navy for a thousand reasons. America needs the Navy. Few reasons why we need the Navy. Number one, we have so many of our citizens here in the United States. We live close to the water and we need that security to know if something happens, the Navy can jump in and help us. We need a strong Navy to help defend this wonderful country and allow us to have our freedom. It helps to keep the commerce lanes open, set the free trade throughout the world. We are just very excited to have you all here and God bless America. Where would we be without our Navy? I'm a retired U.S. Navy captain, served in the Navy from 1962 to 1985 in the Supply Corps. Proud to be there. America needs a Navy. We're 2,000 miles wide but basically in today's world we're an island nation. We have to be able to project our power around the world as fast as we can and with as much power as we can.