 Every year at this time, we rightly pause to remember the battle of Midway. However, it is also appropriate to remember what happened on June 5, 1794, 225 years ago, when the first officers of the U.S. Navy were appointed under the new U.S. Constitution. John Barry, Samuel Nicholson, Silas Talbot, Joshua Barney, Richard Dale, and Thomas Truxton, all veterans of the American Revolution, were also asked to supervise the construction of six new frigates named Congress, Constitution, President, United States, Constellation, and Chesapeake. The officers and ships were part of the Naval Act of 1794. These officers and their crews forged our Navy culture and are exemplars of our core attributes of integrity, accountability, initiative, and toughness that we value today. Lead well this week.