Monk, certainly experienced his share of hard times in the military at the hands of our government. And another person who should be up here with us is Navy Chaplain wes modder, who i have the privilege and honor of representing as well. And i know that chaplain would love to be here himself to tell you his story. Unfortunately he cant do that. But what i am pleased to share with you all that chaplain modder is sitting here in the audience, right here in the first row. And chaplain modder, will you please stand up. [ applause ] these two men put everything professionally on the line. Both had over 19 years of service in the military. Both risked all of that because of what they believe in. And to do the right thing. And you know, two last points i want to make on this, travis, is first of all, there is a lot of misinformation out there about what rights we give up when we join the military, when we swear the oath of allegiance to the constitution. We dont swear an oath to the president
Sunday night, at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Today Marine Corp General Joseph Dunford became the new chair of the joints chiefs of staff, taking over from general Martin Dempsey who is retiring after a 41 year career in the army. President obama and defense secretary Ashton Carter both spoke at the transition ceremony in arlington, virginia. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for at rival of the official party and please welcome todays reviewing official, general martin e. Dempsey, the 18th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff accompanied by the host for todays ceremony, the honorable ashton cartier, secretary of defense and joven f. Dunford jr. , incoming general of the joint chiefs of staff. You guys got Nothing Better to do . Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as honors are rendered to general dempsey. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the troops representing Americ
Speaks, followed by the leaders of russia, south korea and iran. We have it live on cspan. On friday, a Retirement Ceremony was held in honor of general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. He retired after 41 years of service and will be succeeded by general Joseph Dunford of the marine corps, this is about an hour and 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen please stand for the arrival of the official party and welcome todays official, general martin dempsey, accompanied by the hosts for todays ceremony Ashton Carter and joseph f. Dunford jr. , incoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Ladies and gentlemen, the ladies and gentlemen please remain standing as honors are rendered to general dempsey. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the troops representing Americas Armed forces and participating in todays revue are the United States army band under timothy j. Holton and led by drum major scott little. Elements of the armed forces include the president ial escort p
A man falls between train cars seconds before it leaves the station. One witness tries to stop the train as it pulls away. How did he walk away from this . We do say good morning, america. How about that video . Hard to believe, so thankful he was able to walk away from this. One witness saying he seemed shaken up but otherwise okay. What a lucky man. We have a lot to get to including a verdict in that blurred lines trial. Robin thicke and pharrell ordered to pay marvin gayes family more than 7 million. A landmark case and experts are saying it could change the way music is made. First to the breaking news. Terrible accident a helicopter with 511 troops on board going down during a routine training at Eglin Air Force base in florida. Were just learning new details this morning and Abcs Martha Raddatz is in washington with the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a terrible reminder that even in training what the military does is dangerous and can be every
A man falls between train cars seconds before it leaves the station. One witness tries to stop the train as it pulls away. How did he walk away from this . We do say good morning, america. How about that video . Hard to believe, so thankful he was able to walk away from this. One witness saying he seemed shaken up but otherwise okay. What a lucky man. We have a lot to get to including a verdict in that blurred lines trial. Robin thicke and pharrell ordered to pay marvin gayes family more than 7 million. A landmark case and experts are saying it could change the way music is made. First to the breaking news. Terrible accident a helicopter with 511 troops on board going down during a routine training at Eglin Air Force base in florida. Were just learning new details this morning and Abcs Martha Raddatz is in washington with the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a terrible reminder that even in training what the military does is dangerous and can be every