you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. on november 11, 2020, the national museum of the united states army opened its doors. next, the online ceremony commemorating the opening with po provided by the army. openingme to the grand of the national museum of the united states army, the national museum of the united states army celebrates over 245 years of army history and honors our nations soldiers, past, present, and future in the regular army, the army reserves in the army national guard. thank you for joining us for our virtual ceremony. out of an abundance of caution during the covid-19 pandemic, there is no in person audience today and certain ceremonial elements have been prerecorded. please welcome the official party to the stage the secretary of the army, the honorable ryan b mccarthy. chief of staff of the army, general james c mcconville. sergeant major of the army, michael a grinstead. director of the national museum of the
army reserves, and the army national guard. thank you for joining us for our virtual ceremony. out of an abundance of caution during the covid-19 pandemic, there is no in-person audience today and certain ceremonial elements have been prerecorded. please welcome the official party to the states. secretary of the army, the honorable ryan b. mccarthy. chief of staff of the army, general james c. mcconville. sergeant major of the army, michael a. grinston. director of the national museum of the united states army, ms. tammy call. accompanied by acting secretary of defense, the honorable christopher c. miller. and chairman to the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. millie. now presenting the colors is the third united states infantry regiment, the old guard, accompanied by the old guard fife and drum corps. the national anthem will be performed by sergeant first class jesse meeks from the united states army band, pershing s own. present arms! o say can you see by the
out of an abundance of caution during the covid-19 pandemic, there is no in person audience today and certain ceremonial elements have been prerecorded. please welcome the official party to the stage the secretary of the army, the honorable ryan b mccarthy. chief of staff of the army, general james c mcconville. sergeant major of the army, michael a grinstead. director of the national museum of the united states army, ms. tammy call. accompanied by acting secretary of defense, the honorable christopher c miller. and chairman to the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. millie. now presenting the colors is the third united states infantry regiment the old guard, accompanied by the old guard fife and drum corps. the national anthem will be performed by sergeant first class jesse meeks from the united states army band, pershing s own. present. o say can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming? whose broad stripes and
please welcome the official party to the stage the secretary of the army, the honorable ryan b mccarthy. chief of staff of the army, general james c. mcconville. sergeant major of the army, michael a. grinstead. director of the national museum of the united states army, ms. tammy call. accompanied by acting secretary of defense, the honorable christopher c. miller. and chairman to the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. millie. now presenting the colors is the third united states infantry regiment, the old guard, accompanied by the old guard fife and drum corps. the national anthem will be performed by jesse meeks from the united states army band, pershing s own. present arms! o say can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight , oh the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof t
all right, good morning. wow, what a great crowd. good morning. i want to thank you all for being here. my name is alex brody. i am the director of meetings at the association of the united states army. and again, thank you for being here. i can t think of a better way to kick off the 2020 ausa breck fast series than to do so in this very special location with the chief of staff, general james mcconville. appreciate everyone being here and want to wish you a happy new year. to get started, i m going to introduce miss tammy call, she s the director here at the knew seem. she d like to say a few things about this wonderful museum that we re all in today. press help me welcome mrs. tammy call. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. thank you for being here. general mcconville, general ham, all of our guests, welcome to the national mu sooechl of the united states army. we look forward with great excitement of opening the doors to the public on june 4th, 2020, four and a half mon