Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Major General howard. [applause] armyecutive director National Military cemeteries. [applause] mr. Thomas stevens, Korean War Veterans Association, United States of america. The honorable david j. Shulkin, secretary of Veterans Affairs. Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the procession of our nations of our Veterans Service organizations. As we march on the colors, the United States air force band the National Emblem march. Render a hand salute. Please remain standing for the prayer for all veterans by chaplain mccoy, sr. , director Chaplain Service national center. Let us pray. Nations andof veterans, you are so awesome in ways. Y we invite your presence in this where many ofrden our veterans and families have gathered and many of our nations heroes rest. We give you thanks on this veterans day for the courage, alltion, and sacrifice those who have worn our nations militar
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome [applause] armyecutive director National Military cemeteries. [applause] mr. Thomas stevens, Korean War Veterans Association, United States of america. The honorable david j. Shulkin, secretary of Veterans Affairs. Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the procession of our nations of our Veterans Service organizations. As we march on the colors, the United States air force band the National Emblem march. Render a hand salute. Him announcer please remained standing for the prayers. Please remain standing for the prayer for all veterans. Of nations andod veterans, you are so awesome in so many ways. Whereite your presence many of our veterans and families have gathered and many of our nations heroes rest. We give you thanks on this veterans day for the courage, devotion, and sacrifice all of those who have worn our nations uniforms and all those who have given military service
We are going to have a great conference. This morning, we heard a anthemul version of our by katie huffman. Her credits and awards are far too numerous to list here. She has starred on stage and television. She is best known for her role as ula in the smash hit the producers, and she remains one of broadways bright stars. But she is also a passionate advocate for veterans. When i called katie and asked her to come share her talent with us here today and i told her what you all were up to, if myaid, and i quote, little boys can help in any way, of course i will be there. After you heard her this morning, we all know she doesnt have a little voice. But katy wanted to be here, and ladies and gentlemen, ooa purrington,n please welcome back to the stage my friend, miss katie huffman. [applause] music plays] nine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord he is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored he has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible, swift sw
Mr. Russell i had the privilege to task the command force one to two. 122. 2003 2 2004. In and we got involved largely due to geography. It was not something that, you know, where we thought that specifically we would go find saddam. We were in Infantry Battalion task force that was occupying his hometown. And it became readily apparent very quickly that saddam was probably being harbored there. We got incredible information, and we began to work that. We work to that with a number of other teams, two special Operation Forces teams, and evolved from the ground up a lot of our own intelligence. My commander, colonel jim hickey, he was a marvelous warrior. ,eneral the chief of staff he was our commander in the fourth infantry division. So those were my two immediate commanders. They gave me great attitude, and im very grateful for not only their bravery, but also their trust. And we Work Together as a team. My unit was not the only one involved, but it was one of about half a dozen. And
President obama took place in a ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. Joining him are Vice President joe biden, robert mcdonald, and ashton carter. Afterwards, he made remarks in tribute to veterans and urging american businesses to hire former Service Members. This is 50 minutes. Halt present arms [the starspangled banner] order, halt present [drum roll] [taps] order, halt ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [applause] [hail to the chief] ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the procession of our nations colors. As we march on the colors, the u. S. Army band will play the National Emblem march. please place your hand over your heart. [National Emblem march] please remain standing for prayer for all veterans, delivered by the chaplain, ainociate director of chapli center. Let us pray. Veterans andof nations, you are so awesome and all of your ways. We give you thanks on this veterans day, for the devotion and encourage of all of those who have worn