 As Portugal commemorates the Centennial of Armistice Day, soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines assigned to United States European command came to show their support. It shows the world we're really unified, showing that we are brothers and sisters in arms together and protecting our world is really important and it's something that U-Com and Afro-Com is really important to us. U.S. and Portuguese armed forces have actually served alongside one another for 75 years. So it's important that we recognize Portugal, one of our longest allies. Actually, Portugal and the United States were two of the initial founding members of NATO and Portugal was one of the first nations to recognize our independence following our Revolutionary War. Various diplomats and world leaders joined the president of Portugal, Marcello Revella do Sousa, to honor the more than 100,000 Portuguese service members who fought in World War I and the over 7,500 who made the ultimate sacrifice in defensive Europe.