Firing their weapons in the airs screaming and yelling and thatas kind of stuff. And iing really thought they hd mind. Heirs i could not figure out what was going on. Then i caught on to what was on. Gng i then i looked on top of mount suremy w bocce and i jumped up started doing the same doesnti think they were doing. Firing my weapon in the air,ingy jumping and screaming. I jumped up and started firing in the air and screaming lik everybody else. Ii wonder ho many marines we lost at that particularly moment. But it changed the whole attitude of the whole thing. It absolutely did something to. Us capacity from the and the exhibits base in quantico virginia we are joined now by marine corps history chief edward nagasaki, and Museum Curator mr. Owen connor on this eve of the 75th anniversary of the battle of equal jima, explain why there are to exhort flags in that hallway that are sitting there right now . We want to take the opportunity to make sure the folks got a chance to see both
The 40th chief of the army general james mccarthonville. The secretary and chief and i will have a chat about the defense strategy, the armys modernization priorities, the president s budget request that just came out, as well as the emerging joint war fighting concept and well save about 15 minutes at the end to take questions from the audience here. First i want to throw it over to the secretary and the chief to give a couple opening remarks. Thank you, susan. Its the closest i will get to davos, switzerland. Great opportunity to be here. Thank you. As we discussed in the green room, these are wonderful opportunities for us to try to talk about how were trying to transform the army. Were in year three of a very aggressive effort of transforming the army in not only how we train the force, how we modernize and ultimately help our people reach their maximum potential. As i emphasized the third year of a massive restructuring like weve not seen in over 40 years in the army with creating
Policies. At 9 00, a discussion on the 75th anniversary of the battle with edward and i and owen connor. National museum of the marine corps senior curator. Host good morning. A three hour washington journal is ahead and we will talk about the state of u. S. Manufacturing and take you to the National Museum of the marine corps for the second stop of our museum tour. We begin the question about who should get credit for the state of the u. S. Economy. The current and previous occupants of the oval office claimed credit for the robust u. S. Economy. This morning, we put the question to you. Republicans, the phone number is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. On can also catch up with us text message. That number, 2027488003. If you send a text, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise on twitter it is cspanwj and on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good tuesday morning. You can start calling in now. We take you to the headline in usa t
Of the 75th anniversary of the start of the battle of iwo jima, we will head to the National Museum of the marine corps. First, a 2006 interview with woody williams, honored for actions on iwo jima. In this clip, he talks about the moment the American Flag was raised during the battle. Up, we had flag went no idea what was going on. We had no idea what was going on. To pay too busy attention to what anybody else was doing. I didnt know what was going on. I guess i had my back to mount sarah bocce. Raised up, around me jumped up, and started firing their weapons into the air, screaming and yelling and that kind of stuff. And i really thought everybody had lost their minds for a second. I could not figure out what was going on. And then i caught on what was going on because they were on the mountain and i looked, and there is old glory on top. I jumped up and started doing the same dumb thing they were doing, firing my weapon in the air and jumpingnd screaming. A weapon. Ying i jumped up
Discussing Current Operations and modernization efforts. This is close to an hour. Welcome everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Here are my side, new improved expanded, graced with the presence secretary of the army, and the army general, think about so much for being here with us today. Secretary and the chief are going to have a chat about the strategy, about the army of modernization priorities in the present budget request that came out. As well as the emerging joint war fighting concept. And were going to save about 15 minutes at the end today questions in the audience here. But first, i want to go to the sec. The chief to give a couple of opening remarks and then we will dive into our conversations. Thank you, was the closest i will get to davos, switzerland. This a great opportunity to be here. As we discussed in the green room, these are wonderful opportunities for us. To try to talk about how we are trying to transform the army. We are in your three oh very aggres