their six children gear up for another weekend without dad around. bridget ramos is just one of tens of thousands of american spouses who cope the best they can as the country fights two wars simultaneously. a side of military service not often seen. when i m out here, i feel bad because i feel like you know, i deal with a lot out here but not as much as what she deals with at home. you are going to fall down. it s a lot harder than what i thought it would be. you know, with him being gone so often. reporter: in a career of some 11 years petty officer juan ramos spent nine years at sea. he knows perhaps better than most what kind of sacrifices are entailed in a navy career, especially what it means to be separated from your family for so long. sometimes you can be on the phone and having a good conversation and it cuts out on you and you can t get the line back or the e-mail goes down. flexibility is key. [ phone ringing ] hello?
card, he keeps under his pillow help him stay focused. reminding him why it is, he shares cramped living quarters with 8 other sailors a short walk from the one of the most isolated and dangerous workplaces madgeable. because i know i m here for my kids and my wife, ultimately, above all, they are my. reporter: the supervisor on the uss eisenhower. up to six months at a time, the crowded carrier is his home. but he also has another one. you have a grilled cheese. how many times have i asked you. reporter: virginia beach his wife and their six children, gear up for another weekend without dad around. bridgett ramos is one of tens of thousands of american spouses who cope the best they can that s country fights two wars simultaneouslies. it is a side of military service not often seen. i m here and i feel bad, i deal with a lot out here but not as much as what she is doing at
translator: tonight my thoughts go to the young lafayette who came to risk his life because of his love for freedom. and my thoughts also go to the tens of thousands of american soldiers, young soldiers who gave their lives during world war i and world war ii. on the soil which was not theirs but for this freedom which is cherished and which was theirs. [speaking french] translator: we have always been there for the appointment of this joint history. this is the reason why today we have no alternative but to be there also for an appointment with history. [speaking french]
successful, or they should just shut up. that can do more damage than anything else. jesse: i think the references to john kerry when he was negotiating the iran deal, he refused to leave the table because it was up against a time constraint and the legacy play was very much in his mind and in barack obama s mind. this president is going to keep john kerry in his little bicycle far away from singapore. i think every american including democrats and everyone in congress by thinking about the tens of thousands of american soldiers in south korea. so, people want them to be safe and ideally come home. i don t think anyone is rooting against the president, they want to make sure can happen.
are infinitely better than they were a few years ago, to take isis on directly so that we don t have to do it. a small number of marines where he is. working alongside those guys. that s why they are out there. niger or iraq or wherever. we don t want to send tens of thousands of american soldiers and marines in particular to go fight. as i walk off the stage, understand there are tens of thousands of american kids, mostly, doing the nation s bidding all around the world. they don t have to be there. in my childhood, every man was a veteran. these kids don t do it for any other reason than they are selfless, there selfless devotion to this great nation. we don t look down upon those of you that have not served. in fact, in a way we are a little bit sorry because he will never experience the wonderful feeling you get in your heart where you do the kinds of things