 What is the real Navy? You know what what are we proud of? So there's a great story this IT3 was telling me about you know how excited he was to work with the Norwegian Navy and and while they were you know pulling up fiber optics but unfortunately at the end of that conversation he said you know when I get to the real Navy you know what I want to do is and I said whoa whoa stop there what does that mean you know the real Navy what are you talking about and he said well you know some folks out here say you know this isn't the real Navy you know and I said well wait a minute anywhere you're wearing this name tape that says US Navy and you're in that uniform or in the uniform you know that's appropriate for where you're working that's the real Navy if there's one sailor on board it's the real Navy no matter where you are what you're doing whether you're an IT3 you know pulling fiber optics in Norway or you're an MC3 at the AFN studio in Italy or you're a BM1 on a destroyer off the coast of Somalia you know doing patrols or whatever you it's all the real Navy and you know in the end we're all sailors we all share the last name US Navy so we're family and I don't want us to treat family you know our own family so poorly with such a negative connotation never underestimate what your role in the United States Navy is you may not see the big picture today you may not capture the big picture tomorrow but trust me you are part of the big picture of the United States Navy don't wait for things to happen to you make them happen for you