their troops, demand better. demand that their sacrifice not be wasted. that we not just muddle along some of the generals have called for. tucker: so you served in the navy as a young man, navy seal. are you struck as you watch uniformed military officers, flight officers essentially ignore the commander in chief? look, we have the finest staff officers, ncos in the world, but it feels like once they become very, very senior generals it becomes a self licking ice-cream cone of focus promoted and who gets approved to join that club and anybody that thinks outside the box, we have known george patton s anymore. we have no ulysses s. grants, we have none of the swashbuckling generals that actually made things happen. we haven t we don t have a fantastic record of finishing wars since world war ii. tucker: last self licking ice-cream cone, that image is going to follow me to bed tonightow unfortunately.
the ferry terminal between ukraine between the mainland and you wonder how much farther is this going to go? that has to be key. what happens now, what is important now, is watching what the russian military does. do they take more military posts, seive more flight officers ukrainian territory by russian aircraft. if the russians start moving more military hard ware in this, this takes today a whole new level once between. it s dangerous enough already. the options are so limited. what can you do? samantha powers talking about nato troops going in there. russia would veto it. they will try to get monitors in there but no military action from the west. they just can t. thank you. we recall have continuing updates throughout the day. late at night, they re approaching 11:00 in kiev. there was a deadline of 5:00 a.m. tomorrow but looks like the russians are backing off from that. some troubles in the market around the world as a result of
this very moment, including iraq and afghanistan. they are making us incredibly proud. and so are you. as naval aviators and naval flight officers, you will soon earn your wings of gold and many of you will prove yourself as indispensable air crews, the mechanics, electricians, maintenance crews, peoples lives depending on what you do each and every day. i know you re looking ahead to your first operational tours, to join the fleet in your squadrons, and within weeks some of you may find yourselves serving on a carrier deck in the arabian sea or working a busy flight line in afghanistan. as you begin your careers, as you look ahead to a life of service, i want you to know on behalf of the american people that you nation thanks you, that
flight officers, you ll soon earn your wings of gold. and many of you will prove yourselves as indispensable air crews, the mechanics, the engineers, thetritions the electricians, maintenance crew, people whose lives are depended upon every day. i know you re looking at operational tools to join the fleet and your squadrons and within weeks, some of you mayind yourselves serving on a deck at the arabian sea or working a busy flight line in afghanistan. and as you begin your careers, as you look ahead to a life of service, i want you to know on behalf of the american people that your nation thanks you, your nation appreciates you, your nation will stand with you every step of the way. and as your commander in chief, i want you to know something. i will not hesitate to use force to protect the
s as naval aviators and naval flight officers you will soon earn your wings of gold. many of you will prove yourselves as indispensable air crews and the electricians and the maintenance crews and people s lives depending on what you do each and every day. i know you re looking ahead to your first operational tours. to join the fleet and your squand rns. within weeks, some of you may find yourselves serving on a carrier deck or working a busy flight line in afghanistan. as you begin your careers, as you look ahead to a life of service, i want you to know on behalf of the american people that your nation thanks you, your nation appreciates you and your nation will stand with you every step of the way. and as your commander and chief, i want you to know something. i will not hesitate to use force