Ladies and gentlemen, the troops representing armed forces from front to left the United States army band under the direction of kernel holton and scott little. Elements of the armed forces the old guard, led by captain michael, Sergeant First Class gary gordon. Next almost on line jason and sergeant leo. The colors have been one of the most important elements of a military unit in an armed forces colored guard and the service flag of the army, marine corps, navy and coast guard. Platoon officer sullivan. Next element on line members from the United States air force guard led by first lieutenant. Flight noncommission Michael Michael moore. And platoon officer mike gizer. Last on guard gore. Musician wore the reverse colors, men and women of the old guard man maintained tradition. Led by major hayes. The platoon sergeant is first class joseph brown. To the right of the formation is the president ial salute gun battery led by sergeant. Marching on the joint staff army captain alexander,
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
For the summer, which sounds like beast barracks meets sleepaway camp. Sound advice with a little irish charm runs in the dempsey family. Over the decades that followed he patrolled the iron curtain, commanded divisions on desert battlefields, and led americas soldiers. And more than a few times he burst into song. And over these last four years martys wisdom, his vision, and his character have helped lead the greatest fighting force the world has ever known. Secretary carter, deputy secretary work, members of congress and the joint chiefs, Service Secretaries, men and women of the defense department, our armed forces and our military families, it is a deep honor to join you as we pay tribute to a singular leader for our military and our nation and one of the finest men that i know, general martin dempsey. A little over four years ago i tapped marty to serve as chief of staff of the army. We let him enjoy it for one day. Then i asked him to be chairman. So, let me say, marty, and more
Dreams which lead to action, to participation, to commitment. Reams which awaken what is deepest and truest in the life of a people. In recent centuries, millions of eople came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future in freedom. We, the people of this continent, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us because most of us were once oreigners. Say this to you as the son of immigrants, knowing that so many of you are also descended from mmigrants. Tragically, the rights of those who were here long before us were not always respected. For those peoples and their nations, from the heart of merican democracy, i wish to reaffirm my highest esteem and appreciation. Hose first contacts were often turbulent and violent, but it is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present. Nonetheless, when the stranger in our midst appeals to us, we must not repeat the sins and the rrors of the past. We must resolve now to live as nobly and as justly as possible, as we e