 Marines, this is General Berger, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, here with Sergeant Major Black. We wanted to talk with you a couple minutes before a long weekend, 4th of July. Marines, as we celebrate the 244th year of our Independence as a Republic, I would just ask everybody to take a moment and think about what it is that we do here as Marines in our nation and to what it is that our nation stands for. I'd ask us to also take a look at the Pledge of Allegiance, what kind of lays that out for us. Our nation, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. These things all reign true and they continue to in our future. Patriots a long time ago secured the independence of our country and today, you're doing the same. This is a long weekend and we want you to have a great time with your family and your friends but we also want to make sure that every Marine takes care of every other Marine. We all come back to work one piece next week. Marines had also asked that always keep this in mind. It's something I learned a long time ago from a former commander of mine and he said be better on Friday than you were on Monday, be better on Monday than you were on Friday. So when everybody comes back to work on Monday after this long weekend, make sure we're ready to go to train to fight and to win.