 ETSN, Dillon, Druvingay, D-R-U-I-V-E-N-G-A. The role the USS Minnesota had during the Civil War was to be part of the blockade forces protecting the harbors and the channels in the Hampton Roads area. The USS Monitor protected the sailors from the USS Minnesota and with us being part of the crew of the new Minnesota it's show and respect. I feel honored to be part of the internment of the two sailors from the USS Monitor. I'm an electronic technician, Master Chief Robert Beach and I'm the assistant navigator on board the ship. The USS Minnesota was part of the blockade for the ports here in Hampton Roads in the rivers. The USS Minnesota was a ground here so the monitor helped protect her from the Confederate ship so she could get off the rocks. The USS Monitor for that battle there really started the battle of Hampton Roads in because she was helping to protect the Minnesota so that with the other Confederate ship, I think it was the CSS Merrimack that started the battle of Hampton Roads. The USS Monitor was, like I said, helped protect the first USS Minnesota so the connection there is that was the first ship. We're the third ship, the only Minnesota still left around that's the connection that we have with the monitor. Oh, it's a great honor. It always is. Anytime we are able to go and honor fallen sailors and especially when these two sailors here help protect the USS Minnesota, the first one, and now we're part of the third one so being part of the crew of the Minnesota, it's a great honor to go up there and be part of it. I think it's a great thing that the Navy, even though 150 years ago that the Navy is now getting these two guys and putting them in their final resting place showing the respect that they earned as fallen sailors. It's just a great honor to go up there and now be part of the internment for these two guys. My name is Michael Grilly. I'm a navigation E.T. on the USS Minnesota and it's M-I-C-H-A-E-O-G-R-I-L-O-I. The USS Minnesota was performing a blockade to prevent the Confederate ships from entering the Hampton Roads pier. The USS Minnesota had run aground so the USS Monitor came in to protect it to save it from other Confederate ships. I think it's a very good honor to be able to honor our past sailors and be able to carry on the USS Minnesota name into the future Navy. I think that honoring our fallen sailors is one of the best things the Navy can do and I think it's something that we should continue to do in the future.