 we dedicate this ship to America as a Reforged Link in a strong and necessary chain of defense. Deep. We ask now for your particular blessings upon our President and upon the leadership of our Navy, Marine Corps, and country. May we all continue to work for the creation of a new and he put forward a program to do this austerely and at the lowest level of budgetary expenditure in the last 20 years as a percentage of GNP. And the naysayers of course were there to witness the confounding of the President's critics. Today our President is witness to the fruits of his steadfastness and his courage. This great ship it will be the latest technology and most modern ship in anyone's Navy in the entire world. The second principal of President. Secretary Layman, I thank you. Captain Fogarty, the officers and members of the Defense Wine Burger would be here but with all of us here we felt that someone had to stay in Washington in mind so it may be blue and gold. There will be people who will hold the event center at any time at any level. There are others and our unconserts are our costs, but they are dead long. Ways to jump and standing at any time is a painful ways in our national defense. But out of ways it is a lot of loss and it is crucial to be able to save the future of our Navy. Understanding this, of course, and share on the military, let me say this is not true. The program of our nation can afford it meets the track and it provides rangers and benefits that are more than human and are important for the key initiatives of the purchase of two aircraft carriers and the B-1 component of the C-5 transport plane. We are committed to take every step to continue to use the possibility of nuclear war while providing an unshakable deterrent. Our eyes are on the fact that if the Soviet military power increases, Soviet military units will embark on military interventions. The stars are plenty ahead of the non-pro-third world conference. Moves and ships are shared, freedom to view the seas and our nation's life by. For that reason, our Navy is designed to keep the C-8s open and world-wide. The support and amphibious operations of the New Jersey 16-inch down to the upper shelves is hanging as an automobile with mid-point anchors and with ships of all. That should be told to us that an ally of the continental conference called the creation of our Navy the maddest idea in the world today. It seems odd and a little ironic to me that some of the same critics who accuse us of chasing technology and brokwaiting our weapons systems have grown. Most people who remember the Navy as manpower strangers like Al-Qaeda yet some have a vision of a more like a manual destroyer from the fight. For others who remember it, you want to know them at least once, and I won't. He knew the relationship between the B-14 and the C-8. It's superior in command, if present, otherwise by message for duty as commanding officer USS New Jersey, Lando W. Zeck Jr., Vice Admiral, United States Navy, Chief of Naval Personnel.