Joint chiefs of staff. We thank you for being here today and we welcome your family here and friends, doctor hyten, they can be introduced at the time youre recognized for your Opening Statement. We have our boring questions you have to respond to first. Have you adhered to the laws and regulations governing the conflict of interest. Do you agree if confirmed to testify before this committee . Guesser. Do you agree to provide a documenting for the electronic forms of communication in a timely manner when requested by the duly constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any goodfaith denial or delay in such documents . Yes, sir. Do you agree to give your personal views even if they are different from the administration in power . Will you ensure that your staff complies with deadlines for requesting the communications including questions for the record in the hearings . We will. Will you cooperate in providinproviding successes ands in response to the c
Let me call the hearing to order. Good morning. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of general c. Q. Brown. General, congratulations and thank you for stepping forward to lead at this critical time. I would like to welcome your wife and thank your son sean and ross. I would like to thank the current chairman milley. He has served this nation honorably and led the joint chiefs with skill and vision. We are grateful for his service and congratulate. You are well qualified to serve as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. You have led this service as it goes through a rapid Global Security environment. You bring a record of successful leadership and command experience at all levels of our military. This expertise will serve you well. If confirmed, you will serve as the principal military advisor to the president , secretary of defense and congress. You will be expected to be an effective strategist, adviser and manager and counsel will be relied upon them as we go throug
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If you are planning to go to the park this afternoon, if you hold off taking one of these, they are in the back. We will get you some. Its on park row. My talk is referred to as black thursday, the battle for Sailors Creek. One of the Union Generals who was involved in the battle, he wrote in his book about the fighting 5 of the intelligent people of the united states, north or south ever heard of the battle of Sailors Creek. They dont know anything of its magnitude or importance. This is not strange. It was fought in virginia. This was three days before the surrender under general robert e lee. Events were happening so rapidly that no note was made of the battle. In the next few minutes, you will be part of that part of our nation. Just some point before we talk about the battle, there are three separate engagements referred to as the battles of Sailors Creek. As you enter the museum, it refers to it as battles. I mentioned the spelling difference. There were two branches, most of the
Studying it, i have a lot of questions as to where these events took place and how the armys got from here to there. This book set up my quest to learn more about these sites. When i worked at appomattox, i worked with a gem in a lot of you may know. His name was harold howard. He was the role of a former confederate soldier. I took the role of the union soldier. He and i were companions in trying to learn more about the events that took place on the retreat. One of the areas that i was interested in was the battle of Sailors Creek. Sailors creek became a state park in 1936. Efforts were made to purchase more land for the park and have it become a National Park. Something happened, world war ii came along and the impetus was lost. After the war when things started looking up, there was a congressman who was from appomattox county and guess who got the National Park . Appomattox. Sailors creek languished for the next couple of decades. Finally in 2008, Sailors Creek which had been a sat